Deploy model
Drop in your Express app with a Dockerfile. Hostim handles HTTPS, custom domains, attached PostgreSQL or Redis, and graceful restarts. Health check path is configurable so your /healthz endpoint controls rollout.
Why Express on EU bare metal for Poland
Express is widely used in Polish backend work alongside NestJS. The typical setup is a single Express service with PostgreSQL or MySQL behind it. Hostim runs your Dockerfile, attaches a managed database, and exposes HTTPS on a subdomain or your custom domain. UODO is satisfied through EU residency under a German operator. A separate worker app for queues is a one-click addition in the same project.
Latency, residency and Polish regulators
Latency. Typical RTT from Warsaw to our Falkenstein region is around 25 ms. Polish development teams skew strongly toward Laravel, Django and Spring. Many run workloads on local providers for latency, but EU-wide data residency is what regulated clients ask for. Falkenstein to Warsaw is typically 25 ms.
Regulator. UODO (Urząd Ochrony Danych Osobowych).
Local law. Ustawa o ochronie danych osobowych, the Polish national data protection act. Hostim is operated by HOSTIM.DEV UG, a German company, with all data in Falkenstein, Germany — there is no transfer outside the EU for application data.
Local alternatives you may have considered: Atman, Beyond.pl, home.pl, OVH-PL.
How Hostim runs Express
Express hosting is a Node.js process bound to a port, fronted by HTTPS. The platform should handle the certificate, the routing, and the restart policy — your code only handles the HTTP layer.
Common pitfalls
Express with synchronous file IO blocks the event loop and will time out under load. Use streaming or push large work to a worker container that talks to the same database.
Typical env vars
NODE_ENV, PORT, DATABASE_URL, JWT_SECRET
FAQ
Jak długo trwa typowy deploy?
Build typowej aplikacji Express trwa 1-3 minuty. Po buildzie rolling restart przebiega w sekundach z odpowiednim health check.
Where is the database?
In the same Falkenstein region as the app. Internal connection from app to database does not leave the cluster — sub-millisecond round-trip.
Czy są limity na liczbę aplikacji w projekcie?
Nie ma sztywnych limitów. Każda aplikacja jest rozliczana osobno; możesz mieć tyle, ile potrzebujesz.
Can I run a worker app for BullMQ?
Yes. Add a second app in the same project running the worker command. It shares Redis and database env vars automatically.
Ready to deploy Express?
Spin up an app in minutes. Managed database on the free tier, custom domain included.
The numbers behind this
Platform figures from the published price list, docs and our own benchmark.
€2.50/month
Hostim entry app plan
Plan sa-1-1: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM. Flat price, billed hourly, no usage meter.
€0
Managed database free tier
PostgreSQL 256 MB, MySQL 256 MB, Redis 128 MB, volume 1 GB. No cap on how many free instances you create.
Included on every plan
Database high availability
PostgreSQL and MySQL run as a primary plus hot standby with automatic failover, shared plans included.
2,708 TPS
Managed PostgreSQL write throughput
pgbench, 4 clients, 300 s, plan drp-50 (2 vCPU / 4 GB). AWS RDS db.t4g.medium scored 1,080 TPS on the same test.
€0/GB
Traffic charges
No ingress fees and no per-GB egress line on app plans.
1 today (Falkenstein, Germany)
Regions
Bare metal, EU only, with more regions planned. No AWS, GCP or Azure underneath.
“Managed PostgreSQL runs as a replicated cluster with automatic failover on every plan, shared and dedicated alike.”
— Hostim.dev docs, managed PostgreSQL
Sources
- Hostim.dev price list — Hostim.dev (checked 2026-08-06)
- Pricing model — plan-based billing, no metering — Hostim.dev docs (checked 2026-08-06)
- Managed PostgreSQL — high availability and failover — Hostim.dev docs (checked 2026-08-06)
- PostgreSQL benchmark: AWS RDS vs Hostim vs self-hosted on Hetzner — Hostim.dev blog, July 2026 (checked 2026-08-06)