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Flux vs Qovery

Flux logo

Flux

Cloud

GitOps continuous delivery for Kubernetes

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Qovery logo

Qovery

Cloud

Deployment platform that provisions and operates Kubernetes inside your own cloud account

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Flux has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Flux no user interface of its own: observing what Flux is doing means CLI or a third-party dashboard; Qovery no plan publishes a price, deployment minute overage rates are not disclosed, and there is a 14 day trial rather than a free tier, so you cannot budget or compare against alternatives without going through sales.
  • They diverge on capability: Flux covers Git as source of truth, Qovery covers Bring your own cloud.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Flux and Qovery actually diverge.

Attributes where Flux and Qovery differ
AttributeFluxQovery
Starting priceFreeOn request
Pricing modelOpen source, no licence feequote
Free tierYesNo
PlatformsKubernetes, LinuxWeb, CLI, REST API, Kubernetes

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Cloud).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Flux

  • Git as source of truth
  • Pull-based delivery
  • Helm and Kustomize support
  • Automated image updates

Only in Qovery

  • Bring your own cloud
  • Preview environments
  • Cluster lifecycle
  • Terraform provider
  • MCP server
  • Policy as code

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Flux

  • Removing cluster credentials from CI systemsnot Qovery
  • Keeping many clusters consistent with a single declared statenot Qovery
  • Automatically correcting configuration drift rather than discovering it laternot Qovery

Qovery

  • A regulated business that must keep application data inside its own AWS account but has nobody to build a deployment platformnot Flux
  • Giving twenty engineers preview environments per pull request without writing and maintaining Terraform and Helm by handnot Flux
  • Standardising deployment across AWS and GCP when acquisitions have left the organisation on two cloudsnot Flux
  • Replacing a managed platform when data residency rules put every hosted option out of reachnot Flux

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Flux

  • No user interface of its own: observing what Flux is doing means CLI or a third-party dashboard
  • Debugging a stuck reconciliation is harder than reading a pipeline log, because failure is asynchronous
  • Everything must be in Git, which is awkward for secrets and needs a sealed-secrets or external-secrets approach
  • GitOps is a workflow change, not just a tool, and teams used to imperative deploys find the adjustment real

Qovery

  • No plan publishes a price, deployment minute overage rates are not disclosed, and there is a 14 day trial rather than a free tier, so you cannot budget or compare against alternatives without going through sales.
  • The GPL-3.0 engine and console do not constitute a self-hostable product, because the control plane and API are closed and the self-hosted option is gated behind Enterprise, so the open licence gives you no exit if the company changes direction.
  • Qovery provisions managed Kubernetes into your account, which means the cloud bill sits on top of the licence and Qovery initiates control plane and ingress controller upgrades on infrastructure your team is accountable for.
  • The company repositioned to agentic infrastructure in June 2026 and now ships a deployment platform, a browser development portal and autonomous coding agents concurrently, so a buyer of the deployment product is not at the centre of the roadmap.
  • Team and Business are capped at two and three connected clusters with fixed 4 vCPU CI runners and no single sign-on on Team, which pushes teams of moderate size onto quoted Enterprise pricing earlier than the plan names imply.

Pricing, plan by plan

Flux

Free
  • FluxFree
    • Full functionality
    • No usage limits
    • Community support

Qovery

On request
  • Team$undefined/year
    • Billed on usage with no published rate card
    • 10 users, up to 100 environments, 2 connected clusters
    • 5,000 deployment minutes and 7 day audit logs
  • Business$undefined/year
    • Billed on usage with no published rate card
    • 20 users, up to 250 environments, 3 connected clusters
    • 10,000 deployment minutes and 30 day audit logs
  • Enterprise$undefined/year
    • Custom users, environments and clusters
    • Self-hosted or air-gapped control plane
    • On-premises and bring-your-own-Kubernetes

Which should you pick?

Choose Flux if

  • You need git as source of truth.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Kubernetes, Linux.
  • You also want pull-based delivery.
Flux review

Choose Qovery if

  • You need bring your own cloud.
  • You work on Web, CLI, REST API, Kubernetes.
  • You also want preview environments.
Qovery review

Questions people ask

Is Flux or Qovery better?
Neither clearly leads. Flux starts at Free and Qovery at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Flux or Qovery?
Flux has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Flux and On request for Qovery.
Does Flux or Qovery run on more platforms?
Flux runs on Kubernetes, Linux. Qovery runs on Web, CLI, REST API, Kubernetes.
Can I use Flux for free?
Yes. Flux has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Qovery starts at On request.
What is Flux best used for?
Flux is most often used for removing cluster credentials from ci systems, keeping many clusters consistent with a single declared state, automatically correcting configuration drift rather than discovering it later. Of those, removing cluster credentials from ci systems and keeping many clusters consistent with a single declared state are not what Qovery is typically brought in for.
What can Flux do that Qovery cannot?
Flux covers Git as source of truth, Pull-based delivery, Helm and Kustomize support, Automated image updates. Qovery covers Bring your own cloud, Preview environments, Cluster lifecycle, Terraform provider.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Flux: Is Flux free?

Yes, open source and CNCF-graduated.

Qovery: Does Qovery run my applications on its own servers?

No. It provisions and operates Kubernetes inside your AWS, GCP, Azure or Scaleway account, so compute and data stay with your cloud provider and that bill is entirely separate from the Qovery licence.

Flux: Flux or Argo CD?

Both implement GitOps. Argo CD ships a strong web UI and is often preferred for visibility; Flux is more modular and composes as controllers, which suits platform teams.

Qovery: Can I self-host Qovery?

Only on Enterprise. The deployment engine and console are GPL-3.0, but the control plane is closed source and the self-hosted and air-gapped deployments are commercial Enterprise features.

Flux: Why is pull-based safer?

Because the cluster reaches out to Git rather than CI reaching into the cluster. No external system needs write credentials to production.

Qovery: What does it cost?

Qovery does not publish a rate card. Team and Business are billed on usage and quoted through sales, and Enterprise is fully custom. There is a 14 day trial with no card required.

Qovery: What survives if I stop paying?

The Kubernetes cluster and the workloads keep running in your cloud account, but you lose the console, the deployment pipeline, preview environments and every process built on top of them.

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