How Springwinter differs from traditional PaaS
Traditional PaaS platforms run your code on infrastructure they own. That means your data transits their network, you pay their markup on compute, and migrating away requires rebuilding your stack from scratch. Springwinter inverts this model. You connect your AWS account once, and every resource Springwinter creates belongs to you from the first second. Your data never leaves your AWS account. Your costs appear directly on your AWS bill with no platform surcharge on infrastructure. If you ever stop using Springwinter, every resource it created continues running in your account — there is no lock-in at the infrastructure layer. Springwinter handles the complexity that makes “just use AWS directly” impractical for small teams: networking, IAM policies, container orchestration, TLS certificates, auto-scaling, cost visibility, and deployment pipelines — all managed through a clean dashboard and a fully documented REST API.Get started
Quickstart
Deploy your first service in under 10 minutes.
Connect AWS
Link your AWS account via a CloudFormation IAM role.
Connect GitHub
Install the GitHub App to enable automatic deploys on push.
API Reference
Explore the full REST API and automate your workflows.
Resource types
Springwinter supports six resource types, each provisioned as a first-class AWS service in your account.Web Servers
Containerized HTTP services running on Amazon ECS with an Application Load Balancer and automatic TLS.
Workers
Background processing services running on ECS with no public URL — queues, cron jobs, and event handlers.
Static Websites
HTML, CSS, and JavaScript sites served from S3 and accelerated by CloudFront with automatic HTTPS.
Caches
Valkey (Redis-compatible) caches on ElastiCache with TLS enforced, accessible from your other services.
Databases
PostgreSQL and MySQL databases on Amazon RDS, provisioned in your VPC with automated backups.
Storage
Private S3 buckets with scoped access policies for assets, uploads, and build artifacts.
All resources stay in your AWS account. Springwinter reads logs, metrics, and cost on demand — it does not mirror or store your application data.