Comparisons
DenkOps compared.
Honest, spec-level comparisons with the platforms people use for APIs, bots, scheduled jobs and MCP servers. Every page says where the other platform is the better pick.
DenkOps vs Cloudflare Workers
DenkOps vs Cloudflare Workers for remote MCP servers: always-on slots and hosted OAuth vs request-scoped isolates, CPU limits and building your own auth.
Moving off Smithery
Smithery stopped hosting MCP servers on 31 October 2026. How to move a hosted Smithery server to DenkOps, keep OAuth sign-in and get a stable URL.
DenkOps vs Heroku
DenkOps vs Heroku: always-on slots with a durable disk, managed cron and hosted MCP OAuth vs dynos, an ephemeral filesystem and router timeouts.
DenkOps vs Google Cloud Run
DenkOps vs Google Cloud Run: always-on slots, durable disk and hosted MCP OAuth vs scale-to-zero containers, request timeouts and IAM-based auth.
DenkOps vs Vercel
Frontend DX and CDN vs unlimited run time and a durable disk for agents.
DenkOps vs AWS Lambda
Scale-to-zero functions vs long-running processes with a durable disk.
DenkOps vs Railway
Usage-priced PaaS with a big add-on catalogue vs flat, MCP-first slots.
DenkOps vs Render
Managed Postgres and static sites vs always-on slots with a durable disk and flat pricing.
DenkOps vs Fly.io
Global edge regions and a mature CLI vs always-on EU slots with flat pricing.
FAQ
What is DenkOps best compared with?
Platforms people use to host APIs, bots, cron jobs and MCP servers: Cloudflare Workers, Vercel, AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Run, Railway, Render, Fly.io and Heroku.
Where is DenkOps not the right choice?
Massive scale-to-zero workloads, global edge delivery for frontends, and stacks outside Bun and Python. Each comparison says where the other platform is ahead.