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Light Cloud vs Sliplane
Light Cloud is a full-stack hosting platform for teams, with broader language support beyond Docker containers.
Light CloudFull-stack hosting for developers and teams.Side by side
- What it is
- Light Cloud:Full-stack hosting that builds static sites, containers and managed Postgres from a repo with automatic previews.
- Sliplane:Sliplane lets you deploy Docker apps from GitHub or images to European cloud servers with zero-downtime, logs, SSL and healthchecks.
- Best for
- Light Cloud:Full-stack hosting with preview URLs
- Sliplane:Docker apps with predictable per-server pricing
- Who it’s for
- Light Cloud:Developers and teams who want one-click deployment of full-stack apps.
- Sliplane:Indie hackers, startups and teams who want simple Docker hosting without DevOps overhead
- Pricing
- Light Cloud:Freemium
- Sliplane:Paid
- Plans
- Light Cloud:Hobby $0 · Lite $5/month per month · Starter $19/month per month · Pro $49/month per month · Business $149/month per month
- Sliplane:Starter 9.00 € per month · Base 17.80 € per month · Medium 28.80 € per month · Large 45.00 € per month · X-Large 88.20 € per month
- Open source
- Light Cloud:Yes, 12 GitHub stars
- Sliplane:—
- Works with
- Light Cloud:Git, Next.js, Cloud Run
- Sliplane:GitHub, Docker
- DevHunt upvotes
- Light Cloud:16
- Sliplane:4
- Launched on DevHunt
- Light Cloud:Aug 2026
- Sliplane:Jan 2023
Light Cloud features
- One-click deploy. Connect a repo, push, and Light Cloud builds and deploys static sites or containers automatically.
- Managed Postgres. Provision a database with region and size; credentials are encrypted and wired to the app.
- Branch previews. Every branch and pull request gets its own password-protected preview URL.
- Scale-to-zero. Idle containers stop running and incur no cost; they wake on the next request.
- AI-driven deploy. Use Claude Code to deploy by asking a natural-language command.
- Built-in CDN. Static assets are served globally via a CDN with automatic SSL.
Sliplane features
- Push-to-Deploy. Connect a GitHub repo or container registry and deploy on each commit automatically.
- Zero-Downtime Deploys. Deploy new versions without service interruption, with built-in healthchecks.
- Built-in Monitoring. Live logs, metrics and health-checks are available for every service.
- Managed PostgreSQL. One-click, automated backups, SSL and scaling for PostgreSQL databases.
- Object Storage. S3-compatible storage with free first GB and no egress fees.
- REST API & CI Integration. Provision servers, deploy services and manage the stack programmatically via API tokens.
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.