The Koyeb Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Koyeb in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Koyeb
The Insider’s Guide
Serverless platform for apps, APIs and GPU workloads
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among web hosts, read from Koyeb’s own pages.
Made by Koyeb · checked Nov 12, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Koyeb’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Koyeb’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 12, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
1.8
GPA, above 9 of the 54 other web hosts we grade
Koyeb runs web services, workers and AI workloads in autoscaling virtual machines on bare metal servers, deployed from a GitHub repository or a container image. Billing is by the second for compute, on top of a monthly plan fee that includes some compute credit. Its pricing page also lists serverless Postgres and a range of GPU instance types.
To get you started, here are 8 things to know about Koyeb, taken from its own pages and our grades.
You connect repos or containers and pick instance sizes.
- 1
Best for autoscaling containers and GPUs on a usage bill
Koyeb runs containers and GPU workloads with autoscaling and per-second billing.
- 2
Paid plans start at $29 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $29 per month plus compute (Pro).
- 3
It runs on Web
Web.
- 4
Serverless compute
Apps run in autoscaling VMs on bare metal, with scale-to-zero and per-second billing, and deploy from a GitHub push or a container registry.
- 5
GPU instances
The pricing page lists GPUs from RTX-4000-SFF-ADA at $0.50 an hour up to 8x H200 at $24 an hour.
- 6
Serverless Postgres
Postgres instances are billed by the second, from a free 5-hour tier up to larger instances, with storage at $0.50 per GB a month.
- 7
A 1.8 GPA, above 9 of 54
That is against the other web hosts we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 8
Your call
Koyeb sits between: not beyond making, and not a weekend's work either.
Koyeb at a glance
- Pricing
- Paid, from $29 per month plus compute (Pro)
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Koyeb
- Category
- Web Hosting
- Our grade
- 1.8 GPA, weak
The report card
Best for autoscaling containers and GPUs on a usage bill
Koyeb runs containers and GPU workloads with autoscaling and per-second billing. There's no free plan, the Pro fee is $29 a month on top of compute, and its pricing page carries a banner about joining Mistral AI with no detail.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | $29 a month plus compute on Pro, with $10 of compute included, against a category middle of $11. Scale is $299. |
| Free plan and trial | F | No free plan, apart from a 5-hour Postgres tier. |
| Features | B | Autoscaling and scale-to-zero, GPUs, Postgres, 7 regions, GitHub and registry deploys, CLI, API and Terraform. Nothing core is missing in the listing. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record. You connect repos or containers and pick instance sizes. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web only, with GitHub, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, Postgres and AWS. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Koyeb is for
- Fits if you deploy containers and want autoscaling
- Works for AI jobs that need GPUs and per-second billing
Who it is not for
- Skip it if you want a free plan
- Pricey if you run one small app, at $29 plus compute
- Watch out: the pricing page says Koyeb is joining Mistral AI and doesn't say what changes
- Watch out: private Slack support, SSO and RBAC are on higher plans, and the SLA starts at Scale, $299
- Watch out: the monthly total depends on usage
Good to know
Good for
- Teams deploying containers and web services with autoscaling
- AI inference and fine-tuning jobs that need GPUs
- Startups, which the page says can get up to $30k in credits
Worth knowing
- The plan fee is on top of compute, which is billed per second, so the monthly total depends on usage.
- The pricing page carries a banner saying Koyeb is joining Mistral AI; what that means for the product was not stated there.
- Private Slack support, SSO and RBAC are limited to higher plans, and an uptime SLA starts with Scale.
- No free plan is listed on the pricing page, apart from a 5-hour free Postgres tier.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$29
A month to start
Koyeb is a paid product, starting at $29 per month plus compute (Pro).
Pro
$29
per month, plus compute used
Includes $10 of compute, 10 users, 100 services, 5 concurrent builds, volumes and snapshots, and email and chat support.
Scale
$299
per month, plus compute used
Includes $100 of compute, 50 users, 1,000 services, 20 concurrent builds, AWS regions, a Slack cross-connect and a 99.9% uptime SLA.
Enterprise
Custom
Starts at $1,000 a month, according to the page: private dedicated locations, unlimited users, SSO, RBAC, audit trail and 24x7 support.
Read from koyeb.com on Nov 12, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Startups
Up to $30k in credits for early-stage startups
The pricing page offers early-stage startups up to $30k in credits; the details are on a separate startup program page.
