Payments
Paddle
Use Paddle when you sell eligible software and want Paddle to be the legal seller for those sales. Check product and website approval before relying on a launch date.
Tools Library — Page 2
Compare tools for building and running a web app. See what each one does, what it costs, and what you’ll need to set up.
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Databases and backends
PocketBase
For a project with someone who can manage the server, check updates and restore a copy if the service fails.
Payments
Polar
Use Polar for eligible digital products when you want it to handle the sale and keep purchased benefits in one place. Check first-payout review, product fit and the rate for your organization.
Transactional email
Postmark
For an app that needs separate test and live settings and a message history you can check during support.
Hosting
Railway
Consider Railway if your app needs a running web service and you want to configure its web, database and background pieces in one project.
Hosting
Render
Worth comparing if your app already has a start command or needs to run as its own service. Check where it will save data and whether visitors can wait for a free instance to wake up.
App builders
Replit
A fit when you want to start by describing the app, then learn how its files and services work without changing to a different workspace.
Transactional email
Resend
For a web app that can send email from its server or connect to an external mail service.
Error monitoring
Rollbar
Use it when your web app is running and you want to investigate repeated code errors. A developer or coding agent connects the parts of the app you want to watch.
Coding agents
Roo Code
For anyone who used Roo Code or found an older guide and needs to know what to do next.
Error monitoring
Sentry
Useful when a visitor says something broke and you need more than a screenshot to understand why.
Payments
Stripe
Use Stripe if you want a ready-made payment page and need to decide which accounts get paid features. Check whether you’ll sell in your own name or through Managed Payments.
Databases and backends
Supabase
For an app that needs saved records, accounts and uploads together, with access rules you can test through ordinary accounts.
Background jobs
Trigger.dev
For apps that need to run code for a report, import or other slow task outside the web server.
Transactional email
Twilio SendGrid
For an app that can connect a verified sender and wants to trace email delivery over time.
File storage and media
UploadThing
Use it when a feature needs an upload button, progress and a saved file record. If those files are confidential, confirm the paid private-file setup before taking customer uploads.
App builders
v0
A fit when you know how the page should look or feel, and want to turn it into an app you can inspect and keep as code.
Hosting
Vercel
A fit to investigate when you want to review changes from a connected code project and are prepared to choose a plan, set up storage and check app permissions yourself.
Databases and backends
Xano
For an app whose team wants to arrange backend steps in an editor and connect its own customer screens.