# Skyhook

Official pricing: https://skyhook.io  
Category: paas · Isolation: container

## Pricing regimes (raw)

- **Native service** (resource) [alt]

## Features

Yes: pause/resume, persistent disk, volumes, idle auto-stop, ≥24 h sessions, custom image (Docker or snapshot), your own Docker/OCI image, HTTPS preview URLs, egress allowlist, BYOC, SOC 2, SSO, GPU, arm64, Python, Node.js, wake on request, live resize, EU data residency, inbound access rules, extra volumes

No: snapshots, memory snapshots, fork/clone, start from your own snapshot, full VM (own kernel), Docker inside, nested virtualization, browser, desktop GUI, computer-use API, browser + desktop control, anti-bot stealth, CAPTCHA solving, residential IPs, preinstalled agents, SSH, public IPv4, static egress IP, self-hosting, open source, HIPAA, Windows, macOS, HTTP method/path egress rules, live fork (no pause), memory fork, MCP server, automatic snapshots, snapshots on demand, agent harness API, hosted agent API (their own agent), gVisor or VM (no shared kernel), firewall inside (nftables), secret proxy, secret proxy for any API, shared volumes

Unknown: everything else. Evidence (source + quote) per feature: https://battleships.dev/data/providers/skyhook.json → feature_evidence

## Caveats

- Free own-cloud 3 git users/3 services/1 cluster; Premium $1000/month up to 10 users/15 services/5 clusters, annual 20% off; Enterprise custom. Infrastructure cost is separate. YC mentions optional fully hosted cluster, but no specific host tariff verified.
- Null values mean unknown, not free/unlimited. No model-token cost, tax or unverified ancillary charge included.
- Native browser/device/task/credit prices with unknown CPU/RAM are deliberately non-priceable. Check regime before interpreting any partial resource estimate.
- Cloud charges are never included: Skyhook runs only on the customer's AWS/GCP/Azure/OCI/on-prem Kubernetes. Existing cloud credits apply. No hosted-cluster option is offered on the live site (the older YC listing's 'fully hosted cluster' is not reflected).

## How this provider charges


YC: Winter 2023; directory status **Active**. Research scope: public-product-researched. Source: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/skyhook

Managed Kubernetes PaaS / BYOC

## Regime table

| Regime | When it applies | How billed | Numbers | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native service | Hardware and complete resource tariff unverified. | resource; CPU alloc, memory alloc | Unknown or native-unit billing; see facts below | https://skyhook.io |
| Free BYOC | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=0; included usage=$0; concurrent=None; max session h=None | https://skyhook.io |
| Premium monthly BYOC | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=1000; included usage=$0; concurrent=None; max session h=None | https://skyhook.io |
| Enterprise | Plan limits apply | Monthly fee; credits only as stated | fee=None; included usage=$None; concurrent=None; max session h=None | https://skyhook.io |
| Retained disk / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://skyhook.io |
| Snapshots / GiB-month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://skyhook.io |
| Egress / GiB | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://skyhook.io |
| IPv4 / month | Lifecycle/scope must be checked | Native add-on | unverified, not $0 | https://skyhook.io |

## Verified billing facts and gotchas

1. Free own-cloud 3 git users/3 services/1 cluster; Premium $1000/month up to 10 users/15 services/5 clusters, annual 20% off; Enterprise custom. Infrastructure cost is separate. YC mentions optional fully hosted cluster, but no specific host tariff verified.

## Worked example

Requested: 4 vCPU/8 GiB, 50 simultaneous × 8 h/day × 22 days = **8,800 instance-hours**, 30% CPU; 50 GiB snapshots and 100 GiB egress. A month is 730 hours only when explicitly used in rate conversion.

**Total: unknown.** This product does not publish a verified complete 4-vCPU/8-GiB tariff and/or the service bills a different unit. Fifty concurrent instances and eight-hour sessions are not automatically supported. Neither 30% utilization nor retained snapshots can be converted into free resources. Use the native plan terms above and request the missing CPU/RAM, retention, egress and concurrency quote.

## Sources and coverage

- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/skyhook
- https://www.skyhook.io/
- https://www.skyhook.io/pricing
- https://www.skyhook.io/llms.txt

Page captures and documentation indexes/bundles are in `raw/`; provider JSON lists the evidence paths. HN query results were captured separately as `<id>--hn.txt`; they are discovery leads, not current tariff authority. Downloaded docs do not imply every feature was verified; unsupported assertions remain null.