# Gateways Review 2026: Pricing, Features & Alternatives

Cloud infrastructure in your own AWS, Azure, or GCP account — no Kubernetes, no Terraform

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Last update: monthly price; yearly price; commercial-use policy changed. Verified Aug 22, 2026.

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## Verified facts

- product.name: Gateways
- product.company: Blockmaze Inc.
- product.category: Cloud & Infrastructure
- pricing.model: freemium
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- product.platforms: Web
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- pricing.ultimate.monthly_price: $199.99
- pricing.ultimate.yearly_price: $1999.9
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- Listing: https://citeware.io/products/gateways
- Alternatives: https://citeware.io/alternatives/gateways
- Category hub: https://citeware.io/categories/cloud-infrastructure
- Compare hub: https://citeware.io/compare
- Company: Blockmaze Inc.
- Category: Cloud & Infrastructure

## Vendor information conflicts

- None flagged.

## Historical changes

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- pricing.ultimate.commercial_rights: n/a → unclear (2026-08-22)

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## Quick answers

### What is Gateways?

The premise behind Gateways is that an engineering team should be able to draw an architecture on a canvas and have those boxes become real cloud resources without a hosted runtime sitting in the middle. Source: https://gateways.app/

### How much does Gateways cost?

Gateways is freemium. It starts at $0/month. Paid plans include Free: monthly $0/mo: yearly $0/yr ($0/mo effective); Starter: monthly $9.99/mo: yearly $99.99/yr ($8.33/mo effective, save 17%); Pro: monthly $49.99/mo: yearly $499.99/yr ($41.67/mo effective, save 17%); Ultimate: monthly $199.99/mo: yearly $1999.9/yr ($166.66/mo effective, save 17%). Check gateways.app for current prices. Source: https://gateways.app/pricing

### Is Gateways free?

Gateways has a free tier. Paid plans start at $9.99/month. Source: https://gateways.app/pricing

### Who is Gateways for?

Gateways is best for teams standing up a first AWS, Azure, or GCP environment without writing Terraform and giving a small product team a shared visual map of servers, databases, DNS, and connections. Source: https://gateways.app/

### Should I use Gateways?

Gateways is best for teams standing up a first AWS, Azure, or GCP environment without writing Terraform and giving a small product team a shared visual map of servers, databases, DNS, and connections. Skip it if gateways supports only AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, so DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud, Hetzner, and on-premises estates are out of scope. Source: https://gateways.app/

### What are the main Gateways features?

The main Gateways features are Provision infrastructure in your own AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud account via IAM role, Visual architecture canvas for projects, environments, and resources, Servers, autoscaling servers, and managed databases, DNS records, firewalls, load balancers, and CDNs, and Storage buckets and static website hosting. Source: https://gateways.app/

### What are the best Gateways alternatives?

Citeware does not list other Cloud & Infrastructure tools next to Gateways. See https://citeware.io/alternatives/gateways. Source: https://gateways.app/

### What are the downsides of Gateways?

Limitations called out on this listing: Gateways supports only AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, so DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud, Hetzner, and on-premises estates are out of scope; The Free plan in Gateways caps a workspace at 5 total resources, 1 cloud connection, and 1 workspace member, which is exploratory rather than production capacity; Starter tops out at 15 total resources and 3 workspace members, so a growing team hits the Pro upgrade quickly; Gateways documents no import path for existing Terraform state or hand-built resources into its canvas; The Gateways terms of service disclaim liability for cloud infrastructure costs incurred through the Service, so runaway provider spend is the customer's problem; Advanced monitoring, priority support, multi-region support, and team collaboration are withheld from Free and Starter in Gateways; Vendor contradiction: the Gateways pricing page has a Monthly/Yearly toggle but the crawled Starter card renders $8.33/month next to $99.99/year, which is the annual per-month rate rather than a separate month-to-month sticker; the same page also promises "2 months free when billed yearly", implying a higher monthly rate that the card does not print; Gateways stores AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud API keys and access tokens (encrypted at rest per the privacy policy), so a credential blast radius review is required before connecting production accounts. Source: https://gateways.app/

