When Telbase Is the Right Choice

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First Deploy

You've never deployed anything before

You built something with Claude Code and you want people to use it. No need to learn about servers, databases, or DNS — just ask your agent to deploy and share the link.

  • No infrastructure knowledge required
  • Tell Claude Code to deploy — with the Telbase skills it handles the steps
  • Your app gets a shareable URL
$ telbase skill install
Skills installed for Claude Code
> Deploy this app to Telbase
Live at your-app.telbase.ai
AI-First

You're building with an AI coding agent

Claude Code generates your app and deploys it to Telbase. No manual steps between "it works locally" and "the team uses it."

  • No manual configuration
  • When Telbase refuses something, the answer names the fix, so the agent can act on it
  • Database, sign-in, and domains one command each
$ telbase apps create my-app --provider vercel --database postgres
Registered, PostgreSQL database created
$ telbase db run my-app -- npx prisma migrate deploy
Live at my-app.telbase.ai
RAG / Vector

You're building an AI or RAG application

Telbase PostgreSQL databases support pgvector: your agent turns it on with the embedding preset that matches your model.

  • Presets for OpenAI, Voyage (Claude), Cohere, and sentence-transformers embeddings
  • Sets the dimensions and an HNSW or IVFFlat index
  • PostgreSQL with pgvector extension — no manual database setup
$ telbase db enable-extension pgvector --project rag-app --preset openai-3-small
pgvector enabled, HNSW index (1536 dims)
Live at rag-app.telbase.ai
Docker

Your app needs its own container

Java, Ruby, Rust, PHP, or anything else — add a Dockerfile and deploy. Telbase runs your container on GCP Cloud Run. Available on all paid plans, starting at $5/mo.

  • Any language — Java, Ruby, Rust, PHP, C#, Elixir, and more
  • Cloud Run builds your Dockerfile, no Telbase config needed
  • Starts at $5/mo — not a premium feature
$ telbase gcloud run deploy my-api --source .
Building container on GCP Cloud Run
Live at my-api.telbase.ai
Scheduled Jobs

You need a background task on a schedule

Telbase runs cron jobs as GCP Cloud Run jobs on a schedule. Your agent reserves the job and deploys it.

  • One command to reserve — telbase jobs create <app> <job> --schedule "0 * * * *"
  • Pay only for execution time
  • Execution history, pause/resume, and manual runs from the CLI or MCP
$ telbase jobs create my-app report --schedule "0 8 * * *"
Schedule Daily at 8:00 AM UTC
Job reserved deploy command ready

Works with Next.js, Vite, SvelteKit, Django, FastAPI, Go, Express, and more. Or bring a Dockerfile.

New to software deployment? Read our guide to software essentials — no jargon, just clear analogies.

What Happens After You Deploy

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A typical platform

  1. Deploy frontend to hosting platform
  2. Backend needs a different platform — set that up
  3. Create database on a third service
  4. Copy the DATABASE_URL connection string
  5. Set env var on backend platform
  6. Set API_URL on frontend platform
  7. Configure CORS between frontend and backend
  8. Run database migrations manually

Telbase

  1. telbase skill install, then ask your agent to deploy — done

Behind the scenes: your agent registers the app, creates its database, runs migrations, sets env vars, and deploys.

For a full-stack app with a database, other platforms require 5–8 manual steps. Telbase requires zero.

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The Real Cost

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Most platforms advertise a low starting price. The real bill arrives when you add a database, a second developer seat, bandwidth, or a staging environment.

ApproachSticker PriceTypical Real BillWhy It Grows
Frontend platform + managed database~$39/mo$161–205/moPer-seat pricing, compute hours, database add-ons, bandwidth overages
Usage-based PaaS~$20/mo$60–160/moCPU/memory billed per-second, egress fees, staging environment doubles the bill
Self-hosted VPS~$5/mo$5/mo + your timeCheapest hardware, but you handle SSL, security patches, monitoring, backups, and scaling
Telbase Starter$5/mo$5/mo2 apps, 2 databases, 1 Docker container, 30 deploys. Hosting + DB included.
Telbase Builder$19/mo$19/mo5 apps, 5 databases, 3 Docker containers, 150 deploys. Hosting + DB included.
Telbase Pro$79/mo$79/mo15 apps, 15 databases, 15 Docker containers, 500 deploys. Flat.

Frontend platform + managed database

Sticker~$39/mo
Real bill$161–205/mo

Per-seat pricing, compute hours, database add-ons, bandwidth overages

Usage-based PaaS

Sticker~$20/mo
Real bill$60–160/mo

CPU/memory billed per-second, egress fees, staging environment doubles the bill

Self-hosted VPS

Sticker~$5/mo
Real bill$5/mo + your time

Cheapest hardware, but you handle SSL, security patches, monitoring, backups, and scaling

Telbase Starter

Sticker$5/mo
Real bill$5/mo

2 apps, 2 databases, 1 Docker container, 30 deploys. Hosting + DB included.

Telbase Builder

Sticker$19/mo
Real bill$19/mo

5 apps, 5 databases, 3 Docker containers, 150 deploys. Hosting + DB included.

Telbase Pro

Sticker$79/mo
Real bill$79/mo

15 apps, 15 databases, 15 Docker containers, 500 deploys. Flat.

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When to Choose Something Else

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You're deploying dozens of static sites a month

Telbase gives you 10 free static sites, which covers most people. But if you're an agency or freelancer pushing 30+ sites monthly, a dedicated static host with unlimited free deploys is a better fit.

Vercel and Netlify offer unlimited static sites on their free tiers.

You need enterprise production infrastructure

No SLA, no staging environments, no team access controls, no SOC 2. If you're building for thousands of paying customers with compliance requirements, you need a more mature platform.

Railway, Render, and AWS offer SLAs and compliance certifications.

You need multi-region, persistent volumes, or custom networking

Telbase runs Docker containers, but doesn't offer multi-region deployment, persistent local storage, private networking, or Kubernetes. If your architecture requires these, a lower-level platform is the right choice.

Fly.io for multi-region edge compute. Railway for infrastructure control. AWS/GCP directly for Kubernetes.

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Quick Decision

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Building with an AI coding agent?This is what Telbase is built for.
Full-stack app with a database?Your agent sets it up, database included.
Docker or a non-standard language?All paid plans, from $5/mo.
Monorepo with frontend + API?One app with a service per part, each on the right provider, under one URL. No Docker needed.
AI/RAG app with vector search?Best option available.
Want predictable monthly costs?$0, $5, $19, or $79. Nothing hidden.
Just a static site?Better free options exist.
Need SLA, staging, or team controls?Not yet. We're building toward this.
Enterprise with compliance needs?Too early for that.

Start with one deploy

See if it fits. No credit card required.

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