The matchup desk
DigitalOcean App Platform or Vercel
Two tools, read side by side from their own public pages.
DigitalOcean App Platform
Hosting
A fully managed PaaS for building, deploying, and scaling web applications, APIs, and static sites.
- Git-based deployments
- Built-in CI/CD
- Horizontal scaling
- CPU-based autoscaling
- Automatic HTTPS
- Custom domains
- Automatic OS patching
- Application metrics
Vercel
Hosting
Vercel provides infrastructure for building agents, deploying apps, and hosting platforms that scale.
- Durable Orchestration
- Sandboxed Environments
- AI Model Gateway
- Fluid Compute
- Global Delivery
- Deployment Environments
- Serverless Functions
- Web Application Firewall