A STATICX alternative that runs the whole app.
STATICX hosts the files your agent built — static pages, a forms inbox, release analytics. The moment the app needs a database, a server function, SSR, or email, a static-only host runs out of room. shiply.now hosts the app itself, at a flat $0 / $8 / $24 a month.
Publish my site to shiply.now and give me the live URL. Read https://shiply.now/skill.md first — it is the live API map. Before publishing, look for .shiply.json and existing Shiply credentials; if MCP is connected, call whoami. If no valid credential is available, publish anonymously immediately — never block the first live URL. Then show me Shiply’s REAUTH_REQUIRED verification link so I can claim it. If I choose email reconnect, request the six-digit code, wait for me to paste it, verify it, and securely save the returned API key. In a cloud sandbox, use the raw HTTP API only (no npm or install scripts). Follow Shiply’s JSON errors and docs pointer; don’t guess.
The static-only ceiling arrives the day the app needs a backend.
STATICX is a capable static release platform. But it serves files — nothing dynamic. As soon as the app needs to store data, run server logic, render on the server, or send email, there is nowhere on a static host to put it.
That is the ceiling people leave for. The front-end ships fine, then the first real feature — accounts, a saved record, a confirmation email, a server-rendered page — has no home. Moving to a second service, wiring up a database, and re-pointing the domain is exactly the work an agent was supposed to avoid. shiply.now puts the backend in the same call as the static files.
Backend in the box. Flat price. No account to start.
The same files STATICX would serve, plus the database, functions, SSR, and email the app actually needs — in one call.
The whole app, not just the files
shiply.now ships the backend a static host can't: a real database, edge functions, SSR for every major framework, and a per-site email inbox. Your agent stops at one host for the entire app instead of stitching static files to a second service.
- Cloudflare D1 + Neon Postgres databases
- Workers Lite edge functions + SSR, any framework
- Per-site email inbox — transactional and inbound
One flat line, and no account to start
$0, $8, or $24 a month — backend included, no usage meter. And there is no account to create before your agent can ship: POST once, get a real URL, claim it later with one click. Sell or hand off the finished site through the marketplace and Studio.
- Flat $0 / $8 / $24 per month, backend included
- No account needed to publish your first site
- Marketplace + client handoff built in
shiply.now vs STATICX, on what the app can actually do
Static files on both — but the backend, and what it takes to get live, is where they part.
| Feature | shiply.nowbackend-included | STATICXstatic-only |
|---|---|---|
| Backend | ||
| Real databaseCloudflare D1 + Neon Postgres | ||
| Server functions + SSRWorkers Lite edge functions, every major framework | ||
| Per-site email inbox | ||
| Static file hosting | ||
| Forms / lead capture | ||
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Flat $0 / $8 / $24 per month | Flat by site capacity |
| Usage meter | ||
| Backend included in the price | ||
| Getting started | ||
| Account required to start | ||
| Publish method | One HTTP call — no build step | Account + scoped token first |
| Agent-first API + MCP tools | ||
| Marketplace + client handoffsell or hand off a site | ||
When STATICX still wins: a pure static site that will never need a backend, where its version-scoped conversion analytics — leads and conversion tied to each release — and its detailed per-client MCP token-scoping story are exactly what you want. If the app is genuinely just files and forms, a static-only host is a fine fit. shiply.now is the better call the moment it needs to become a real application.
STATICX alternative — common questions
What can shiply.now run that STATICX cannot?
A backend. STATICX is a static release platform — it serves the files an agent built, plus a forms/lead inbox and version-scoped analytics. It has no database, no server functions, no server-side rendering, and no email. shiply.now runs all of that: a Cloudflare D1 or Neon Postgres database, Workers Lite edge functions, full SSR for every major framework, and a per-site email inbox — so the app your agent built actually works, not just its front-end.
Is shiply.now more expensive than STATICX?
They price differently. STATICX charges by site capacity — Free for one site, $9.99 for fifteen, $19.99 for a hundred. shiply.now is flat $0 / $8 / $24 a month with no usage meter, and every tier includes the backend — database, functions, SSR, email. You are not paying more for more static sites; you are getting a real application stack at a flat price.
Do I need an account to publish on shiply.now?
No. Your agent POSTs once and the site is live at a real slug.shiply.now URL in a single request — no account, no build step. You can claim it later with one click to keep it. STATICX requires an account and a scoped token before an agent can publish.
Can I move an existing STATICX site to shiply.now?
Yes. Anything static that runs on STATICX runs on shiply.now unchanged — publish the same files with one HTTP call and point your custom domain at it. The difference shows up when the app needs to grow past static: add a database, a server function, SSR, or email without switching hosts again.
The whole app, in one call.
Backend included — database, functions, SSR, email. Flat $0 / $8 / $24 per month, no usage meter, no account to start.