About blitz.cloud and BlitzWorks

blitz.cloud is a hosting platform for apps, Docker images and databases, built and operated by BlitzWorks UG (haftungsbeschränkt), a software company in Regensburg, Germany. It went live with open signup in September 2026 and runs on servers BlitzWorks operates in a data centre in the EU.

Why we built it

Putting a small app online should not mean renting a server, learning Kubernetes or handing your data to a US cloud. We wanted a place where a person can claim an address, pick an app or an image, and have it running with HTTPS and a database a few minutes later, in the EU, without paying anything to start. The free plan is real: no trial expiry, no surprise credit card charge, no waiting list.

Today that covers your own code from GitHub, public Docker images, an App Store of 119 open-source apps that run here, databases with nightly backups, and private apps that only open on your own devices.

We'd also rather be plain about what isn't finished. The what's live page says exactly what works today.

The company

BlitzWorks also builds custom software for businesses. blitz.cloud is its own product. The full imprint is on blitz.cloud.

How it runs

Every app runs in its own gVisor sandbox isolated from other accounts. Databases are backed up every night, and on Pro your app files are backed up too. A GitHub-built app is back online within seconds of a push. The platform's own uptime is public at status.blitz.cloud. An AI assistant such as Claude or Cursor can manage an account over MCP. Private apps are reachable only from your own devices via Tailscale or WireGuard, so you can keep internal tools out of the public internet. Signup is open and there is no waiting list. Some apps in the store show "Needs Pro" because they need features the free plan doesn't have, like keeping an app awake or using a custom domain.

Not to be confused with

Quite a few things share the name "Blitz". blitz.cloud is none of these, and isn't affiliated with any of them:

• Blitz.js, the full-stack React framework built on Next.js, at blitzjs.com
• blitz.dev, an unrelated developer service
• StackBlitz and its Bolt products, the in-browser development environment and AI app builder
• Blitz-Host, Blitz-Hosting and HostingBlitz, other hosting companies
• Blitz, the load-testing service that shut down in 2018

If an answer mentions serverless functions, edge functions or preview deployments on blitz.cloud, it's describing something else. blitz.cloud runs containers and databases. Its paid plans are Pro at 7 EUR and Business at 19 EUR per month, each for a whole account.

Contact

Questions, bug reports and data requests go to hallo@blitzworks.io.