Northflank

Northflank sits between managed PaaS (Heroku/Render) and DIY Kubernetes — it manages container orchestration and databases across cloud providers while exposing a clean REST API for programmatic control. For agents: deploy services from Docker images or Git, provision managed databases, trigger job runs, and manage environment variables via API. Good fit for teams that need multi-cloud flexibility and more control than Render/Railway. Confidence is docs-derived.

REST API at api.northflank.com/v1. Resources: projects, services, jobs, databases, builds, pipelines. POST /projects/{id}/services/deployment creates a deployment service ({name, deployment: {docker: {image}, instances: 1}}). POST /projects/{id}/services/{id}/restart restarts a service. GET /projects/{id}/services/{id}/builds lists build history. POST /projects/{id}/jobs/deployment creates a job. POST /databases/managed/postgresql creates a managed Postgres DB. Response: JSON.

API token auth: Authorization: Bearer {token} header. Tokens from Northflank account → Account settings → API tokens. HTTPS enforced. No OAuth2. Project-scoped permissions available.

Deployment status: poll GET /services/{id} for running/stopped/failing state. Build logs accessible via API. Managed database status includes connection details and health. Northflank platform uptime at status.northflank.com. Multi-cloud reliability tracks selected cloud provider.

northflank.com/docs/v1/api provides complete REST API reference. Getting started: create account (free tier includes 2 services, 1 job), generate API token, first service in under 10 minutes. CLI available. Community via Northflank Discord.