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RepoAssistant vs AfterBuild Labs for App Deployment

AfterBuild Labs and RepoAssistant both take an app you built and get it to production. Where they diverge is price, delivery speed, and what is included — staging, CI/CD, and env preflight.

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The honest read

Pick AfterBuild Labs if

  • You want their managed workflow and staging-native pipeline as-is
  • You prefer a platform dashboard over owning a server
  • You need their specific CI/CD automation

Pick RepoAssistant if

  • You want the app shipped in 24-48 hours for a fixed price
  • You want to own the server, code, and credentials outright
  • You want a ship-or-refund guarantee and a runbook handed over
  • You need env-var preflight and a real person reading your code
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Comparison

RepoAssistant vs AfterBuild Labs for App Deployment

AfterBuild Labs and RepoAssistant both take an app you built and get it to production. Where they diverge is price, delivery speed, and what is included — staging, CI/CD, and env preflight.

Price

Fixed: $99-$249 per repo

Varies by scope

Timeline

24-48h guaranteed

Depends on package

Hosting

VPS you own, or our managed $10/mo

Platform-managed

CI/CD setup

Included in higher tiers

Included

Staging environment

On request

Part of workflow

Env var preflight

Checked before deploy

Automated

Guarantee

Ship-or-refund

Varies

Post-launch support

Runbook + credentials handed over

Platform dashboard

Shipped in 24h, or your money back.

We handle the deploy, DNVision, HTTPS, env preflight, and handover. You own the server and the code.

Pricing

One fixed price, you own everything.

Starter

$99

Deploy your repo to production. HTTPS, env vars, server process, smoke test, handover notes.

Fix & Deploy

$149

Fix a blocked build, env, Nginx, or database issue and ship the app to production in 24h.

Full Setup

$249

Full VPS setup with app deploy, database, Docker or Nginx, backups, logs, smoke test, and handover.

Hosting adds $10/month on a managed server. Cancel anytime.