### Does Gateways work on web and desktop?

Gateways is available on Web. Source: https://gateways.app/

### What are common Gateways use cases?

Common Gateways use cases include Standing up a first AWS, Azure, or GCP environment without writing Terraform, Giving a small product team a shared visual map of servers, databases, DNS, and connections, Deploying a Git repository, Docker image, or build output folder to a customer-owned server, Managing DNS records, firewalls, and load balancers from one console instead of three provider UIs, Configuring server autoscaling with the same workflow across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Auditing who changed which resource and in which environment through the activity feed, Running serverless functions on Node.js, Python, Go, Java, or .NET inside an existing cloud account, Onboarding new engineers with a canvas they can read during reviews, debugging, and handoffs. Source: https://gateways.app/

### Who makes Gateways?

Gateways is made by Blockmaze Inc. Official site: https://gateways.app/.

### What data does Gateways collect?

Gateways collects account and identity. Authenticate your identity and secure your account. Gateways collects contact details. Send technical notices, updates, and support messages. Gateways collects payment information. Process transactions and send related information. Gateways collects product usage and analytics. Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities. Gateways collects device and ip data. Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent or unauthorized activities. Gateways collects user content and uploads. Respond to your comments, questions, and requests. Gateways collects cookies and tracking. Enhance your experience, analyze usage patterns, and deliver personalized content. Gateways collects shared with third parties. Shared with service providers, cloud providers, legal requests, and business transfers. Gateways says it does not collect advertising and remarketing. Gateways collects how long data is kept. Retained as long as your account is active or as required by law. Source: https://gateways.app/privacy

### Where does Gateways create my infrastructure?

Inside your own account. You connect AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud to Gateways with an IAM role, and Gateways provisions every server, database, bucket, DNS record, and function in that account, with compute and networking spend billed directly by your provider. Source: https://gateways.app/

### What happens to my resources if I stop paying for Gateways?

They keep running. Because Gateways builds native provider resources rather than hosting a proprietary runtime, you can continue to inspect, SSH into, and operate everything from the AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud console after leaving Gateways. Source: https://gateways.app/

### Do I need Kubernetes or Terraform experience to use Gateways?

No. Gateways calls the provider APIs directly, so there is no cluster to operate and no Terraform state file to maintain. You lay out resources on the Gateways canvas and the console performs the provider calls. Source: https://gateways.app/

### What ways can I deploy an application with Gateways?

Gateways accepts a connected Git. Source: https://gateways.app/

## What is Gateways?

Voice: Citeware analysis (editorial). Vendor claims inside are marked by source.

The premise behind Gateways is that an engineering team should be able to draw an architecture on a canvas and have those boxes become real cloud resources without a hosted runtime sitting in the middle. Gateways connects to an AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud account with an IAM role and calls the provider APIs directly, so each server, database, bucket, DNS record, and function created through Gateways lives in the customer's own account and lands on the customer's own provider invoice.

The buyer Gateways is aimed at is a small engineering or platform group that has already committed to a hyperscaler but does not want to staff a full infrastructure-as-code practice. On its comparison pages Gateways positions against Vercel, Netlify, Render, Fly.io, Heroku, and Railway by pointing out that those platforms run applications on infrastructure the vendor owns, while Gateways operates infrastructure the customer owns and covers networking and data resources rather than application deployments alone.

A working session in Gateways begins with a project, then environments such as development, test, and production, then the resources inside them. The Gateways canvas renders those resources and their connections with live status, and an activity feed logs resource changes, connections, and teammate actions with filters for resource type, action, and environment. Gateways also ships a browser terminal, SSH access, and a built-in browser IDE for editing files on a running server.

