Convox review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Heroku-style deploy platform that runs in your own cloud account
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Convox report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for Heroku-style deploys into your own cloud
Convox deploys apps into your own AWS, Google Cloud, Azure or DigitalOcean account and charges for the console only. Paid plans start at $165 a month, each extra user is $99, and the free plan has one user and one rack.
Who Convox is for
- Fits if you want Heroku-style deploys inside your own AWS or Google Cloud account
- Makes sense if you are one developer who can stay within the free plan
Who Convox is not for
- Pricey if you are a small team, at $165 a month for 2 users and $99 for each extra
- Tight if you want more than 1 rack or 2 workflows, which the free plan caps
- Skip it if you need RBAC or email support, as those start at Pro at $415 a month
- Watch out: the self-hosted console for PCI or HIPAA is quoted through sales
Why Convox gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for moneyBasic is $165 a month billed annually with 2 users, many times the $10.99 middle for web hosting, and each extra user is $99. Your cloud account is billed separately.
- CFree plan and trialA free plan with 1 user, 1 rack, 2 workflows and 1 quick app, with API throttling. Those caps will be hit by any team.
- CFeaturesAuto-scaling, CI/CD workflows, racks and quick apps, database and cache management and a local rack. RBAC and email support start at Pro, and WordPress and Magento quick apps are listed as coming soon.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You connect cloud accounts and set up racks and workflows.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, but it connects to GitHub, GitLab, Slack, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure and DigitalOcean.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Convox's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/convox#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/convox.svg" alt="Convox: 2.0 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Convox stands among web hosts
Convox's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 49 of the 122 other web hosts we grade, and level with 24.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 57 of 122) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $165 a month, against a middle price of $9.69 for the category: 105 of the 107 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 12 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 123 web hosts we grade, cut by the letter each got. Convox’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 122, level with 12
- CFree plan and trialAbove 74 of 122, level with 24
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 122, level with 85
- CEase of useAbove 40 of 122, level with 82
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 57 of 122, level with 65
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 111 web hosts. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Convox, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Convox you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $1,980 a year.
What you could not
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- Databases with views, filters and links between them.
What this rests on. Convox’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Convox?
Convox is a platform-as-a-service layer that deploys and manages applications on infrastructure in your own AWS, Google Cloud, Azure or DigitalOcean account. You pay Convox for its console, which has plans by user count, workflows and racks, and your cloud provider separately for the servers.
Worth knowing
- Convox's fee covers the console only; infrastructure is billed by your cloud provider, though the FAQ says Convox adds no markup on instances or apps.
- Each user beyond those included costs $99 a month on every paid plan.
- RBAC and email support start on Pro, and the self-hosted console for PCI/HIPAA is quoted through sales.
- WordPress and Magento quick apps are listed as coming soon.
Key features
- Runs in your cloud account
- Convox deploys to your own AWS, Google Cloud, Azure or DigitalOcean account, so you keep direct access to the infrastructure.
- Auto-scaling
- The platform ships with pre-configured auto-scaling policies that can be tuned as needs change.
- CI/CD workflows
- Workflow integrations with GitHub and GitLab build and deploy code, with a limit on workflows and concurrent jobs set by plan.
- Racks and quick apps
- Racks are the infrastructure environments Convox manages, and quick apps launch prebuilt applications such as Drupal.
- Database and cache management
- The product pages cover managing databases and caches, plus monitoring and alerts through a dashboard and Slack notifications.
- Local development rack
- A local rack installs on Mac or Linux to mirror staging and production environments on a developer machine.
Convox pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Convox has a free plan, and paid plans start at $165 per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $165 per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- 1 user, 1 rack, 2 workflows and 1 quick app, with a limited monitoring dashboard.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 user, 1 rack, 2 workflows, 1 quick app and 1 deploy key, with some API throttling. |
| Basic | $165per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly) | 2 users plus $99 a month per extra user, 5 racks, 10 workflows, Slack notifications and 24-hour audit logs. |
| Pro | $415per month, billed annually ($499 billed monthly) | 5 users plus $99 a month per extra user, 20 racks, 50 workflows, simple RBAC, email support and 30-day audit logs. |
| Plus | $832per month, billed annually ($999 billed monthly) | 10 users plus $99 a month per extra user, 100 racks, 100 workflows, priority feature requests and 90-day audit logs. |
Read from convox.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Convox before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount2 months free with annual billing
The pricing page marks annual billing as two months free; Basic is $165 a month billed annually against $199 billed monthly.
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Common questions
Does Convox have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Convox is listed for Web.
Does Convox have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Convox is listed for Web.
Is Convox open source?
Convox is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.