What Netlify does
Netlify is a platform for building and deploying web apps and sites, whether they start from an AI prompt, a Git push or a drag and drop upload, served from a global CDN. It is aimed at developers, product teams prototyping AI features, marketing teams running landing pages, ecommerce teams and internal tool builders. Named features include Agent Runners for building with AI agents, an AI Gateway for connecting to AI models, serverless functions, Netlify Database with managed Postgres, deploy previews, an image CDN, a CLI and built in identity, file storage and forms. Pricing is credit based: a free plan, Personal at $9 a month, Pro at $20 a month and custom Enterprise.
How Netlify compares with its closest alternatives
4 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Netlify does. Among the 5 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Railway at $5 a month and the median is $7. Netlify starts at $19 a month, above that median. All 5 offer an API, as Netlify does. Netlify offers a web app and a command-line tool. Of the 4 alternatives with platforms on record, all 4 offer a web app and all 4 offer a command-line tool. Netlify was founded in 2014; the alternatives were founded between 2009 and 2022, 1 of them earlier. Netlify is based in San Francisco, United States; all the 2 alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States too.