Comparison

Koyeb vs Northflank

On the evidence we track, Koyeb leads this comparison with a composite score of 81/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Koyeb81
Northflank63
Score
vioscaleAI score
Koyeb81 / 100medium · 71%
Northflank63 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Koyeb✓
Northflank✓
Model
Northflankcommercial
Price level
Koyeblow
Northflanklow
Starting price
Koyeb–
Northflank$0.00
Transparent
Koyeb✓
Northflank✓
Integrations
Count
Koyeb20
Northflank23
Security
Certifications
Koyeb–
NorthflankSOC 2 Type II
Hipaa
Koyeb–
Northflank✓
Iso27001
Koyeb✓
Northflank–
Soc2
Koyeb✓
Northflank✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Koyeb99.99
Northflank–
Status page
Koyeb✓
Northflank✓
Content
Faq
Koyeb6 items
Northflank7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for paas & hosting. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deploy
Git-push auto-deploy
Koyeb✓
Northflank✓
Deploy arbitrary container image
Koyeb✓
Northflank✓
Per-PR preview environments
Koyeb-
Northflank✓
Build
Build system
KoyebDockerfile
NorthflankBuildpacks
Runtime / language breadth
KoyebMultiple popular languages and frameworks via Docker and native runtime support
NorthflankPolyglot; any language or framework
Scale
Autoscaling
KoyebScale-to-zero
NorthflankHorizontal
Deployment
Geographic reach
KoyebGlobal edge
NorthflankMulti-region
Hosting
KoyebCloud only
NorthflankCloud + self-hosted
Data
Bundled managed data services
Koyeb✓
Northflank✓
Delivery
Built-in global CDN / edge
Koyeb✓
Northflank-
Custom domains + automatic TLS
Koyeb-
Northflank✓
Ops
Env vars & secrets management
Koyeb-
Northflank✓
Instant rollbacks
Koyeb-
Northflank✓
Extensibility
CLI + deploy API
Koyeb✓
Northflank✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Koyeb

Leader

A cloud platform that enables developers to deploy and scale AI applications, APIs, and managed databases without managing infrastructure. Provides serverless compute with automatic scaling, edge deployment across 50+ global locations, and support for intensive workloads.

Independently observed

Northflank

Infrastructure deployment system that runs code in isolated sandbox environments with automatic preview environments, access controls, secrets management, and support for both managed cloud and customer-owned infrastructure.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Koyeb

Leader
from $0.10/moHybridFree tier

From free tier (50 active hours/month) to $96.42/month for Large Postgres; usage-based add-ons for storage and operations at $0.10/GB

  • FreeFree
    • 1GB RAM
    • 0.25 CPU
    • 50 active hours/month
  • Small$20.89/month or $0.0000078/second
    • 1GB RAM
    • 0.25 CPU
  • Medium$42.85/month or $0.000016/second
    • 2GB RAM
    • 0.5 CPU
  • Large$96.42/month or $0.000036/second
    • 4GB RAM
    • 1 CPU
as of verify ↗

Northflank

from $0.00/GB-hrUsage-based

From $0.01667/vCPU-hr (PaaS, billed per second). BYOC available with management fees from $0.01389/vCPU-hr.

  • PaaS$0.01667/vCPU-hr, billed per second
  • BYOCCloud provider charges plus $0.01389/vCPU-hr and $0.00139/GB-hr management fee
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Koyeb✓
Northflank✓
CLI
Koyeb✓
Northflank✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Koyeb✓
Northflank✓
Self-hosted
Koyeb✗
Northflank✓
On-premise
Koyeb✗
Northflank✓
Hybrid
Koyeb✗
Northflank✓
Air-gapped
Koyeb✗
Northflank✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)
  • GitHub
  • Minio

Koyeb

Leader
20 total - 18 not shared
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS S3
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Azure Blob Storage
  • DigitalOcean
  • Vultr
  • Wasabi
  • Scaleway
  • Ollama
  • MistralAI
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic Claude
  • Google Gemini
  • Dagger
  • Neo4j
  • LlamaIndex
  • n8n
Independently observed

Northflank

23 total - 21 not shared
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • AWS
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Azure
  • Oracle Cloud
  • EKS
  • GKE
  • AKS
  • Rancher
  • OpenShift
  • Tanzu
  • PostgreSQL
  • MySQL
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Amazon S3
  • pgvector
  • Llama
  • Deepseek
  • MCP
Independently observed
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