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Quave ONE vs Netlify

Netlify is a frontend and web platform built around a global CDN, Git-based deploys and serverless functions, with credit-based pricing. Quave ONE runs long-running containers and managed databases on our regions or in your own cloud account.

Facts checked on November 10, 2026, with a source link on every row.

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The short answer

For static sites, Jamstack and frontend frameworks such as Next.js, Netlify is excellent: framework detection, a global CDN, unlimited Deploy Previews on every plan, built-in forms, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001, and an official MCP server.

Netlify runs backend code as functions with fixed time limits (60 seconds, or 15 minutes for background functions). Netlify Server, in Early Access, runs a long-lived server that holds WebSocket connections open for up to 30 minutes (2 hours on Pro and Enterprise) and scales to zero when idle. If your backend needs connections that stay open longer, an always-on process (Meteor, Socket.IO, workers, queues) or MongoDB, MySQL or Redis managed next to it, Quave ONE runs it as containers. You can also use both.

Side by side

Pricing model

Quave ONE
Direct: usage-based, $7.50 per zCloud per month (0.5 vCPU + 0.5 GB RAM), billed hourly. Overage lines apply to disk above 5 GB per zCloud, backups above 30 GB per environment, and builds above 600 minutes per month. Connect: a platform license from $399/month, and you pay your cloud provider directly.
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Netlify
Credit-based plans for accounts created since September 4, 2025: Free (300 credits/month), Personal ($9/month), Pro ($20/month, unlimited members) and Enterprise. Bandwidth, compute, production deploys, requests and AI inference spend credits. Older accounts can stay on Legacy plans.
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Smallest always-on app

Quave ONE
1 zCloud (0.5 vCPU, 0.5 GB RAM) for $7.50/month in standard regions (US-5, EU-3, BR-1), after a free Professional upgrade review. Logs, metrics, alerts, backups, MCP and support are included. EU-4 London is $26.50.
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Netlify
No always-on option documented: functions run on demand, and Netlify Server (Early Access) scales to zero when idle. Netlify plans to allow a minimum number of running instances after Early Access.
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Free option

Quave ONE
Hobby account: deploy apps and databases to the US-1 Hobby region to evaluate. No charge and no credit card. Not for production.
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Netlify
Free plan with 300 credits per month and a hard limit; Netlify says you are never charged for it.
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Bandwidth

Quave ONE
No extra network fees. In US-5, BR-1, EU-3 and EU-4, 10 GB of outbound traffic per zCloud per month is included; contact support if you need more.
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Netlify
Bandwidth spends credits: 20 credits per GB (about $0.13 per GB at the 1,500-credits-for-$10 pack rate).
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Managed databases

Quave ONE
Managed MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, RabbitMQ and ClickHouse, with managed backups kept 7 days by default. A single-node MongoDB starts at 1 zCloud ($7.50/month).
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Netlify
Netlify Database: managed Postgres, on credit-based plans only. Netlify Blobs stores key/value data and files. Managed MongoDB, MySQL or Redis: not documented.
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Long-running apps and WebSockets

Quave ONE
Long-running containers, so WebSockets work. Idle connections close after 60 seconds without data by default; keep-alive pings (such as Meteor DDP heartbeats) keep them open.
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Netlify
Functions have fixed limits: 60 seconds (synchronous), 15 minutes (background), 30 seconds (scheduled). Netlify Server (Early Access) holds WebSocket connections open; requests and connections close after 30 minutes, or 2 hours on Pro and Enterprise.
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Regions

Quave ONE
Direct: Ashburn (US-5), Frankfurt (EU-3), London (EU-4) and São Paulo (BR-1). Connect: your own cloud account; the license covers one region and provider, more may cost extra.
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Netlify
Functions run in one region: 12 self-serve regions (2 more through support), including São Paulo (gru); the default is US East (Ohio). The docs list region selection for Pro and Enterprise plans.
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Run in your own cloud

Quave ONE
Yes, with Connect: the same platform in your AWS, GCP, Azure or OCI account, or on-premise. 12-month minimum and a one-time setup fee.
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Netlify
Not documented. Enterprise can add Private Connectivity (fixed outbound IPs), and Netlify can configure a custom VPC for Functions.
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Autoscaling

