# Suga

> Suga is a cloud deployment platform that lets developers deploy Docker containers and full-stack applications instantly. Built by Nitric. Available at https://suga.app

Suga provides a self-service infrastructure platform with a visual deployment canvas, zero-downtime deploys, built-in CDN, real-time observability, and pay-as-you-go pricing. If it can be packaged into a Docker container, it can run on Suga: any language, any framework.

Suga is an alternative to Vercel, Railway, Render, Fly.io, and Heroku for teams that need full-stack Docker container hosting with production-grade infrastructure.

## Features

### Visual Deployment Canvas
Suga's visual canvas lets developers design their infrastructure by dragging and dropping services, databases, and networking components. Every change writes to an immutable history, so you get the version control, audit trails, and rollback of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) without needing to write or maintain any.

### Zero-Downtime Deployments
Suga checks that the new container starts and stays running, then cuts over traffic with zero downtime. Average deployment time is under 10 seconds.

### Environment Forking
Clone any environment (including all services, resource allocations, networking configuration, and volume definitions) to create instant staging or testing copies. Environment forking is available on Pro and Enterprise plans.

### Docker Support
If it can be packaged into a Docker container, it can run on Suga. Deploy any Docker container or Dockerfile, in any language or framework. Import existing docker-compose.yml files directly.

### Networking
- Automatic HTTPS with TLS certificate provisioning and renewal
- TCP proxy for raw TCP traffic (Pro and Enterprise)
- WebSocket support
- Global CDN via Cloudflare edge network
- Automatic load balancing across replicas
- Internal DNS-based service discovery between services
- Custom domains (Pro and Enterprise)
- Network isolation per environment
- WAF and DDoS protection via Cloudflare

### Observability
- Real-time CPU and memory metrics per service
- Live log streaming from containers
- Step-by-step deployment tracking and progress
- Full deployment history with versioned snapshots

### Security
- Network isolation: each environment gets its own isolated namespace
- Private by default: services require explicit public configuration
- WAF: Cloudflare Web Application Firewall on all traffic
- DDoS protection: automatic mitigation via Cloudflare
- SSO/SAML (Enterprise)
- Audit logs (Enterprise)

### Storage
- Persistent volumes that survive restarts and redeployments
- Pre-configured database templates: PostgreSQL, Redis, MariaDB
- Volume data is independent of deployment rollbacks

### AI Assistant
AI-powered infrastructure assistant available on Pro and Enterprise plans with monthly token allowance (500K tokens/seat on Pro, custom on Enterprise).

### Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)
Deploy Suga on your own infrastructure. Available on the Enterprise plan with custom pricing, dedicated support, and SLA.

## Pricing

### Suga Free — $0/month
- 1 project, 1 environment
- Zero-downtime deploys
- HTTPS and global CDN
- Logs and metrics
- Community support
- Resource limits: 0.1 vCPU, 256 MiB memory, 1 GB volume, 1 replica per service
- Org limits: 0.1 vCPU, 256 MiB memory, 1 GB storage total
- No credit card required

### Suga Pro — $20/seat/month
- Unlimited projects and environments
- Environment forking
- Custom domains
- $20/seat hosting credits (pooled across org)
- 500K AI tokens/seat/month
- Email support
- Resource limits: up to 4 vCPU (default), 8 GiB memory (default), 10 replicas per service
- Org limits: 100 vCPU (default), 128 GiB memory (default), 500 GB storage (default)
- Limits can be increased on request

### Suga Enterprise — Custom pricing
- SSO/SAML
- Audit logs
- Custom domains
- Bring your own cloud
- Custom SLAs
- Priority support
- Unlimited resources

### Suga Cloud Hosting Rates (pay-as-you-go)
- CPU: $0.000014 per vCPU/second
- Memory: $0.0000015 per GB/second
- Storage: $0.0000000425 per GB/second
- Network: $0.00012 per MB egress

A typical small project (0.25 vCPU API + 0.125 vCPU database with 2 GB disk) costs approximately $17/month, covered by a single Pro seat's hosting credits.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What is Suga?
Suga is a cloud deployment platform by Nitric. It lets developers deploy Docker containers and full-stack applications with zero-downtime deploys, automatic HTTPS, built-in CDN, and real-time observability.

### What can I run on Suga?
If it can be packaged into a Docker container, it can run on Suga. Any language, any framework. Suga also supports Deno-based functions natively and includes pre-configured database templates for PostgreSQL, Redis, and MariaDB.

### Is Suga free?
Yes. Suga Free includes 1 project, 1 environment, zero-downtime deploys, HTTPS, global CDN, logs, and metrics. No credit card required.

### How does Suga manage infrastructure?
Suga abstracts away all infrastructure management. You deploy containers; Suga handles scheduling, networking, scaling, and self-healing.

### How is Suga different from Vercel?
Vercel is optimized for frontend frameworks and serverless functions. Suga supports full-stack applications with Docker containers, persistent databases, backend services, and a visual infrastructure canvas. Suga also offers a Bring Your Own Cloud option.

### How is Suga different from Render?
Both offer container hosting with free tiers. Suga differentiates with a visual deployment canvas, sub-10-second deploys, environment forking, Docker Compose import, and a Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) option.

### Can I deploy Docker containers on Suga?
Yes. If it can be packaged into a Docker container, it can run on Suga. You can also import existing docker-compose.yml files.

### Can I use my own infrastructure?
Yes. The Enterprise plan supports Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC), allowing you to deploy Suga on your own infrastructure.

### How fast are deployments on Suga?
Average deployment time is under 10 seconds. Deployments use rolling updates with zero downtime.

### Who built Suga?
Suga is built by Nitric (nitric.io), an infrastructure automation company that also maintains the open-source Nitric framework for cloud-portable applications.

### Do I need a credit card to get started?
No. Suga Free requires no credit card — just sign up and start deploying. A credit card is only needed when you upgrade to Pro.

### How do hosting credits work?
Each Pro seat includes $20/month in hosting credits, applied automatically to compute, storage, and network charges on Suga Cloud. Credits are pooled across your organization. If usage exceeds your credits, you're billed at the same published rates. Credits reset each billing cycle and do not roll over.

## Docs

- [Suga Documentation](https://docs.suga.app/introduction): Complete platform documentation
- [Suga Docs LLM Index](https://docs.suga.app/llms.txt): Full technical documentation for LLM consumption
- [Suga Docs LLM Full](https://docs.suga.app/llms-full.txt): Expanded technical documentation for LLM consumption

## Pricing

- [Pricing](https://suga.app/pricing): Plans, hosting rates, and feature comparison

## Product

- [Blog](https://suga.app/blog): Product updates and announcements
- [Changelog](https://suga.app/changelog): Feature releases and improvements

## Company

- [Nitric](https://nitric.io): The company behind Suga
- [Support](https://suga.app/support): Contact and community support
- [Status](https://status.suga.app): Platform status page

## Optional

- [Privacy Policy](https://suga.app/privacy): Data handling practices
- [Customer Agreement](https://suga.app/customer-agreement): Terms of service
- [Acceptable Use](https://suga.app/acceptable-use): Usage policies
- [Brand Assets](https://suga.app/brand): Logos and brand guidelines