Hostim.dev

About Hostim.dev

Stop wrestling with infrastructure and start shipping your code. Hostim.dev is your launchpad, transforming the complex world of backend deployment into a simple, powerful, and predictable experience. It's a bare-metal Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) built for developers who demand speed without sacrificing control or transparency. Imagine deploying your entire containerized application stack—with databases, caching, and storage automatically wired together—in just minutes, not days. Hostim.dev eliminates the DevOps overhead that slows you down, automatically provisioning everything from MySQL and PostgreSQL to Redis, persistent volumes, and HTTPS. Every project runs in its own isolated, secure environment on high-performance hardware in Germany, offering GDPR-compliant hosting by default. With transparent, per-project hourly billing and a philosophy of no surprise bills, it empowers freelancers, startups, agencies, and SaaS builders to focus on what they do best: creating amazing software. Your journey from local development to a live, scalable application has never been smoother or more empowering.

Features of Hostim.dev

One-Click Deployment from Any Source

Transform your workflow from complex to effortless. Deploy your applications instantly directly from a Docker image, a Git repository, or a full Docker Compose file—with zero rewrites required. This feature removes the barriers between your code and a live environment, allowing you to go from concept to production in minutes. Whether you're iterating quickly on a personal project or deploying a client's application, the power to launch is literally at your fingertips, freeing you to focus on development, not deployment scripts.

Built-In Managed Services & Persistent Storage

Say goodbye to the hassle of manually provisioning and connecting external services. Hostim.dev instantly provides production-ready MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Redis databases alongside persistent volumes, all within your project's isolated namespace. The platform automatically pre-wires environment variables, so your application connects seamlessly the moment it starts. This integrated approach ensures reliability, simplifies your architecture, and gives you a robust, fully-featured backend without managing a single server or configuration file.

Transparent Per-Project Isolation & Billing

Gain unparalleled clarity and control over your projects and costs. Each application runs in its own secure Kubernetes namespace, ensuring complete isolation for security and stability. More importantly, every project has its own cost tracking, providing a clean, predictable financial footprint. This is transformative for freelancers and agencies, enabling easy handovers to clients with a clear bill of materials. You get flat, predictable pricing without hidden fees or usage-based surprises, putting you firmly in the driver's seat of your budget.

Secure EU Bare-Metal Hosting by Default

Build with confidence on a foundation of performance, privacy, and principle. Your applications run on dedicated bare-metal servers in Germany, ensuring high performance and full GDPR compliance from the start. This commitment to EU hosting provides inherent data sovereignty for you and your users. Combined with automatic HTTPS, real-time logs and metrics, and secure SSH access via a Bastion container, Hostim.dev delivers enterprise-grade security and oversight without the complexity, allowing you to build trusted applications.

Use Cases of Hostim.dev

The Independent Developer & Freelancer

Reclaim your time and amplify your impact. As a solo builder or freelancer, you need to ship client projects fast and hand them over with zero operational baggage. Hostim.dev lets you deploy from familiar Docker or Compose setups instantly. With per-project billing, you can present clients with a clear, standalone cost structure, making handovers clean and professional. You bypass the need to manage servers or learn Kubernetes, turning what was once a multi-day deployment ordeal into a task that takes minutes, so you can deliver more value, more often.

The Digital Agency Scaling Client Work

Streamline your operations and guarantee client satisfaction. Managing multiple client projects on traditional cloud platforms leads to cost sprawl and messy infrastructure. Hostim.dev provides isolated projects for each client, offering a clear cost breakdown and inherent security separation. This allows your team to deploy, scale, and monitor client applications from a single, intuitive dashboard without cross-contamination of resources or bills. It’s the tool that lets your agency promise and deliver robust, scalable hosting with transparent, accountable billing.

The Startup Building a New SaaS

Launch your vision with agility and financial predictability. For startups, speed to market and controlling burn rate are critical. Hostim.dev gets your containerized application live in minutes with a full suite of managed databases, letting you validate and iterate rapidly. The flat, predictable pricing protects you from unexpected cloud bills, while the built-in scaling tools let you grow seamlessly. Start simple with immense power, maintain full container portability, and focus your energy on building your product, not managing its infrastructure.

The Student or Developer Building a Portfolio

Learn and achieve on real, production-grade infrastructure. Move beyond localhost and deploy real projects that you can showcase in your portfolio. Hostim.dev’s free trial and student-friendly approach give you hands-on experience with Docker, databases, and live deployments without financial risk or overwhelming complexity. You gain practical skills in deploying modern application stacks, understanding environment variables, and observing live metrics—knowledge that directly translates to professional confidence and capability.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the free tier include?

The free tier is designed to let you build and experiment without barriers. It includes a 5-day trial project with full platform access, allowing you to deploy applications and test all features. Beyond the trial, core services like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and persistent volumes have permanently free tiers with generous limits. This means you can run small projects, prototypes, or learning applications at no cost, experiencing the full power of managed services and EU hosting without any financial commitment.

Can I deploy with just a Docker Compose file?

Absolutely, and it's one of the most powerful features. You can directly paste your existing docker-compose.yml file into Hostim.dev, and it will deploy your multi-service application with zero rewrites. The platform interprets your Compose file, provisions the defined services, and handles all the internal networking and configuration automatically. This means your local development environment can be mirrored in production in minutes, preserving your workflow and eliminating complex migration or re-engineering tasks.

Where is my application hosted?

All applications on Hostim.dev are hosted on high-performance bare-metal servers in secure, top-tier data centers located in Germany. This provides excellent performance and low latency within the EU. Most importantly, this location ensures that your data is stored and processed under strict GDPR regulations by default, offering built-in compliance and data sovereignty for you and your European users without any extra configuration required on your part.

Do I need to know Kubernetes or DevOps?

Not at all. Hostim.dev is built specifically to abstract away the complexity of Kubernetes and infrastructure management. You do not need to write any YAML, configure clusters, or manage nodes. The platform uses Kubernetes under the hood to deliver reliability and isolation, but you interact with a simple, intuitive interface. You get the advanced benefits of container orchestration—like isolation, scaling, and resilience—through simple clicks and configurations, making professional-grade deployment accessible to every developer.