Deployment in Gateways is console-first by design. The vendor llms.txt states that no commands are required: a team can connect a GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repository, deploy a Docker image, or upload a zip or folder of build output, with environment variables set in the same panel. Teams that prefer terminals or pipelines can use the Gateways CLI and its `gateways push` command, and Gateways publishes a REST API reference alongside its resource documentation.

The resource catalog Gateways lists covers servers, autoscaling servers, managed databases, cache servers, storage buckets, static websites, CDNs, DNS records, firewalls, load balancers, and serverless functions. Function runtimes named by Gateways are Node.js 18, 20, and 22, Python 3.11, Go 1.21, Java 11, 17, and 21, and .NET 6. Gateways also markets a single scaling workflow that hides the differing autoscaling configuration screens of AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud behind one setup path.

Packaging in Gateways is capacity-based rather than usage-based, because the compute bill goes to the cloud provider instead of to Gateways. The Free plan in Gateways allows one project, one environment, five total resources, one cloud connection, and one workspace member with community support. Starter, Pro, and Ultimate raise those ceilings to 3/3/15, 15/15/100, and unlimited respectively, and the Gateways pricing page advertises two months free when billed yearly at $99.99, $499.99, and $1,999.90 per year.

The limitation worth weighing before adopting Gateways is scope of control. Gateways supports AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud only, so shops on Oracle Cloud, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, or on-premises hardware get no coverage, and Gateways documents no path for importing existing Terraform state into its canvas. The Gateways terms of service also declare the Service is provided "as is" and disclaim liability for cloud infrastructure costs incurred through use of the Service, which leaves spend governance entirely with the customer.

Compared with category peers, Gateways occupies the middle ground between a raw provider console and a fully managed platform. Where Render or Railway trade control for simplicity and where Terraform or Pulumi trade simplicity for reviewable code, Gateways offers a visual workspace over native provider resources with an explicit exit story: because everything runs in the customer account, work continues in the provider console if the Gateways subscription ends.

Evidence: Homepage (gateways.app) · Pricing (gateways.app) · Verified Aug 22, 2026.

## Features

- Provision infrastructure in your own AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud account via IAM role
- Visual architecture canvas for projects, environments, and resources
- Servers, autoscaling servers, and managed databases
- DNS records, firewalls, load balancers, and CDNs
- Storage buckets and static website hosting
- Serverless functions on Node.js 18, 20, and 22, Python 3.11, Go 1.21, Java 11, 17, and 21, and .NET 6
- Browser terminal and SSH access to servers
- Deploy from GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket repositories
- Deploy a Docker image or upload a zip or folder of build output
- Built-in browser IDE for editing files directly on a server
- Optional Gateways CLI with a `gateways push` command for terminal and CI pipeline deployments
- REST API reference published in the Gateways documentation

Source: https://gateways.app/

## Use cases

- Standing up a first AWS, Azure, or GCP environment without writing Terraform
- Giving a small product team a shared visual map of servers, databases, DNS, and connections
- Deploying a Git repository, Docker image, or build output folder to a customer-owned server
- Managing DNS records, firewalls, and load balancers from one console instead of three provider UIs
- Configuring server autoscaling with the same workflow across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud
- Auditing who changed which resource and in which environment through the activity feed
- Running serverless functions on Node.js, Python, Go, Java, or .NET inside an existing cloud account
- Onboarding new engineers with a canvas they can read during reviews, debugging, and handoffs

Source: https://gateways.app/

## Citeware analysis

Pros and cons mix verified vendor limits with Citeware judgment. Do not treat them as vendor quotes.

