Hyperlift is a Spaceship Cloud platform that builds and deploys containerized apps from GitHub on Spaceship's infrastructure. CloudPloy deploys to a server you own or rent at cost, on a flat plan, and lets your AI agent deploy over MCP.
| Topic | Hyperlift | CloudPloy |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A Spaceship Cloud platform that builds and deploys containerized apps from GitHub on Spaceship's infrastructure. | A hosted deploy control plane. Deploy from git or from your AI agent to servers you own or rent at cost |
| Pricing | Hourly plans from Micro (about $3.60/mo) to XL (about $52.57/mo) | Free plan, then $9.99, $19, or $39 per month. Compute billed separately at the provider rate |
| Where apps run | Spaceship's cloud infrastructure | Any server you own over SSH, or one you take from CloudPloy at the provider rate |
| Frameworks | Any app with a Dockerfile, such as Node.js, Python, Java, or Go | Node, Python, Go, Rust, Ruby, Java, PHP, and static sites via Nixpacks, plus Laravel and WordPress presets |
| Managed or self-hosted | Fully managed platform | Hosted control plane; nothing to install or maintain on your side beyond your servers |
| Scaling | Change plan size by hand; autoscaling not stated | Up to 10 replicas of an app on its server; load balancing across servers is coming soon |
| Databases | Not stated | Run databases such as MySQL on your server next to your apps |
| AI agent access | Hyperlift CLI on the Spaceship API; no MCP server stated | HTTP MCP server on every plan, with OAuth sign-in and scoped tokens |
| Free tier | No free plan stated; a 7-day trial is mentioned | Free forever: 1 server, 1 app, up to 2 vCPU and 2 GB RAM |
Hyperlift details checked in October 2026 on spaceship.com/starlight-cloud/hyperlift, spaceship.com/knowledgebase/how-to-use-hyperlift-cli. They change; verify on Hyperlift's site. CloudPloy numbers match our pricing page.
Hyperlift is a Spaceship Cloud platform that builds and deploys containerized apps from GitHub on Spaceship's infrastructure. CloudPloy is a hosted control plane: you connect a server you own, or take one at the provider rate, and deploy from git or from Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Best fit for Hyperlift: Solo developers who want cheap, hands-off container hosting from a GitHub repo and a Dockerfile. Best fit for CloudPloy: teams that want a flat plan, no markup on compute, and an AI agent that can deploy for them.
Connect your git repo to a CloudPloy server, copy your environment variables, deploy, then move your database and switch DNS.
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