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Feature by feature against Vercel, Railway and Render. Filter by category, hide platforms, or show only where the answers differ.
01 / Feature matrix
Where the platforms differ.
| Feature | Deployxa | Vercel | Railway | Render |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | ||||
| LaravelFull PHP runtime with persistent processes — not limited to serverless functions. | Included | Not included | Partial | Included |
| Next.js / React | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Vue / Nuxt | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Express / NestJS | Included | Partial | Included | Included |
| FastAPI / Django | Included | Partial | Included | Included |
| Static Sites | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Any DockerfileBring a custom image without platform-specific buildpacks. | Included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Data & infra | ||||
| DatabasesManaged Postgres / attachable DB with secrets injection. | Included | Partial | Included | Included |
| Persistent volumes | Included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Dedicated VPS / bare metal | Included | Not included | Not included | Partial |
| Long-running workers / cron | Included | Partial | Included | Included |
| Intelligence | ||||
| AI / framework detectionAuto framework, package manager, runtime, and Docker generation from the repo. | Included | Not included | Not included | Not included |
| Package manager detection | Included | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Auto Docker generation | Included | Not included | Partial | Partial |
| Deploy lifecycle | ||||
| Preview deployments | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Automatic rollbacks | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Health-check before promote | Included | Partial | Partial | Included |
| Zero-config SSL | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Global CDN | Included | Included | Partial | Partial |
| Auto scaling | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Ops & pricing | ||||
| Free tier to start | Included | Included | Partial | Included |
| Predictable container pricingResource-based plans without surprise function-invocation bills. | Included | Partial | Partial | Included |
| SSH / full process control | Included | Not included | Partial | Partial |
Reflects typical public product capabilities as of 2026 and is meant as a decision aid. Vendor features change, so verify against current docs for critical choices.
02 / Takeaways
What sets Deployxa apart.
Intelligence as a product
Framework detection and automatic Docker generation are first-class. Most platforms stop at git push.
The lifecycle you expect
Previews, rollbacks, SSL, CDN and scaling, without locking you to one runtime model.
03 / Head to head
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