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Many complex config files

1000s of lines

...and many more

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1 simple config file

10s of lines

resources:
  apiServer:
    type: web-service
    properties:
      resources:
        cpu: 0.25
        memory: 512
      packaging:
        type: stacktape-image-buildpack
        properties:
          entryfilePath: ./src/index.ts
      connectTo:
        - mainDatabase

  mainDatabase:
    type: relational-database
    properties:
      engine:
        type: aurora-postgresql-serverless
      credentials:
        userName: $Secret('db_username')
        userPassword: $Secret('db_password')

resources:
  apiServer:
    type: web-service
    properties:
      resources:
        cpu: 0.25
        memory: 512
      packaging:
        type: stacktape-image-buildpack
        properties:
          entryfilePath: ./src/index.ts
      connectTo:
        - mainDatabase

  mainDatabase:
    type: relational-database
    properties:
      engine:
        type: aurora-postgresql-serverless
      credentials:
        userName: $Secret('db_username')
        userPassword: $Secret('db_password')

"...reduced our AWS costs by 81% in the first month..."

"...if only this existed before we started our 2-year long Kubernetes config journey..."

"...not a huge fun of IaC, but this is very impressive..."

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Infrastructure

Packaging

Debugging & testing

Logging & monitoring

Productivity tools

Guardrails

Security

> stacktape deploy --stage test --region us-east-1

[SUCCESS] Packaging workloads
↪ expressjs-api-container: done in 14.4 sec. Image size: 85.4 MB.
↪ analytics-lambda: done in 2.3 sec. Zipped size: 0.4 MB.

[SUCCESS] Uploading deployment artifacts done in 6.53 sec.

⠋ Deploying infrastructure resources. Finished: 9/43.

Remote (AWS CodeBuild) or local deployments

Blue/green and canary deployments.

Deployment history & rollbacks.

Seamless integration into any CI/CD pipeline.

Premium development experience

VSCode extension

Config validation

Intellisense

Built-in documentation

import { Stacktape } from '@stacktape/sdk';

const stacktape = new Stacktape();

const result = await stacktape.deploy({
  region: 'us-east-1',
  stage: 'production',
  config: {
    serviceName: 'my-application',
    resources: ['...your resources...']
  }
});

const { url } = result.resources.apiGateway;
// run end-to-end tests using the url

await stacktape.delete({ stackName });

Programmatic SDK

Easily perform common tasks such as running end-to-end tests or seeding the database.

Management console

Manage your cloud spend

Configure global aspects for all stacks

Browse all deployed stacks

Manage your organization

Development studio

Browse logs & metrics

Manage stacks

Visualize your stacks using resource diagrams

Stack composer

Create stack templates using GUI

Share your stack template with your team

VSCode extension

Config validation

Intellisense

Built-in documentation

Programmatic SDK

Easily perform common tasks such as running end-to-end tests or seeding the database.

import { Stacktape } from '@stacktape/sdk';

const stacktape = new Stacktape();

const result = await stacktape.deploy({
  region: 'us-east-1',
  stage: 'production',
  config: {
    serviceName: 'my-application',
    resources: ['...your resources...']
  }
});

const { url } = result.resources.apiGateway;
// run end-to-end tests using the url

await stacktape.delete({ stackName });

Management console

Manage your cloud spend

Configure global aspects for all stacks

Browse all deployed stacks

Manage your organization

Development studio

Browse logs & metrics

Manage stacks

Visualize your stacks using resource diagrams

Stack composer

Create stack templates using GUI

Share your stack template with your team

Simple and productive, yet powerful and flexible

	Stacktape	Backend as a service	Platform as a service	Serverless
Required DevOps knowledge	low to none	low to none	low to none	medium
Infrastructure costs	low	high	medium	medium
Container support
Serverless functions support
Long-running jobs support
GPU jobs support
SQL databases support		~
MongoDb, Redis & Kafka support			~
CDN support			~	~
Auto-scaling			~
Private networking & VPCs			~	~
Guardrails & policies
Local development
Blue/green + canary deployments			~	~
Configurable using IaaC		~		~
Configurable using GUI
Extensible using CloudFormation
Extensible using AWS CDK
Remote deployments (in pipeline)		~
Local development studio		~
VS code extension
Programmatic SDK
Open source

		PaaS	Serverless
Required DevOps knowledge	low to none	low to none	medium
Infrastructure costs	low	medium	medium
Container support
Serverless functions support
Long-running jobs support
GPU jobs support
SQL databases support
MongoDb, Redis & Kafka support		~
CDN support		~	~
Auto-scaling		~
Private networking & VPCs		~	~
Guardrails & policies
Local development
Blue/green + canary deployments		~	~
Configurable using IaaC			~
Configurable using GUI
Extensible using CloudFormation
Extensible using AWS CDK
Remote deployments (in pipeline)
Local development studio
VS code extension
Programmatic SDK
Open source

The most versatile solution

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Small project

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Large project

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Project complexity

Backend as a Service

BaaS

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Custom

Stacktape

Pricing

For individuals

Free

1 team member
Up to $100 monthly AWS spend
Unlimited deployments
Unlimited stacks

Slack & Discord support

For SMBs & startups

Flexible

20% - 30% of AWS spend

for infrastructure managed by Stacktape question-mark Stacktape charges you for resources deployed using Stacktape (such as lambda functions, containers, databases, etc.) based on the AWS Cost and Usage report.

AWS fee: $0 / mo
Stacktape fee: $0 / mo (30%)

Up to 25 team members
Up to $25,000 monthly AWS spend
Unlimited deployments
Unlimited stacks

Slack, Discord & E-mail support

For larger organizations

Enterprise

Custom pricing

Unlimited team members
Unlimited AWS spend
SSO
Compliance (HIPAA, PCI, CIS)
Custom integrations
Up to 24x7 premium support

Free

For individuals

1 team member
Up to $100 monthly AWS spend
Unlimited deployments
Unlimited stacks

Slack & Discord support

Flexible

For SMBs & startups

20% - 30% of AWS spend

AWS fee: $0 / mo
Stacktape fee: $0 / mo (30%)

Up to 25 team members
Up to $25,000 monthly AWS spend
Unlimited deployments
Unlimited stacks

Slack, Discord & E-mail support

Enterprise

For larger organizations

Custom pricing

Unlimited team members
Unlimited AWS spend
SSO
Compliance (HIPAA, PCI, CIS)
Custom integrations
Up to 24x7 premium support

FAQ

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Can I leverage my AWS Activate credits and AWS free tier while using Stacktape?

When and how am I going to be charged?

Are you going to support more cloud providers?

Do I get vendor locked when using Stacktape?

Why does Stacktape use CloudFormation instead of Terraform?

Why does Stacktape not use Kubernetes to orchestrate containers?

What happens when I decide to stop using Stacktape?

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Infrastructure

Packaging

Debugging & testing

Logging & monitoring

Productivity tools

Guardrails

Security

Deployments

Infrastructure

Packaging

Debugging & testing

Logging & monitoring

Productivity tools

Guardrails

Security

Premium development experience

VSCode extension

Programmatic SDK

Management console

Development studio

Stack composer

VSCode extension

Programmatic SDK

Management console

Development studio

Stack composer

Simple and productive, yet powerful and flexible

The most versatile solution

Pricing

Free

Flexible

Enterprise

Free

For individuals

Flexible

For SMBs & startups

Enterprise

For larger organizations

FAQ

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Stacktape makes DevOps simple, allowing developers to deploy and run full-stack applications on entirely on their own. Production-ready in minutes, not months.

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