Compare Buddy and Upsun 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (82.9% of reviews)
Small-Business (69.2% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$12.00
Buddy
Star Rating
(210)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (82.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
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Star Rating
(167)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (69.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$12.00
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When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Buddy easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Buddy overall.
- Reviewers felt that Buddy meets the needs of their business better than Upsun.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Buddy is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Buddy over Upsun.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Buddy
Free
Free
For freelancers and sporadic deployments.
- 1 seat
- 1 runner
- 300 pipeline GB-minutes
Upsun
Development
$12.00
Development only, no production environments
- Environments generated on the fly from your Git branches
- Support for microservices with multiple apps per project
- Data services built in: MySql, Redis, Solr, ElasticSearch, Postgres, Kafka, InfluxDB, RabbitMQ, and more.
Free Trial
Buddy
Free Trial is available
Upsun
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.4
158
8.8
101
Ease of Use
9.5
158
8.7
101
Ease of Setup
9.2
82
8.4
81
Ease of Admin
9.2
75
8.4
80
Quality of Support
8.9
115
8.7
99
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.3
62
9.1
80
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
150
8.8
96
Features by Category
Functionality
9.6
51
9.2
18
9.4
51
9.0
18
9.1
47
8.9
18
Management
9.5
49
9.1
17
8.6
45
7.0
15
9.6
50
8.8
18
Agentic AI - Continuous Delivery
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality
Not enough data
9.1
21
Not enough data
9.3
21
Not enough data
9.3
22
Management
Not enough data
8.8
12
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
8.4
22
Support
Not enough data
9.1
20
Not enough data
9.1
19
Not enough data
9.3
17
Management
9.4
22
Not enough data
9.4
19
Not enough data
9.5
20
Not enough data
Functionality
9.6
23
Not enough data
9.5
20
Not enough data
9.5
19
Not enough data
Processes
9.4
22
Not enough data
9.5
20
Not enough data
9.6
22
Not enough data
Functionality
9.3
45
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Verified
Not enough data
9.0
43
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
39
|
Verified
Not enough data
Management
9.4
43
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.5
42
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
39
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Continuous Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Performance
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Free Resources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Development
Not enough data
9.3
55
Not enough data
8.7
48
Not enough data
8.8
48
Not enough data
8.9
49
Not enough data
7.8
44
Database
Not enough data
8.6
52
Not enough data
7.1
40
Not enough data
6.9
35
Not enough data
8.1
53
Not enough data
8.4
51
Infrastructure
Not enough data
8.5
39
Not enough data
8.6
28
Not enough data
9.2
43
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Buddy and Upsun are categorized as Continuous Delivery
Unique Categories
Upsun is categorized as Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS), WordPress Hosting, Build Automation, Managed Hosting, and WebOps Platforms
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Buddy
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Upsun
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Computer Software
35.4%
Information Technology and Services
9.7%
Marketing and Advertising
7.3%
Program Development
6.8%
Internet
5.3%
Other
35.4%
Information Technology and Services
21.8%
Computer Software
21.1%
Internet
12.8%
Marketing and Advertising
5.3%
Education Management
2.3%
Other
36.8%
Discussions
Buddy has no discussions with answers
What is the best way to deploy a python plus Mysql with a react as front end app on platform sh.
1 Comment
CY
Hi Aakash, you'll find some documentation on setting up Worker processes and Crons on Platform.sh here:...Read more
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