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Netlify Platform vs ngrok comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Netlify Platform
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
46
Ranking in other categories
PaaS Clouds (5th)
ngrok
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
IT Governance (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

Netlify Platform and ngrok aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Netlify Platform is designed for PaaS Clouds and holds a mindshare of 0.0%.
ngrok, on the other hand, focuses on IT Governance, holds 0.9% mindshare.
PaaS Clouds Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Netlify Platform0.0%
Microsoft Azure13.5%
Amazon AWS13.3%
Other73.2%
PaaS Clouds
IT Governance Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
ngrok0.9%
RSA Archer22.0%
MetricStream15.3%
Other61.8%
IT Governance
 

Featured Reviews

KR
Software Developer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Automated deployments have simplified portfolio updates and have reduced manual pipeline work
For the improvements in Netlify Platform, I think it should focus on better marketing because competitors like Vercel and others are present in the market. While Netlify Platform looks clean, neat, and enhanced, it should do better marketing, as it is actually recommended by ChatGPT for small-sized projects. I believe it should also be suggested for larger projects and promoted more so that Netlify Platform is used by multiple people; it should be the go-to cloud environment. I think the technical side of Netlify Platform can improve, especially in the documentation. They can add more information about new frameworks as they come into the platform or market. They should maintain a troubleshooting page on Netlify Platform docs that comprehensively shows all the steps. Adding more user-friendly animations or navigation would make the platform easier. Moreover, with the documentation, it currently shows all the tabs at one place, and the customer should understand what each use is without having to click into it. They should support more old frameworks as well, to increase the range of utilizations since mostly old frameworks are still in the market, prompting more users to migrate to Netlify Platform.
KS
Data Engineer at a outsourcing company with 201-500 employees
Automation workflows have accelerated backend development and simplified API sharing for teams
The free tier of ngrok is one of the best features it offers. Initially, I used the free tier, and it gave me more tokens. Even when my API received many hits from the front end, I was able to use this ngrok backend API without any problems. ngrok is very reliable. When building our internal automation forms, we use ngrok for the backend part. It provides an easy step and is beginner-friendly, allowing us to integrate easily and test. Testing it in Postman and other tools is also very easy. I was able to easily give my ngrok URL to the front-end developer. Development of APIs using ngrok is very fast. Before going into the production environment, this ngrok free tier was actually saving our time and benefiting employees.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I would definitely say that Netlify Platform really helped us save time in feature delivery as the deliverables were quick, feature delivery was fast, CI changes and deployments were very quick, and we could easily deploy and test our features and roll them out to our end users."
"The best part is having 500 web apps for free with support for almost all major frameworks."
"Netlify Platform saved me a significant amount of time; manual deployment would have taken me around three to four hours, but Netlify Platform helped me do it in around twenty minutes."
"Netlify Platform helps me launch projects 90% faster mainly because of the deployment process and contribution capabilities."
"Time saved is exponential because the amount of work that gets done in a sprint is accelerated because of Netlify Platform."
"Absolutely, my everything was saved, money was saved and time saved."
"Netlify Platform has positively impacted my organization by significantly improving deployment time and providing general users with easy access to deployment."
"The feature I appreciate most is that I can host anything for free there and it doesn't have any cost up to a certain point."
"The free tier of ngrok is one of the best features it offers because even when my API received many hits from the front end, I was able to use this ngrok backend API without any problems and, before going into the production environment, this ngrok free tier was actually saving our time and benefiting employees."
"ngrok saves weeks of development time, as I am able to catch problems and fix them without deploying resources in dev servers or production servers."
 

Cons

"Netlify Platform could be improved for beginners."
"I have not seen a return on investment with Netlify Platform."
"As I have been deploying my current project, I noticed I have reached 75% of my free allocation, and I am unsure if that can be improved."
"For honest feedback, pricing scales quickly for high-bandwidth projects, and advanced back-end heavy apps sometimes require additional services."
"Netlify Platform could be improved if they hosted their independent services apart from GitHub."
"For the moment, Netlify Platform could improve with greater integration of AI for server control or management as well as for static page management."
"Netlify Web Development Cloud does have limitations as it is not suitable for back-end heavy or long-running server applications, and its free tier imposes usage limits on bandwidth, build minutes, and functions, with advanced features such as analytics and background functions being paid features while offering limited infrastructure-level customization compared to container-based platforms which can be more restrictive for large-scale or enterprise applications."
"While it also helps with backend deployment, it is not as scalable as AWS or Azure, and I would love to see and explore more features in the future around it."
"ngrok can be improved in the following way: when we unexpectedly close the laptop or sometimes close the page where we are running ngrok, that can be improved."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Educational Organization
18%
Computer Software Company
16%
University
15%
Government
12%
Construction Company
41%
Computer Software Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business23
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise16
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Netlify Platform?
Netlify Platform can be improved because the free version has many limitations; for example, I really want to have the analytics part, but they are not providing it and are pushing me to buy the su...
What is your primary use case for Netlify Platform?
My main use case for Netlify Platform is to work on the projects that I am working on, mostly personal projects and not company ones. A quick specific example of a project I have used Netlify Platf...
What advice do you have for others considering Netlify Platform?
To be very honest, that is all I do with Netlify Platform, and it is good to be very honest. My advice to others looking into using Netlify Platform is to just go for it; Netlify Platform is amazin...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ngrok?
The pricing was reasonable and the initial setup and licensing were also good.
What needs improvement with ngrok?
ngrok can be improved in the following way: when we unexpectedly close the laptop or sometimes close the page where we are running ngrok, that can be improved. The time limit for this can be extended.
What is your primary use case for ngrok?
I preferably work in Python backend use cases. As a Data Engineer, I use FastAPI and build my code in Python. To create an API for front-end developers, I use ngrok. I made an automation platform f...
 

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