Tool profile
High-performance serverless and GPU infrastructure platform with transparent compute metering, team plans that include usage credits, and strong positioning for APIs, inference, and databases.
API hosting and backend services
Koyeb belongs in the catalog because it is clearly leaning into a category that keeps getting more important: infrastructure for teams that need more than simple hobby hosting, but still want a cleaner developer experience than assembling raw cloud primitives by hand. The product is now explicitly positioned around APIs, inference, and databases, which makes it a strong addition for AI-adjacent stacks where serving models, deploying data services, and running intensive backend workloads are part of the same architectural conversation.
It also deserves inclusion because the pricing is public and comparatively easy to interpret. Koyeb currently lists Pro at $29 per month plus compute with $10 included compute, Scale at $299 per month plus compute with $100 included compute, and Enterprise as custom starting at $1000 per month plus compute. The page also publishes practical usage economics like services starting at $0.000006 per second, outbound bandwidth at $0.04 per GB, and custom domains at $0.20 per month after the included allotment. For a modern deployment platform, that is meaningful transparency.
Quick fit
Editorial take
Koyeb should be evaluated as performance-oriented deployment infrastructure. The strongest reason to choose it is not generic hosting convenience, but a desire to deploy serious backend or AI workloads without jumping straight to raw cloud ops.
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Pricing snapshot
Koyeb's public pricing currently shows Pro at $29/month plus compute with $10 included compute, Scale at $299/month plus compute with $100 included compute, and Enterprise as custom starting at $1000/month plus compute. The pricing FAQ also states services start at $0.000006 per second, outbound bandwidth is $0.04 per GB, and extra custom domains cost $0.20 per month.
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