### Pros

- Resources created by Gateways live in the customer's own cloud account and keep running if the subscription ends
- Cloud spend is billed directly by AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud rather than marked up by Gateways
- No Kubernetes cluster to operate and no Terraform state to maintain, since Gateways calls provider APIs directly
- Free plan lets a team map a first cloud setup with one project, one environment, and five resources at no cost
- Resource coverage extends past app deployment to DNS, firewalls, load balancers, caches, and storage buckets
- Multiple deployment routes in Gateways: Git repository, Docker image, zip upload, browser IDE, or the CLI
- Published llms.txt gives concrete runtime versions and plan limits instead of vague marketing claims

### Cons

- Gateways supports only AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, so DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud, Hetzner, and on-premises estates are out of scope
- The Free plan in Gateways caps a workspace at 5 total resources, 1 cloud connection, and 1 workspace member, which is exploratory rather than production capacity
- Starter tops out at 15 total resources and 3 workspace members, so a growing team hits the Pro upgrade quickly
- Gateways documents no import path for existing Terraform state or hand-built resources into its canvas
- The Gateways terms of service disclaim liability for cloud infrastructure costs incurred through the Service, so runaway provider spend is the customer's problem
- Advanced monitoring, priority support, multi-region support, and team collaboration are withheld from Free and Starter in Gateways
- Vendor contradiction: the Gateways pricing page has a Monthly/Yearly toggle but the crawled Starter card renders $8.33/month next to $99.99/year, which is the annual per-month rate rather than a separate month-to-month sticker; the same page also promises "2 months free when billed yearly", implying a higher monthly rate that the card does not print
- Gateways stores AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud API keys and access tokens (encrypted at rest per the privacy policy), so a credential blast radius review is required before connecting production accounts

Evidence: Homepage (gateways.app) · Pricing (gateways.app) · Terms (gateways.app) · Verified Aug 22, 2026.

## Integrations

- None listed.

Source: https://gateways.app/

## Platforms

- Web

Source: https://gateways.app/

## Pricing

Gateways is freemium. It starts at $0/month. Paid plans include Free: monthly $0/mo: yearly $0/yr ($0/mo effective); Starter: monthly $9.99/mo: yearly $99.99/yr ($8.33/mo effective, save 17%); Pro: monthly $49.99/mo: yearly $499.99/yr ($41.67/mo effective, save 17%); Ultimate: monthly $199.99/mo: yearly $1999.9/yr ($166.66/mo effective, save 17%). Check gateways.app for current prices.

- Free
  - id: pricing.free
  - monthly: $0
  - yearly: $0
  - effective_monthly: $0
  - commercial_rights: unclear
  - api_access: included
  - rollover: unclear
- Starter
  - id: pricing.starter
  - monthly: $9.99
  - yearly: $99.99
  - effective_monthly: $8.33
  - commercial_rights: unclear
  - api_access: included
  - rollover: unclear
- Pro
  - id: pricing.pro
  - monthly: $49.99
  - yearly: $499.99
  - effective_monthly: $41.67
  - commercial_rights: unclear
  - api_access: included
  - rollover: unclear
- Ultimate
  - id: pricing.ultimate
  - monthly: $199.99
  - yearly: $1999.9
  - effective_monthly: $166.66
  - commercial_rights: unclear
  - api_access: included
  - rollover: unclear

Evidence: Homepage (gateways.app) · Pricing (gateways.app) · Verified Aug 22, 2026.

## Company

- Company: Blockmaze Inc.

Source: https://gateways.app/


## Policies

The company behind Gateways is Blockmaze Inc.
Cloud infrastructure management platform to deploy, manage, and monitor resources on supported cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) via a visual, guided interface. Visual infrastructure design canvas. No liability for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, to the maximum extent permitted by law. Gateways also lists other losses and interruptions it does not cover.
Gateways says it collects account and identity, contact details, payment information, product usage and analytics, and device and ip data. That data is used for authenticate your identity and secure your account. The policy says Gateways is not collecting advertising and remarketing.
The terms state that refunds, credits, and cancellations are handled according to the plan terms shown in the Service, applicable refund practices, or as required by law. No specific refund rules are published; billing and refund questions go to billing@gateways.app.

