PaaS Comparison Matrix

Page Goal

Provide a comprehensive, at-a-glance comparison of all major platforms. This is a HIGH-TRAFFIC SEO page that should rank for "platform comparison" queries and help users make decisions.

Target Persona

Researcher Rita - A developer or decision-maker who:

  • Evaluating multiple platforms
  • Wants objective comparison data
  • May be presenting to team/management
  • Needs to justify platform choice
  • Values: Comprehensive data, objectivity, clarity
  • Search intent: "best deployment platform", "vercel vs netlify vs railway"
  • Decision timeline: Research phase, will deep-dive after

Key Content to Include

1. Comparison Table Platforms: Temps, Vercel, Netlify, Railway, Render, Heroku, Coolify, Dokploy

Categories:

  • Pricing: Free tier, paid plans, usage-based costs
  • Hosting Type: Managed vs self-hosted
  • Deployments: Git-based, CLI, API
  • Frameworks: Supported frameworks
  • Databases: Managed DB support
  • Build Minutes: Limits and pricing
  • Bandwidth: Limits and costs
  • SSL: Automatic SSL
  • Custom Domains: Support level
  • Team Features: Collaboration features
  • Preview Deployments: PR previews
  • Serverless: Function support
  • Docker: Container support
  • Monitoring: Built-in monitoring
  • Backups: Backup capabilities

2. Cost Comparison

  • Scenarios: 1 app, 5 apps, 10 apps
  • Traffic levels: Low, medium, high
  • Cost breakdown per platform
  • Hidden costs to consider

3. Best For Categories

  • Best for startups: [Platform] because...
  • Best for scale: [Platform] because...
  • Best for self-hosting: Temps, Coolify, Dokploy
  • Best for simplicity: [Platform] because...
  • Best for Next.js: Vercel, but Temps is great too
  • Best for cost: Temps (self-hosted economics)

4. Decision Framework

  • Choose Temps if: Self-hosting, cost control, flexibility
  • Choose Vercel if: Next.js, fully managed, edge network
  • Choose Netlify if: Static sites, JAMstack, managed
  • Choose Railway if: Need managed databases, simple pricing
  • Choose Render if: Background workers, disk storage
  • Choose Heroku if: Enterprise, legacy apps
  • Choose Coolify if: Self-hosted, database management
  • Choose Dokploy if: Self-hosted, Docker Compose

5. Migration Paths

  • Link to migration guides for each platform
  • Difficulty level indicators
  • Common gotchas

6. Platform Strengths

  • Each platform's unique advantages
  • No platform is best for everything

Success Metrics

  • User can quickly identify best platform for their needs
  • User finds Temps on their shortlist
  • High engagement (time on page)
  • Clear decision path
  • Link clicks to deeper comparisons or quickstart

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