Flightcontrol 🇺🇸
The AWS experience you didn't think was possible
Flightcontrol is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that runs directly on top of your AWS account.
Founded in 2021, it was born out of the frustration its co-founders, Brandon and Mina, who wanted a better developer experience without having to give up control over their infra.
What makes them stand out is their easy-to-use dashboard with extensive functionality. You can deploy everything from static sites to scheduled jobs to databases to servers with up to 448 GPUs and 24TB of memory.
Example customers include Cal.com, Remi, Cascade PBS, Drive, Productlane.
What's good about Flightcontrol
- Your AWS infrastructure is managed by a seasoned devops team at a fraction of the cost
- Excellent documentation and easy-to-use dashboard
- Great developer experience: preview environments, rollbacks, notifications, monitoring
- Deploy close to your users, supports 28 AWS regions
Flightcontrol's Pricing
Flightcontrol charges a fixed monthly fee to use their service in addition to the standard AWS usage costs. They claim this model gives you up to 75% lower costs at scale when compared to traditional PaaS offerings.
There are currently 4 plans available:
- Free: limited to 1 user, but commercial use is allowed.
- Starter $49/mo: includes 5 services and multiple users.
- Business $249/mo: includes 10 services, preview environments, RBAC and multi-region.
- Enterprise: custom pricing, SLAs, premium support.
Additional services cost $15-30/mo, depending on the plan.
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing. You can find Flightcontrol's latest pricing here.
What does Flightcontrol do?
Here are some of the managed services that Flightcontrol offers:
Flightcontrol Alternatives
Here are some alternatives to Flightcontrol:
Render🇺🇸
Render is a fully managed PaaS that also offers a great developer experience. However, you're much more limited in the number of server configurations available and may come at a higher total cost.
Vercel🇺🇸
Vercel is a good alternative if you're mostly interested in hosting Javascript-based apps. Their UX especially shines when deploying Next.js apps. However, prices for things like compute or egress can be much steeper at scale.
Amazon Web Services🇺🇸
You can use AWS directly instead of using a service like Flightcontrol. However, in our experience it's too easy to end up with a complex setup that ends up costing much more to provision and maintain. Nonetheless, it's a solid option if you already know how to manage your own infra or need something custom.
Our data for Flightcontrol was last updated on Aug. 16, 2024.