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Gigalixir

Built for Elixir, optimized for everything

Ranked #5 in Best backend-as-a-service platforms.

Gigalixir is a platform optimised for Elixir and Phoenix applications. It also provides high-performance hosting for other languages via buildpacks.

Official website

At a glance

Best for

Elixir development teams

From Gigalixir's own website.

Company facts

Social profiles

LinkedIn, X, GitHub

Facilities and features

Its website also mentions:

Published pricing
Self-serve sign-up
Integrations

What stands out

The product ensures zero-downtime deploys without daily restarts.

“Deploy with confidence knowing we don’t force daily restarts that wipe your GenServer state, ETS, or cachex data.”Gigalixir, own website

Gigalixir offers distributed clustering without extra configuration.

“All of Elixir”Gigalixir, own website

Worth knowing

Free tier applications sleep after thirty days of inactivity.

“However, to conserve resources for everyone, Free Tier apps utilize a "sleep" mechanism.”Gigalixir, own website

How it ranks

Gigalixir is ranked 5th of 10 in Best backend-as-a-service platforms (Lister Score 92.0).

#5 in Best backend-as-a-service platforms · Lister Score 92.0

Ensures zero-downtime deploys without daily restarts.

How the score is made up: fit to this ranking's criteria 40; evidence on its own site 20; how complete its published information is 20; buying information on its own site 12.

“The only platform built to unlock the full power of Elixir and Phoenix, while providing a high-performance, buildpack-driven home for all your production applications.”Gigalixir, own website