Upsun
Upsun is a highly flexible Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, deploy, and manage applications with high confidence.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Instantly clone production environments for faster, more reliable application development and deployment.
Who should look elsewhere
Requires some knowledge of DevOps concepts and YAML syntax for initial setup.
Pros
- +Significantly reduces deployment time and risk by testing with real production data.
- +Enhances collaboration by providing isolated, shareable preview environments.
- +Offers strong security and compliance features, including SOC 2 and PCI DSS.
- +Provides granular resource control and cost optimization with intelligent autoscaling.
- +Supports a wide range of programming languages and frameworks, ensuring flexibility.
Cons
- −Requires some knowledge of DevOps concepts and YAML syntax for initial setup.
- −The extensive feature set might have a learning curve for new users unfamiliar with PaaS solutions.
Key features
- ✓Production-perfect environment cloning with live data
- ✓Automated preview environments for every Git branch/PR
- ✓Git-powered deployment pipeline with native integrations (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
- ✓Support for multiple languages and frameworks (PHP, Python, Node.js, Go, Java, etc.)
- ✓Container-level CPU and RAM controls for resource optimization
- ✓Automated SOC 2 Type 2 and PCI DSS Level 1 compliance
- ✓Built-in DDoS protection and continuous security scanning
- ✓Real-time health alerts and log forwarding (Datadog, Grafana, New Relic)
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trial | $0 | month | 15-day free trial; Monthly credit covering 1 project fee + 1 user license; Full access to all enterprise-grade features |
| Project Fee | $9 | month | On-demand preview environments; 30 days of infrastructure metrics; 15 minutes of continuous profiling |
| User License | $10 | month | Teams management; MFA enforcement; Single sign-on: Google, OIDC (Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, PingID, Ory) |
| Advanced User Management | $9 | month | Custom project and environment-type permissions; Advanced user management; Teams management |
| Standard Support | $10 | month | Applied by default; 4-hour best effort urgent-ticket response time |
| Advanced Support | $15 | month | Minimum subscription term is twelve (12) months; 1-hour guaranteed urgent-ticket response time |
| Premium Support | $19 | month | Minimum subscription term is twelve (12) months; 30-min guaranteed urgent-ticket response time |
| 99.9% Uptime SLA | $20 | month | Requires advanced support or higher; Minimum subscription term is twelve (12) months |
| 99.99% Uptime SLA | $45 | month | Requires advanced support or higher; Minimum subscription term is twelve (12) months |
| HIPAA | $45 | month | — |