No. 17 of 36 ·Preview Environment Software

Slipway

Web · Self-hosted · API · paid plans from $5/mo

Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.4

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Slipway is ranked #17 of 36 in preview environment software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Self-hosted, Web. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $5/mo.

Slipway plans and pricing

All plans

Free Free forever $5 one-time usage grant · up to 1 vCPU / 1 GiB per service · sleeps after 5 minutes idle · PR previews · 100 GB egress · no card required slipway.sh · 2 Oct 2026

Hobby $5/mo $ 5 / mo $10 usage credit monthly · up to 8 vCPU / 8 GiB per service · persistent disks and scaling · unlimited projects and previews · 500 GB egress · one seat slipway.sh · 2 Oct 2026

Pro $20/mo $ 20 / seat / mo $20 usage credit monthly for workspace · up to 32 vCPU / 32 GiB per service · access controls · unlimited seats · 2 TB egress · bring-your-own-cluster add-on slipway.sh · 2 Oct 2026

Enterprise Not published Pricing on application Custom usage terms · no per-service compute ceiling · dedicated infrastructure · SLAs · on-prem / air-gapped · net payment terms · named engineer slipway.sh · 2 Oct 2026

Compared on preview environment software

Free plan: Yes
Paid from: $5/mo
Pull request previews: Yes
Preview lifecycle: automatic
Git providers: GitHub, GitLab
Custom domains: Yes
Database previews: Yes
Preview expiry controls: configurable

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The record

Product: Slipway builds code from connected repositories, wires services together and runs projects on managed infrastructure.
Deployments: Every push to the tracked branch rebuilds and deploys the service, and pull requests can receive preview environments.
Supported repositories: Slipway supports GitHub and GitLab repositories.
Runtime and databases: The platform supports Node, Python, Go, Ruby, Rust and Elixir runtimes, plus managed Postgres, Redis, MySQL and ClickHouse.
Networking: Projects get private networks for service-to-service communication, and public services receive HTTPS URLs.
Scaling: Services can use multiple replicas or scale to zero while idle; metering stops while a service sleeps.
Observability: CPU, memory and request metrics are sampled every 30 seconds and retained for 30 days, while container logs are searchable across the organization.
Agent integration: Slipway provides a first-party MCP server that can deploy projects, read logs and run commands inside a running container.
Token security: MCP tokens are scoped to one organization, limited by role, revocable, and cannot read secrets back.
Security details: The terms say sensitive values stored through the secrets and variables features are encrypted at rest.
Usage pricing: Compute costs $8.76 per vCPU and $4.38 per GiB per always-on month, metered by the second; sleeping services stop accruing compute charges.
Free-plan limit: The Free plan does not include shell access, persistent disks or manual scaling; those start on Hobby.
Maker: The terms identify Ben Soleimany as an individual operating a sole proprietorship under the name Slipway.
Location: Slipway says it is made in Manhattan, New York.
Price from: $5/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Preview Environment Software in 2026#17 of 36

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Sources

slipway.sh· checked 2 Oct 2026
docs.slipway.sh/introduction· checked 2 Oct 2026
slipway.sh/pricing· checked 2 Oct 2026
slipway.sh/terms· checked 2 Oct 2026