Fjord vs Elestio.
The closest managed analog out there. We'll give Elestio its due, then show you exactly where we differ.
Credit where it's due
Elestio is good, and it is the nearest thing to what we do: managed apps on single-tenant VMs, no lock-in, fair pricing. If you want a broad managed-hosting panel that runs dozens of open-source apps, with Gitea as one of them, Elestio is a strong choice. We won't pretend otherwise.
Where Fjord differs
Forgejo, not Gitea
Fjord is built around Forgejo specifically, the community-governed fork under Codeberg e.V., not as one app in a long catalog. The whole product is shaped for it.
A written no-AI promise
We commit, in our Terms, never to use your code or CI jobs to train any machine-learning model. A contract term, not a default.
A product, not a panel
One Fjord Account spans a web dashboard, a first-class fj CLI, and a native iOS app on the App Store, all driving the same Forgejo API. You sign into a product, not a VM control plane.
Where Elestio may suit you better
If you need to host many different applications under one roof, or you want raw VM-level control of the box, a broad panel like Elestio fits that better than a forge-focused product does. Fjord deliberately does one thing.