Release
The Vercel alternative for full-stack apps on your own cloud infrastructure.
Deployment Model
Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
Core Feature
Ephemeral Preview Environments
YC Batch
W20
About Release
Release offers a 'Bring Your Own Cloud' (BYOC) solution for deploying complex, full-stack applications. It provides developers with the ease-of-use of platforms like Vercel and Heroku—including git-push deployments and automatic ephemeral environments for every pull request—but on their own cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc.). This gives teams full control over their environment without sacrificing developer velocity. Release is ideal for organizations with microservices architectures or those needing to manage complex stateful services like databases and caches, which are often challenging on serverless platforms. The platform includes a CLI, API, and detailed documentation to integrate into existing CI/CD workflows.
Deployment & Infrastructure
Cloud Providers
Connect your own AWS, GCP, or Azure accounts.
Deployment Trigger
Git-push simplicity, deploys on every pull request.
Application Support
Supports full-stack applications, stateful services, and microservices.
Preview Environments
Automatically creates a full, ephemeral environment for every PR.
Developer Experience
Developer Tooling
Provides a CLI and API for automation and integration.
Documentation
Comprehensive documentation with quickstart guides and API reference.
Sandbox
Offers a Release Cloud Sandbox for testing and evaluation.
Target Audience
Teams outgrowing Heroku or Vercel's serverless limitations.