Koyeb vs Tau
Compare categories, runtimes, pricing, regions, infrastructure, and platform trade-offs.
Comparison space
Updated
Comparison facts
Platform
Hosting model
Managed
Supported
Managed
Not supported
Self-Hosted
Not supported
Self-Hosted
Supported
Open source / license
—
Open source / license
bsd-3-clause
Services
CDN
Not supported
CDN
Supported
Compute
Supported
Compute
Not supported
Functions
Not supported
Functions
Supported
GPU Compute
Supported
GPU Compute
Not supported
Key-Value Store
Not supported
Key-Value Store
Supported
Managed Databases
Supported
Managed Databases
Not supported
Object Storage
Not supported
Object Storage
Supported
Queues
Not supported
Queues
Supported
Workloads
AI Inference
Supported
AI Inference
Not supported
APIs
Supported
APIs
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Backend Services
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Background Workers
Supported
Real-Time Applications
Not supported
Real-Time Applications
Supported
Scheduled Jobs
Not supported
Scheduled Jobs
Supported
Static Sites
Not supported
Static Sites
Supported
Web Applications
Supported
Web Applications
Supported
Capabilities
Compute Autoscaling
Supported
Compute Autoscaling
Not recorded
Scale to Zero
Supported
Scale to Zero
Not recorded
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Supported
Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Not recorded
Development & Execution
Deployment & packaging
Bare metal / VM
Not supported
Bare metal / VM
Supported
Docker / OCI
Supported
Docker / OCI
Not supported
Local Emulator
Not supported
Local Emulator
Supported
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Supported
Serverless (Managed Runtime)
Supported
Runtimes
Bun
Supported
Bun
Not supported
Custom Runtime
Supported
Custom Runtime
Not supported
Deno
Supported
Deno
Not supported
JVM
Supported
JVM
Not supported
Node.js
Supported
Node.js
Not supported
WebAssembly
Not supported
WebAssembly
Supported
Languages
Go
Supported
Go
Supported
Java
Supported
Java
Not supported
JavaScript
Supported
JavaScript
Supported
PHP
Supported
PHP
Not supported
Python
Supported
Python
Supported
Ruby
Supported
Ruby
Not supported
Rust
Not supported
Rust
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
TypeScript
Supported
Frameworks
Astro
Supported
Astro
Unknown
Django
Supported
Django
Unknown
Express.js
Supported
Express.js
Unknown
Fastify
Supported
Fastify
Unknown
Next.js
Supported
Next.js
Unknown
Nuxt
Supported
Nuxt
Unknown
Ruby on Rails
Supported
Ruby on Rails
Unknown
Spring Boot
Supported
Spring Boot
Unknown
Pricing
Billing basis
Plan based
Plan based
Software charge
$0 / month + compute
Tau is free to self-host; users fund compute, storage, networking, monitoring, backups, and operations.
Starting price
$0 / month + compute
Unknown
Free entry / commitment
Recurring free allowances
Free plan
Infrastructure & Availability
Infrastructure provider
- Amazon Web Services
- Koyeb-operated bare-metal infrastructure
- 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
- Koyeb-operated bare-metal infrastructure
- Amazon Web Services
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
- DigitalOcean
- Customer-operated bare-metal, virtual-machine, sovereign-cloud, and edge infrastructure
Placement control
- Regional
Unknown
Security & Compliance
Access & identity
Access Control
Role-based team access
Auth service authentication, authorization, and repository-to-project mapping
Single Sign-On
Unknown
Encryption & secrets
Secrets Management
Encrypted organization secrets with explicit service grants
Deployment keys, webhook secrets, and X.509 certificates
Encryption in Transit
Unknown
Automatic Let's Encrypt certificates and authenticated encrypted node traffic
Network isolation & protection
Network Isolation
Cloud Hypervisor microVMs
Unknown
Private Networking
Encrypted organization service mesh
Unknown
Assurances & programs
SOC Reports
SOC 2
Unknown
ISO Certifications
ISO/IEC 27001
Unknown