Node-RED Hosting on MassiveGRID PaaS
Node-RED is a flow-based programming tool built on Node.js for wiring together devices, APIs and online services. Its browser editor lets you connect MQTT, HTTP, databases, dashboards and thousands of community nodes into flows. The MassiveGRID PaaS package deploys a Node-RED development environment in one click, ideal for IoT back ends in the cloud.
Node-RED on MassiveGRID PaaS installs in one click in New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore, costs about $9.84 a month for the Starter configuration, a Node.js application server (512 MiB), and starts with a 14-day free trial. See the sizing table.
Both buttons open the MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard with Node-RED pre-selected. Sign up without a card, name the environment, pick a region, and the package installs in a few minutes.
Node-RED Package Facts
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Package | Node-RED Dev |
| Type | Application (installs a complete environment) |
| Category | AI & Automation |
| Software vendor / project | OpenJS Foundation |
| Licence | Apache License 2.0 (open source) |
| Runtime / stack | Node.js application server running Node-RED with persistent flows |
| Regions | New York, London, Frankfurt, Singapore |
| Billing | Pay-per-use, about $9.84/month for the Starter configuration (4 cloudlets at $0.003372 per cloudlet-hour), no licence fee |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card |
| Uptime SLA | 100% |
What is Node-RED?
Originally created at IBM for the Internet of Things, Node-RED has become a general-purpose integration tool. Flows are built visually from nodes that receive messages, transform them and send them on: an MQTT input from sensors, a function node to compute an average, a database node to store it and a dashboard gauge to show it. More than 4,000 community nodes add integrations from Modbus to Telegram.
The package deploys Node-RED on a Node.js server with persistent storage for flows and installed nodes, secured with a login and HTTPS. It pairs naturally with the Eclipse Mosquitto MQTT broker package to form a complete IoT back end, and vertical auto-scaling absorbs bursts of device messages.
What the Node-RED Package Deploys
Marketplace packages are not bare container images. One click provisions a complete, production-shaped environment on MassiveGRID infrastructure. How these nodes are sized and what they cost.
- Node.js application server: A Node.js container running the current Node-RED release with process management.
- Persistent flows and nodes: Flow files, credentials and installed palette nodes on persistent storage with snapshots.
- Editor authentication and HTTPS: Admin login configured at install and the editor served over HTTPS on the platform subdomain.
- HTTP endpoints: Flows can expose webhooks and dashboards on the same domain immediately.
What Node-RED Costs to Run
Three starting configurations for the Node-RED package, sized in cloudlets (1 cloudlet = 128 MiB RAM + 400 MHz CPU) and priced at the published rate of $0.003372 per cloudlet-hour, or $2.46 per cloudlet-month.
| Configuration | Topology | Cloudlets | Est. per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| StarterA few flows and devices | Node.js application server (4 cloudlets, 512 MiB) | 4 | $9.84 |
| StandardDozens of flows and HTTP endpoints | Node.js application server (8 cloudlets, 1 GiB) | 8 | $19.68 |
| ProductionHigh message rates | Node.js application server (16 cloudlets, 2 GiB) | 16 | $39.36 |
Estimates assume the environment averages the listed cloudlets around the clock; billing is hourly, vertical auto-scaling lowers the figure when the application is idle, and volume discounts apply as usage grows. Disk and external traffic are billed per gigabyte on top. No licence fee applies to the package. Pick a row in the installer by setting the cloudlet limits per node, or start small and let auto-scaling grow it. Price a different topology or a working-hours schedule in the PaaS pricing calculator; the PaaS page describes the billing model.
Why Teams Choose Node-RED
Visual integration
Wire devices, APIs and services together in the browser with immediate deployment.
IoT protocols
MQTT, HTTP, WebSocket, TCP/UDP, serial and Modbus nodes, plus a dashboard for live data.
Huge node library
Install community nodes from the palette manager for databases, messaging, cloud APIs and AI.
Cloud-hosted and always on
Runs in a MassiveGRID region near your devices with auto-scaling, snapshots and HTTPS.
How to Install Node-RED on MassiveGRID PaaS
Installing the package takes three steps and a few minutes of waiting. No servers to provision, no configuration files to edit.
Open the installer
Click Install with free trial or Install to my account. The MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard opens with the Node-RED package pre-selected, so nothing has to be copied or pasted.
Sign up or sign in
New to the platform? Sign up for the free 14-day trial, which needs no credit card. Existing customers sign in with their usual dashboard credentials.
Choose region and deploy
Name the environment, pick New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore, and confirm. The platform builds every Node-RED node, wires them together and hands you the live URL and credentials.
Who Runs Node-RED on PaaS
IoT data collection
Receiving telemetry over MQTT, transforming it and storing it in a database.
Home and building automation logic
Rules and dashboards for smart devices, hosted centrally.
Lightweight API integrations
Webhook receivers and glue logic between services for small teams.
Why Run Node-RED on MassiveGRID PaaS
Built for uptime. Node-RED runs on MassiveGRID's high-availability platform, where every environment is covered by a 100% uptime SLA. Nodes live on redundant hosts, storage is replicated, and failed containers are restarted or migrated automatically.
Pay for what you use. Billing is hourly and per cloudlet (128 MiB RAM plus 400 MHz CPU). Vertical auto-scaling adds and removes cloudlets as load changes, so a quiet Node-RED environment costs a few dollars a month and a busy one grows without a migration. Full details are on the PaaS page.
Your choice of jurisdiction. Deploy in New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore and keep data inside the region your users or regulators require. MassiveGRID is ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified and GDPR compliant, and has run hosting infrastructure since 2003.
No lock-in. The package is a standard Jelastic Packaging Standard (JPS) manifest. You keep root-level access to the containers, can export the manifest, and can move the workload to any other Jelastic-compatible platform or to your own servers at any time.
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