You have a team of two to five developers. Nobody has the title of DevOps engineer. Everyone is building features, fixing bugs, or managing customers. Deployment is the thing that falls into whoever has time, and it always takes longer than it should. You have tried Vercel. It works great for frontend. But the moment you add a backend API, a worker, or a database, you are suddenly managing three platforms, two billing accounts, and a config file nobody fully understands. This guide is for small dev teams looking for one platform that handles everything: frontend, backend, workers, and databases, without a per-seat bill that grows every time you add a teammate, and without needing a DevOps hire to keep it running. Here is what actually works in 2026. What Small Dev Teams Actually Need From a Deployment Platform Before comparing platforms, it helps to be specific about what small teams actually need, because most platform comparisons are written for enterprises or solo devs, not teams of two to five.…