Where to host an app I built with AI

Quick answer

If the app is for your business and your team, host it on a private server with team sign-in, a database, backups, and a way to undo a bad deploy. That is what Croft is for. Public hosts are great for public products. A raw VPS is fine if you want to run servers yourself. Most people who just built their first AI app want neither.

What “host my AI app” usually means

People search this after the fun part: the assistant already made something that works on their screen. Now they need:

A link colleagues can open
Data that saves between sessions
A gate so the whole internet is not invited
No nginx homework

That is hosting for a team tool, not hosting for a startup homepage.

Three common options

Option	Best when	Trade-off
Public deploy host (Vercel, Replit, similar)	The app is meant for customers on the open web	You own login, tenant isolation, and “is this URL private enough?”
DIY VPS	You (or someone) want to run servers	Auth, SSL, backups, and every next app are your project
Croft	Internal tools and AI-built apps for staff	Opinionated: private by default, assistant deploys for you

A simple way to deploy without managing servers

Get a croft (private server for your apps).
Connect Claude, Cursor, or ChatGPT, or use Croft Build.
Ask the assistant to deploy the app.
Invite the people who should use it. They open a normal URL and sign in.

You do not configure a database product, write an auth system, or babysit SSL renewals. Croft includes backups and one-click rollback when an AI change goes wrong.

When Croft is the wrong answer

You are shipping a public product to paying customers at internet scale.
You need a full DIY cloud and a platform team.
You only need a one-off demo that will never be shared.

For those, use a public host or a proper cloud account. For a financial model, stocktake, quotes tool, or hiring tracker your team uses every week, private hosting is the job.

FAQ

Is this the same as “secure hosting for AI business apps”?

Some guides mean enterprise platforms for AI SaaS. Croft means something narrower: a private home for the small apps a business actually runs, built with AI, used by your people.

Do I need backups and versioning?

Yes, if the app holds real work. Croft backs up app data continuously and lets you roll back a deploy in one click. See also private vibe-coded hosting.

What if I only have a Claude artifact?

Deploy it. Share a Claude artifact with your team covers why emailing HTML fails and how hosting fixes it.

How much does Croft cost?

Solo from $24/month on annual billing, Team $99/month on annual. 7-day free trial, no card to start.

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