Slash Traditional Costs of Infrastructure and Engineering
Serverless simplicity with zero-downtime deployments across any cloud — no service mesh overhead, no vendor lock-in, no per-service billing
From Cluster to Production in Minutes
Provision, scaffold, deploy, and promote — without writing Dockerfiles, manifests, or delivery pipelines.
Calq Relay
calq-relay cluster create \
--cluster-provider azure \
--cluster aks-dev --environment dev
calq-relay service add
calq-relay cluster add \
--cluster aks-prod \
--cluster-provider azure --environment prod
calq-relay deploy --environment dev
calq-relay promote --source dev --target prod
calq-relay switchover --environment prod
Traditional Approach
# Typically 200+ lines of bash per workflow:
# - write Dockerfile manually
# - write Kubernetes manifests manually
# - configure CI pipeline for build + push
# - az/gcloud auth to both clusters
# - kubectl apply with label selectors
# - manual DNS and TLS configuration
# - repeated per microservice, per operation
The Simplicity of Serverless, The Power of Kubernetes
Get the same effortless developer experience as managed cloud platforms, but on your own Kubernetes clusters. Calq Relay eliminates vendor lock-in and platform engineering overhead, giving you full control without the usual operational burden.
Effortless Global Service Delivery
Provision infrastructure and deploy services in minutes. Calq Relay automatically generates all necessary configuration and workflows, allowing your team to focus on building features instead of managing platforms.
Zero-Downtime Reliability Without the Complexity
Switch traffic instantly with built-in blue-green and canary rollouts. Calq Relay uses native technology to save 20-30% in infrastructure costs compared to traditional 'service mesh' solutions, without sacrificing reliability.
Global Resilience Across Any Cloud
Deploy across multiple cloud providers simultaneously. If one provider fails, your services stay online elsewhere. Eliminate single points of failure and vendor lock-in with a truly multi-cloud strategy.
Instant Full-Stack Preview Environments
Every feature request gets its own isolated, full-stack environment for testing. Accelerate your quality assurance process and catch bugs before they reach production with zero manual setup.
AI-Operable Internal Developer Platform
Minimal command surface with typed, structured output — operable by AI agents without specialized integration. Alternatives expose hundreds of API endpoints with unpredictable responses that AI cannot reliably operate.
Slash Infrastructure and Operational Costs
Consolidate services onto shared infrastructure instead of per-service billing, auto-generate workflows to eliminate DevOps engineering time, and replace multiple delivery tools with a single CLI.
What Calq Relay Replaces
From manual cluster provisioning to complex production rollouts — one platform replaces an entire infrastructure toolchain.
Platform Engineering
Replaces
Manual infrastructure setup, certificate management, and the high overhead of platform engineering teams
With
Single-command provisioning — your entire global infrastructure in one step
Outcome
Self-service infrastructure operable by your team or AI agents — new environments in minutes, not days
Service Delivery
Replaces
Manual creation of container configurations, deployment specifications, and per-service delivery pipelines
With
Fully automated delivery pipelines — auto-generated from your source code
Outcome
Ship new services same-day without per-service setup costs or engineering bottlenecks
Infrastructure Efficiency
Replaces
Expensive and complex 'service mesh' solutions and the manual tuning of cloud resource scaling
With
Built-in zero-downtime rollouts and automated resource tuning — no additional infrastructure required
Outcome
Achieve enterprise-grade reliability while saving 20-30% on infrastructure costs
Automated preview environments per feature and single-command promotion across global clouds
Outcome
Every feature is verified in an isolated environment — production rollouts span the globe in one command
Detailed Platform Comparisons
Built with Calq CMD, Calq Relay orchestrates native Kubernetes primitives directly through shell-style C# — no abstraction layer, no sidecars, no runtime infrastructure.
Calq Relay vs. Cloud Run / Container Apps / App Runner
Calq Relay delivers the same developer experience as managed serverless platforms but runs on standard Kubernetes with full control and no vendor lock-in.
Feature
Calq Relay
Google Cloud Run
Azure Container Apps
AWS App Runner
Max Instances
Unlimited (node pool)
1000
300
25
Request Timeout
Unlimited
60 min
30 min
30 min
DNS + TLS
ExternalDNS + cert-manager
Built-in
Built-in
Manual
Service Networking
Shared namespace
VPC connectors
Same environment
Manual
Platform Config
Unified (all services)
Per-service
Per-service
Per-service
Cluster + Registry Setup
Single command
CI/CD Workflows
Auto-generated
GitOps
ArgoCD
Environment Promotion
Single command
PR Preview Environments
Full-stack
Blue-Green Deployments
Canary Deployments
Replica ratio
Traffic splitting
Coordinated Multi-Service Scaling
Grouped mode
Multi-Cluster
Cross-Cloud Environments
Multiple providers per environment
GCP only
Azure only
AWS only
Self-Hosted / On-Prem
Vendor Lock-In
None
GCP
Azure
AWS
Cost Model
Shared nodes
Per-service billing
Per-service billing
Per-service billing
Calq Relay vs. Delivery Platforms
Calq Relay replaces established delivery platforms with a zero-infrastructure CLI tool — no servers, no control planes, no sidecars.
