Get a full dev platform for a tiny fraction of a devops salary
AWS pricing is slightly more complex, but you gain tremendous savings and advantages
Choose plan, then pay AWS infra cost
Single user
Free
Single user hobby and
commercial use
1 user
Personal, single-user repos
Unlimited projects
Unlimited environments
Unlimited deployments
Community support
Email notifications
You're responsible for AWS costs
Starter
$79/month
Includes 5 services then
+$15/service
25 users
GitHub organizations
Unlimited projects
Unlimited environments
Unlimited deployments
Business support
Email notifications
You're responsible for AWS costs
Business
$297/month
Includes 10 services then
+$30/service
100 users
GitHub organizations
Unlimited projects
Unlimited environments
Unlimited deployments
Business support
with 24/7 emergency responseEmail notifications
Slack notifications
Preview environments
Role-based access control
Multi-region applications
SOC 3 report
You're responsible for AWS costs
Custom
Enterprise
Everything in Business
Enterprise support
SOC 2 Type II report
SLAs
Custom pricing
Account manager
You're responsible for AWS costs
Pay AWS cost with free credits
You can use AWS credits to cover all your AWS infrastructure costs. Don't have credits? Here's some ways to get free AWS credits.
How does this compare to other PaaS?
Here's a realistic example to compare
| Flightcontrol | Render | Railway | Heroku | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web server 2 vCPU / 4 GB 2 instances | $72 | $170 | $160 | $500* |
| Background worker 2 vCPU / 4 GB 1 instance | $27 | $85 | $80 | $250* |
| Postgres 20 GB storage | $12 | $20 | $15 | $50 |
| Redis 20 GB storage | $24 | $32 | $15 | $30 |
| Total infra cost | $167 | $307 | $270 | $830 |
| PaaS subscription 5 users / 4 services | $79 or $297 | $95 or $145 | $100 | $0 |
| Total cost | $245 or $464 | $402 or $452 | $370 | $830 |
Updated 2025-01-08
Fully understand the AWS costs
Servers
You can deploy to ECS+Fargate or ECS+EC2.
Fargate is simpler. EC2 is cheaper and more customizable.
CPU
$29/vCPU
Memory
$3.20/GB
+ ~$17/month for load balancer for web services
Static sites
~$0/month
Databases
$12/month and up, depending on size
Redis
$24/month and up, depending on size
See instance prices
*Multiply instance cost by 2
Live AWS cost display
In our dashboard, see exactly how much each project, environment, and service is costing
How does Flightcontrol cost scale?
Frequently Asked Questions
How are services counted? In Flightcontrol, a service is any server, static site, database, or cache. In other words, each square service card that shows in your Flightcontrol environment is counted as a service. The billable service count accumulates across environments. For example, 2 environments with 3 services each equals 6 billable services.
How are preview environment services counted? They are counted only once. If you have a server and a database in the preview environment, you are billed for 2 services regardless of how many pull requests are deployed
Does Flightcontrol cost include AWS cost? No, Flightcontrol cost is in addition to AWS cost. You pay your AWS costs directly to AWS. Flightcontrol provides a live display of AWS cost in our dashboard, so you can easily monitor these costs.
What's the cheapest compute available with Flightcontrol? A single Fargate web service with 0.25 CPU and 0.5 GB memory costs about $9/month + $17/month load balancer for a total of about $30/month after you account builds, etc. If your AWS account is under 1 year old, you get 1 free load balancer in your account, resulting in your cost being about $9/month. With the EC2 option, you can have a $3/month server, but it adds a $32/mo NAT gateway, so the cheapest cost with EC2 is about $55/month.
Can I use AWS credits? Yes! Your AWS credits can fully cover your AWS costs. Here's a guide to get free AWS credits.
Can I use AWS credits to pay for Flightcontrol? No, AWS does not support this.