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The autopilot for
cloud infrastructure.
Deploy production-ready infrastructure in minutes, directly inside your own cloud account. No lock-in. No DevOps overhead.
Kubernetes CI/CD Observability Security Cost optimization
Why Kapten
Stop managing infra.
Stop managing infra.
Start shipping product.
Kapten gives your team production-grade Kubernetes without the learning curve, the hiring, or the maintenance.
Deploy in minutes, not weeks
Go from zero to a production-ready Kubernetes cluster with CI/CD, monitoring, and SSL in under 15 minutes. No YAML, no Terraform, no consultants.
15 min
to production
0
lines of config
Your cloud, zero lock-in
Everything runs in your own AWS, GCP, Azure or Scaleway account. You own it, you control it. Cancel Kapten and your infrastructure keeps running.
Security & best practices built-in
Every cluster comes pre-configured with industry best practices: network policies, RBAC, SSL certificates, vulnerability scanning. No security expertise required.
Full observability, zero setup
Logs, metrics, traces, and alerts are ready from your first deploy. Powered by Prometheus and Grafana. Know exactly what's happening in production.
Coming soon
Kapten AI Agent
Talk to your infrastructure like you'd talk to a DevOps engineer. Deploy, debug, and get production reports in natural language.
"Deploy my app to staging"
Provision and ship in natural language.
"Why is prod slow?"
Debug errors, analyze logs, find root causes.
"Give me a cost report"
Health, costs, and performance in one view.
How it works
Three steps to
Three steps to
production-ready.
No YAML, no Terraform, no DevOps hire. Just connect, deploy, and ship.
1
Connect your cloud
Link your AWS, GCP, Azure or Scaleway account in a few clicks. We never store your credentials.
$ kapten connect aws
Credentials verified ✓
Region: eu-west-3 ✓
2
We set everything up
Kapten provisions your cluster and auto-configures Kubernetes, CI/CD, monitoring, SSL, and security.
Kubernetes cluster provisioned 4 min
Monitoring & logging active 6 min
SSL + security hardened 8 min
3
Ship your app
Push your code, Kapten deploys it. Scale automatically, monitor in real-time, and sleep well at night.
$ git push origin main
Building... ✓
Deploying to production... ✓
Live at app.yourcompany.com
Why switch
The power of your own cloud.
The power of your own cloud.
The simplicity of a PaaS.
Unlike traditional PaaS, Kapten deploys everything inside your own cloud account. You get simplicity without giving up control.
Traditional PaaS
Heroku, Render, RailwayYour app lives on their servers
No access to the underlying infrastructure
Migration is painful
Proprietary runtimes, no standard tooling
Pricing explodes as you scale
You pay PaaS markup on top of cloud costs
Limited customization
Black box — you can't tweak what you don't own
Kapten
Your cloud, your rulesRuns in your own cloud account
AWS, GCP, Azure, Scaleway — full access, full control
Walk away anytime
Standard Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm — nothing proprietary
Predictable, flat pricing
29€/environment — cloud costs go to your provider, not us
Fully extensible
Add your own Terraform modules, Helm charts, custom configs
Cancel Kapten tomorrow? Your infrastructure keeps running.
Pricing See full pricing details
Start free. Scale at 29€/env.
One environment free forever. Then 29€ per additional environment per month. Unlimited team members, unlimited projects, unlimited cloud providers.
Starter
Free
1 environment included. Perfect for side projects and testing.
Most popular
Startup
29€/env/mo
Production workloads. Add environments as you grow.
Enterprise
Custom
SLA, SSO, audit logs, and dedicated support.
Ready to stop managing infra?
Get a production-ready Kubernetes cluster in your own cloud in under 15 minutes. Free to start.
No credit card
1 free environment
Cancel anytime
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