--- title: "Best internal tool hosting in 2026: 5 options compared" url: https://while.sh/en/comparisons/internal-tool-hosting/ author: "Grégoire Mougeolle, co-founder of Nextmap" updated: 2026-11-02 --- # The best hosting for an internal tool, restricted to the company account Your tool works, and your colleagues want to use it. It has to open with their Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 account, and for no one else. Here's where to host it. ## The right choice depends on your app - **Is your company already a Vercel customer on the Enterprise plan?** Stay there: Vercel then opens your projects with the company account (source 1). - **Do a few people who already have a Lovable account need to open the tool?** Choose Lovable Cloud: the app opens there by invitation, to ten people at most per project on Free and Pro (source 2). - **Would you rather keep your own servers?** Choose Coolify: it's open source and free, and it turns your servers into a PaaS (source 3). - **Do your colleagues need to sign in with their Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 account, with no sign-in page to code?** Choose while: it's included in the Pro plan, and everything runs in France. ## The comparison | Host | Your colleagues | A client | Your AI agent | In France | |---|---|---|---|---| | Vercel | The company account on the Enterprise plan (source 1) | A password on Pro, for $20 more per month per project (source 1) | An MCP server with more than 200 tools (source 4) | A region in France if you choose it, the United States by default (source 5) | | Netlify | SSO on the Enterprise plan (source 6) | A password from the Pro plan up (source 7) | An official MCP server | Functions, on request to support, on Pro | | Lovable Cloud | By invitation on Free and Pro, the workspace and SSO on Business (source 8) | By invitation, with an account (source 2) | Lovable's MCP server | No, a Europe region | | Coolify | Nothing built in: a shared password, or an SSO you set up yourself | Shared HTTP authentication | A built-in MCP server, with limited-permission tokens (source 9) | If your server is there | | while | The company account, Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, from the Pro plan up | A link with a password, which you create | An MCP server with OAuth: sensitive actions wait for your approval | Yes, with Nextmap, a French company | ## Vercel, for large teams already there Vercel protects a project with a password from the Pro plan up, and opens it with the company account on the Enterprise plan (source 1). ## Netlify, a password from the Pro plan up Netlify protects a site with a password from the Pro plan up (source 7), and offers SSO on the Enterprise plan (source 6). ## Lovable Cloud, by invitation A Lovable app can open by invitation, to people who sign in, ten at most per project on Free and Pro (source 2). ## Coolify, on your own servers Coolify protects an app with a shared password, and its SSO opens your instance's dashboard, not your apps (source 10). ## while, your colleagues sign in with the account they already have Your agent deploys your tool over MCP, and it opens with the company account, Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, with no sign-in page to code. Your tool receives the name of the signed-in person. A client gets in through a link you create, with a password your agent never sees. Your data stays in France. ## Next steps - [Restrict an internal tool to company accounts](/en/guides/internal-tool-company-sign-in/) - [Share your app with a link and a password](/en/guides/share-app-with-password/) ## Sources 1. [Vercel, deployment protection](https://vercel.com/docs/deployment-protection), 2026-11-02 2. [Lovable, publishing and access](https://docs.lovable.dev/features/publish.md), 2026-11-02 3. [Coolify, home page](https://coolify.io/), 2026-11-02 4. [Vercel, the MCP server](https://vercel.com/docs/agent-resources/vercel-mcp), 2026-11-02 5. [Vercel, regions](https://vercel.com/docs/regions), 2026-11-02 6. [Netlify, SSO](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/security/secure-netlify-access/configure-team-saml-sso/), 2026-11-02 7. [Netlify, password protection](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/security/secure-access-to-sites/password-protection/), 2026-11-02 8. [Lovable, SSO (Business and Enterprise plans)](https://docs.lovable.dev/features/business/sso.md), 2026-11-02 9. [Coolify, the MCP server](https://coolify.io/docs/mcp/overview), 2026-11-02 10. [Coolify, SSO when self-hosted](https://coolify.io/docs/core/security/authentication/sso/overview), 2026-11-02 ## Questions ### Do I need to code a sign-in page? Not on while: your tool receives the name and email address of the signed-in person. ### Do my colleagues have to create an account? Not on while: they sign in with their Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 account. ### What about a contractor? On while, they get in with their email address, or through a link you create for them.