Platform as a service startup Porter intends to end up being go-to for deploying, handling cloud-based apps

Platform as a service startup Porter intends to end up being go-to for deploying, handling cloud-based apps

Any DevOps team can use Porter to manage applications in the cloud, delivering the complete versatility of Kubernetes through a Heroku-like experience. A huge part of the bet Porter is taking is not charging users for hosting, and its expense is a pure SaaS product, he stated. Porter’s platform went live in February, and in six months became the sixth-fastest growing open-source platform download on GitHub, said Ethan Batraski, partner at Venrock. “Porter already has 100 startups on its platform.