Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What frameworks and stacks does Faable Deploy support?

Faable Deploy runs any stack that listens on the $PORT environment variable in a Linux container. It auto-detects Node.js (20, 22, 24) — including Next.js and Express — and Python (3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13) — including Django, FastAPI, and Flask — plus static frontends (Astro, Vite, Angular, Gatsby, CRA, Vue). Anything else deploys from your own Dockerfile. Your server binds to 0.0.0.0 on $PORT and Faable handles the rest. See the guides for Next.js, Express, Django, FastAPI and Flask, or the full build requirements.

Direct answers to the most common questions about Faable. For details, follow the links in each answer.

What is Faable?

Faable is a European cloud platform that combines two products in one subscription: Faable Deploy, a zero-config platform that builds and hosts apps straight from a Git repository, and Faable Auth, a multi-tenant OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect identity server. It lets developers ship and secure full-stack apps and AI agents without managing infrastructure.

Yes. Faable is hosted 100% in Europe with full GDPR data sovereignty — your apps and user identities stay in European datacenters under European law. This is a core difference from US platforms that offer optional EU regions.

How much does Faable cost?

Faable uses one subscription covering both Deploy and Auth, with three platform tiers: Free (0 €), Hobby (15 €/month), and Pro (99 €/month). Each tier is a fixed monthly fee, and what the tier includes comes with it. Three things are metered above what a plan includes: egress on Pro (Free includes 10 GB/month and Hobby 50 GB/month, neither of them metered), recovery SMS on Hobby and Pro, and machine-to-machine tokens above 100 a month on Hobby and Pro. Plans apply per project. See the pricing page for full details.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. The Free plan costs 0 € and lets you run a real app end-to-end: up to 3 projects per account, one bi.xs instance per project, up to 10 successful deployments per day, 10 GB of egress per month, and Faable Auth included. A brand-new account starts with 2 projects and gets the third 48 hours after signing up. Upgrade to Hobby for the full instance catalog, unlimited deployments, and custom domains — and because plans are per project, moving one project to Hobby also frees a Free slot for another.

Can I deploy directly from GitHub?

Yes. Connect your GitHub repository, push your code, and Faable detects your stack, builds it, and serves it at https://<app>.faable.link with free automatic SSL — no Dockerfiles, YAML, or servers to provision. See What is zero-config CI/CD? and Get Started.

Is Faable Deploy a PaaS?

Yes — Faable Deploy is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) for full backend applications. It runs long-lived server processes — Django, FastAPI, Flask, Express, Next.js with SSR — in managed Linux containers, not just static sites or short-lived serverless functions. Builds, releases, autoscaling, SSL, the WAF, logs and custom domains are all handled by the platform; you only push code. Think of the Heroku/Render category of platform, hosted 100% in Europe with authentication included in the same subscription.

What frameworks and stacks does Faable Deploy support?

Faable Deploy runs any stack that listens on the $PORT environment variable in a Linux container. It auto-detects Node.js (20, 22, 24) — including Next.js and Express — and Python (3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13) — including Django, FastAPI, and Flask — plus static frontends (Astro, Vite, Angular, Gatsby, CRA, Vue). Anything else deploys from your own Dockerfile. Your server binds to 0.0.0.0 on $PORT and Faable handles the rest. See the guides for Next.js, Express, Django, FastAPI and Flask, or the full build requirements.

Does Faable Auth replace Auth0, Clerk, or Keycloak?

For most use cases, yes. Faable Auth is a standards-based OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect identity server covering social login, passwordless (magic link and email OTP), RBAC and teams, custom domains, actions and webhooks, and first-class machine-to-machine tokens — with migration guides from Auth0, Clerk and Keycloak.

One thing is not available yet: SAML / pre-built enterprise SSO connectors. If your project needs SAML today, Faable Auth is not the right fit yet. Two-step verification — authenticator apps, security keys and passkeys — is built in. See the comparison for the full feature-by-feature table.

How is Faable Auth priced — what is MAU?

Faable Auth entitlements are sized by monthly active users (MAU): the number of distinct users who authenticate in a calendar month. Free includes 15,000 MAU with no credit card; Hobby and Pro have no MAU limit. There is never a per-user line on your invoice, and no per-feature add-ons. Machine-to-machine tokens are the one usage line: 100 a month included on every plan, then €2.25 per 1,000 on Hobby and Pro. See Faable Auth pricing.

Does Faable include a Web Application Firewall?

Yes. Faable Deploy includes a built-in Web Application Firewall (WAF) powered by the OWASP Core Rule Set, protecting against the OWASP Top 10 (injection, XSS, and more). It’s included rather than a paid add-on — see the WAF docs.

Are Deploy and Auth sold separately?

No. Both products are covered by a single Faable subscription — one platform fee unlocks Deploy and Auth together, with one support relationship. See pricing.

Where is my data stored?

All Faable data — application workloads and user identities — is stored in European datacenters under GDPR. This applies to both Faable Deploy and Faable Auth.

Last updated on September 24, 2026