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Guide · FastAPI

Deploy a FastAPI app built with AI

FastAPI is a favourite for AI-built APIs and backends. On Project3000 it runs with Uvicorn behind our gateway, with its own database and cache.

By the Project3000 team · · 4 min read

In short: open your FastAPI project in an AI coding tool (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Gemini CLI), paste the Project3000 prompt from your dashboard and click Deploy. The prompt tells the AI what FastAPI needs to run online: Uvicorn on the right address and port, and the database settings.

Deploy a FastAPI app, step by step

  1. Create your account at project3000.io with Google or email, and set up two-factor sign-in (it takes a minute).
  2. Choose a package and create the app. Its name becomes its address: your-name.apps.project3000.io.
  3. Open your FastAPI project folder in an AI coding tool (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Gemini CLI), with approval turned on, so it asks before it runs each command. The “See how” links in the dashboard show where both settings are.
  4. Copy the prompt from your dashboard and paste it into your AI tool. It reads your project, adds the two files Project3000 needs (a Dockerfile and a manifest.json), connects the app to its included database and cache, and uploads it. Approve each step when your AI tool asks.
  5. Click Deploy. Your app goes live on its own HTTPS link and runs as two copies on separate servers. Share the link with anyone.

What changes for FastAPI online

  • Uvicorn starts the app with --host 0.0.0.0 and the port from the manifest.
  • The database comes in through DATABASE_URL; SQLAlchemy, SQLModel and asyncpg work.
  • A frontend and the API can be two services of one app, reaching each other by name.

You don’t make these changes by hand: the deploy prompt explains them to your AI, which checks the project with the same validator our servers use before it uploads.

Packages

LimitBasicPro RecommendedBusiness
Price per app per month$9.90$24.90$49.90
Processing0.25 vCPU0.55 vCPU1 vCPU, reserved
Memory256 MB512 MB2 GB
Storage (files + database)1 GB5 GB10 GB
Services (frontend, backend, workers)Up to 3Up to 6Up to 10
Upload size256 MB1 GB2 GB
Your own domainNo1 + www1 + www

Prices in US dollars, before VAT or sales tax. Billed monthly per app; cancel anytime from your dashboard.

Questions and answers

Can my frontend and API be separate services?
Yes. They are deployed together as one app; Basic allows up to 3 services, Pro 6 and Business 10.

Put your app online today

One prompt in the AI you already use, one click to deploy. A database, HTTPS and a link you can share are included. From $9.90 per app per month.

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