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Qovery alternatives
As of Nov 13, 2026, the highest-graded Qovery alternative is Northflank (2.6 GPA). It's also the best free one.
Qovery compared with 6 alternatives: Porter, Northflank, Render, Heroku, Coolify and 1 more.
Qovery has a free plan. Paid plans start at $299 per month on Starter, billed yearly. 4 of the 6 alternatives are free or have a free plan.
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At a glance
Price against what you get
Qovery starts at $299 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. 5 of the 5 alternatives on this chart score higher and start lower: Porter, Northflank, Render, Heroku and Coolify.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
How each one differs from Qovery
Porter
App deployment into your own AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
- Porter starts at Metered: $6 per GB of RAM and $13 per vCPU, per month, plus your cloud bill.
- Porter has no free plan, unlike Qovery.
- Porter also covers workflow automation and job scheduling.
- Porter does not cover databases, which Qovery does.
Suits: Startups that want Heroku-like deploys inside their own cloud account
Northflank
Container platform for services, jobs, databases and GPUs
- Northflank starts at $12 per month for 0.5 vCPU and 1 GB, billed by the second.
- Northflank does not cover databases, which Qovery does.
Suits: Teams that want container hosting billed by the second
Render
Cloud hosting for web services, databases and workers
- Render starts at $25 per month plus compute (Pro workspace).
- Render also covers workflow automation.
Suits: Teams moving off Heroku-style platforms that want services and Postgres in one place
Heroku
Platform for deploying apps in containers called dynos
- Heroku starts at $5 per month for an Eco dyno plan.
- Heroku has no free plan, unlike Qovery.
Suits: Developers who want to deploy an app from Git without running servers
Coolify
Open-source platform to deploy apps and databases to your own servers
- Coolify starts at $5 per month for up to 2 connected servers (Cloud), or free to self-host.
- Coolify is open source and self-hostable, according to its own site.
Suits: Developers who want a Heroku or Vercel style workflow on their own servers
Okteto
Development and preview environments on Kubernetes
- Okteto also lists macOS, Linux and Windows apps.
- Okteto lists no web app, which Qovery has.
- Okteto is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Okteto also covers AI agents.
- Okteto does not cover databases, which Qovery does.
Suits: Platform teams giving developers realistic Kubernetes environments
Limits worth knowing in Qovery
- Qovery does not host workloads itself in the way a shared host does: the cloud provider's compute bill is separate from the plan price.
- Deployment time beyond the included minutes costs $0.16 per minute on Starter, Growth and Scale.
- Paid plans are quoted as billed yearly; the page shows a 20% yearly saving but no monthly-billed prices.
- SSO is an add-on on Growth and Scale, a HIPAA add-on on Scale is listed at $5,880 per year, and each extra cluster on Scale is $399 a month.
Common questions
What are the alternatives to Qovery?
The alternatives to Qovery in this directory are Porter, Northflank, Render, Heroku, Coolify and Okteto. Each one has a side-by-side comparison with Qovery.
Is there a free alternative to Qovery?
Yes. Northflank, Render, Coolify and Okteto have a free plan alongside paid ones.
Which Qovery alternatives work on Windows?
The Qovery listing does not include a Windows app. Okteto lists one.
Which Qovery alternatives work on macOS?
The Qovery listing does not include a macOS app. Okteto lists one.
Is there an open-source alternative to Qovery?
Coolify is described as open source on its own site.
When were these prices checked?
Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Nov 12, 2026 to Nov 13, 2026. Vendors change prices without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.