# Ownkube: deploy apps, databases, and workers via Ownkube in seconds

> A cloud for personal software. Push a repo or a container and get a live URL in seconds, with no cloud account and no config. Run the same app in your own AWS account when you want your own bill, with more clouds on the way.

- **Canonical URL:** https://ownkube.io/
- **Product:** Deploy any workload via Ownkube in seconds: managed compute, no cloud account, no config. Optionally run the same app in your own AWS account (more clouds coming soon).
- **Audience:** Indie developers, technical founders, CTOs, scaling startups (1 to 100 developers)
- **Pricing:** Ownkube Compute runs on a prepaid wallet from $5 a month, metered per minute at about $0.00041 per vCPU-minute and $0.0001 per GiB-minute. Optional: run in your own cloud instead, Starter free on one AWS instance, Production at $5/month per vCPU + $1/month per GiB RAM.

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## What Ownkube is

Ownkube is a platform for building and deploying any workload: web apps, background workers, scheduled cron jobs, and managed Postgres databases. Push a GitHub repo or a container image and Ownkube builds the image from source and ships it to a live URL in seconds. Any language, any framework. If it runs in a Docker container, it runs on Ownkube.

Ownkube Compute is the default way to run: pick a region, push your code, and get a running URL in seconds with no cloud account, no config file, and no credit card. If you ever want your own data boundary or your own bill, you can run the same app inside your own AWS account with the same workflow and dashboard. It is an option, not a requirement, and AWS is supported today with more clouds on the way.

## The problem we solve

Shipping to production forces an unfair choice:

- Hosted PaaS is fast to start but gets expensive fast as you scale.
- Rolling your own on raw cloud means VPCs, IAM, networking, autoscaling, monitoring, and CI/CD, which eats months of engineering time.
- A dedicated DevOps hire is out of reach for a 5- to 20-person team.

Ownkube gives you a managed platform to deploy in seconds. If you ever want your own AWS account instead, the same app moves there with no rewrite and no platform team.

## Why teams pick Ownkube

- **Deploy in seconds, no cloud account.** Ownkube Compute runs on our infrastructure. Push code and get a live URL with no AWS account and no card.
- **Run the same app in your own cloud, if you want it.** When you want your own data boundary, your own account, or your own bill, move to your own AWS. Same workflow, same dashboard. Disconnect any time and your infrastructure keeps running exactly as-is.
- **No platform team required.** Teams of 1 to 100 developers ship to production without hiring a dedicated DevOps or SRE function.

## Core capabilities

1. **Any workload:** web apps, background workers, scheduled cron jobs, and managed Postgres. Push a repo or a container.
2. **Ownkube Compute:** managed infrastructure, no cloud account required. Get a live URL in seconds.
3. **Your own AWS account (optional):** run the same workloads there instead, with no rewrite. More clouds are coming.
4. **Cloudflare-backed domain:** every project gets a ready-to-share URL on a Cloudflare subdomain, with free DDoS, bot, and scrape protection. Point your own domain at a deployment with a CNAME.
5. **Managed Postgres:** fully operated by Ownkube on both Ownkube Compute and your own cloud.
6. **Builds, TLS, logs, rollbacks:** handled for you, no glue code.
7. **Scriptable CLI (okctl):** drive the whole platform from your terminal. Deploy, tail logs, and pull connection details, then connect AWS if you want to run in your own cloud. Every read command speaks JSON, and coding agents can drive it via an installable skill (`npx skills add ownkube/ownkube-cli`).

## Pricing

- **Ownkube Compute:** managed infrastructure, no cloud account required. Prepaid wallet: Personal $5 / month and Team $20 / month load that amount as credit each month, and per-minute usage draws it down. Metered rates are about $0.00041 per vCPU-minute and $0.0001 per GiB-minute, about a third under the equivalent Railway bill. Workloads that want a flat price can opt into a reserved Spark or Core box. 100 GB egress included, then about $0.09 per GB. No free tier on Compute.
- **Run in your own cloud (optional):** Starter is free forever on one AWS instance. Production is $5 / vCPU / month + $1 / GiB RAM / month, metered on requested resources. You pay AWS directly for the underlying infrastructure at wholesale rates.
- **Enterprise:** custom. Volume pricing, dedicated support, and compliance scope, set up with our team.

See [Pricing](https://ownkube.io/pricing) (or [pricing.md](https://ownkube.io/pricing.md) for the machine-readable version) for full details.

## How it works

1. **Push a repo or a container.** Ownkube detects your stack and builds an image from source.
2. **Get a live URL in seconds** on Ownkube Compute, with a Cloudflare-backed domain. No cloud account required.
3. **Scale it, or take it home.** Connect an AWS account and run the same app in your own cloud with no rewrite, if you ever want to.

## How Ownkube compares

| Capability | Ownkube | Vercel | Render | Railway |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deploy with no cloud account | Yes, hosted | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Run the same app in your own cloud | Yes, your AWS | No | No | No |
| Any workload (web, worker, cron, DB) | All of it | Frontend + functions | Yes | Yes |
| Managed Postgres included | Built in | Via add-ons | Yes | Yes |
| Metered per minute, idle costs little | Yes, per minute | Plan tiers | Instance hours | Yes, per minute |
| Vendor lock-in | Low, portable | Medium | Medium | Medium |

## Common questions

**Do I need a cloud account to start?** No. Ownkube Compute runs on our hosted infrastructure, so you can deploy your first app with no AWS account and no card.

**What can I deploy?** Web apps, background workers, scheduled cron jobs, and managed Postgres. Any language, any framework.

**Which clouds can I bring?** AWS today, with more clouds on the way.

**What if I disconnect?** Your infrastructure keeps running. In your own cloud, Ownkube uses standard VPCs, load balancers, and container services.

**Do I need a platform team?** No. Basic cloud and container literacy helps once you move to your own AWS, but nobody needs infrastructure as their full-time job.

## CTAs

- **Deploy your first app:** https://app.ownkube.io/login
- **Sign in:** https://app.ownkube.io/login
- **Install the CLI:** https://ownkube.io/cli (`brew install ownkube/tap/okctl`)
- **Read the blog:** https://ownkube.io/blog ([blog.md](https://ownkube.io/blog.md))
- **llms.txt:** https://ownkube.io/llms.txt