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24 alternatives to Rapid Docker on AWS: eBook

The fastest way to launch your web application on AWS

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Rapid Docker on AWS: eBook launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Rapid Docker on AWS▲5

   Continuous Deployment of your Web Application

   2019 · cloudonaut.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Up▲334

   Deploy serverless apps and APIs in seconds to AWS Lambda

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   ShipFast▲812

   Ship your startup in days, not weeks

   2023 · shipfa.st · its alternatives →

4. 4
   WSP AWS▲75

   Get your application running on AWS ECS in 15 minutes

   2021 · webpros.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   #!/usr/bin/env docker run▲496

   #!/usr/bin/env docker run. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

   2024 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Flightcontrol▲211

   Developer-first AWS infrastructure

   2023 · ravion.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   WarpBuildfree tier, from $0.003/mo▲195

   10x cheaper Github actions in your AWS account

   2024 · warpbuild.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Docker in the browser using x86-to-WASM recompilation▲119

   Run KolibriOS, Linux or Windows 98 in your browser

   2022 · copy.sh · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Next3 AWS▲105

   Make your website loading time lightning fast

   2021 · themedev.net · its alternatives →

10. 10
    TinyStacks▲225

    Code to cloud in minutes

    2022 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    AWS Blockchain Templates▲148

    Launch Ethereum networks with just a few clicks

    2018 · aws.amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    SetOps▲313

    Cloud deployment made for developers

    2022 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    AWS Bootstrap▲185

    Full stack on AWS in one click

    2022 · manylives.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Deploy Docker Image to AWS Elastic Beanstalk▲81

    Build a Docker image, push it to AWS EC2 Container Registry, then deploy it to AWS Elastic Beanstalk - Dockerrun.aws.json

    2016 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Instantly run anything▲12

    Deploy Docker apps instantly—no Kubernetes, no YAML.

    2025 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    StackBricks▲130

    Build your stack like Lego

    2022 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    QuickDeploy▲184

    Hi HN, I am Max and I am building QuickDeploy! It lets you deploy web applications of all sorts to your VPS with one command! Here is a little showcase of the tool itself: https://youtu.be/Feauj4OaePg Under the hood quickdeploy detects the language and framework you use, so e.g. Next.js and then creates a Docker image. After that it starts the container and waits until it is in a healthy state before using a reverse proxy to redirect traffic to the app. Added benefit is the use of your own domain with instant https! I am super happy with the result and the ease of use. After…

    2025 · quickdeploy.dev · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Lemon 2.0▲229

    Alternative UI for AWS

    2022 · uselemon.io · its alternatives →

19. 19AD
    Accelerated Docker builds on your local machine with Depot (YC W23)▲64

    Hello HN! We just launched a new feature we built at Depot that accelerates Docker image builds on your local machine in a team environment, and we wanted to share some of the details with you all. The launch blog post: https://depot.dev/blog/local-builds Depot is a hosted container build service - we run fully managed Intel and Arm remote build machines in AWS, with large instance sizes and SSD cache disks. The machines run BuildKit, the build engine that powers Docker, so generally anything you can `docker build`, you can also `depot build`. Most people use Depot in CI,…

    2023 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Rapid - Real-time Database Service▲184

    Build real-time apps without maintaining the infrastructure

    2017 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Astronaut▲105

    Launch webapps from your dock, in a click.

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Depot▲169

    Build Docker containers up to 20x faster

    2023 · depot.dev · its alternatives →

23. 23SR
    SetOps – Run containers, databases and more in your own AWS account▲90

    2022 · setops.co · its alternatives →

24. 24IR
    InstaDocker – Run any Docker container on the cloud instantly▲54

    2015 · instadocker.com · its alternatives →

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