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Engine Yard vs FreeDNS

A side-by-side look at Engine Yard and FreeDNS. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Engine Yard

Engine Yard

Development

Engine Yard is a platform as a service (PaaS) that provides automated cloud hosting, management, and scaling for Ruby on Rails and PHP applications. It handles provisioning, configuring, monitoring, patching, and managing servers and applications in the cloud.

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FreeDNS

FreeDNS

Network & Admin

FreeDNS is a free dynamic DNS service that allows you to access your home network using a domain name instead of an IP address. It maps your dynamic IP to a static hostname so you can easily connect to home servers, webcams, etc. from anywhere.

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