App hosting platforms
Northflank privacy rating
Platform for deploying services, jobs, databases and GPU workloads on Northflank's cloud or in a customer's own cloud account, built on Kubernetes.
Summary
Northflank scores 29 out of 100 (grade F) on the app hosting platforms criteria. It meets 2 of 9 criteria: TLS configuration and security headers. It partly meets no ads or data sales and independent audit. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, transparency report, tells users about requests and modern web standards. It is based in the United Kingdom: Five Eyes member; GDPR-style data protection law; CLOUD Act data access agreement with the US. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade A and Internet.nl website score 62%.
Score 29 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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No
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The website loads PostHog and Sentry, and the privacy policy lists ad networks and analytics providers among recipients of personal data.
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Partial
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid plans and does not sell data, but the privacy policy lists ad networks and advertising providers among recipients.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
A SOC 2 Type 2 report exists but is only available on request through the trust center.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A
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Yes
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A (95/100+)
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No
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Score 62%