Flapjack Cloud

Flapjack Cloud gives you a dedicated Flapjack instance on AWS with zero infrastructure management. Sign up, pick a plan, and start searching.

Getting started

Sign up at app.flapjack.foo
Create an instance — pick a size and AWS region
Complete payment via Stripe Checkout
Wait ~3 minutes for your instance to provision
Start indexing using the code snippets on your dashboard

Plans

Plan	RAM	Disk	Bandwidth	Price
Micro	1 GB	10 GB	100 GB/mo	$9/mo
Small	2 GB	20 GB	250 GB/mo	$29/mo
Medium	4 GB	40 GB	500 GB/mo	$49/mo
Large	8 GB	80 GB	1 TB/mo	$79/mo

All plans include a dedicated EC2 instance (not shared), automatic SSL, and the same Algolia-compatible API.

Regions

Flapjack Cloud instances are available in:

us-east-1 — N. Virginia
us-west-2 — Oregon
eu-west-1 — Ireland
eu-central-1 — Frankfurt
ap-southeast-1 — Singapore
ap-northeast-1 — Tokyo

Connecting to your instance

After provisioning, your dashboard shows:

Endpoint: https://<your-ip>:7700
Admin Key: Your API key for all operations

cURL

# Health check (no auth required)
curl https://YOUR_IP:7700/health

# Index a document
curl -X POST 'https://YOUR_IP:7700/1/indexes/movies/batch' \
  -H 'X-Algolia-Application-Id: flapjack' \
  -H 'X-Algolia-API-Key: YOUR_ADMIN_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"requests":[{"action":"addObject","body":{"objectID":"1","title":"The Matrix"}}]}'

# Search
curl -X POST 'https://YOUR_IP:7700/1/indexes/movies/query' \
  -H 'X-Algolia-Application-Id: flapjack' \
  -H 'X-Algolia-API-Key: YOUR_ADMIN_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"query":"matrix"}'

JavaScript

import { liteClient as algoliasearch } from 'algoliasearch/lite';

const client = algoliasearch('flapjack', 'YOUR_ADMIN_KEY', {
  hosts: [{ url: 'YOUR_IP:7700', protocol: 'https' }],
});

InstantSearch.js

import { liteClient as algoliasearch } from 'algoliasearch/lite';
import instantsearch from 'instantsearch.js';
import { searchBox, hits } from 'instantsearch.js/es/widgets';

const searchClient = algoliasearch('flapjack', 'YOUR_ADMIN_KEY', {
  hosts: [{ url: 'YOUR_IP:7700', protocol: 'https' }],
});

const search = instantsearch({
  indexName: 'movies',
  searchClient,
});

search.addWidgets([
  searchBox({ container: '#searchbox' }),
  hits({ container: '#hits' }),
]);

search.start();

Dashboard features

The Flapjack Cloud dashboard shows:

Instance status — provisioning, active, suspended, terminated
Usage metrics — disk usage, bandwidth consumption
Getting started snippets — cURL, JavaScript, InstantSearch.js code ready to copy
Billing management — via Stripe Customer Portal

SSL

Every Flapjack Cloud instance gets automatic SSL via Let’s Encrypt. Certificates are provisioned for your instance’s IP address and renewed automatically.

Billing

Billed monthly via Stripe
Cancel anytime from the dashboard (Stripe Customer Portal)
On cancellation, your instance is terminated and data is deleted
No long-term contracts or commitments