I posted Out Plane here last week. Wanted to share an update because I've been shipping a lot.

I started this because deploying side projects was killing my motivation. Build something fun over a weekend, then waste two days on Dockerfiles, nginx, and SSL. So I built what I wanted — connect GitHub, push code, get a URL. Done.

Since December I've added managed PostgreSQL, managed Redis with RedisInsight built in, Dockerfile auto-detection that pre-fills your config, real-time metrics, and scale to zero — no traffic means no bill. Per-second pricing, not hourly. Same Next.js + Postgres app costs me $2.40/mo vs $12–47 on other platforms.

No CLI yet, docs need work, ~200 users. Just me, no team, no funding. But people are running real stuff on it.

$20 free credit, no credit card. I read all feedback personally — I'm the only one here.

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I've been working on Out Plane for about 3 months. It's a PaaS that does one thing: gets your code to production as fast as possible, and charges you only for the seconds it actually runs.

The problem I kept hitting: I'd finish a side project, then spend hours on Dockerfiles, nginx reverse proxies, SSL certs, CI/CD pipelines. The deploy took longer than building the app.

How it works: - Connect GitHub repo - We auto-detect your stack or you can use Dockerfile (Node, Python, Go, Ruby, etc.) — no Dockerfile needed - Deploy in ~60 seconds - Built-in monitoring (metrics, logs) - Managed PostgreSQL & Redis provisioned in seconds - Scale to zero when idle (side project not getting traffic = $0) - Per-second billing — not per hour, not monthly. Seconds.

What's different from Railway/Render/Fly.io: mostly the pricing model. I deployed the same Next.js+Postgres app on 6 platforms — Outplane was $2.40/mo vs $12-47/mo on others.

Where it's still rough: docs need work, CLI tool isn't out yet, community is small (about 100 users). I'm a solo founder so things move at human speed.

$20 free credit to try, no credit card. Would appreciate honest feedback — especially if something breaks or confuses you.

Happy to answer any technical questions about the architecture.

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