Gigalixir Pricing, Features & Alternatives

Runtime Platform · PaaS

Gigalixir deploys Elixir and Phoenix applications through a Git-push and buildpack workflow while operating the application infrastructure. Its managed environment supports long-running BEAM processes, distributed Erlang node discovery, release rollback, and production console access. Other buildpack-compatible languages can run on the same platform. Managed PostgreSQL is available alongside application hosting, but application and database placement do not have identical region choices.

Best for

Teams deploying Elixir or Phoenix applications that need managed infrastructure while retaining distributed Erlang clustering, long-running processes, and production console access.

Watch out for

Application placement spans AWS and Google Cloud, but self-service Gigalixir PostgreSQL is limited to two Google Cloud regions. AWS-hosted applications may need a cross-cloud database connection or support-assisted database provisioning; paid application memory and databases are billed separately.

Workloads: APIs
Backend Services
Background Workers
Real-Time Applications
Web Applications
Services: Compute
Managed Databases
Delivery: Managed

Development & Execution

Supported platform capabilities, execution environments, development technologies, deployment models, integrations, and triggers.

Runtimes

JVM
Node.js
Python Runtime

Languages

Clojure
Elixir
Go
Java
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
Rust

Frameworks

Django
Express.js
FastAPI
Laravel
Ruby on Rails
Spring Boot

Capabilities

Zero-Downtime Application Deployments
Deployment Rollbacks
Deployment Traffic Splitting
Automatic Failover
Read Replicas
Automated Backups

Database support

PostgreSQL

Deployment & packaging

Serverless (Managed Runtime)

Triggers

HTTP Requests

Pricing

Published pricing structure, representative costs, and material billing factors.

Starting Price: From $10 per 200 MB-replica / month Standard
Primary Billing: Plan based Gigalixir account tiers
Free Tier: Recurring free allowances Credit card required
Commitment: Paid application memory and managed PostgreSQL are separately provisioned and charged. Account tier changes apply to the account, not individual apps.

Gigalixir account tiers

Primary Pricing

Free and Standard are account-level tiers, not independently mixable app/database plans. Paid app capacity and managed PostgreSQL are charged separately.

Free

$0 / month

For evaluation and lightweight applications; does not include database backups.

One application replica with up to 0.5 GB memory
One free PostgreSQL database with 10,000 rows and two concurrent connections
Application may be scaled to zero after 30 days without a deployment

Standard

From $10 per 200 MB-replica / month

Provisioned application memory and managed databases billed separately, prorated to the second.

App replicas do not have the Free-tier inactivity policy
Optional high-availability PostgreSQL and read replicas incur separate charges

Enterprise

Custom quote

Custom-quoted isolated deployment and commercial terms.

Isolated clusters and dedicated ingress
Custom support and service-level terms

Standard resource charges Additional Usage Cost

Base rates at standard support levels. Extended-support stacks and PostgreSQL versions may cost twice the base rate.

Resource	Billing Unit	Price
Application memory Replica memory is provisioned capacity, not peak observed use	per 200 MB-replica per month, prorated to the second	$10
Standard PostgreSQL 0.6 0.6 GB RAM, 25 GB storage limit, seven-day daily-backup retention	per database per month, prorated to the second	$25
Standard PostgreSQL high availability	additional charge relative to the chosen Standard database size	Doubles base database cost
Dedicated ingress Optional for Standard; included in quoted Enterprise offering	per month	$250

Free Tier

Credit card required

A continuing $0 account tier; a credit card is required at signup for verification. Free PostgreSQL has no backups.

Application replica: 1 replica, 0.5 GB memory Continuing, subject to inactivity policy
Free PostgreSQL database: 1 database, up to 10,000 rows and two connections Continuing while on Free account

Enterprise Pricing

Custom-quoted Enterprise offering with isolated clusters, included dedicated ingress, and negotiated support terms.

Billing Commitment

Paid application memory and managed PostgreSQL are separately provisioned and charged. Account tier changes apply to the account, not individual apps.

Infrastructure & Availability

Where workloads run, how deployment is scoped, and what underlying infrastructure the platform depends on.

Application execution

Choose an AWS or Google Cloud region when creating an application. Changing an application's region later is not a one-click operation.

Applies to

Applications

Deployment model

Managed cloud

Execution

Single Region

Placement

Customer-Selected

Deployment scope

Regional

Infrastructure providers

Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud Platform

Availability footprint

Regions: 4

Available Regions

Location	Area	Infrastructure	Region ID
AWS US East (N. Virginia)	North America	Amazon Web Services	us-east-1
AWS US West (Oregon)	North America	Amazon Web Services	us-west-2
Google Cloud US Central (Iowa)	North America	Google Cloud Platform	us-central1
Google Cloud Europe West (Belgium)	Europe	Google Cloud Platform	europe-west1

Application execution source

Managed PostgreSQL

Self-service PostgreSQL provisioning is documented in two Google Cloud regions. Gigalixir says AWS database provisioning is possible through support, not through the same self-service region selection.

Applies to

Managed PostgreSQL

Deployment model

Managed cloud

Execution

Single Region

Placement

Customer-Selected

Deployment scope

Regional

Infrastructure providers

Google Cloud Platform

Availability footprint

Regions: 2

Available Regions

Location	Area	Region ID
Google Cloud US Central (Iowa)	North America	us-central1
Google Cloud Europe West (Belgium)	Europe	europe-west1

Managed PostgreSQL source

Availability reviewed 2026-09-24

Resource & Execution Limits

Build time

30 minutes

Per build

Slug size

500 MB

Deployed application artifact

Repository size

1 GB

Git deployment repository

Disk

10 GB

Published platform quota

Bandwidth

1 TB/month

Published platform quota

Security & Compliance

Security Controls

Access Control: Application isolation and role-based access controls Gigalixir-managed application infrastructure
Deployment Credentials: Regenerable API keys and SSH-key authentication Platform API and remote application access
Encryption at Rest: Encrypted application configuration and Standard PostgreSQL data and backups Database encryption applies to Standard databases
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

FAQ

Can a Gigalixir app on AWS use Gigalixir-managed PostgreSQL in the same region?

Not through the documented self-service database regions. Gigalixir lists application execution in two AWS and two Google Cloud regions, while its self-service PostgreSQL regions are Google Cloud us-central1 and europe-west1. Gigalixir says support can provision an AWS database manually; confirm placement before selecting an AWS app region.

Is Gigalixir a Docker or Kubernetes deployment platform?

Gigalixir deploys application source through Git and buildpacks, using a Procfile to define processes. It operates the underlying containers and Kubernetes environment; customers do not deploy by managing a Kubernetes cluster.

Does the Gigalixir free PostgreSQL database include backups?

No. The free PostgreSQL database is limited to 10,000 rows and two simultaneous connections and has no backups. Daily backups with seven-day retention apply to paid Standard PostgreSQL databases.

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