# Platforms: tools in this layer of The Stack

> The clouds I don't pick. 4 tools, from Nicolas Dao's defaults to what he would never use (Cloudless Labs, Sydney).

- Web page: https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/layers/platforms/

## Skip

- [Google Cloud](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/google-cloud/index.md), Cloud platform: Good products, not enterprise-complete enough for my clients. Instead: AWS, which covers more of what enterprise clients need.
- [Netlify](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/netlify/index.md), Web app platform: An excellent platform, built around one workflow (push, preview, ship, roll back), and where many AI-built sites already live. I skip it because my clients are enterprises and need far more backend than a web platform covers. Instead: Cloudflare static hosting for the front end, Lambda or Cloudflare Workers for the API, Neon for the data, all provisioned with Pulumi.
- [Vercel](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/vercel/index.md), Web app platform: An excellent platform, and its one workflow (push, preview, ship, roll back) is the real product. I skip it because my clients are enterprises: most of their work happens in the backend, and I need all of AWS behind it. Instead: Cloudflare static hosting for the front end, Lambda or Cloudflare Workers for the API, Neon for the data, all provisioned with Pulumi.

## Never

- [Microsoft Azure, Windows and the Microsoft stack](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/microsoft-azure/index.md): Years as a certified .NET developer taught me enough: a black box that puts dollars ahead of transparency and developer experience. Only worth a mention if it's 10–100x better. Instead: AWS, with Cloudflare at the edge.

## Related

- [Every layer, use case and tool in one file](https://cloudlesslabs.com/stack/brief.md)
- [Map of every Markdown file on cloudlesslabs.com, with what each one answers](https://ask.cloudlesslabs.com)