velixir vs Val Town

velixir8.9Visit Val Town8.8Visit

Higher score velixir #3 in Deno Hosting 8.9/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit velixir

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Val Town #4 in Deno Hosting 8.8/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 3 features Visit Val Town

• velixir fits best

  Budget-conscious scalable deployments

• Val Town fits best

  Deno automation and API builders

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Side by side

Feature	velixir 8.9/10 Visit ↗	Val Town 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.9	8.8
Ranking	#3 in Deno Hosting	#4 in Deno Hosting
Best for	Budget-conscious scalable deployments	Deno automation and API builders
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	€3.49/unit/mo	$21/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web
Integrations	2 integrations	7 integrations
Features velixir 3/3 · Val Town 1/3
Git deployments	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Custom domains	✓	✓
Scheduled jobs	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Built-in storage	Both	Not checked yet
Deployment target	Container	Not checked yet
Bandwidth limit	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Edge locations	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Free tier includes isolated compute, custom domains, and scale-to-zero Autoscaling, rolling deployments, rollback, and warm standby support Git, CLI, GitHub Actions, PostgreSQL, Valkey, and scheduled jobs	Deno runtime supports JavaScript, TypeScript, and TSX HTTP apps, APIs, webhooks, cron, email, and MCP servers Branches, previews, rollbacks, logs, and analytics support iteration
Cons	Most plans provide only one deployment slot per app Higher deployment-slot counts require progressively more expensive tiers Bandwidth is unmetered under a soft fair-use guideline	Free cron intervals are limited to 15 minutes Free runs allow one minute of wall-clock time per run Private vals and custom domains require paid plans
Our verdict	velixir is a European cloud platform for deploying web applications from source code, including Deno apps. It builds applications server-side into container images and runs them on managed infrastructure. Developers can deploy through Git,… Read the review →	Val Town is a serverless hosting and automation platform for programmers and operators who want to deploy JavaScript or TypeScript as live websites, APIs, webhooks, MCP servers, scheduled jobs, Slack bots, and email handlers. Its Deno… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• velixir — where it wins

  • Free tier includes isolated compute, custom domains, and scale-to-zero
  • Autoscaling, rolling deployments, rollback, and warm standby support
  • Git, CLI, GitHub Actions, PostgreSQL, Valkey, and scheduled jobs

  Where it doesn't

  • Most plans provide only one deployment slot per app
  • Higher deployment-slot counts require progressively more expensive tiers
  • Bandwidth is unmetered under a soft fair-use guideline

• Val Town — where it wins

  • Deno runtime supports JavaScript, TypeScript, and TSX
  • HTTP apps, APIs, webhooks, cron, email, and MCP servers
  • Branches, previews, rollbacks, logs, and analytics support iteration

  Where it doesn't

  • Free cron intervals are limited to 15 minutes
  • Free runs allow one minute of wall-clock time per run
  • Private vals and custom domains require paid plans

• velixir8.9/10 · Free plan

  A low-cost European host for scalable Deno-compatible container deployments.

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• Val Town8.8/10 · Free plan

  A flexible Deno platform for shipping APIs, automations, and scheduled jobs.

  Visit Val TownFull verdict →