Feature
Calq Relay
Spinnaker
Harness
KubeVela / Devtron
Runtime Infrastructure
None (CLI tool)
Spinnaker server (heavy)
SaaS / self-hosted server
Control plane in cluster
Blue-Green
(Service selector patch)
(via addons)
Canary
(replica ratio, no service mesh)
(requires traffic management)
(requires traffic management)
(requires Istio/Nginx addon)
Canary Drift Protection
(CronJob enforcer)
Multi-Cloud Single Command
(all clusters in environment)
(per-cluster pipeline config)
(per-cluster pipeline config)
(per-cluster placement policy)
Cross-Cloud Image Import
(automatic)
Auto-Tuned Resource Requests
(CronJob observes actual usage)
(recommendations only)
Coordinated Multi-Service Scaling
(Grouped mode)
Full-Stack PR Environments
(single command)
Auto-Scaffolding
(Dockerfile, manifests, ArgoCD, workflows)
Cluster Provisioning
(single command)
Open Source
License Cost
Free (SSPL) / Commercial
Free
Per-service / per-developer
Free
Calq Relay vs. Istio / Service Mesh
Calq Relay achieves blue-green and canary deployments using native Kubernetes primitives — no service mesh required, no sidecar overhead, no extra infrastructure cost.
Feature
Calq Relay
Istio
Blue-Green
Service selector patch (instant)
VirtualService weight (instant)
Canary
Replica ratio
VirtualService weighted routing
Canary Drift Protection
CronJob enforcer
Control plane
Traffic Precision
Proportional to replica count
Exact percentage per request
Complexity
CLI command
CRDs + control plane + sidecar injection
Setup Time
Minutes
Hours to days
Multi-Cluster Setup
Automated
Complex (multi-network or primary-remote)
Cross-Region Switchover
Single command
VirtualService routing
Infrastructure Cost
None (CLI tool, no runtime components)
+20–30% cluster resources (control plane + sidecar per pod)
Calq Relay vs. ArgoCD Alone
ArgoCD syncs Git to a cluster. Calq Relay orchestrates what ArgoCD cannot: source-to-cluster deployment, cross-environment promotion, blue-green switchover, and platform bootstrapping.
Feature
Calq Relay + ArgoCD
ArgoCD Alone
Git to Cluster Sync
ArgoCD (delegated)
ArgoCD
Rollback
Blue-green: switchover. Standard: ArgoCD native
Git revert
Source-to-Cluster Deploy
Single command
Dockerfile Generation
Auto-generated for .NET
Manifest Scaffolding
Auto-generated with anti-affinity
DNS and TLS
ExternalDNS + cert-manager
Environment Promotion
Single command
Blue-Green Switchover
Cross-Cloud Image Import
Platform Bootstrapping
Single command
Cluster-Wide Rolling Updates
Anti-affinity in deployment spec
Cluster-Wide Restart
Anti-affinity parallel restart
Pod Recycling
Cluster-wide CronJob
Pricing & Licensing
Subscription
Start building for free on open-source projects, or choose a commercial license to keep your source code private.
Open Source License
Perfect for personal projects, open-source development, and product evaluation. Use freely under the SSPL license terms.
.NET projects get zero-config deployment with auto-generated Dockerfiles. For other languages, provide a Dockerfile and set the service name — the entire Kubernetes/ArgoCD pipeline works the same regardless of what's in the container.
Can I use Calq Relay with existing Terraform infrastructure?
Yes. Use Terraform for infrastructure provisioning, then register existing clusters with calq-relay cluster add. Clusters created by Calq Relay are standard cloud resources and can be imported into Terraform.
Which cloud providers are supported?
Azure and GCP have built-in support for cluster creation. Any other provider (AWS, on-prem, etc.) works by setting auth commands in the config. All deployment operations work with any provider.
Why does Calq Relay use replica ratio instead of percentage-based traffic splitting?
Percentage-based routing (Istio) requires a service mesh that adds 20–30% resource overhead across your entire cluster. Replica ratio achieves the same error-rate containment using native Kubernetes load balancing — at low traffic, it guarantees enough requests reach the canary for meaningful signal detection; at high traffic, the law of large numbers means per-pod distribution converges to the same result as explicit percentage routing. You get identical rollback safety with zero infrastructure overhead.
Serverless Simplicity with Zero-Downtime Availability
Global, multi-cluster canary/blue-green rollouts across any cloud or on-premise environment — without service mesh overhead
