Blog posts tagged “Workload Delivery”

Compare Google Cloud's App Engine vs. Cloud Run: understand serverless tradeoffs, scaling, pricing, and control. Learn which platform fits your app, team, and growth goals best.

Vercel or Heroku? This guide breaks down which platform fits your app’s needs whether you're building a frontend in Next.js or deploying a full backend API with databases and background jobs.

Terraform alternatives like Northflank, Pulumi, and Crossplane offer simpler, faster, and more scalable infrastructure-as-code solutions, addressing challenges like complex state management and steep learning curves.

Compare Heroku vs Render for modern app hosting. Learn their pros, cons, pricing, and scaling limits. Discover why Northflank is the best scalable Heroku alternative with BYOC and Kubernetes support.

Back in September 2024, I joined Chris Ward on the Tech Lounge podcast at Civo Navigate Berlin to talk about how Northflank is building the next generation of developer infrastructure.

KubeCon 2025 highlights 27 open-source projects tackling key challenges in Kubernetes, from security to cluster management. Tools like Shipwright, Koordinator, and LoxiLB simplify deployment, networking, and scaling.

OpenShift enhances Kubernetes with security and automation but is costly and complex. Alternatives like Rancher, EKS, and Northflank offer flexible, scalable, and cost-effective solutions based on your needs.

Google Cloud Run simplifies deployment but has CI/CD, execution, and cost limits. Alternatives like Northflank, AWS Fargate, and Kubernetes offer more flexibility, scalability, and multi-cloud support for diverse needs.

With Webapp.io shutting down, Northflank is the top alternative offering robust CI/CD, automated testing, instant preview environments, Docker caching, managed infrastructure, and BYOC flexibility.