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  <title>The Pethost blog</title>
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  <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/</id>
  <updated>2026-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
  <author><name>Pethost</name></author>
  <entry>
    <title>Hosting providers with an official MCP server in 2026: deploy, logs and rollback compared</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/hosting-with-mcp-server/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/hosting-with-mcp-server/</id>
    <published>2026-09-25T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>18 of 19 hosting platforms have an official MCP server in 2026. Two have a rollback tool. Pethost's 13 tools deploy, read logs, roll back and restore.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hosting for AI coding agents in 2026: let Claude Code or Codex deploy and debug production</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/hosting-for-ai-coding-agents/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/hosting-for-ai-coding-agents/</id>
    <published>2026-09-16T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>To let Claude Code or Codex deploy and debug production alone, a host must give the agent five things. Pethost does, with 13 MCP tools, from €9.99 a month.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Always-on hosting for $10 a month in 2026: no cold starts, no sleeping apps</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/always-on-hosting-no-cold-starts/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/always-on-hosting-no-cold-starts/</id>
    <published>2026-10-01T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>About $10 a month keeps one 512 MB service always on at Render or Heroku. On Pethost €9.99 rents a 3 GB machine where nothing sleeps: room for six.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>European hosting for an app with Postgres at a flat monthly price in 2026: what €10 a month buys</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/european-hosting-postgres-flat-price/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/european-hosting-postgres-flat-price/</id>
    <published>2026-09-27T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>An app with Postgres in the EU at a flat monthly price is €9.99 on Pethost: a 3 GB machine for every project that fits. Eleven hosts, priced.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hosting with unlimited projects for one flat monthly fee in 2026: a price per machine, not per app</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/unlimited-projects-flat-monthly-fee/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/unlimited-projects-flat-monthly-fee/</id>
    <published>2026-09-21T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Hosting priced per machine runs as many projects as fit for one flat monthly fee. Six small apps: €9.99 on Pethost, $30 on Railway, $42 on Render.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>PaaS with no usage-based billing in 2026: flat prices, spending caps and overage compared</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/paas-without-usage-based-billing/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/paas-without-usage-based-billing/</id>
    <published>2026-09-17T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Of six PaaS that bill by use or per service, only Railway documents a hard spending cap. Pethost has no usage-based billing: €9.99 a month for a whole machine.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Best hosting for side projects in 2026: a PaaS, a VPS, or a small cloud of your own</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/best-hosting-for-side-projects/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/best-hosting-for-side-projects/</id>
    <published>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The best hosting for side projects in 2026 is one machine at a flat price: three apps, a bot and a Postgres are €9.99 a month on Pethost, $34.75 on Render.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Railway vs Render vs Fly.io pricing in 2026: hobby plans, free tiers and Postgres</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/railway-vs-render-vs-fly-io-pricing/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/railway-vs-render-vs-fly-io-pricing/</id>
    <published>2026-10-03T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Three small apps, a worker and a Postgres cost $23.15 on Railway, $34.75 on Render and $17.30 to $53.24 on Fly.io in 2026, and a flat €9.99 on Pethost.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Coolify Cloud vs Dokploy Cloud in 2026: pricing, what they manage, and fully managed alternatives</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/coolify-cloud-vs-dokploy-cloud/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/coolify-cloud-vs-dokploy-cloud/</id>
    <published>2026-09-29T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Coolify Cloud ($5 a month) and Dokploy Cloud ($4.50 a server) host only the panel: the server stays yours. Pethost looks after the machine too: €9.99 a month.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>PaaS isolation in 2026: shared containers, microVMs, or a virtual machine of your own</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/paas-on-your-own-vm/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/paas-on-your-own-vm/</id>
    <published>2026-09-23T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Render and Heroku run apps in shared-kernel containers, Fly.io and Koyeb in microVMs. Pethost rents you a virtual machine of your own for €9.99 a month.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Coolify vs Dokploy vs CapRover vs Dokku vs Kamal in 2026: self-hosted PaaS compared</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/coolify-vs-dokploy-vs-caprover-vs-dokku/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/coolify-vs-dokploy-vs-caprover-vs-dokku/</id>
