Pricing

Simple pricing, in Rand

LaunchPad is the thin control layer. You always pay Hetzner and Backblaze directly for servers and storage — we never mark those up.

Early access — billing isn't live yet. Every feature below is currently free. These ZAR prices are planned for when paid plans launch — you won't be charged today and no payment details are required.

Planned prices · ZAR · excluding 15% VAT

Free

Get your first app live.

R0 /mo ex VAT

1 connected server
Deploy from GitHub with Kamal
Self-hosted PostgreSQL
Manual + pre-deploy backups
Community support

Start free — early access

Solo

For one developer running real apps.

R149 /mo ex VAT

Up to 3 servers
Scheduled automated backups
Verified restores & rollbacks
Server health & maintenance scans
Email support

Start free — early access

Team

For small teams sharing infrastructure.

R249 /mo ex VAT

Unlimited servers
Workspace members & roles
Audit trail & step-up auth
Preview environments
Priority support

Start free — early access

Plans and prices are proposed and may change before paid billing launches. Solo and Team are billed in Rand and exclude 15% VAT. Infrastructure (Hetzner servers from ~€4/month and Backblaze backup storage from ~$0.005/GB) is billed by those providers directly, in their own currency.

How LaunchPad compares

Platforms like Heroku, Render, and Railway bundle managed infrastructure into a single per-app bill, which is convenient but expensive at scale. LaunchPad takes the opposite approach: you run apps on your own cheap Hetzner servers and pay a small flat fee for the deploy-and-backup automation. For a typical small app this usually lands 70–90% cheaper than an equivalent Heroku setup, while keeping you in full control of the underlying servers. See the cost breakdown on our home page.