Self-hosted Salesforce DevOps, in your own VPC
Pravix runs your entire Salesforce release pipeline — deployments, AI risk scoring, rollback, and access control — on infrastructure you own. Your metadata never leaves your network, and your costs never scale with seat count.
What is self-hosted Salesforce DevOps?
Self-hosted Salesforce DevOps means running your deployment and release-management tooling on infrastructure you control — your own cloud VPC, a VPS, or on-premise servers — rather than on a vendor's multi-tenant cloud.
The distinction matters most at one point in the pipeline: where your metadata is processed and stored. With a cloud DevOps tool, every deployment routes your org's metadata through the vendor's servers. With a self-hosted tool, that metadata is handled entirely inside your own network and talks to Salesforce directly over the Metadata API. For teams in regulated industries — finance, healthcare, government, defense — that difference is often the line between "approved" and "blocked by security."
Three reasons teams move release management in-house
Data residency & compliance
Your Salesforce metadata never transits or rests on a third-party SaaS platform. That removes a major obstacle in security reviews and keeps you aligned with data-residency obligations.
Cost decoupled from seats
Cloud DevOps tools price per seat, which punishes you for growing the team or onboarding consultants. Self-hosting ties cost to infrastructure, not headcount.
Full control of the pipeline
You decide the host, the network rules, the retention, and the upgrade cadence. No black-box processing, no waiting on a vendor's roadmap for the controls you need.
A complete release pipeline that runs on your infrastructure
Pravix deploys as Docker containers in your environment and connects straight to your orgs. Everything below runs in-network.
Org-to-org and Git-based pipelines
Model your environments and promote changes through them with a clear, auditable path from development to production.
Work organized as Stories
Group metadata changes into deployable units of work, so releases map to what the team actually shipped.
Know what's risky before you deploy
Each deployment is analyzed for risk so reviewers focus on what matters — and low-risk changes can move faster.
Recover from a bad release fast
Capture a snapshot before deploying and roll back when something goes wrong, instead of scrambling to rebuild by hand.
Built-in Apex code review
Static analysis runs inside the pipeline, catching code-quality and security issues before they reach production.
MFA, SAML SSO & RBAC
Enterprise authentication and role-based access control ship in the box, so self-hosting never means weaker security.
How self-hosted DevOps compares
Cloud tools like Gearset and Copado are mature and capable. The trade-off isn't features — it's where your data lives and how you pay for it.
| Pravix — self-hosted | Typical cloud DevOps tool | |
|---|---|---|
| Where metadata is processed | Your own VPC / VPS | Vendor's multi-tenant cloud |
| Data residency control | Full — you choose the host & region | Bound to the vendor's regions |
| Pricing model | Infrastructure-based | Per seat |
| AI risk analysis | Built in | Varies by tier |
| Snapshot rollback | Yes | Varies by tool |
| Auth (MFA / SAML / RBAC) | Included | Often higher tiers only |
| Best fit | Regulated, security-led & cost-conscious teams | Teams that prefer fully managed SaaS |
Self-hosted Salesforce DevOps FAQ
What is self-hosted Salesforce DevOps?
Where does my Salesforce metadata go when I use Pravix?
What infrastructure do I need to run Pravix?
How is this different from Gearset or Copado?
Does self-hosting mean I handle security myself?
Bring your Salesforce release pipeline in-house
Run a pilot of Pravix on your own infrastructure and see a full deployment — risk-scored, rollback-ready, and entirely in your network.
Self-hosted licensing — talk to us about pricing for your team.