### Terms: what it offers

- Cloud infrastructure management platform to deploy, manage, and monitor resources on supported cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) via a visual, guided interface
- Visual infrastructure design canvas
- Multi-cloud resource provisioning
- Environment management (development, staging, production)
- Real-time monitoring and analytics
- Team collaboration tools
- API access and integrations
- Free and paid subscription plans billed on a recurring basis

Source: https://gateways.app/terms

### Terms: what they are not liable for

- No liability for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, to the maximum extent permitted by law
- Loss of profits, data, or business opportunities
- Cloud infrastructure costs incurred through your use of the Service
- Service interruptions or downtime
- Unauthorized access to your accounts or data
- Service provided 'as is' and 'as available' with no warranties; no warranty that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or completely secure
- Cannot guarantee absolute security of data transmitted over the Internet (privacy policy)
- Not responsible for privacy practices of linked third-party websites
- May terminate or suspend accounts immediately without prior notice or liability; user is responsible for exporting data before termination
- User is responsible for all cloud resources created and associated costs, security configurations, compliance, and uploaded content

Source: https://gateways.app/terms

### Privacy

Gateways says it collects account and identity, contact details, payment information, product usage and analytics, and device and ip data. That data is used for authenticate your identity and secure your account. The policy says Gateways is not collecting advertising and remarketing.

- Account and identity: Collecting. Authenticate your identity and secure your account.
- Contact details: Collecting. Send technical notices, updates, and support messages.
- Payment information: Collecting. Process transactions and send related information.
- Product usage and analytics: Collecting. Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities.
- Device and IP data: Collecting. Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent or unauthorized activities.
- User content and uploads: Collecting. Respond to your comments, questions, and requests.
- Cookies and tracking: Collecting. Enhance your experience, analyze usage patterns, and deliver personalized content.
- Shared with third parties: Collecting. Shared with service providers, cloud providers, legal requests, and business transfers.
- Advertising and remarketing: Not collecting.
- How long data is kept: Collecting. Retained as long as your account is active or as required by law.

Source: https://gateways.app/privacy

### Returns and refunds

- Offers a refund: unclear
- Summary: The terms state that refunds, credits, and cancellations are handled according to the plan terms shown in the Service, applicable refund practices, or as required by law. No specific refund rules are published; billing and refund questions go to billing@gateways.app.
- Refunds, credits, and cancellations follow the plan terms displayed in the Service
- Refunds provided where required by applicable law
- Refund, invoice, subscription, payment method, and plan change questions are handled by billing support (billing@gateways.app)
- Fee changes take effect for future billing periods with 30 days notice

Source: https://gateways.app/terms


## Primary sources

- Primary source · Homepage: https://gateways.app/
- Primary source · Pricing: https://gateways.app/pricing
- Primary source · Contact: https://gateways.app/support
- Primary source · Terms: https://gateways.app/terms
- Primary source · Privacy: https://gateways.app/privacy


## Alternatives to Gateways

- None listed yet.

## FAQ

### What is Gateways?

The premise behind Gateways is that an engineering team should be able to draw an architecture on a canvas and have those boxes become real cloud resources without a hosted runtime sitting in the middle. Source: https://gateways.app/

### How much does Gateways cost?

Gateways is freemium. It starts at $0/month. Paid plans include Free: monthly $0/mo: yearly $0/yr ($0/mo effective); Starter: monthly $9.99/mo: yearly $99.99/yr ($8.33/mo effective, save 17%); Pro: monthly $49.99/mo: yearly $499.99/yr ($41.67/mo effective, save 17%); Ultimate: monthly $199.99/mo: yearly $1999.9/yr ($166.66/mo effective, save 17%). Check gateways.app for current prices. Source: https://gateways.app/pricing

### Is Gateways free?

Gateways has a free tier. Paid plans start at $9.99/month. Source: https://gateways.app/pricing

### Who is Gateways for?

Gateways is best for teams standing up a first AWS, Azure, or GCP environment without writing Terraform and giving a small product team a shared visual map of servers, databases, DNS, and connections. Source: https://gateways.app/

