Aptible
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What is Aptible
Aptible is a managed platform for deploying and operating containerized applications and databases with an emphasis on security and compliance controls. It targets teams that need a PaaS-style workflow for web apps and APIs while running workloads in isolated network environments. The service provides managed infrastructure, deployment tooling, and operational features such as logging, backups, and access controls. It is commonly used in regulated contexts where auditability and standardized security practices are required.
Compliance-oriented hosting controls
Aptible centers its platform around security and compliance workflows, including access controls, audit trails, and operational guardrails. This can reduce the amount of custom work required to document and standardize controls compared with assembling multiple infrastructure services. It fits teams that need repeatable processes for regulated environments. The focus is more on governance and operational discipline than on raw infrastructure flexibility.
Managed app and database runtime
The platform provides a managed runtime for deploying containerized applications along with managed databases, reducing the need to operate underlying orchestration and data services directly. Built-in operational features such as backups, logging, and environment management support day-to-day operations. This can shorten the path from code to a running service for small platform teams. It is particularly useful when teams prefer a PaaS workflow over managing clusters themselves.
Isolated environments and networking
Aptible supports running workloads in isolated environments that align with virtual private network segmentation needs. This helps teams separate production and non-production systems and apply network-level restrictions. The approach can simplify meeting internal security requirements without designing a bespoke network architecture. It is a practical fit for organizations that need clear environment boundaries and controlled ingress/egress.
Less flexible than raw IaaS
Aptible abstracts infrastructure and orchestration details, which can limit low-level customization compared with building directly on general-purpose cloud infrastructure. Teams with specialized networking, storage, or runtime requirements may find the platform constraints restrictive. Some advanced configurations may require workarounds or may not be supported. This trade-off is typical of PaaS-style products.
Smaller ecosystem and integrations
Compared with larger cloud platforms and developer hosting ecosystems, Aptible has a narrower marketplace of native integrations and third-party extensions. Teams may need to integrate external CI/CD, observability, or security tools using generic interfaces rather than turnkey connectors. This can increase implementation effort for complex toolchains. The platform is best suited to organizations comfortable with a more opinionated stack.
Not optimized for edge use cases
Aptible focuses on secure application and database hosting rather than edge delivery, static site workflows, or serverless event execution. Organizations prioritizing global edge distribution, front-end build pipelines, or function-as-a-service patterns may need additional services. This can introduce architectural complexity when those capabilities are central requirements. The product aligns more with backend application hosting in controlled environments.
Plan & Pricing
A) Tiered Plans (subscription base fees)
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Development | $0 / mo (base fee) + resources billed on-demand | Deploy to shared stacks, CI/CD, CLI & Terraform. Base fee $0 but on-demand resource pricing applies; shared stack access available. (See Resource Pricing below.) |
| Production | $499 / mo (base fee) + resources billed on-demand | 1 Dedicated Stack included (Aptible-hosted), custom domains, VPN/VPC peering, HA apps, DB replication, HIPAA & SOC 2 support, Standard/Premium support options. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom pricing (contact sales) — unlimited dedicated stacks, autoscaling, self-hosting option, extended compliance frameworks (HIPAA, SOC 2, HITRUST, PCI, FedRAMP for self-hosted), 99.95% SLA and 24/7 support available. |
B) Usage-based (on-demand) resource pricing (examples taken from Aptible’s official pricing/docs):
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (on-demand). No contract required for Aptible Hosted; Enterprise/volume agreements available (12-month commitments for discounts). Free tier/trial: 30-day free trial for Aptible-hosted resources when signing up with a business email (trial limits: 3 GB compute, 20 GB storage, 1 endpoint).
Example costs (Aptible Hosted, on-demand):
- Compute:
- General Purpose Containers — $0.08 / GB RAM / hour
- CPU-Optimized Containers — $0.10 / GB RAM / hour
- RAM-Optimized Containers — $0.05 / GB RAM / hour
- Databases:
- Database Storage (disk) — $0.20 / GB / month
- Database IOPS — $0.01 / IOPS after first 3,000 IOPS/month (3,000 IOPS included)
- Database Backups — $0.02 / GB / month
- Isolation:
- Shared Stack — Free
- Dedicated Stack — $499 / Stack / month
- Connectivity & Endpoints:
- Endpoints (Load Balancers) — $0.06 / endpoint / hour
- Shared HTTP(S) Endpoints — $0.04 / endpoint / hour
- VPN — $99 / VPN peer / month
- Security & Compliance: HIDS reporting — Contact Us (custom pricing)
Discount options: Enterprise & volume pricing (discounts require 12-month commitment). Aptible documents volume/enterprise pricing and volume discounts; there are also guidance/options for annual upfront or monthly with annual term volume agreements (contact sales for quotes).
Notes & source constraints:
- All above figures are taken directly from Aptible’s official Pricing page, Pricing docs, and Billing Policy (Aptible website). No third-party sources were used.
Seller details
Aptible, Inc.
New York, NY, USA
2013
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