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They grew into platforms. PodBy stayed a host.
Static sites, pods, and databases, and not much else. Bunny is a European company too; the difference there is scope, not the continent.
The shape of each product as of October 2026, not a full catalog, and not their prices.
| Topic | PodBy | Heroku | Vercel | Cloudflare | Bunny |
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| For | Static sites, pods, and databases | App hosting | Frontend and serverless | A broad edge platform | CDN, edge, and containers |
| Containers | Yes, Pods. | Yes. Dynos and containers. | Not the product. | Yes, beside Workers. | Yes. Magic Containers, across regions. |
| Static sites | Yes | Possible, not the point | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Price | €5 a month for static sites, €15 per pod. Flat. | Dyno types and add-ons | Plans and usage | Many products, usage | Usage across products |
| Object storage | No | Add-ons | Blob | R2 | Storage |
| Edge network | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Serverless workers | No | No | Yes | Yes | Edge scripting |
| Analytics | No | Add-ons | Yes | Yes | CDN statistics |
| AI features | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Kubernetes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Add-on marketplace | No | Yes | Integrations | A large catalog | A large catalog |
| Based | Portugal. Runs in Germany. | United States (Salesforce) | United States | United States | Slovenia |
When PodBy is not the right fit
Fewer features means some things are simply not here. Better to know now.
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You need to be close to users everywhere
PodBy runs in Germany. There is no global edge network.
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You build on serverless functions
PodBy runs containers. Workers and functions are not part of it.
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You want to resize on your own
Bigger pods exist, but you ask for one by email. There is no size picker.
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You need to scale out
Each app runs on one pod. There is no autoscaling.
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You want one platform for everything
No analytics, AI features, Kubernetes, or add-on marketplace. On purpose.
Moving over
If your app builds from a Dockerfile, it runs on a PodBy pod. Push it with the CLI, or deploy the image you already build. Add a database to the pod and move your data in, copy your environment variables, and point your domain. Static sites are a zip upload away.
Stuck on something? Write to help@podby.com We reply within 24 hours, during business hours.
Try the smaller one.
From €5 a month, flat.