blitz.cloud vs Netlify: credits, containers and EU hosting compared

Netlify against blitz.cloud on credit-based free plans, function regions, containers, databases and custom domains, with sources checked 14 September 2026.

Netlify is the better choice for static sites and frontend projects that want git push deploys, custom domains on the free plan and a global CDN. blitz.cloud fits when you need to run a container, a self-hosted app or a traditional database in Germany. Netlify's free plan has 300 credits a month, and sites pause when those are used up.

At a glance

	blitz.cloud	Netlify
Company	BlitzWorks UG, Regensburg, Germany. No US parent	Netlify, Inc., San Francisco, US
EU regions	Falkenstein, Germany (the only region)	Function regions Frankfurt, Dublin, London self-serve, Paris and Milan through support. Default is Ohio. Changing the region is Pro and Enterprise only
Free tier	15 apps, 2 GB memory, 10 GB storage, one database. No sleeping, no expiry, no card	300 credits a month, hard limit, sites pause when used up. No card needed
Cheapest paid plan	Not on sale yet. Pro is planned at 5 EUR a month	Personal, $9 a month (1,000 credits)
Run a finished Docker image	Yes, public Docker Hub images, amd64, running as non-root	Not verified
Git push deploys	Not yet, planned	Yes
Managed databases	PostgreSQL 17, MariaDB 11.4, Redis (Valkey 8), with nightly backups	Netlify Database, serverless Postgres, on credit-based plans
Custom domains and HTTPS on free	HTTPS on your blitz.cloud subdomains. Custom domains not yet	Yes

Where Netlify is the better choice

For a static site or a Jamstack frontend, Netlify is hard to beat. Push to a branch and the site builds, deploys and gets a preview link. Your own domain with HTTPS works on the free plan, and the CDN serves visitors worldwide.

Netlify has spent years polishing forms, redirects, functions and build plugins around that workflow. If your project is a website rather than a server process, you'll get more from Netlify today.

Where blitz.cloud fits better

Your app is a long-running server in a container: an API, a Discord bot's web dashboard, or a self-hosted tool like n8n.
You need MariaDB or Redis, or a Postgres database that lives next to your app.
You want the app and its data in Germany by default, without a paid plan to change the region.
You'd rather know your app keeps running than track credits.

Moving from Netlify to blitz.cloud

A static site moves if you serve the build output from a small web server image, for example nginxinc/nginx-unprivileged listening on 8080, pushed to Docker Hub. Netlify Functions, forms and redirects rules don't translate one to one and need to become part of your own server. See host a static site and deploy a Docker image.

Sources

Facts checked on 14 September 2026. Prices and plans change; tell us at hallo@blitzworks.io if something here is out of date.