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Porter

Platform as a Service, Reimagined.·porter.run

Porter is a platform-as-a-service that deploys and manages applications directly inside a customer's own AWS, GCP, or Azure account. It provisions production-ready infrastructure (VPC, load balancing, DNS, SSL), automates CI/CD from Git or Docker, and handles autoscaling, monitoring, logging, and cost optimization. It targets startups and growing businesses that want Heroku-like ease of deployment while retaining ownership of their cloud infrastructure.

What it's for

Deploy Next.js frontends, FastAPI backends, Temporal workers, cron jobs, Go services, and Postgres databasesMigrate off Heroku, Vercel, or RenderRun preview environments for pull requestsAutoscale applications based on resource usage or custom metricsRun GPU instances for training and inference workloadsAchieve SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance with one clickDeploy directly into a customer's own VPC (for enterprises serving their own customers)

Features 18

Automatic CI/CD via GitHub Actions or own provider
Automatic cluster version upgrades and CVE patches
Automatic SSL certificates
Autoscaling based on resource usage or custom metrics
Cost optimization with intelligent bin-packing
Dedicated VPC networking
Deploy from Git or Docker
Deploy into customers' own VPC
Deploy to AWS, GCP, or Azure
Git to production in 60 seconds
GPU instances for training and inference
Image registries
Load balancing and DNS
Monitoring and logging
One-click SOC 2 & HIPAA compliance
Preview environments for every pull request
SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance
Zero-downtime deployments

At a glance

self-hostableAPI

TypeWeb app

DeploymentHybrid

PlatformsWeb

Forstartups, growing businesses, companies needing SOC 2/HIPAA compliant infrastructure

CompanyPorter

Integrations

GitHubGitHub ActionsTailscaleHeliconeGrafanaDrataThoropassDeepseek-R1

Complianceself-reported

SOC 2HIPAASOC2 Type II

Resources

Pricing

Pricing is metered/usage-based: $6/month per GB RAM and $13/month per vCPU, excluding underlying cloud provider costs. Enterprise pricing is quote-based with volume discounts above 40 vCPU / 80GB RAM. Startups may get 6 months free via accelerator/investor deals (e.g. Y Combinator, a16z speedrun).

StandardQuote

Bills for requested app resources, not cloud instance capacity; excludes underlying cloud provider cost.

Pay per use, metered billing based on requested app resources, not cloud instance capacity

EnterpriseQuote

Quote-based via Talk to Sales.

Starting at 40 vCPU, 80GB RAM

50% discount for non-profits