Compute
Apps, projects,
and Kubernetes
Start
Four ways to begin
Build the pages, deploy files, run a container, or open a Kubernetes namespace. The 200 free hours are once per account. Each running pod, worker, job and cron job uses them.
01
Build a new app
Draft the pages in the browser, then publish them to a name such as your-app.broadbent.app.
More information02
Deploy an app
Drop HTML, CSS and JavaScript, a folder from a Cloud Storage Drive, or an app from the library. We publish it with HTTPS.
More information03
Deploy a project
Run a container image, add a worker or a cron job, or supply your own Kubernetes YAML.
More information04
Kubernetes-as-a-ServiceOpen one or more namespaces and run the deployments, jobs and disks yourself. CPU is £12.50 for a full month, including VAT.
More information
Try a pod that is already live
demo-app.broadbent.app
This is an app we published from a folder. Open it to see a Cloud Compute pod on its own address, with HTTPS.
Compute time
Try a size before you deploy
Move the sliders. The monthly figure is a full month with every replica running. You are charged from credit for the hours it is actually up. CPU and memory are priced per replica. Storage is shared.
This size
- 1 CPU core
- 1 GB memory
- 10 GB storage
- 1 replica
A full month running
£4.60
About 0.63p an hour while the pod is running.
Platform
What you get with every deployment
01
Cloud Storage Drive
Deploy a folder from a Cloud Storage Drive from Broadbent Cloud. The pod gets a snapshot of those files. Later edits in the Drive stay there until you deploy again, and the pod never mounts the Drive itself.
02
Upload or a container
A small site can be a file drop. A larger application should be a container image. Both get the same address, the same credit billing, and the same controls.03
Public address
We publish each deployment at a name on broadbent.app, for example your-app.broadbent.app. Add your own hostname and point it at that address with an A record or a CNAME. Certificates are issued for the names that reach the cluster.04
Firewall
Leave the list empty and the address is open. Add IP addresses or ranges and only those can connect. A switch also allows Cloudflare’s published addresses, which is the right setting when Cloudflare sits in front.05
Backups
Save the deployed files and settings into a Cloud Storage Drive from Broadbent Cloud. The backup Drive is an additional cost. If the project was started from a Drive, the backup goes to a different one. This is a copy of what we deployed, not a live disk.
06
Your own space
Each customer runs in a separate Kubernetes namespace, with CPU, memory and storage limits. You never receive a cluster login, and you cannot see another customer’s workloads. Workers and scheduled jobs are added from the portal.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
- Is this shared hosting?
- No. Shared hosting is a managed website plan. Compute is for an app or a project you deploy yourself, billed for the time it runs.
- Can I deploy from a Cloud Storage Drive from Broadbent Cloud?
- Yes. Choose a folder and we publish a snapshot of it. The running pod does not stay connected to the Drive, so changing files there does not change the live site until you deploy again.
- Do I need to know Kubernetes?
- No. Deploy an app or a container image and we run it. Kubernetes is what isolates your workloads. If you already write manifests, an advanced option accepts them after privileged, host-level and cross-namespace options are stripped. See how pods, requests and burst are priced.
- What address do I get?
- A name on broadbent.app, such as your-app.broadbent.app. You can attach your own domain by pointing an A record or a CNAME at that name. The certificate is issued once the name reaches us.
- How do the free hours work?
- Deploying an app from broadbent.app applies 200 hours once per account when you publish. Projects can still claim through a £0 checkout. That is about 8 days for one pod. Each extra replica or worker uses the allowance faster. After those hours, compute time comes off your credit balance. An empty balance suspends the pod and keeps the files. Hours are never granted twice to the same account.
- What does a backup include?
- The files and settings we deployed, written into a Cloud Storage Drive from Broadbent Cloud. The backup Drive is an additional cost. See Broadbent Cloud plans and pricing. It does not copy a live container disk. A project that started from a Drive must be backed up to a different Drive.