Side by side.
Scroll sideways on a phone. Where a vendor doesn't publish something, we say so.
| Apexly | Cloudflare for SaaS | Approximated | SaaS Custom Domains | Vercel, Netlify, Render, Fly.io | Build it yourself | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | ✓Free for 3 domains; $39/mo for 50. Launch: 20 domains free | ✓100 hostnames included, then $0.10 each | ✓$0.25 per domain, $50/mo minimum (200 domains) | ✓$29/mo for 100 domains | ~Included with hosting (Render: $0.25 per extra domain; Fly.io: $0.10 per cert after 10) | ~Servers plus your engineers' time |
| 300 live domains | $129/mo (Growth) | $20/mo (plus your Cloudflare plan) | $75/mo | Not published | Depends on your hosting plan | Servers plus on-call |
| Apex domains (acme.com) | ✓Yes: an A record and a TXT token, on every plan | ~Enterprise add-on (apex proxying or BYOIP); otherwise only if the customer's DNS flattens CNAMEs | ✓Yes: a dedicated IPv4 per proxy cluster | ✓Yes: two A records | ✓Yes, with an A record | ~Only with static IPs you run |
| Setup page for your customer | ✓Hosted connect page that detects 46 DNS providers | ✕None; you build the instructions | ✓Embeddable DNS widget, with Domain Connect where supported | ✕No embeddable widget documented | ✕None; you build the instructions | ✕You build it |
| Status webhooks | ✓8 signed events, retried 7 times over about two days | ~Certificate events through Cloudflare Notifications | ✓Vhost and monitor events | ✓Yes | ~Not documented for domain status | ✕You build them |
| Host your app anywhere | ✓Yes | ✓Yes, with a fallback or custom origin | ✓Yes | ✓Yes | ✕Only on that platform | ✓Yes |
| Your DNS stays where it is | ✓Yes | ✕Your SaaS zone must be on Cloudflare | ✓Yes | ✓Yes | ✓Yes | ✓Yes |
| CDN, WAF, caching | ✕No: we route and secure, we don't cache | ✓Yes, the full Cloudflare platform | ✕No | ✕No | ✓Their platform's CDN | ~Whatever you put in front |
Compared on 18 October 2026 from public docs and pricing pages. Prices change; if something here is out of date, tell us at support@apexly.dev and we'll fix it. Product names are trademarks of their owners.
One at a time.
Each page says when the other option is the better choice. Sometimes it is.
Apexly vsCloudflare for SaaSCheapest per hostname and a global network, but your zone moves to Cloudflare and the customer-facing part is yours to build.Apexly vsApproximatedA capable proxy with an embeddable DNS widget and low per-domain pricing at volume.Apexly vsSaaS Custom DomainsLow entry price for the first 100 domains; the customer-facing setup is up to you.Apexly vsVercel, Netlify, Render, Fly.ioGreat if your whole app already lives there. Domains come with the hosting, and so do its limits.Apexly vsBuild it yourselfCaddy or certmagic gets you certificates on day one. Everything around them is the real project.