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The latest from the Teploy team — product updates, engineering insights, tutorials, and guides to help you deploy better.

Business··2 min read

The Ultimate Guide to Self-Hosting for Agencies

Digital Agencies are bleeding profit margin on managed hosting. Learn how to productize hosting using Teploy to increase recurring revenue (MRR).

Comparisons··2 min read

AWS Elastic Beanstalk vs Teploy: Modernizing Deployment

Elastic Beanstalk is legacy tech. It's complex, slow, and hard to debug. Teploy offers a modern, faster, and cheaper alternative for Docker deployments.

AI··2 min read

Deploying AI Models on Cheap VPS: Llama 3 & Ollama

You don't need expensive gpus to run useful AI services. Learn how to deploy quantized LLMs like Llama 3 using Ollama on a standard CPU VPS with Teploy.

Comparisons··2 min read

DigitalOcean App Platform vs Droplets (via Teploy)

DigitalOcean's App Platform is convenient but expensive. Managing Droplets via Teploy gives you 50% cost savings and more power.

Comparisons··2 min read

Fly.io vs Teploy: Comparing Global Deployment Strategies

Fly.io makes global 'deploy near your user' easy. But do you actually need multi-region? Teploy offers a simpler, cheaper single-region alternative.

Comparisons··2 min read

Google Cloud Run Alternatives: Why VPS is Simpler

Cloud Run is amazing technology, but stateless containers can be architecturally limiting. Discover why a persistent VPS with Teploy might be a better fit.

Tutorials··2 min read

Monorepo Deployment Strategies with Teploy

Managing a Turborepo or Nx workspace? Learn how to deploy specific apps from a monorepo to different Teploy services seamlessly.

Comparisons··2 min read

Netlify Alternatives: Hosting Next.js Full Stack

Netlify is great for static sites, but costly for SSR. Discover the best self-hosted alternatives for running full-stack frameworks like Next.js and Remix.

Security··2 min read

Protecting Your VPS: Teploy + Cloudflare Strategy

Self-hosting doesn't mean you are vulnerable. Learn how to front your Teploy VPS with Cloudflare for enterprise-grade DDoS protection and WAF.

Tutorials··2 min read

Self-Hosting Observability: Grafana & Prometheus on Teploy

Stop paying $65/month/host for Datadog. Learn how to deploy a full open-source observability stack on your own node using Teploy.

Guides··2 min read

Self-Hosting Supabase Alternatives: PocketBase & Appwrite

Love Supabase but want full control? Explore self-hosting PocketBase or Appwrite on Teploy for a complete Backend-as-a-Service experience on your own terms.

Engineering··2 min read

Serverless vs VPS: The Performance Myth

We've been told Serverless is the future of scaling. But in 2026, modern VPS hardware often outperforms serverless functions for typical workloads.

Comparisons··2 min read

Teploy vs Render: Why Self-Hosting Wins on Performance

Render offers auto-scaling and managed services, but suffers from slow build times and shared-tenant performance penalties. See why a dedicated VPS with Teploy is faster.

Comparisons··3 min read

Teploy vs Railway: Which PaaS is Right for You?

Railway is a fantastic modern PaaS, but scaling usage costs can surprise you. A detailed comparison of features, observability, and pricing models.

Comparisons··3 min read

Teploy vs Heroku: The Modern Alternative for 2026

Heroku changed the way we deploy, but its pricing has become hard to justify. See how Teploy offers the same developer experience for a fraction of the cost.

Tutorials··6 min read

How to Deploy a Next.js App to Your Own VPS with Teploy

A step-by-step guide to deploying your Next.js application to a VPS using Teploy. Get Vercel-like simplicity at a fraction of the cost.

Guides··7 min read

Teploy vs Vercel: A Real Cost Comparison for Growing Apps

An honest breakdown of deployment costs between Vercel, Railway, Render, and Teploy + VPS. See how much you could save at different traffic levels.

Engineering··8 min read

How Teploy Works: A Technical Deep-Dive Into Our Architecture

An engineering deep-dive into Teploy's architecture: the control plane, deployment agents, zero-downtime deploys, and how we manage multi-tenant VPS infrastructure.

Tutorials··7 min read

Deploy Any Docker App to a VPS with Teploy

Learn how to deploy custom Docker applications to your own VPS using Teploy. Perfect for APIs, background workers, and apps that need full control.

Guides··6 min read

Deploy PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB on Your VPS

A comprehensive guide to deploying and managing databases alongside your applications. Learn backup strategies, connection pooling, and security best practices.

Guides··5 min read

Environment Variables Best Practices for Production Apps

Learn how to manage secrets, API keys, and configuration across environments. Covers security, organization, and common pitfalls to avoid.

Engineering··7 min read

How Zero-Downtime Deployments Work in Teploy

Learn how Teploy achieves zero-downtime deployments using blue-green deployment, health checks, and automatic rollbacks. Never show users an error page again.

Guides··8 min read

When and How to Scale Your Application on Teploy

A practical guide to scaling web applications. Learn when to scale up vs out, optimize before scaling, and handle traffic spikes without breaking the bank.

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