They host the files. shiply hosts the app.
ShipStatic hosts the static files your agent built. shiply.now hosts the app — with the database, functions, email, and domain it needs — in the same one call. Flat price, no account.
The short version: pick shiply.now when the thing your agent built needs a database, server functions, SSR, or email — and you want to claim it and keep it. Pick ShipStatic when the site is purely static and you want the cheapest edge hosting with a slick MCP-registry story.
Static-only vs backend-included
This is the one thing to understand. ShipStatic is a pure static file host on the Cloudflare edge — live in seconds, one URL, with rollback and a ship.json manifest. Anything the app tries to do at runtime — read a database, run a function, send an email — has nowhere to go.
shiply.now runs the whole app. A D1 or Neon Postgres database, Workers Lite edge functions with SSR for every major framework, and a per-site inbox for email are all included in the flat price, and your agent provisions them in the same call that publishes the site. See the full feature list for what ships in the box.
The head-to-head
Every row is a real, factual difference — not a feature-count contest.
| Feature | shiply.now | ShipStatic |
|---|---|---|
| Backend | ||
| SQL database | D1 + Neon Postgres | |
| Server functions / SSR | Workers Lite edge functions — SSR for every major framework | |
| Email (transactional + inbound) | Per-site inbox email | |
| Rollback / versioning | Re-publish the same slug | Rollback + ship.json |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Flat $0 / $8 / $24 | Static hosting free · custom domain $4.99/mo each |
| Usage meter | ✕ (no bandwidth caps) | |
| Publishing / agent | ||
| No account to start | ✓ · claim to keep | ✓ · snapshot expires in 3 days |
| Agent / MCP | Write-enabled, 100+ tools — DB, functions, email, domains | In the MCP Registry; hosted no-key endpoint |
| Any framework | Static output only | |
| Handoff | ||
| Sell / transfer a finished site | ✓ marketplace | |
| Client delivery (Studio) | ||
Your agent ships a backend, not just files
No static-output constraint. Your agent POSTs once and gets back a real URL — with the database, functions, and email the app needs already attached.
- D1 + Neon Postgres, Workers Lite functions, per-site email
- SSR for every major framework — not just static output
- Write-enabled MCP spanning data, email, domains, functions
No account to start — and you keep it
Both hosts let your agent publish with no account. On ShipStatic the public snapshot is claimable but expires in three days. On shiply.now the site is live at a real URL and one click claims it to keep forever.
- No-account first publish on both
- ShipStatic snapshots expire in 3 days
- shiply.now: claim in one click, kept forever
Your agent gets full write access — secrets stay safe.
The agent keychain lets the AI store and use secrets — API keys, database credentials, tokens — without ever logging them to output. Combined with a write-enabled MCP and Workers Lite edge functions, your agent goes from zero to a live, production-grade app in one call.
Real databases
D1 for edge SQL and Neon Postgres for full relational workloads — provisioned per site, not bolted on afterward.
Write-enabled MCP — 100+ tools
Publish sites, manage databases, attach domains, send email — not read-only. Full docs at /docs.
Workers Lite + SSR
Run edge functions and server-rendered pages for every major framework — no build step, no cold-start delay.
One call, live URL, kept
The agent POSTs once and gets back a real URL. No account needed to start — claim it in one click to keep it forever.
When ShipStatic is the better choice
ShipStatic is a clean, sharp static host, and for a real set of projects it is the right call. Here is where it wins.
Reach for ShipStatic when the site is purely static and you want the cheapest edge hosting — static hosting is free with no bandwidth caps, and a custom domain is $4.99 a month. For a simple static site, that is hard to beat on price.
Its MCP story is genuinely sharp: it is in the official MCP Registry and offers a hosted, no-key MCP endpoint, so an agent can try it in a single cold call. If registry-native discovery and a zero-setup MCP try are what you want, that is a real strength.
shiply.now is built for a different job: an agent that needs to ship an app — with a database, functions, and email — to a real URL it can keep, on a flat bill. If that is the job, the rest of this page is for you.
shiply vs ShipStatic — common questions
What is the difference between shiply.now and ShipStatic?
ShipStatic is a pure static file host on the Cloudflare edge — static hosting, live in seconds, one URL, with rollback and a ship.json manifest. shiply.now hosts the whole app: a D1 or Neon Postgres database, Workers Lite edge functions and SSR for every major framework, and per-site inbox email, all in the same one call. If your agent built a static site, ShipStatic is a clean, cheap choice; if it built an app that needs a database, functions, or email, ShipStatic cannot run it.
Does ShipStatic support a database or server functions?
No. ShipStatic is static-only. It serves files from the Cloudflare edge with rollback and a ship.json manifest, but there is no SQL database, no server function, no SSR, and no email. shiply.now includes all of those, so the same agent can ship a full-stack app rather than just its static output.
How does pricing compare?
Both are flat with no usage meter, and both let you start with no account. ShipStatic hosts static sites free with no bandwidth caps and charges $4.99 a month for each custom domain. shiply.now is flat $0 on Free, $8 on Hobby, or $24 on Developer, and that price covers the backend — database, functions, email — not just static file hosting.
Can my agent publish to shiply.now without an account?
Yes, and so can ShipStatic — both support a no-account first publish. The difference is what happens next and what you get. ShipStatic snapshots are public and claimable but expire in three days. shiply.now sites are live at a real URL immediately and one click claims them to keep forever, and the publish attaches the database, functions, and email the app needs. ShipStatic has a sharp MCP story — it is in the official MCP Registry with a hosted no-key endpoint; shiply.now offers a broader MCP surface spanning data, email, domains, and functions.
Publish an app in one call.
Database, functions, and email included. No account needed. Live at a real URL you keep.