--- title: "The Pethost blog: hosting comparisons, alternatives and pricing" description: "Hosting comparisons, alternatives and pricing in plain numbers: Docker Compose, flat prices, MCP servers and AI coding agents." --- # The Pethost blog How hosting for personal projects compares, what it really costs, and how an AI agent deploys and looks after what it wrote. ## Hosting for AI agents - 25 September 2026 [Hosting providers with an official MCP server in 2026: deploy, logs and rollback compared](https://pethost.dev/blog/hosting-with-mcp-server/) 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. - 16 September 2026 [Hosting for AI coding agents in 2026: let Claude Code or Codex deploy and debug production](https://pethost.dev/blog/hosting-for-ai-coding-agents/) 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. ## Flat-price hosting - 1 October 2026 [Always-on hosting for $10 a month in 2026: no cold starts, no sleeping apps](https://pethost.dev/blog/always-on-hosting-no-cold-starts/) 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. - 27 September 2026 [European hosting for an app with Postgres at a flat monthly price in 2026: what €10 a month buys](https://pethost.dev/blog/european-hosting-postgres-flat-price/) 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. - 21 September 2026 [Hosting with unlimited projects for one flat monthly fee in 2026: a price per machine, not per app](https://pethost.dev/blog/unlimited-projects-flat-monthly-fee/) 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. - 17 September 2026 [PaaS with no usage-based billing in 2026: flat prices, spending caps and overage compared](https://pethost.dev/blog/paas-without-usage-based-billing/) 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. ## Hosting comparisons - 5 October 2026 [Best hosting for side projects in 2026: a PaaS, a VPS, or a small cloud of your own](https://pethost.dev/blog/best-hosting-for-side-projects/) 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. - 3 October 2026 [Railway vs Render vs Fly.io pricing in 2026: hobby plans, free tiers and Postgres](https://pethost.dev/blog/railway-vs-render-vs-fly-io-pricing/) 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. - 29 September 2026 [Coolify Cloud vs Dokploy Cloud in 2026: pricing, what they manage, and fully managed alternatives](https://pethost.dev/blog/coolify-cloud-vs-dokploy-cloud/) 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. - 23 September 2026 [PaaS isolation in 2026: shared containers, microVMs, or a virtual machine of your own](https://pethost.dev/blog/paas-on-your-own-vm/) 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. - 19 September 2026 [Coolify vs Dokploy vs CapRover vs Dokku vs Kamal in 2026: self-hosted PaaS compared](https://pethost.dev/blog/coolify-vs-dokploy-vs-caprover-vs-dokku/) 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. - 15 September 2026 [Managed Docker Compose hosting in 2026: who deploys a compose.yaml with HTTPS, backups and logs](https://pethost.dev/blog/managed-docker-compose-hosting/) 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. ## Alternatives - 6 October 2026 [Best Railway alternatives in 2026: predictable pricing and self-hosted options](https://pethost.dev/blog/railway-alternatives/) 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. - 4 October 2026 [Best Heroku alternatives in 2026, now that Heroku is in sustaining engineering](https://pethost.dev/blog/heroku-alternatives/) 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. - 2 October 2026 [Best Coolify alternatives in 2026: self-hosted and fully managed](https://pethost.dev/blog/coolify-alternatives/) 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. - 30 September 2026 [Best Render alternatives in 2026: when a price per service adds up](https://pethost.dev/blog/render-alternatives/) 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. - 28 September 2026 [Best Hostinger VPS alternatives for Docker in 2026: cheap VPS prices compared, and the managed options](https://pethost.dev/blog/hostinger-vps-alternatives/) 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. - 26 September 2026 [Best Dokploy alternatives in 2026: self-hosted PaaS and managed hosting](https://pethost.dev/blog/dokploy-alternatives/) 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. - 24 September 2026 [Best Sliplane alternatives in 2026: flat-price container hosting compared](https://pethost.dev/blog/sliplane-alternatives/) 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. - 22 September 2026 [Best Easypanel alternatives in 2026: free panels and managed hosting](https://pethost.dev/blog/easypanel-alternatives/) 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. - 20 September 2026 [Best CapRover alternatives in 2026: newer self-hosted panels and managed hosting](https://pethost.dev/blog/caprover-alternatives/) 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. - 18 September 2026 [Best Dokku alternatives in 2026: self-hosted panels, platforms and managed machines](https://pethost.dev/blog/dokku-alternatives/) 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. Pethost · Stephan Gomer · NIP 1133096755 [Home](https://pethost.dev/) [About](https://pethost.dev/about/) [Blog](https://pethost.dev/blog/) [Terms](https://pethost.dev/terms/) [Privacy](https://pethost.dev/privacy/) [Refunds](https://pethost.dev/refunds/) [support@pethost.dev](mailto:support@pethost.dev)