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Best edge runtime for lightweight agent gateways and tools. Heavy LLM loops still belong on Modal/Fly/GPU…
Overall 8.53 (curated_estimate, high) · score asOf 2026-09-14 · last reviewed 2026-09-14. This is not an Elo and not a live price board. Provider · JSON
Jobs: agent-backend, edge-deploy, agent-memory-kv, realtime-agent-channel, edge-sqlite-agent-db, serverless-edge-redis, mcp-server-hosting
| Provider | Why listed | Overall | Δ vs subject | asOf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upstash Redis Default serverless-edge-redis. Use classic Redis Cloud when you need always-on fat memory / Redis modules… | same_jtbd_runner, same_jtbd_pick · agent-memory-kv, serverless-edge-redis | 8.49high | -0.04 | 2026-09-14 |
| Redis Use as agent hot memory/cache, not as your only 100M-vector archive. | same_jtbd_pick, same_jtbd_runner · agent-memory-kv, serverless-edge-redis | 8.07high | -0.46 | 2026-09-14 |
| Modal Depot darling for Python agent backends and bursty GPU jobs. If you think in functions not VMs, start here. | same_jtbd_pick · agent-backend | 8.44high | -0.09 | 2026-10-19 |
| Ably Depot pick for realtime agent↔user channels (token streaming, presence, multiplayer agent UIs). Not a… | same_jtbd_pick · realtime-agent-channel | 8.29high | -0.24 | 2026-09-14 |
| Turso Depot pick for edge/per-tenant SQLite agent state. Serverless Postgres pick stays Neon; hot KV stays Redis… | same_jtbd_pick · edge-sqlite-agent-db | 8.22high | -0.31 | 2026-09-14 |
| Supabase (pgvector) Depot default for most agent apps under ~25–50M vectors. Don't add Pinecone until Postgres actually hurts. | same_jtbd_runner · agent-memory-kv, realtime-agent-channel, edge-sqlite-agent-db | 8.64high | +0.11 | 2026-09-14 |
| Fly.io Excellent for globally distributed agent sidecars and Machines-based sandboxes. Prefer Railway/Render if you… | same_jtbd_runner · agent-backend, edge-deploy, mcp-server-hosting | 8.28high | -0.25 | 2026-09-14 |
| Neon Excellent serverless Postgres for agent apps that want branching + pgvector without Supabase's full BaaS. | same_jtbd_runner · edge-sqlite-agent-db, serverless-edge-redis | 8.59high | +0.06 | 2026-09-14 |
| Convex Great TS agent product backend when you want reactive state+actions together. Prefer Supabase/Neon when… | same_jtbd_runner · agent-backend | 8.15high | -0.38 | 2026-09-14 |
| Deno Deploy Nice for TS edge tools. Don't confuse isolate deploy with E2B-class untrusted code sandboxes. | same_jtbd_runner · edge-deploy | 8.13high | -0.4 | 2026-09-14 |
| Render Boring reliable PaaS. Great when Railway feels too hip and AWS feels too heavy. | same_jtbd_runner · agent-backend | 8.1high | -0.43 | 2026-09-14 |
| Vercel Ship the agent UI and thin API routes here. Put long-running agent workers on Modal/Fly/Railway. | same_jtbd_runner · edge-deploy | 8.1high | -0.43 | 2026-09-14 |
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