    <published>2026-09-19T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Coolify, Dokploy, CapRover, Dokku and Kamal compared for 2026: free software on a server you keep. Pethost is that machine, looked after, for €9.99 a month.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Managed Docker Compose hosting in 2026: who deploys a compose.yaml with HTTPS, backups and logs</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/managed-docker-compose-hosting/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/managed-docker-compose-hosting/</id>
    <published>2026-09-15T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Most managed hosts convert a Docker Compose file or want their own format. Two run a compose.yaml as written: Pethost, from €9.99 a month, and Elestio.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Best Railway alternatives in 2026: predictable pricing and self-hosted options</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/railway-alternatives/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/railway-alternatives/</id>
    <published>2026-10-06T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The best Railway alternatives in 2026 are platforms priced per service, self-hosted Coolify and Dokploy, and Pethost: a flat €9.99 a month for 3 GB.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Best Heroku alternatives in 2026, now that Heroku is in sustaining engineering</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/heroku-alternatives/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/heroku-alternatives/</id>
    <published>2026-10-04T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Heroku entered sustaining engineering in February 2026: fixes, no new features. Three apps, a worker and a Postgres are $33 there and a flat €9.99 on Pethost.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Best Coolify alternatives in 2026: self-hosted and fully managed</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/coolify-alternatives/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/coolify-alternatives/</id>
    <published>2026-10-02T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The best Coolify alternatives in 2026 are four self-hosted panels, two platforms that price each service, and a fully managed machine from €9.99 a month.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Best Render alternatives in 2026: when a price per service adds up</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/render-alternatives/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/render-alternatives/</id>
    <published>2026-09-30T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The best Render alternatives in 2026 by price: three apps, a worker and a Postgres are $34.75 on Render, $33.00 on Heroku and €9.99 on one Pethost machine.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Best Hostinger VPS alternatives for Docker in 2026: cheap VPS prices compared, and the managed options</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/hostinger-vps-alternatives/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/hostinger-vps-alternatives/</id>
    <published>2026-09-28T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Hostinger's KVM 2 VPS is $8.99 a month for 24 months upfront, then $14.99. The alternatives for Docker: other servers, and a managed machine for €9.99.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Best Dokploy alternatives in 2026: self-hosted PaaS and managed hosting</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/dokploy-alternatives/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/dokploy-alternatives/</id>
    <published>2026-09-26T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The Dokploy alternatives of 2026 are another self-hosted PaaS, a hosted panel, or Pethost: a managed machine that runs your Compose file for €9.99 a month.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Best Sliplane alternatives in 2026: flat-price container hosting compared</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/sliplane-alternatives/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/sliplane-alternatives/</id>
    <published>2026-09-24T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Sliplane's €9 a month buys a server of 1 vCPU and 1 GB. Of the best Sliplane alternatives in 2026, Pethost puts 2 vCPU and 3 GB behind a flat €9.99.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Best Easypanel alternatives in 2026: free panels and managed hosting</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/easypanel-alternatives/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/easypanel-alternatives/</id>
    <published>2026-09-22T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Easypanel is free for 3 projects, then $14.9 a server a month plus the server. The alternatives in 2026: Coolify, Dokploy, or Pethost, €9.99 with the machine.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Best CapRover alternatives in 2026: newer self-hosted panels and managed hosting</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/caprover-alternatives/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/caprover-alternatives/</id>
    <published>2026-09-20T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>CapRover alternatives in 2026: Coolify and Dokploy run a Compose file on a server you keep; Pethost is the server looked after, €9.99 a month for 3 GB.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Best Dokku alternatives in 2026: self-hosted panels, platforms and managed machines</title>
    <link href="https://pethost.dev/blog/dokku-alternatives/"/>
    <id>https://pethost.dev/blog/dokku-alternatives/</id>
    <published>2026-09-18T00:00:00Z</published>
    <updated>2026-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The best Dokku alternatives in 2026 are a self-hosted PaaS (Coolify, Dokploy, CapRover, Kamal) or a managed machine: Pethost, €9.99 a month for 3 GB.</summary>
  </entry>
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