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How we review

Knock or Ploi?

Price, integrations and Netherlands check side by side.

Knock

for freelancers and SMEs and large companies

Notification infrastructure to send email, SMS, push, Slack and in-app messages from your own app through one API.

Free plan
1 of 3 NL check
Ploi

for freelancers and SMEs

Server management for web developers, with installation, deployments, SSL and monitoring on your own VPS.

Free plan, paid from €8 /month
2 of 3 NL check

The differences

  • Ploi stores your data in the EU, Knock does not.
  • Ploi is a Dutch company, Knock is not.
  • Only Knock integrates with SendGrid, Postmark, Twilio, Slack, Segment, RudderStack, Hightouch and Census.
  • Only Ploi integrates with DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr, AWS EC2, UpCloud, Scaleway and Linode.

Side by side

Knock compared with Ploi
KnockPloi
PriceFree planFree plan, paid from €8/month
Data in the EU✕ No✓ Yes
Data processing agreement✓ YesUnknown
Company in the Netherlands✕ No✓ Yes
IntegrationsSendGrid, Postmark, Twilio, Slack, Segment, RudderStack, Hightouch, CensusDigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr, AWS EC2, UpCloud, Scaleway, Linode
Free trialNone5 days
Stackwijs verdictNo verdict yetNo verdict yet
User reviewsNo reviews yetNo reviews yet
For whomfreelancers, SMEs, large companiesfreelancers, SMEs

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Knock or Ploi: questions

What is the difference between Knock and Ploi?

Ploi stores your data in the EU, Knock does not. Ploi is a Dutch company, Knock is not. Only Knock integrates with SendGrid, Postmark, Twilio, Slack, Segment, RudderStack, Hightouch and Census. Only Ploi integrates with DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Vultr, AWS EC2, UpCloud, Scaleway and Linode.

Which one do you choose?

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Knock

Notification infrastructure to send email, SMS, push, Slack and in-app messages from your own app through one API.

Suits developers who do not want to build notifications by email, SMS, push and in-app themselves, with a generous free plan.

Price
Free plan
Try it
Free plan
NL check
1 of 3

Ploi

Server management for web developers, with installation, deployments, SSL and monitoring on your own VPS.

Suits web developers who want to manage their own VPS without configuring everything themselves, especially for Laravel and PHP sites.

Price
Free plan, paid from €8 /month
Try it
5 days free
NL check
2 of 3

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