AppDeploy

AppDeploy's pitch is narrow and clear: it removes the gap between "the assistant wrote the code" and "here is a URL I can send someone." That gap is real. AI coding assistants got fast at generating apps, but the deployment step — picking a host, provisioning Postgres, wiring OAuth, configuring domains — still costs an afternoon or more. AppDeploy's answer is to do that work as a tool call from inside the chat, and to bill it in credits. What it does well: Zero-setup provisioning. Hosting with HTTPS and global delivery, database and file storage, user login, real-time updates, push notifications, secrets management, and scheduled jobs are all set up automatically as part of the deploy. You never pick a provider or touch a dashboard config. Source code is downloadable, so you are not locked out of your own app. Connector breadth. As of July 2026 the supported surface spans AI chatbots (ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Genspark), coding agents (GitHub Copilot in VS Code, Cursor, Codex, Devin, Cline, Kilo Code, Trae, Muse Code, Antigravity, Kiro, and VS Code-compatible IDEs like VSCodium and Windsurf), and productivity tools (Atlassian Rovo, Notion, Slack, Figma Make, Linear). Notably, GitHub Copilot, Genspark, Notion, Kilo Code, and Cline all shipped inside a two-week window in July 2026, so the coverage is current, not aspirational. Some platforms require a paid plan of their own to enable connectors. Iteration safety. Version history, instant rollback, live deployment status, debug logs, and an optional autonomous QA agent on Plus that runs end-to-end checks and files visual bug reports back into your chat. The changelog shows this getting steadily more careful — QA can now test signed-out and protected routes with dedicated unauthenticated agents, coordinate named multi-actor auth flows for invites and teams, mark tests as untestable rather than failing them, and filter passing runs. Frontend validation catches invented imports before deploy, and deploys can auto-repair simple TypeScript syntax errors. Where it strains: Credits are the whole economy. Quotas run 100/day, 400/week, 1,000/month on Free; 1,000/day, 5,000/week, 20,000/month on Plus. Every app on the account shares them. Database writes cost 1.25 credits per 1,000 write units and 0.25 per 1,000 read units; file storage is 50 credits per GB/month plus request charges; built-in in-app AI burns 9 credits per 1,000 tokens; each app user costs 5 credits/month on Plus. That is fine for prototypes and internal tools. For a real production app with steady traffic, credit draw is hard to forecast and easy to blow through, with top-ups at 5,000 for $8, 10,000 for $12, or 20,000 for $20. Free-tier ceilings are real. Auth maxes at five users and an AppDeploy watermark is displayed on output, which rules out most client-facing demos without paying. Scope limits. No custom runtimes, no full control over server configuration, no native mobile or desktop app deployment, and no compliance positioning