Northflank
A deployment platform for safely executing untrusted and AI-generated code with built-in governance and isolation.
- Also known as
- northflank
Available worldwide · Popular in: US, EU
What is 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.
Northflank pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $0.01667/vCPU-hr (PaaS, billed per second). BYOC available with management fees from $0.01389/vCPU-hr.
PaaS
Managed cloud infrastructure with pay-as-you-go pricing
BYOC
Bring Your Own Cloud with management fee
What Northflank does
The capabilities that matter for paas & hosting, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Git-push auto-deploy
- ✓
- Deploy arbitrary container image
- ✓
- Per-PR preview environments
- ✓
- Build system
- Buildpacks
- Runtime / language breadth
- Polyglot; any language or framework
- Autoscaling
- Horizontal
- Geographic reach
- Multi-region
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Bundled managed data services
- ✓
- Built-in global CDN / edge
- -
- Custom domains + automatic TLS
- ✓
- Env vars & secrets management
- ✓
- Instant rollbacks
- ✓
- CLI + deploy API
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- On-premise
- Air-gapped
- Self-hosted
Integrations (23)
Independently observed- GitHub
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- AWS
- Google Cloud Platform
- Azure
- Oracle Cloud
- EKS
- GKE
- AKS
- Rancher
- OpenShift
- Tanzu
- PostgreSQL
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Redis
- MinIO
- Amazon S3
- pgvector
- Llama
- Deepseek
- MCP
Security & compliance
Independently observed- SOC 2 Type IIactive
Northflank FAQ
Common questions about Northflank, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Northflank?
Northflank is a platform for deploying and managing applications, databases, jobs, and AI services with options for managed cloud hosting or deployment into customer infrastructure, providing Git-based deployments, preview environments, and rollback capabilities. It is indexed under PaaS & Hosting.
Is Northflank free?
Northflank offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.01. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Northflank support?
Northflank supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Can Northflank be self-hosted?
Yes. Northflank can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
What does Northflank integrate with?
We have confirmed 23 integrations for Northflank, including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Oracle Cloud and EKS, plus 15 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
What security certifications does Northflank have?
We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and HIPAA for Northflank. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Northflank not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://northflank.com
Where is Northflank available?
Northflank is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU.
Northflank alternatives
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Compare Northflank
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 50 | 0.16 | 7.9 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 50 | 0.12 | 5.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 92 | 0.05 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 40 | 0.05 | 1.9 | ✓ |
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Hosting: both · Regions: multi · Runtimes: Polyglot; any language or framework · Rollbacks: Yes · Autoscaling: horizontal · Cli and api: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 23 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-09-22 · 50% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Security
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