Best Serverless API Hosting in 2026: 5 Platforms Compared
We compare Workers, Vercel, Railway, Fly.io and Unkey for hosting a small API, including API keys and rate limits.
Author:
James Perkins
How to ship, protect, and scale modern APIs
Stay updated with engineering deep-dives, product updates, API tutorials, and best practices from the Unkey team — helping developers build, secure, and scale APIs with confidence.
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Unkey vs Kong, Zuplo, and AWS API Gateway: when you need a gateway (and when you don’t)
When Unkey is enough, and when Kong, Zuplo, or AWS API Gateway still wins.
Author:
James Perkins
How to Ship a Node.js API or Backend Without Managing Infrastructure
No SSH, no YAML pipeline. Next.js and a Node API with a single push
Author:
James Perkins
A gateway is a weak default for API keys
How to issue, hash, prefix, rotate, and verify keys without buying a whole API gateway.
Author:
James Perkins