### Should I use Gateways?

Gateways is best for teams standing up a first AWS, Azure, or GCP environment without writing Terraform and giving a small product team a shared visual map of servers, databases, DNS, and connections. Skip it if gateways supports only AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, so DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud, Hetzner, and on-premises estates are out of scope. Source: https://gateways.app/

### What are the main Gateways features?

The main Gateways features are Provision infrastructure in your own AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud account via IAM role, Visual architecture canvas for projects, environments, and resources, Servers, autoscaling servers, and managed databases, DNS records, firewalls, load balancers, and CDNs, and Storage buckets and static website hosting. Source: https://gateways.app/

### What are the best Gateways alternatives?

Citeware does not list other Cloud & Infrastructure tools next to Gateways. See https://citeware.io/alternatives/gateways. Source: https://gateways.app/

### What are the downsides of Gateways?

Limitations called out on this listing: Gateways supports only AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, so DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud, Hetzner, and on-premises estates are out of scope; The Free plan in Gateways caps a workspace at 5 total resources, 1 cloud connection, and 1 workspace member, which is exploratory rather than production capacity; Starter tops out at 15 total resources and 3 workspace members, so a growing team hits the Pro upgrade quickly; Gateways documents no import path for existing Terraform state or hand-built resources into its canvas; The Gateways terms of service disclaim liability for cloud infrastructure costs incurred through the Service, so runaway provider spend is the customer's problem; Advanced monitoring, priority support, multi-region support, and team collaboration are withheld from Free and Starter in Gateways; Vendor contradiction: the Gateways pricing page has a Monthly/Yearly toggle but the crawled Starter card renders $8.33/month next to $99.99/year, which is the annual per-month rate rather than a separate month-to-month sticker; the same page also promises "2 months free when billed yearly", implying a higher monthly rate that the card does not print; Gateways stores AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud API keys and access tokens (encrypted at rest per the privacy policy), so a credential blast radius review is required before connecting production accounts. Source: https://gateways.app/

### Does Gateways work on web and desktop?

Gateways is available on Web. Source: https://gateways.app/

### What are common Gateways use cases?

Common Gateways use cases include Standing up a first AWS, Azure, or GCP environment without writing Terraform, Giving a small product team a shared visual map of servers, databases, DNS, and connections, Deploying a Git repository, Docker image, or build output folder to a customer-owned server, Managing DNS records, firewalls, and load balancers from one console instead of three provider UIs, Configuring server autoscaling with the same workflow across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, Auditing who changed which resource and in which environment through the activity feed, Running serverless functions on Node.js, Python, Go, Java, or .NET inside an existing cloud account, Onboarding new engineers with a canvas they can read during reviews, debugging, and handoffs. Source: https://gateways.app/

### Who makes Gateways?

Gateways is made by Blockmaze Inc. Official site: https://gateways.app/.

### What data does Gateways collect?

Gateways collects account and identity. Authenticate your identity and secure your account. Gateways collects contact details. Send technical notices, updates, and support messages. Gateways collects payment information. Process transactions and send related information. Gateways collects product usage and analytics. Monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities. Gateways collects device and ip data. Detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent or unauthorized activities. Gateways collects user content and uploads. Respond to your comments, questions, and requests. Gateways collects cookies and tracking. Enhance your experience, analyze usage patterns, and deliver personalized content. Gateways collects shared with third parties. Shared with service providers, cloud providers, legal requests, and business transfers. Gateways says it does not collect advertising and remarketing. Gateways collects how long data is kept. Retained as long as your account is active or as required by law. Source: https://gateways.app/privacy

### Where does Gateways create my infrastructure?

Inside your own account. You connect AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud to Gateways with an IAM role, and Gateways provisions every server, database, bucket, DNS record, and function in that account, with compute and networking spend billed directly by your provider. Source: https://gateways.app/