Stated on koyeb.comOther savings
Up to 50% off with long-term reservations
The pricing page says saving plans with long-term reservations get up to 50% off on-demand prices, arranged through sales.
Stated on koyeb.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Serverless platform for apps, APIs and GPU workloads. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features.
Web only, with GitHub, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, Postgres and AWS.
- Serverless compute
- Apps run in autoscaling VMs on bare metal, with scale-to-zero and per-second billing, and deploy from a GitHub push or a container registry.
- GPU instances
- The pricing page lists GPUs from RTX-4000-SFF-ADA at $0.50 an hour up to 8x H200 at $24 an hour.
- Serverless Postgres
- Postgres instances are billed by the second, from a free 5-hour tier up to larger instances, with storage at $0.50 per GB a month.
- Seven regions
- Pro and Scale deploy to 7 regions in the US, EU and Asia; Scale adds AWS regions, and Enterprise lists 50 on-demand regions.
- Networking
- 1 TB of bandwidth a month is included, with extra at $0.02 per GB in the EU and US and $0.04 in Asia, plus automatic HTTPS, private networking and WebSockets.
- CLI, API and Terraform
- Deployment can be driven from the CLI, an API, Terraform or Pulumi.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- GitHub
- Docker
- Terraform
- Pulumi
- Postgres
- AWS
Koyeb is made by Koyeb.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
9/54
Other web hosts it is graded above
Koyeb's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 9 of the 54 other web hosts we grade, and level with 10.
It stands best on features (B, above 29 of 54) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 47 of the 52 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 55 web hosts we grade, cut by the letter each got. Koyeb’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 54
- FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 54
- BFeaturesAbove 29 of 54
- CEase of useAbove 9 of 54
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 24 of 54
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 53 web hosts. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Koyeb is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Your call
Koyeb sits between: not beyond making, and not a weekend's work either.
What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $348 a year.
What you could make
- It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too.
What you could not
- It plugs into other products, GitHub, Docker and Terraform among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Koyeb’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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Render, Railway, Fly.io, Northflank and DigitalOcean
The 5 tools Koyeb is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.4GPA
Render
Free plan · from $25/mo
Cloud hosting for web services, databases and workers.
- Render has a free plan. Koyeb does not.
- Render also covers databases and workflow automation.
- 2.6GPA
Railway
Free trial · from $5/mo
App and database hosting billed by the second for usage.
- Only Railway lists iOS and Android apps.
- Railway also covers databases and AI agents.
- 2.2GPA
Fly.io
Free trial · from $2.19/mo
Virtual machines and databases in 18 regions, billed per second.
- Fly.io also covers databases and AI agents.
- 2.6GPA
Northflank
Free plan · from $12/mo
Container platform for services, jobs, databases and GPUs.
- Northflank has a free plan. Koyeb does not.
- 2.2GPA
DigitalOcean
Free plan · from $4/mo
Cloud servers, app hosting and managed databases for developers.
- DigitalOcean has a free plan. Koyeb does not.
- DigitalOcean also covers databases.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
14
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Koyeb free?
No. Koyeb is a paid product, starting at $29 per month plus compute (Pro).
How much does Koyeb cost?
Koyeb lists 3 plans. Pro: $29 per month, plus compute used.
What platforms does Koyeb work on?
Koyeb is available on Web.
Does Koyeb offer any discounts?
Koyeb publicly lists the following: Up to $30k in credits for early-stage startups; Up to 50% off with long-term reservations.
Does Koyeb have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Koyeb is listed for Web.
Does Koyeb have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Koyeb is listed for Web.
Is Koyeb open source?
Koyeb is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Koyeb have an API?
Yes. Koyeb offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Koyeb integrate with?
Koyeb's listing names GitHub, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, Postgres and AWS.
Who makes Koyeb?
Koyeb is made by a company of the same name.
What are the alternatives to Koyeb?
The closest alternatives to Koyeb in our directory are Render, Railway, Fly.io, Northflank and DigitalOcean.
How does Koyeb compare with other web hosts?
Koyeb's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 9 of the 54 other web hosts we grade, and level with 10.
Is Koyeb good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Koyeb D for value for money. Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $9 for the category: 47 of the 52 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Koyeb?
Koyeb sits between: not beyond making, and not a weekend's work either.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Koyeb’s own pages on Nov 12, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 12, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Koyeb's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Koyeb. Prices change, so check koyeb.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
5,038
Tools graded, in 95 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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tools graded
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categories
739
price changes on record
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apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Koyeb, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/koyeb
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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