Hostless vs Northflank
Hostless
hostless.cloud
Northflank
northflank.comSide by side
| Figure | Hostless | Northflank |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $15/mo | $2.70/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 6 |
| Spec score · Preview Environment Software | 8.0 (#18) | 9.1 (#2) |
| Git integrations | Hostless connects repositories from GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket; self-hosted Gitea, Forgejo, and Gogs are available in an opt-in beta. | Northflank integrates with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Cursor Origin, and self-hosted GitLab, GitHub Enterprise Server, Gitea, and Forgejo. |
| Product | Hostless is a developer-first platform as a service that builds and runs repository-based software without requiring customers to manage infrastructure. | Northflank is a developer platform for building and running complex applications. |
| Support | The documentation directs users who cannot find an answer to the Hostless community on Discord. | Basic email support is included in all plans, while premium support offers dedicated Slack channels, video calls, faster response times, and service-level agreements with uptime guarantees. |
| Workloads | The platform supports web apps, background workers, cron jobs, managed databases, and static sites. | The platform deploys microservices, databases, background jobs, and scheduled tasks while handling container builds, networking, and orchestration. |
Plans
Northflank
- Pay-as-you-goFree
- SandboxFree
- nf-compute-10$2.70 a month
- nf-compute-50$12 a month
- nf-compute-100-2$24 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
Northflank
Northflank is a developer platform for building and running applications made up of microservices, databases, background jobs, and scheduled tasks. It handles container builds, networking, and orchestration, and offers managed Kubernetes across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. Deployments can use Northflank infrastructure, cloud accounts from AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle, or CoreWeave, or imported Kubernetes clusters, including bare-metal and on-premises environments. Git integrations include hosted and self-hosted services; the platform also supports container registries and observability tools. Teams can use its UI, CLI, REST API, GitOps, reusable templates, pipelines, and preview environments. Northflank says secrets and files are encrypted at rest with AES-256, secrets are injected at runtime, and managed-cloud workloads use isolation controls. It states that it is SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliant; ISO 27001/27018 is listed as unavailable. The free Sandbox includes two services, one database, and two cron jobs with always-on compute. A payment method is required before creating resources, including on the free plan. Basic email support is included in all plans.