Quave ONE
CPU- and memory-based autoscaling for app environments, enabled per account on request. Scale to zero is Connect-only.
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Netlify
Functions scale automatically with the volume of traffic.
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Logs and metrics

Quave ONE
Included: logs kept 20 days, Grafana metrics, alerts to Slack, Teams, PagerDuty, email or webhooks, and OpenTelemetry tracing (enabled per account).
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Netlify
Function logs are kept at least 24 hours, and 7 days on some plans. Log drains to Datadog, S3, HTTP and others are Enterprise-only.
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Preview environments

Quave ONE
Branch previews per pushed branch with the Quave ONE CLI and GitHub Action, cleaned up after a TTL.
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Netlify
Deploy Previews for pull requests and branch deploys on every plan, including Free; they do not spend credits.
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Support

Quave ONE
Email support, Monday to Friday, 9AM–5PM São Paulo time, usually answered within an hour. 24/7 on-call for infrastructure outages on every plan.
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Netlify
Priority email support on Personal and Pro. Enterprise adds 24/7 dedicated support and a 99.99% SLA.
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Compliance

Quave ONE
Working towards SOC 2 (preparing for the audit). Customers with SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certifications run on Quave ONE; with Connect, workloads stay in your own cloud account.
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Netlify
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS v4.0, and a HIPAA offering with a BAA.
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AI agents (MCP)

Quave ONE
Remote MCP server included: AI clients can inspect logs, review deployments, manage environments and run approved Jobs, within your account permissions.
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Netlify
Netlify MCP server (mcp.netlify.com), with setup guides for common agents.
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Which one fits you

Choose Quave ONE when

  • Your backend must stay up: Meteor, Socket.IO, workers, queues, or connections open longer than 2 hours.
  • You want MongoDB, MySQL or Redis managed by the same platform as your app.
  • You want logs kept 20 days without an Enterprise log drain.
  • You need to run in your own AWS, GCP, Azure or OCI account (Connect).
  • You want a price set by allocated CPU and RAM for always-on services, not credits per request and GB.

Choose Netlify when

  • You are building a static site, Jamstack or a frontend framework app and want a global CDN.
  • You want unlimited Deploy Previews on every plan, built-in forms and an image CDN.
  • Your backend is light: short functions, or a server that can scale to zero (Netlify Server, in Early Access).
  • You need SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, PCI DSS or a HIPAA BAA from your provider today.

Moving from Netlify to Quave ONE

  1. Keep your frontend on Netlify if it works well there; move the backend that needs a long-running server first.
  2. Create the backend app on Quave ONE from a Dockerfile or a preset, and add its environment variables.
  3. Create the managed database on Quave ONE and import your data.
  4. Point your API domain to Quave ONE and update the frontend to call it.
  5. Or let our team do it: we help with every step, or run the whole migration for you, apps and databases included.

FAQ

  • Netlify Server, in Early Access, holds WebSocket connections open, but its docs close them after 30 minutes (2 hours on Pro and Enterprise) and stop an idle server after 5 minutes. A Meteor or Socket.IO app expects a process that stays up and connections that last as long as the user is on the page. Quave ONE runs it as an always-on container.
  • Netlify docs say that when the credit balance is used up, all projects owned by the team are paused and visitors see a "Site not available" message. Paid plans can buy more credits in packs. Quave ONE Direct bills allocated zClouds by the hour instead of credits.
  • Yes. Keep the frontend on Netlify and run the API, workers and databases on Quave ONE, then point the frontend at the Quave ONE API domain.
  • Not exactly. The $7.50 zCloud price already includes logs kept 20 days, metrics, alerts, managed database backups (30 GB per environment), MCP, and email support with 24/7 infrastructure on-call. On many platforms some of these are add-ons or higher plans, so compare the full setup you need, not only the smallest instance.

How we compare

Every fact on this page links to the public page it came from: our own docs for Quave ONE, and the vendor's own pricing or docs pages for everyone else. We checked them on November 10, 2026. Prices and features change, so check the source before you decide. If something here is wrong or out of date, email support@quave.one and we will fix it.

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