Compare Gateways

Gateways operates infrastructure inside your own AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud account — the platforms below run it on infrastructure they own and manage.

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Each page covers the infrastructure boundary, the primary workflow, and which product is the better fit for a given team.

Gateways vs VercelFrontend cloud and edge workflows vs owned cloud infrastructure.Gateways vs NetlifyComposable web platform workflows vs owned cloud infrastructure.Gateways vs RenderManaged PaaS services vs multi-cloud resource operations.Gateways vs Fly.ioGlobal app runtime vs hyperscaler resource control.Gateways vs HerokuClassic dyno PaaS vs modern cloud architecture console.Gateways vs RailwayFast developer deploys vs team-owned cloud environments.

Feature comparison

Hosted PaaS tools optimize the application deployment path. Gateways focuses on operating the cloud estate behind and around those applications.

Capability comparison between Gateways, Vercel, Netlify, Render, Fly.io, Heroku, and Railway
Capability	Gateways	Vercel	Netlify	Render	Fly.io	Heroku	Railway
Runs in your own cloud account	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cloud resource control	Yes	No	No	Partial	Partial	No	No
Direct provider access	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
SSH access	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Partial
Cloud IDE	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Works if the platform is down	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Avoids vendor lock-in	Yes	No	No	No	Partial	No	No
Visual architecture canvas	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Multi-cloud	Yes	No	No	No	Partial	No	No
Projects and environments	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Billed by your cloud provider	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Manage DNS	Yes	Partial	Partial	No	No	No	No
Git deploys	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Docker image deploys	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Managed runtime	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Activity log	Yes	No	No	Partial	Partial	Partial	No
Infrastructure API	Yes	No	No	Partial	Partial	No	Partial

Core capability
Narrower or platform-specific
Not the product’s main model

When Gateways is the better fit

Your cloud accounts are the source of truth

Gateways keeps compute, data, networking, DNS, and billing inside the AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud accounts your organization already governs.

You keep an escape hatch

If Gateways is unavailable, your resources still live in your cloud account, so your team can inspect, SSH into, or operate them directly through the cloud provider.

You need clarity before the next deployment

Teams see projects, environments, resources, and connections on one canvas instead of piecing architecture together from tickets, Terraform, spreadsheets, and provider consoles.

You want platform speed without platform lock-in

Developers get a guided console and CLI workflow, while operators keep control of real cloud resources and provider-level policies.

You care about more than “did it deploy?”

Gateways connects resource state, activity, access, workspace membership, and APIs so delivery and operations share one system of record.

Full technical detail lives in the documentation and the API reference.