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Comparison

Gigalixir vs Tau

Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.

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Platform

Hosting model
Managed
Managed
Self-Hosted
Self-Hosted
Open source / license
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Open source / license
bsd-3-clause
Services
CDN
CDN
Compute
Compute
Functions
Functions
Key-Value Store
Key-Value Store
Managed Databases
Managed Databases
Object Storage
Object Storage
Queues
Queues
Workloads
APIs
APIs
Backend Services
Backend Services
Background Workers
Background Workers
Real-Time Applications
Real-Time Applications
Scheduled Jobs
Scheduled Jobs
Static Sites
Static Sites
Web Applications
Web Applications
Capabilities
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments

Development & Execution

Deployment & packaging
Bare metal / VM
Bare metal / VM
Local Emulator
Local Emulator
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Runtimes
JVM
JVM
Node.js
Node.js
Python Runtime
Python Runtime
WebAssembly
WebAssembly
Languages
Clojure
Clojure
Elixir
Elixir
Go
Go
Java
Java
JavaScript
JavaScript
PHP
PHP
Python
Python
Ruby
Ruby
Rust
Rust
TypeScript
TypeScript
Frameworks
Django
Django
Unknown
Express.js
Express.js
Unknown
FastAPI
FastAPI
Unknown
Laravel
Laravel
Unknown
Ruby on Rails
Ruby on Rails
Unknown
Spring Boot
Spring Boot
Unknown

Pricing

Billing basis
Plan based Gigalixir account tiers
Plan based Tau Software
Software charge
From $10 per 200 MB-replica / month Standard
Tau is free to self-host; users fund compute, storage, networking, monitoring, backups, and operations.
Starting price
From $10 per 200 MB-replica / month Standard
Unknown
Free entry / commitment
Recurring free allowances Credit card required
Free plan Available in public plans

Infrastructure & Availability

Infrastructure provider
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • DigitalOcean
  • Customer-operated bare-metal, virtual-machine, sovereign-cloud, and edge infrastructure
Supported providers
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • DigitalOcean
  • Customer-operated bare-metal, virtual-machine, sovereign-cloud, and edge infrastructure
Placement control
  • Customer-Selected
  • Regional
Unknown

Security & Compliance

Access & identity
Access Control
Application isolation and role-based access controls Gigalixir-managed application infrastructure
Auth service authentication, authorization, and repository-to-project mapping Tau self-hosted platform services
Deployment Credentials
Regenerable API keys and SSH-key authentication Platform API and remote application access
Unknown
Encryption & secrets
Encryption in Transit
Automatic TLS certificates for application endpoints; internal service/component traffic uses TLS Erlang distribution is not encrypted by default; PostgreSQL TLS enforcement may require configuration
Automatic Let's Encrypt certificates and authenticated encrypted node traffic Tau platform; deployment infrastructure remains operator-owned
Encryption at Rest
Encrypted application configuration and Standard PostgreSQL data and backups Database encryption applies to Standard databases
Unknown
Secrets Management
Unknown
Deployment keys, webhook secrets, and X.509 certificates Tau Auth service