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Qovery: cost, fit and limits
Qovery is a deployment and environment platform made by Qovery that runs applications on a customer's own cloud and Kubernetes clusters, with preview environments, an AI Copilot for failed deployments and MCP access for coding agents.
What to know first
Qovery prices by cluster and user bundle rather than per seat: Free at $0, Starter at $299 a month, Growth at $899, Scale at $2,999, all billed yearly, plus a custom Enterprise tier. Each bundle includes a deployment-minute allowance, and extra minutes cost $0.16. Applications run in the customer's own cloud account while the control plane sits on AWS, and agents can deploy through MCP, CLI or API.
Qovery at a glance
| Maker | Qovery (legal entity name not stated on opened pages), Not stated on the vendor pages |
|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes |
| Entry price | $0 forever (Free); Starter $299 per month billed yearly |
| API access | Yes |
| Category | Best AI Internal Developer Platforms in 2026, rank 2 of 12 |
| Website | qovery.com |
Who Qovery is best for
Startups with one Kubernetes cluster
The Free plan covers 3 users, one self-run cluster and 1,000 deployment minutes a month, enough to test preview environments before paying.
Teams letting coding agents deploy
Claude Code, Cursor and Codex can deploy through MCP, CLI and Skills, and the pricing page says agents use their own tokens and are audited.
Regulated companies needing compliance packs
Scale lists a SOC 2 Type II report and DPA, and Enterprise adds HIPAA, HDS, ISO 27001 and DORA material with a self-hosted control plane.
Qovery plans and pricing
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 forever | 3 users, 1 self-run cluster, unlimited AI agents, preview environments and 1,000 deployment minutes a month; deployments pause when minutes run out. |
| Starter | $299 per month, billed yearly | 1 cluster, 3 users, 3,000 deployment minutes then $0.16 per minute, 7-day log and audit retention, Slack or Teams support and a 14-day trial. |
| Growth | $899 per month, billed yearly | Starter features plus the Observe package on one cluster, a kickoff session, 10 users, 2 clusters, 8,000 minutes and 15-day log retention. |
| Scale | $2,999 per month, billed yearly | Up to 25 users, 3 clusters, 30,000 deployment minutes, priority support, a SOC 2 Type II report and DPA; HIPAA is an add-on. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Self-hosted control plane that can be air-gapped, SSO, policy-as-code, HIPAA, HDS, ISO 27001 and DORA package, and an SLA up to 24/7. |
Checked November 2026.
What Qovery does
- AI Copilot troubleshooting
- On the comparison table for every plan, the Copilot reads logs, events and configuration and explains why a deployment failed, which shortens triage for developers who do not know the cluster.
- Agent deployment through MCP
- The Qovery MCP Server, CLI and API let assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor and Codex deploy, using tokens that belong to the agent so actions can be audited.
- Preview environments and cloning
- Free includes preview environments and environment cloning, so each pull request can get a short-lived copy of the stack without extra platform work. Each pull request can get its own short-lived stack, and the allowance of deployment minutes limits how many run per month.
- Customer-owned infrastructure
- Workloads and secrets stay in the customer's cloud account. Qovery's control plane is hosted on AWS, and Enterprise offers a self-hosted control plane. That split means secrets never sit in Qovery's own account, though the control plane still sees deployment metadata.
- Observe package
- Growth and above can add the Observe package; the page prices it at $3,588 per cluster per year, which makes the observability cost explicit before purchase.
How Qovery handles your data
The security page says the control plane is hosted exclusively on AWS, with no regions listed, while customer workloads and secrets stay in the customer's cloud account. Encryption at rest and in transit uses AWS KMS on every tier. It names SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, DORA, HDS, NIST, MAS TRM and CPS 230, and ISO 27001 appears only on the Enterprise tier. Log and audit retention is 7 days on Starter, 15 on Growth and 30 on Scale. The pages do not address training on customer data.
Where Qovery falls short in practice
- . Free pauses deployments after 1,000 minutes with no overage billing, so a busy monorepo can stall mid-month, and paid plans charge $0.16 for each minute above the allowance.
- . Starter allows 3 users and one cluster, Growth 10 users and 2 clusters, and Scale 25 users and 3 clusters, so an organization with 100 developers is pushed into Enterprise.
- . The pages describe environments, deployment and agents. Scorecards, ownership tracking and a service catalog are not featured, which suits teams that already have a catalog tool.
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Qovery: common questions
What does Qovery cost after the free plan?
Starter is $299 a month billed yearly with 3 users, 3,000 deployment minutes and one cluster. Growth is $899 with 10 users and 2 clusters, and Scale is $2,999 with 25 users and 3 clusters. Minutes above the allowance cost $0.16 each, and Enterprise is custom.
Where do Qovery applications actually run?
Applications run in the customer's own cloud account, while Qovery's control plane is hosted on AWS. Workloads and secrets stay in the customer's account, per the security page. Enterprise can use a self-hosted control plane, including air-gapped, which matters if no external control plane is allowed.
Can Claude Code or Cursor deploy through Qovery?
Yes. The pricing page lists deployment from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex through the MCP server, CLI and Skills, including on the Free plan. It says agents use their own tokens and are audited, though it does not show the audit log's format.
Is HIPAA included in Qovery Scale?
No. Scale lists a SOC 2 Type II report and DPA, and HIPAA is an add-on at $490 a month, shown as $5,880 per year in the table. HIPAA also appears among the Enterprise inclusions, so confirm which route applies before you sign.
How long does Qovery keep logs and audit data?
Retention depends on the plan: 7 days on Starter, 15 days on Growth and 30 days on Scale according to the comparison table, with Enterprise custom. If your audit policy needs a year of records, plan for exporting logs to your own storage.