Northflank

Build, deploy, and scale services, jobs, databases, and AI workloads across any cloud

hostingkubernetesai-infrastructuremulti-cloud

Websitenorthflank.com

CategoryHosting & deploy

PricingFreemium

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ABOUT

What is Northflank?

Northflank is a full-stack cloud platform for building and running services, jobs, databases, preview environments, and GPU workloads. It supports Git, Docker, Kubernetes, managed cloud regions, and bring-your-own-cloud deployments through a UI, API, CLI, and GitOps workflows. The permanent Developer Sandbox is useful for evaluation and hobby projects, while paid usage is billed by resource consumption to the second.

BEFORE YOU SIGN UP

What you should know

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Covers more than application hostingNorthflank combines services, scheduled and manual jobs, databases, preview environments, pipelines, GPU workloads, and Kubernetes or BYOC deployment options.

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Usage-based billing to the secondManaged-cloud resources are prorated to the second, with published rates of $0.01667 per vCPU per hour and $0.00833 per GB of memory per hour.

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Free sandbox has strict quotasThe Developer Sandbox is limited to two services, two jobs, one addon, and one BYOC cluster, and Northflank says it should not be used for production applications.

Payment method required before resourcesNorthflank requires every user to add a payment method to create resources, even on the free plan. The card is not charged until paid services are created and used.

COMMUNITY

From the forums

Reddit discussion is limited but generally frames Northflank as a more capable option when teams outgrow simpler PaaS products, especially for Kubernetes-like workloads and infrastructure-from-code workflows. The examples are mostly comparative rather than long-term operating reports, so there is no strong independent consensus on costs or day-to-day operations.

— Community sentiment · Reddit

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FAQ

Questions, answered.

Is Northflank free?＋

Northflank offers a permanent Developer Sandbox with two services, two jobs, one addon, and up to one BYOC cluster. It is intended for testing and hobby projects, and BYOC still creates charges with your cloud provider.

Does Northflank require a credit card?＋

Yes. All users must add a payment method before creating resources, including on the free plan. Northflank says the card is not charged until you create and use paid services.

How does Northflank charge for managed cloud resources?＋

Resources are prorated to the second. Published base rates are $0.01667 per vCPU per hour, $0.00833 per GB of memory per hour, $0.15 per GB of disk per month, and $0.06 per GB of network egress.