Comparison · Vercel + Supabase

Croft vs Vercel + Supabase

Vercel and Supabase are excellent, and plenty of great software is built on them. But together they're a stack you assemble: hosting on one, database and auth on another, storage and backups to sort out, environment variables to wire up — and something (or someone) to build and maintain it all. Croft is the opposite bet: one platform where your AI builds the app and Croft runs it, with hosting, a database, sign-in, and backups already joined up.

	Vercel + Supabase	Croft
What it is	Separate services you wire together — hosting, database, auth, storage	One platform with all of it built in
Getting an app live	Create projects, connect them, set env vars, configure auth, deploy	Point your AI at your croft — it builds and deploys in one prompt
Login & security	You set up and maintain auth and row-level rules per app	Built into the platform, in front of every app — apps can't get it wrong
Who runs it	You — upgrades, scaling, backups, and keeping it all glued together	Croft — patches, backups, monitoring, all invisible
Pricing	Usage-based on each service, and it can surprise you	One flat price, and your own AI does the building
When you leave	Your data and code are yours, spread across services	A single export of code, database, and files that runs anywhere Docker does
Best when	You're a developer building something large, public, or highly custom	You want small, private apps without assembling and babysitting a stack

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Croft is a home for the small apps you build with Claude, ChatGPT, or Grok. Your assistant writes the app; Croft runs it on your own private server — with a database, one login for the people you invite, HTTPS, and backups all handled. One flat price, bring your own AI, no lock-in.

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