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Deborah Emeni
Deborah Emeni • 16th May 2025

Fly.io vs Render: How they handle jobs, scaling, and production workloads in 2025

Compare how Fly.io and Render handle background jobs, scaling, and production apps in 2025. See the key trade-offs, performance differences, and an alternative built for modern teams.
Internal Developer Platform
DevOps Engineering
Docker
Daniel Adeboye
Daniel Adeboye • 15th April 2025

Top 6 Fly.io alternatives in 2025

Fly.io is a great platform for global infrastructure and Docker-based workflows but has limitations in pricing, scalability, add-ons, and user-friendliness. Alternatives like Northflank, Render, and Vercel offer simpler, more predictable solutions.
Apps
CI/CD Tools
Databases
Docker
Deborah Emeni
Deborah Emeni • 13th April 2025

6 best Railway alternatives in 2025: Pricing, flexibility & BYOC

Looking for Railway alternatives that don’t rely on one-time credits, offer better control, and support BYOC? Here are 6 platforms like Northflank, Heroku, Render, DigitalOcean App Platform and Fly.io that let you deploy apps your way in 2025.
DevOps Engineering
Docker
Volumes
Internal Developer Platform
Deborah Emeni
Deborah Emeni • 10th April 2025

7 Best Render alternatives for simple app hosting in 2025

Looking for Render alternatives in 2025? Check out 7 platforms that support static IPs, BYOC, and more predictable pricing, plus options for complex workloads that don’t fit Render’s limits.
DevOps Engineering
Docker
Kubernetes
Internal Developer Platform
Daniel Adeboye
Daniel Adeboye • 20th March 2025

Docker Swarm vs Kubernetes

Kubernetes is powerful but complex; Docker Swarm is simpler but less advanced. Kubernetes dominates due to scalability and cloud support. Tools like Northflank simplify Kubernetes for easier management.
Docker
Kubernetes
Kubernetes management
Docker container management
Deborah Emeni
Deborah Emeni • 18th February 2025

Docker Build and Buildx best practices for optimized builds

Learn Docker Build and Buildx best practices, including multi-stage builds, caching, and optimizing Dockerfiles for better performance.
Docker Images
Docker
Daniel Adeboye
Daniel Adeboye • 29th January 2025

ECS (Elastic Container Service): deep dive and alternatives

Deep dive into Amazon ECS: explore its benefits, limitations, and top container orchestration alternatives. Discover why teams switch to platforms like Northflank for scalable, flexible deployments.
Docker Images
Docker
Kubernetes

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