Built for Elixir
Optimized for Everything
The only platform built to unlock the full power of Elixir and Phoenix, while providing a high-performance, buildpack-driven home for all your production applications.
Deploy any app via industry-standard buildpacks
Streamline Your Workflow on the Gigalixir Platform
All of Elixir
Distributed clustering, Remote Console, and production observer without extra configuration. We ensure the unique features that make Elixir great, like global cron jobs and Phoenix channels without Redis, work perfectly out of the box.
No Limits
Handle over two million simultaneous Phoenix websocket connections on a single node without connection caps. Eliminate daily restarts that wipe your GenServer state or ETS cache, and maintain full control with complete SSH access to your environment.
Save Money
Reduce your bill by replacing Redis, Sidekiq, and dedicated workers with Elixir’s native distributed async Tasks and Quantum cron jobs. We provide free TLS via Let’s Encrypt and run migrations as internal processes to save you from paying for unnecessary instances.
Deploy Anything, Anywhere
Run your apps in AWS or GCP across US and Europe regions to keep latency low for your users and databases. While built for Elixir, we auto-detect buildpacks for Ruby, Node.js, Python, Go, and more.
If it has a buildpack, it runs here.
Infrastructure for teams who value precision, uptime, and deliberate scaling over commodity hosting.
Real-Time Visibility & Control
Stop guessing what is happening in production.
Gigalixir provides native access to Elixir's most powerful debugging and monitoring tools directly on your live nodes, with no extra configuration required.
Remote Observer: Get a built-in GUI to monitor and inspect your production nodes in real-time.
Remote Console: Directly debug your live node and run one-off maintenance tasks with ease.
Full SSH Access: Maintain complete control over your environment with unrestricted SSH access.
Choose Your Cloud
Run your application on AWS or GCP with support for regions in the US and Europe.
Keep latency low by placing your app nodes right next to your existing databases or your global customer base.
Deploy Any Application
While built for Elixir, we provide high-performance hosting for Ruby, Node.js, Python, Java, Go, and more.
If your app uses an industry-standard buildpack and a Procfile, it runs here with zero modifications.
Full Mix & Release Support
We fully support Mix Mode and Elixir Releases, giving you total control over your build process.
Use Procfiles to run any custom command you like, ensuring your services communicate exactly how you intended.
Infrastructure Efficiency
Lower your monthly bill by eliminating unnecessary add-ons.
Gigalixir allows you to leverage Elixir’s native capabilities to replace expensive third-party services, reducing both complexity and cost.
Eliminate Redis & Sidekiq: Use distributed Phoenix channels and async Tasks to remove the need for external background workers and message brokers.
Native Process Management: Run cron jobs via Quantum and database migrations as internal processes instead of spinning up new, paid instances.
Free Automated TLS: We use Let’s Encrypt to provision and manage your SSL certificates automatically and completely free of charge.
Zero-Downtime Deploys
Deploy with confidence knowing we don’t force daily restarts that wipe your GenServer state, ETS, or cachex data.
We ensure your application stays up and your state stays persistent through every release.
Millions of Connections
Phoenix can handle over two million simultaneous websocket connections on a single node.
We don’t impose connection limits or duration caps that hold back your massively real-time applications.
Unrestricted SSH Access
Get full SSH access to your production environment to do exactly what you need.
Connect a Remote Console directly to your running node without the cost of spinning up new, non-traffic-serving instances.
What our users say
Trusted by growing brands around the world
Our experience with Gigalixir has been fantastic! We chose it because it's super easy to deploy and manage Elixir/Phoenix applications.
We're really happy with the platform, and whenever we've had issues due to resource constraints and container crashes, it quickly restarts automatically.
Plus, the logs section helps us swiftly identify the problem. In short, it's been a great experience so far!
Gigalixir was the first to provide us with a familiar deployment experience to share and manage our Elixir applications without forcing us to compromise on the many benefits of Elixir.
The Gigalixir Team has been excellent and the stability of the platform has been top-notch. Highly recommend!
We use Gigalixir to host our consulting company's website. We deprecated our Squarespace website inside of a week with minimal knowledge of Phoenix deployments, something we wouldn't have seriously tried without Gigalixir.
It absolutely slaps being able to hack something out locally and have it in production sixty seconds later, without having to engineer a deployment pipeline. (Which, don't get me wrong, we can do, but the time cost would quickly exceed the value of just trying stuff out.)
I use Gigalixir to host my Phoenix courses at PhoenixLiveview.com and PhoenixOnRails.com. Gigalixir does exactly what I need as a one-man business - it makes it so easy and hassle-free to host a production-ready Elixir app.
Gigalixir handles all the hard stuff and gets out of my way so I can focus on the things that matter. Their support has been very responsive and helpful every time I've needed it. I highly recommend Gigalixir to anyone who needs Elixir hosting!
Built for Elixir.
Optimized for Everything.
We’ve expanded our high-performance infrastructure to support the entire modern dev ecosystem.
From Go and Rust to Java and PHP, Gigalixir provides a production-stable environment with zero-downtime deploys and no daily restarts.
Bring your favorite frameworks and experience the freedom of a PaaS that scales without limits.
Featured Blog
Explore our latest technical post-mortems, database optimization guides, and platform features designed to simplify your production workflow.
FAQs
Got questions? We have answers. Whether you’re curious about our free tier, language support, or how to upgrade your existing application, we’ve gathered the essentials to help you get started with Gigalixir today.
We pride ourselves on offering world-class support designed specifically for our user community.
At Gigalixir, Support is handled by the engineers that build and operate the service, not outsourced tier-one reps or AI bots.
Unlike most hosting companies, we want to hear from our customers, which is why our Support email and phone number is at the top of our Home page.
Reliability is our core priority. We maintain up-to-date software stacks, such as our latest Ubuntu 24.04-based gigalixir-24 environment, which receives package and security updates through 2029.
Additionally, we offer a dedicated status page at status.gigalixir.com for real-time transparency into our global deployment regions.
Upgrading is a straightforward process using the Gigalixir CLI (version 1.13.1 or greater). Simply identify your database ID and run the pg:upgrade command to move to versions like PostgreSQL 17 or 18.
Note that if you are on a legacy version older than 13, you must first bridge through version 13 to ensure data integrity.
Gigalixir is a platform designed specifically for Elixir and Phoenix applications, offering specialized support for the BEAM ecosystem.
However, our support team is also equipped to assist you if you are working with other popular languages like Go, Python (Django), or Node.js.
Migration is designed to be seamless. Using our powerful CLI, you can easily configure your environment and deploy your application with a simple git push.
For database migrations, we provide tools to upgrade your PostgreSQL version directly through the CLI, ensuring your data remains secure and up-to-date.