### What happens to my resources if I stop paying for Gateways?

They keep running. Because Gateways builds native provider resources rather than hosting a proprietary runtime, you can continue to inspect, SSH into, and operate everything from the AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud console after leaving Gateways. Source: https://gateways.app/

### Do I need Kubernetes or Terraform experience to use Gateways?

No. Gateways calls the provider APIs directly, so there is no cluster to operate and no Terraform state file to maintain. You lay out resources on the Gateways canvas and the console performs the provider calls. Source: https://gateways.app/

### What ways can I deploy an application with Gateways?

Gateways accepts a connected Git. Source: https://gateways.app/

## Labeled AI takes

Named opinions from configured models. They are not user reviews.

### Claude Analyst (anthropic / claude-opus-5)

**Verdict:** Gateways is a credible visual control plane for teams who want real AWS, Azure, or GCP resources without learning Terraform, and the bring-your-own-account model means nothing dies if you cancel. The resource caps and the absence of an import path for existing infrastructure are what will decide whether it fits.

As of August 2026 the pitch holds up: your account, your bill, no cluster to babysit. The catch is capacity — Starter's 15-resource ceiling arrives fast.

The architectural choice here is the right one. Resources are provisioned into your own cloud account through an IAM role, provider bills you directly, and everything keeps running if you walk away. That is a materially different bargain from Render or Railway, and it is the reason a small team might tolerate a young console.

Pricing needs a careful read. The Starter card shows $8.33/month beside $99.99/year while the same page advertises two months free on annual billing — so the printed monthly figure is the annual rate, and the true month-to-month sticker is not shown. Free caps you at five resources and one seat; Starter at 15 resources and three. Advanced monitoring, multi-region, and priority support start at Pro.

Two real gaps: no documented import path for existing Terraform state or hand-built resources, so this is a greenfield tool, and Gateways holds encrypted cloud credentials while the terms disclaim liability for provider spend. Run the blast-radius conversation before you connect production.

- Best for: A two-to-five person product team standing up its first production AWS or GCP environment who needs servers, a database, DNS, and a load balancer running this month without hiring an infrastructure engineer or committing to a Terraform repo.
- Not for: Platform engineers with an existing Terraform or Pulumi estate — there is no import path, so adopting Gateways means abandoning your state files or running two sources of truth.

### GPT Analyst (openai / gpt-5.6-terra)

**Verdict:** Gateways is a compelling visual control plane for small teams that want cloud-account ownership without adopting Terraform or Kubernetes. Its convenience is real, but its low plan ceilings and privileged credential model make it a poor fit for mature or tightly governed estates.

As of August 2026, Gateways offers unusually practical cloud ownership with a friendlier operating model, but its entry plans are narrow.

Facts: Gateways provisions supported resources directly into customer-owned AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud accounts, where they continue running after cancellation. Its canvas spans compute, databases, networking, storage, functions, deployments, and activity history; direct provider billing avoids a platform markup.

Judgment: The product's strongest idea is replacing console-hopping and IaC ceremony with a shared, readable operational map. That is especially useful before a team has platform-engineering capacity. But it should not be mistaken for an IaC migration layer: no documented import path for existing state or hand-built resources means it is easiest to adopt greenfield.

Capacity is the catch. Free is a credible trial, not production, at five resources and one member; Starter reaches only 15 resources and three members. The pricing page also makes monthly billing hard to verify, showing $8.33/month beside $99.99/year while promising yearly savings.

- Best for: A startup engineering lead launching a greenfield service in AWS, Azure, or GCP who needs to provision and operate a small production stack while giving developers a shared architecture view.
- Not for: A platform engineer inheriting a large Terraform estate or a regulated cloud program that requires strict credential isolation, established change controls, and comprehensive infrastructure import.

## Recommended citation

Citeware. "Gateways: Pricing, Features & Alternatives." Last verified Aug 22, 2026. https://citeware.io/products/gateways