Outgrowing Netlify: How to Move Your App and Backend Services to Kubernetes in Your Own Cloud Account

Migrating from Netlify to Kubernetes involves replacing several integrated services, including static hosting and CDN delivery, serverless functions, databases, TLS and DNS, deployment pipelines, and pull-request preview environments. The recommended approach is to migrate only when control, compliance, private networking, persistent databases, or long-running background workloads require infrastructure in an organization’s own cloud account, rather than for cost savings, since even a minimal managed Kubernetes setup can exceed Netlify pricing. The proposed sequence is to inventory all Netlify-specific configuration and add-ons, select a managed Kubernetes service and managed database, containerize backend functions into API services, workers, and scheduled jobs, migrate databases through replication with connection pooling, and move the frontend and DNS only after validation with low TTLs and rollback options. Static frontends can remain on Netlify while APIs and databases move to Kubernetes, which the article presents as a practical hybrid option for many smaller teams. It also emphasizes rebuilding developer-experience capabilities such as Git-based deployments, TLS, and preview environments through a DIY Kubernetes toolchain or managed platforms such as Qovery, while noting that such platforms reduce but do not eliminate operational responsibility.

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