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Deno DeployIndie

Edge JavaScript runtime from the Deno team

[01] Verdict

Deno Deploy free tier gives 1M requests/month, 20GB egress, 50 custom domains, 15 CPU-hours, and 1GB KV storage. Pro is $20/month with substantially higher limits and longer log retention.

If you're already using Deno (or want to), this is the most natural place to deploy. V8 isolates start cold in milliseconds, web-standard APIs work, and the KV store gives you a globally replicated database with no setup. Tight integration with Fresh, the Deno-native web framework.

The ecosystem is the catch — npm support has been improving but isn't 100% drop-in, some npm packages still break on Deno, and the user base is small compared to Cloudflare Workers or Vercel Edge. Pricing is fair and the company is venture-backed (not great for long-term certainty, but Deno Inc. has runway).

[02]

What works, what doesn't.

8 findings
+ Pros
  • Generous free tier with KV storage included
  • V8 isolates start near-instantly
  • Web-standard APIs, less framework lock-in
  • Tight Deno + Fresh integration
– Cons
  • npm compat isn't 100% drop-in
  • Smaller community than Workers / Vercel Edge
  • Venture-backed parent — long-term uncertainty
  • Less framework tooling than Vercel
[03]

Pricing receipts.

Published rate
Monthly
Free/ mo
Intro price
Yearly
Free/ yr
First-year intro
[04]

What's being said.

13 mentions · May 17
Community sentiment
positive
Reddit, Hacker News, Trustpilot. Not used to score the provider — see methodology.
Redditpositive
Deno + Deno Deploy is my new favorite backend for side projects

"Deno Deploy allows 1M/month invocations for free. They have domains, env variables. Also they have cron jobs."

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Redditpositive
My experience with Deno - Reddit

"Bottom line: It has some problems, but I'm absolutely in love with it and I don't intend ever to go back to Node if I can help it."

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Redditpositive
Would you recommend Deno for its compile feature? - Reddit

"Yes, Deno's compile feature is really great. I used it for a school project once where I had built an HTTP client, and the executable ran as expected."

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Redditpositive
Deno Is "Blazing Fast" For Humans : r/javascript - Reddit

"At the risk of sounding like a fanboy, Deno Deploy makes deploying really easy."

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Blogpositive
Deno 2: JavaScript's New Superhero or Just Another Cape?

"Deno Deploy is a fully managed serverless solution that’s globally distributed. It’s the go-to for getting your app up and running without fuss."

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Hacker Newspositive
Deno Deploy Demo: a multi-datacenter chat, client+server in 23 ...

"Deno is such a nice little scripting tool. I've been using it for devops glue and scripts lately. Native typescript, easy-as-pie dependency"

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Redditpositive
How are you using Deno? - Reddit

"Deployed it using Deno deploy and it's now serving from 12 locations on the edge, with env variables working properly."

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Redditpositive
Deno runtime : r/node - Reddit

"I use Deno for small scripts and serverless functions because of how easy it is to setup and deploy."

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Redditpositive
r/Deno - Reddit

"Deployed on Deno Deploy, works well with the free tier. The KV usage is minimal since it's just counters and small stat objects."

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Redditpositive
Thoughts about Deno? : r/typescript - Reddit

"My experience is that Deno is a great choice for writing scripts with TypeScript. It's basically what you'd want Node to be."

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Blognegative
When not to use Deno Deploy ☄️ - DEV Community

"Unfortunately, I ran into one of these when building a caching layer for a project I've been working on."

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Hacker Newsnegative
I would love to try Deno deploy, but right now there are two deal ...

"I would love to try Deno deploy, but right now there are two deal breakers for me: - why is the CPU time limit so low?"

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Redditnegative
Deno Deploy halved their regions again! - Reddit

"They started with 35 regions, dropped to 12 last year, dropped to 6 this year! For me in Seoul, latencies increased 10× in 2 years."

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