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At a glance

Freemium multi-cloud developer platform and PaaS for microservices, cron jobs, and managed databases. Free Sandbox tier ($0/mo) includes 2 always-on services, 2 cron jobs, 1 free database, and 1 BYOC cluster. Pay-as-you-go plan features no seat fees and bills strictly for consumed compute/memory/storage/egress or BYOC cluster orchestration. Enterprise tier provides custom multi-cloud BYOC (AWS/GCP/Azure/bare-metal), 24/7 SLAs, SAML SSO, full-disk encryption, and dedicated engineering support. Features ephemeral preview environments and managed databases (Postgres, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, Kafka).

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same category, free plan or open-source license

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FAQ

How much does Northflank cost?

Freemium multi-cloud developer platform and PaaS for microservices, cron jobs, and managed databases. Free Sandbox tier ($0/mo) includes 2 always-on services, 2 cron jobs, 1 free database, and 1 BYOC cluster. Pay-as-you-go plan features no seat fees and bills strictly for consumed compute/memory/storage/egress or BYOC cluster orchestration. Enterprise tier provides custom multi-cloud BYOC (AWS/GCP/Azure/bare-metal), 24/7 SLAs, SAML SSO, full-disk encryption, and dedicated engineering support. Features ephemeral preview environments and managed databases (Postgres, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB, Kafka).

Does Northflank have a free plan?

Yes — Northflank has a free plan alongside its paid tiers.

What are free or cheaper Northflank alternatives?

Cilium, OrbStack, Ray are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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