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Loomly vs Northflank

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Loomly

Social Media

Brand success platform for social media collaboration

From
$49/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Northflank logo

Northflank

Cloud

The runtime platform for AI-native companies

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Northflank has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Loomly starter plan limited to 12 social accounts and 3 users; Northflank pricing complexity with multiple rate dimensions

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Loomly and Northflank actually diverge.

Attributes where Loomly and Northflank differ
AttributeLoomlyNorthflank
Starting price$49/monthFree
Pricing modelsubscriptionUnknown
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWebAWS, GCP, Azure, On-premises
CategorySocial MediaCloud

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

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 Loomly

Nothing recorded that Northflank does not also cover.

Only in Northflank

  • Application deployments
  • GPU support
  • Preview environments
  • Database management
  • Multi-cloud support
  • GitOps integration

What people use each for

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

Loomly

  • Social media scheduling and managementnot Northflank
  • Multi-channel social content planningnot Northflank

Northflank

  • Deploying AI inference models with GPU accelerationnot Loomly
  • Running training workloads on distributed GPUsnot Loomly
  • Building microservices with multi-cloud reliabilitynot Loomly

Where each one falls short

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

Loomly

  • Starter plan limited to 12 social accounts and 3 users
  • Starter plan lacks custom branding and calendar 2FA enforcement
  • Monthly billing has higher per-month cost than yearly; yearly requires 12-month commitment
  • No free trial or free version available

Northflank

  • Pricing complexity with multiple rate dimensions
  • GPU costs can be expensive for large-scale deployments
  • Learning curve for Kubernetes concepts

Pricing, plan by plan

Loomly

$49/month
  • Starter$65/month
    • 12 social accounts
    • 3 users
    • Unlimited calendars
  • Beyond$332/month
    • 60 social accounts
    • Unlimited users
    • Unlimited calendars

Northflank

Free
  • Sandbox (Free)Free
    • Always-on compute with no sleeping
    • 2 free services
    • 1 free database
  • Pay-as-you-go$undefined/usage
    • CPU: $0.01667 per vCPU per hour
    • Memory: $0.00833 per GB per hour
    • Network egress: $0.06 per GB
  • Enterprise$undefined/custom
    • Custom pricing with volume discounts
    • Invoice-based billing
    • Annual commitments

Which should you pick?

Choose Loomly if

Nothing in the data separates Loomly from Northflank on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Loomly review

Choose Northflank if

  • You need application deployments.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on AWS, GCP, Azure, On-premises.
  • You also want gpu support.
Northflank review

Questions people ask

Is Loomly or Northflank better?
Neither clearly leads. Loomly starts at $49/month and Northflank at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Loomly or Northflank?
Northflank has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $49/month for Loomly and Free for Northflank.
Does Loomly or Northflank run on more platforms?
Loomly runs on Web. Northflank runs on AWS, GCP, Azure, On-premises.
Can I use Northflank for free?
Yes. Northflank has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Loomly starts at $49/month.
What is Loomly best used for?
Loomly is most often used for social media scheduling and management, multi-channel social content planning. Of those, social media scheduling and management and multi-channel social content planning are not what Northflank is typically brought in for.
What can Loomly do that Northflank cannot?
Northflank covers Application deployments, GPU support, Preview environments, Database management.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Loomly: How much does Loomly cost?

Loomly costs $65 per month on Starter plan or $332 per month on Beyond plan. Yearly billing saves 25% ($49 per month for Starter, $249 per month for Beyond). There is no free version.

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Northflank: What is included in the free Sandbox tier?

The Sandbox includes always-on compute, 2 free services, 1 free database, 2 free cron jobs, and is perfect for testing applications.

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Loomly: What is the difference between Loomly's Starter and Beyond plans?

Starter includes 12 social accounts and 3 users. Beyond includes 60 social accounts, unlimited users, custom branding, custom roles, hashtag manager, and calendar 2FA enforcement. Beyond also doubles the AI monthly usage cap and social listening queries from 2 to 5 per month.

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Northflank: How much does CPU cost on Northflank?

CPU costs $0.01667 per vCPU per hour on pay-as-you-go pricing.

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Loomly: Does Loomly offer an Enterprise plan?

Yes, Loomly offers an Enterprise plan with 61+ social accounts, unlimited users, and unlimited calendars. Enterprise pricing is custom and based on business needs.

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Northflank: What GPUs are available?

GPU options include NVIDIA L4 at $0.80/hr through H100 at $2.74/hr.

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Loomly: Can I cancel Loomly at any time?

Monthly plan subscribers can cancel anytime with no penalty. Yearly plans are locked in for 12 months without early termination options.

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