STACK53 API PLATFORM An API that grows
An API that grows
with you.
Build your application API once on Stack53 and keep it as you go from prototype to high-concurrency production.
Low latency paths Services live beside your API in the same project.
High concurrency Built to take on more simultaneous requests as traffic grows.
Grow without rebuilding Same endpoints and code from first prototype to production.
REQUEST PATH · STOREFRONTConceptual
01YOUR APPS
02YOUR API
03SERVICES
04BACKGROUND
05FOUNDATION
Web
Mobile
Partners
Database
Auth
Storage
Cache
Jobs
Workers
Stack53 APIapi.acme.com/v1 live
Scalable InfrastructureMore capacity underneath, same API on top
ONE PLATFORM Everything your app needs,
Everything your app needs,
in one platform.
Build, data, identity, cloud and network — five layers that live side by side in every Stack53 project, with one API and one set of permissions.
FIVE LAYERS
ONE PLATFORM
Build Deploy and run applications across development, staging and production.
Deployments · Environments · Functions · Jobs · Releases
Data Managed databases, object storage and cache, backed up automatically.
Databases · Object storage · Cache · Backups
Identity Sign-in, sessions and access control for your application’s users.
Authentication · Users · OAuth · Roles & permissions
Cloud Compute, virtual servers and dedicated hardware in the same account.
Compute · VPS · Public cloud · Dedicated servers
Network Connect your domains with managed DNS and automatic certificates.
Domains · DNS · SSL/TLS · Networking
Developer tools Automate every layer with the API, SDKs, CLI and webhooks.
API · SDKs · CLI · Webhooks · Logs · Metrics
FROM IDEA TO PRODUCTION From first project
Start Your First Project From first project
to production.
The same ten steps take you from an empty account to a monitored application — and nothing needs to move when you grow.
- 01 Create an organization Your company account
- 02 Create a workspace Group a team or a client
- 03 Create a project One per app or system
- 04 Add environments Development, staging, production
- 05 Add resources Database, storage, auth and more
- 06 Connect source code Link your repository
- 07 Deploy Build and release
- 08 Connect a domain With managed certificates
- 09 Monitor Logs and metrics
- 10 Scale infrastructure Regions, compute, dedicated
DEVELOPER PLATFORM From code to live
Explore Developer Tools
From code to live
application.
Develop locally, deploy with one command, and automate everything else through the API.
APIs & SDKs REST API with client libraries
CLI Deploys and logs from your terminal
Webhooks Signed events to your endpoints
Environment variables Config and secrets per environment
Logs & metrics See what every deployment is doing
Keys & service accounts Scoped access for machines and CI
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import { Stack53 } from '@stack53/sdk' const stack53 = new Stack53({ apiKey: process.env.STACK53_KEY }) const app = await stack53.apps.create({ name: 'my-app', environment: 'production', }) await app.deploy()
Deployment successfulYour app is live and ready.
Building applicationProvisioning resourcesRunning health checks Live at https://my-app.stack53.app
BACKEND PLATFORM Your whole backend,
Explore Backend Services Your whole backend,
behind one API.
Point your web or mobile app at Stack53 and get the backend services most applications need — without operating them yourself.
Web app Mobile app Your services api.stack53.com 8 managed services
Database Managed databases with backups and monitoring.
Authentication Email, OAuth, sessions and MFA for your users.
Object storage Buckets for files and media, with signed URLs.
Functions HTTP, event and scheduled backend code.
Cache Fast key/value storage for sessions and queues.
Jobs Background workers, cron and retries.
Webhooks Signed events with delivery history.
API access API keys and service accounts.
CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE Real servers.
Real servers.
Same platform.
Provision compute, virtual servers and dedicated hardware in the same account as your apps — secured, billed and monitored the same way.
Compute Instances for any workload
VPS Root access, snapshots, backups
Public cloud Compute, volumes and networks via API
Dedicated servers Single-tenant hardware
Cloud storage Volumes, snapshots, object storage
Networking Private networks, IPs, firewalls
Managed services Databases and cache, operated for you
More coming See the roadmap
Provider-independent by design You work with Stack53. Our infrastructure layer provisions across providers underneath, so the platform
stays the same as the infrastructure grows.
Your projects and environments
Stack53 infrastructure layer
Partner infrastructure
Stack53-operated FUTURE
1. API request 2. Provision 3. Running
POSThttps://api.stack53.com/v1/instances
{
"type": "vps",
"region": "[region-id]",
"size": "[size]"
}Request received Provisioning Configuring network Instance ready
CANADIAN INFRASTRUCTURE Know where your
Know where your
data lives.
Canadian regions and Canadian data residency are central to Stack53. Every region lists the services it runs and who operates the hardware.
Canadian regions
All regions →REGIONLOCATIONOPERATED BYSTATUS
Canada Central[City, Province][Partner / Stack53][Status]
Canada East[City, Province][Partner / Stack53][Status]
Stack53 datacenter[Location]Stack53Planned
Products available in each region are listed on its region page. AvailablePlanned
HOW STACK53 WORKS One clear model,
Learn How Stack53 Works One clear model,
from company to resource.
Every account follows the same structure — so teams, permissions and billing always line up with what you build.
01 Organization Your company account — members, billing and security.
02 Workspace A grouping inside the organization — a team, department or client.
03 Project The application or system you are building.
04 Environment A deployable context — development, staging or production.
05 Resource A database, bucket, function, instance, cache or domain.
EXAMPLE Acme Inc / Product team / Storefront / production
DatabaseObject storageAuthenticationFunctionsCacheshop.acme.com
BUILT FOR GROWTH Start small.
Start small.
Never move out.
Begin with managed services and grow into larger infrastructure inside the same project — same account, same APIs, same team access.
STAGE 01 Small application App, auth, database and storage
STAGE 02 Production application Custom domain, backups, monitoring
STAGE 03 Multiple environments Development, staging, preview and production
STAGE 04 Multiple regions Run workloads close to users and data
STAGE 05 Dedicated infrastructure Single-tenant servers and private networking
SECURITY Secure by default,
Secure by default,
at every layer.
How we protect accounts, infrastructure and data — documented in full on our Security and Trust Center pages.
Account security MFA, session controls and sign-in alerts
Infrastructure isolation Projects and environments kept apart
Encrypted communication TLS to and between services
Access controls Roles and permissions per project
Audit logging Who changed what, and when
Backups Automated restore points
Service identities Scoped keys and service accounts
Operational security Monitoring and incident response
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