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Providers

We Work With the Best. We Recommend What Fits.

SocioFi Cloud isn't tied to one provider. We choose the right infrastructure for your product's needs and your budget. Here's who we work with and when.

Infrastructure partners

Five providers. One team that knows them all.

We've deployed production workloads on all of these. No learning curve — just the right choice for your product.

Vercel
Best for: Frontend-first products, Next.js apps, JAMstack

If your product is built with Next.js (most of our Studio projects are), Vercel is the simplest, fastest option. Automatic deployments, edge caching, serverless functions, and a developer experience that's hard to beat. For products that don't need a complex backend, this is our default recommendation.

Landing pagesMarketing sitesSimple SaaSContent platforms
$0–50/mo
Typical hosting cost
Strengths
  • Automatic deploys on every push
  • Global edge network for fast load times
  • Zero-config SSL certificates
  • Image optimization built in
  • Preview environments per pull request
We use for 25% of clients25%
DigitalOcean
Best for: Most full-stack products — the balanced choice

DigitalOcean is our most-recommended provider. It strikes the perfect balance between simplicity and capability. Droplets for compute, managed databases, spaces for storage, app platform for containers. Costs about 40% less than AWS for equivalent performance.

Web appsSaaSInternal toolsAPI backendsGrowing products
$48–300/mo
Typical monthly cost
Strengths
  • Simple, predictable pricing
  • Managed databases (no ops overhead)
  • Reliable performance and uptime
  • Excellent API for automation
  • Strong community and documentation
We use for 45% of clients45%
AWS
Best for: Complex architectures, enterprise compliance, specific AWS services

AWS when you genuinely need it — not because someone told you 'real companies use AWS.' We recommend AWS when you need RDS Aurora, Lambda at scale, SQS/SNS event systems, S3 for massive storage, or specific compliance certifications.

EnterpriseRegulated industriesEvent-driven architecturesMassive scale
$100–2,000+/mo
Typical monthly cost
Strengths
  • Massive service catalog for every use case
  • Global regions and availability zones
  • Enterprise compliance certifications
  • Mature, battle-tested ecosystem
We use for 15% of clients15%
Railway
Best for: Quick launches, early-stage products, container-based

Railway is the modern replacement for Heroku. If you need to deploy quickly, experiment fast, and don't need enterprise features yet, Railway gets your product live in minutes.

MVPsProof of conceptsSmall APIsEarly-stage products
$5–50/mo
Typical monthly cost
Strengths
  • Fastest deploy experience available
  • Simple, usage-based pricing
  • Native GitHub integration
  • Great for prototypes and MVPs
We use for 10% of clients10%
Hetzner
Best for: Cost-optimized compute, European data residency

Hetzner offers the best price-to-performance ratio in the industry. If your product needs raw compute power and you don't need managed services, or if you need EU data residency for GDPR compliance, Hetzner is the answer.

Budget-consciousCompute-heavyEU data requirementsBatch processing
$5–100/mo
Typical monthly cost
Strengths
  • Exceptional pricing (50–80% cheaper than AWS)
  • EU data centers for GDPR compliance
  • Powerful hardware at low cost
  • Good for compute-heavy workloads
We use for 5% of clients5%
Decision guide

Not sure which provider is right?

A quick reference. For anything more complex, we'll just tell you directly.

Is your product built with Next.js?Vercel or DigitalOcean
Do you need enterprise compliance (SOC 2, HIPAA)?AWS
Is budget your primary concern?Hetzner or Railway
Do you need a managed database?DigitalOcean or AWS
Are you launching fast and iterating?Railway or Vercel
None of the above?DigitalOcean

Or just ask us. We'll recommend based on your actual product, not a quiz.

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