Alternatives to Lathe
Lathe: Deploys an app your coding agent built onto one dedicated managed machine with database, cache and backups for a flat monthly price. Here are 24 other products that do a similar job. Of these, 19 have a free plan.
- Apply.Build
Hosts apps from a GitHub repo on European servers, with attack filtering, logs and metrics for a fixed monthly fee.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Basevolt
A desktop app that turns your app database into a back office with grids, boards, dashboards and webhooks.
Since 2024
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- onemcp
A hosted portal that joins your MCP servers into one endpoint with OAuth, so AI agents load far fewer tool definitions.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- AgentDM
Gives each AI agent an alias so agents and people can message each other over MCP and A2A, with a Slack bridge.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- AI Commander
Lets AI assistants like Claude, Codex or ChatGPT run shell commands and background jobs on machines you own, with no inbound ports opened.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- BoxLite
Gives coding agents isolated cloud machines with disk, storage and a public URL so they can run and share apps.
Since 2026
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- Concord
Lets coding agents across a team claim files, message each other and hand off work so they stop clashing.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- ContextVault
A shared memory store that lets a team's AI assistants save and reuse knowledge across sessions and tools.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Dexio
A hosted wiki that Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI agents share through MCP, so people can see and edit what the agents know.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- Directus
Connects to any SQL database and gives you APIs plus a no-code admin app, used as a headless CMS or backend.
Website builders · Agencies
- Easypanel
A control panel for your own server that deploys apps from Git, runs databases and handles SSL and backups.
Developer tools · Agencies
- Faable
Hosts apps from Git on European servers and adds user login through a hosted OAuth and OpenID Connect server.
Free plan · Security and passwords · Developers
- Frost
Open-source platform you run on your own server to deploy Docker apps, databases and preview builds, without per-seat fees.
Since 2025
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Gitsu
A Mac and web app for triaging and planning GitHub Issues and Projects from the keyboard, which AI agents can use as well.
Since 2026
Free plan · Projects and tasks · Developers
- Handoff
Chrome extension that grabs a screenshot, selector and console log from a page and passes the bug to your coding agent.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Agencies
- instancez
A Supabase compatible backend with Postgres, auth and storage defined in one YAML file, built for coding agents to set up.
Since 2026
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- KeyID
Hosted service that gives each AI agent its own inbox, phone number, storage and 2FA on domains kept for your project.
Since 2026
Subscription · Developer tools · Developers
- Layerbase
Managed and serverless databases across 19 engines such as Postgres, MySQL and Redis, with data branching and flat monthly prices.
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- LibreDB Studio
A browser database editor you deploy next to your databases so a team can query Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB and more.
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Logchef
Self-hosted tool to search, tail and chart logs and set alerts over data already in ClickHouse or VictoriaLogs.
Since 2025
Free · Uptime and monitoring · Developers
- Mist
Self-hosted platform that deploys Docker apps from Git with domains, SSL and databases for small dev teams.
Since 2026
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Nimbalyst
A desktop workspace and agent-written wiki for people using Claude Code or Codex, keeping tasks, docs and decisions in one place.
Since 2025
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers
- OpenRun
A self-hosted platform that deploys team web apps and internal tools from Git onto your own Docker or Kubernetes servers.
Since 2024
Free · Developer tools · Developers
- Parley
Lets a team's AI coding agents pass work to each other over MCP and pings a person in Slack when stuck.
Since 2026
Free plan · Developer tools · Developers