Easel vs Miren
Easel
easel.shMiren
miren.devSide by side
| Figure | Easel | Miren |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $20/mo | $29/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 2 |
| Spec score · Preview Environment Software | 8.2 (#12) | 8.2 (#13) |
| Support | Product and account support is available by email, and Pro and Enterprise customers get priority handling. | Miren directs users who need help to its Discord community for real-time support. |
Plans
In their own words
Miren
Miren is a container deployment platform for small teams running on Linux servers they control. It can build apps from source or run configured container images, then manage builds, scaling, routing, and TLS. Automatic source detection covers Python, Node, Bun, Go, Ruby, Rust, and Dockerfiles. Apps can declare services such as Postgres, MySQL, Valkey, Memcached, and RabbitMQ. Miren can create a separate preview deployment for each pull request, with configurable expiry; database previews are not supported. GitHub Actions works out of the box for CI/CD deployment, while GitLab CI and CircleCI need manual configuration. The runtime is open source under Apache License 2.0. An Always free plan has no seat limits or metered builds and includes a self-hosted runtime and Miren Cloud. Managed clusters have a 30-day free trial and cost $29 a month for the first six months, then 79 USD per month. Self-hosting requires users to manage their Linux server and its capacity.