appfleet

appfleet is a cloud-based container hosting platform that lets developers deploy containerized applications to a globally distributed edge network. According to its official website, it positions itself as a simple Kubernetes alternative, offering edge Docker hosting that is globally routed and billed per hour. The platform is designed to host dynamic services closer to end users, improving performance and uptime compared with traditional single-location clouds. The company describes its network as spanning London, Frankfurt, Singapore, New York and San Francisco. Customers can host a service, site or application in multiple locations simultaneously, with appfleet handling clustering, replication and global routing. The platform supports any language, framework or technology, and allows stateless and stateful containers on fully managed infrastructure. It also offers features such as opening any port via any protocol, global hosting, and a free globally geo-distributed Redis cache. appfleet is built by a remote team based in Krakow, Poland, and led by founder and CEO Dmitriy Akulov. The team states that it is the same group that built jsDelivr, a next-generation CDN for JavaScript. The company lists investors including Uber, Airbnb, Shopify, Soundcloud and Slack, though the exact nature of those relationships is not detailed in the available evidence. The platform targets developers and businesses that need low-latency, resilient deployment of APIs, IoT services, AI workloads, databases and other containerized services without managing servers or routing. Its positioning emphasizes simplicity, global reach and cost savings on cloud and DevOps expenses.

appfleet is a cloud platform for deploying and hosting containerized applications on a global edge network. It was created by a team of industry experts who also built jsDelivr, a next-generation CDN for JavaScript. According to the company's about page, the team is remote and based in Krakow, Poland, and is led by founder and CEO Dmitriy Akulov. The platform emerged as an alternative to traditional cloud hosting and Kubernetes-based orchestration, aiming to make globally distributed computing simple and accessible. Its core proposition is edge Docker hosting: developers deploy containers that run in multiple geographic locations simultaneously, with appfleet managing clustering, replication and global routing. The network spans London, Frankfurt, Singapore, New York and San Francisco. appfleet offers serverless containers, support for any port and protocol, and a free globally geo-distributed Redis cache. It bills per hour and provides a free tier to get started. The company states that its investors include Uber, Airbnb, Shopify, Soundcloud and Slack, though further details about funding rounds or dates are not available in the provided evidence. The exact founding year of appfleet is not specified in the available sources. The platform is active and continues to be developed by its remote team.

A simple Kubernetes alternative for edge Docker hosting, offering globally load-balanced, per-hour billed container deployment close to users.

• Edge Docker hosting

  Deploy docker containers to the edge with global container clusters close to users.

• Global load balancing

  Host a service, site or application on multiple locations at the same time with global routing.

• Serverless containers

  Run stateless and stateful containers on a fully managed globally distributed infrastructure.

• Global Redis cache

  Every application has free access to a globally geo-distributed Redis cache.

1. 1Deploy docker containers to the edge - Global container clusters close to your usersappfleet.com
2. 2Meet the team behind appfleetappfleet.com
3. 3appfleet - Wikidatawikidata.org