Hosting and database?

You could try hosting on a cheap VPS and use PocketBase for your backend, or if thats too heavy handed, just use sqlite. If you're building something quick you don't wanna worry about handling a million requests per second.

Netlify works great for prototyping, but becomes expensive af at scale. For classic use, friends recommend KnownHost.

"tool"

Well, depending on your definition of "tool" I'd say its still a proper answer. Unless you're calling me a tool, which would just be funny :)

Sometimes you need a hammer. Sometimes you just need a large rock.