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Recommended Services

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Teploy handles your infrastructure, but you'll likely need additional services for payments, email, storage, and communications. Here are our recommendations.

CDN & Edge

Cloudflare (Optional Integration)

Connect your Cloudflare account for CDN, DDoS protection, and WAF. See Cloudflare Setup for setup instructions.

Note: SSL is provided automatically via Let's Encrypt. Cloudflare is optional and adds CDN/security features.

Bunny CDN

Faster global routing at lower cost. Great alternative or complement to Cloudflare.

  • Best for: Video streaming, large file delivery, cost optimization
  • Pricing: $0.01/GB (cheaper than most CDNs)
  • Features:
    • 114 PoPs worldwide
    • Bunny Stream for video
    • Bunny Storage for static files
    • Perma-Cache for origin protection
  • Website: bunny.net

Tip: Use Bunny for media-heavy apps. Add Cloudflare for DDoS protection if needed.

Object Storage

Cloudflare R2

Zero egress fees, S3-compatible. Requires Cloudflare account.

  • Best for: User uploads, static assets, media serving
  • Pricing: $0.015/GB storage, free egress
  • Website: cloudflare.com/r2

Backblaze B2

Cheapest reliable storage. Perfect for backups and archives.

  • Best for: Database backups, log archives, cold storage
  • Pricing: $0.005/GB storage, $0.01/GB egress
  • Free tier: 10 GB storage, 1 GB/day egress
  • Website: backblaze.com/b2

Tip: Use B2 for backups (cheap storage), R2 for serving (free egress).

Wasabi

No egress fees, S3-compatible. Good middle ground.

  • Best for: Large datasets, frequent access
  • Pricing: $0.0069/GB, no egress fees
  • Website: wasabi.com

Bring Your Own

Connect any S3-compatible storage in Settings → Storage:

  • AWS S3
  • MinIO (self-hosted)
  • DigitalOcean Spaces
  • Linode Object Storage

Payments

Stripe

The industry standard for payment processing. Handles subscriptions, one-time payments, invoicing, and more.

  • Best for: Most applications
  • Pricing: 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction
  • Website: stripe.com

Polar.sh

Modern billing for developers and open-source projects. Great for SaaS and developer tools.

  • Best for: Developer tools, open-source monetization
  • Pricing: 5% of revenue
  • Website: polar.sh

Transactional Email

Resend

Developer-first email API with excellent deliverability. Built by the team behind React Email.

  • Best for: Modern applications, great DX
  • Pricing: Free tier (3,000 emails/mo), then $20/mo
  • Website: resend.com

Amazon SES

High-volume, low-cost email sending. Requires more setup but unbeatable at scale.

  • Best for: High volume, cost-sensitive
  • Pricing: $0.10 per 1,000 emails
  • Website: aws.amazon.com/ses

Email Hosting

Purelymail

Simple, affordable email hosting without the bloat. Perfect for custom domain email.

  • Best for: Custom domain email on a budget
  • Pricing: $10/year for unlimited domains
  • Website: purelymail.com

Newsletters

Amazon SES + Newsletter Platform

Combine SES with a self-hosted newsletter platform like Listmonk for cost-effective newsletters.

  • Best for: High-volume newsletters
  • Pricing: SES rates + hosting costs
  • Tip: Deploy Listmonk on Teploy with our one-click templates

Resend + React Email

Build beautiful transactional and marketing emails with React components.

  • Best for: Developer teams, design-forward brands
  • Website: react.email

SMS & Voice

Telnyx

Carrier-grade communications platform for SMS, voice, and fax. Competitive pricing and excellent API.

  • Best for: SMS verification, voice calls, global messaging
  • Pricing: Pay-as-you-go, ~$0.004/SMS
  • Website: telnyx.com

Why We Recommend These

We don't offer these services because:

  1. Focus — We do infrastructure really well; others do payments/email/SMS really well
  2. No lock-in — Use best-in-class services for each need
  3. Flexibility — Swap providers without changing your hosting

These services all have excellent APIs that integrate seamlessly with apps deployed on Teploy.

Integration Tips

Environment Variables

Store API keys securely in Teploy:

# Payments
STRIPE_SECRET_KEY=sk_live_...

# Email
RESEND_API_KEY=re_...

# SMS
TELNYX_API_KEY=KEY...

# Storage (S3-compatible)
S3_ENDPOINT=https://s3.us-west-001.backblazeb2.com
S3_ACCESS_KEY_ID=...
S3_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=...
S3_BUCKET=my-backups

# Bunny CDN
BUNNY_API_KEY=...
BUNNY_STORAGE_ZONE=...

Webhooks

Point service webhooks to your Teploy-hosted app:

https://your-app.teploy.app/api/webhooks/stripe
https://your-app.teploy.app/api/webhooks/resend

All webhook endpoints get automatic SSL via Let's Encrypt.

Storage Architecture

A common pattern for Teploy apps:

Use Case Provider Why
User uploads R2 Free egress for serving
Database backups B2 Cheapest storage
Video/media Bunny Storage Fast global delivery
Build cache R2 Low latency to workers

Configure backup destinations in Settings → Backups → Storage.