eToro Accelerates Deployments for Real-Time Apps with Koyeb
eToro is a trailblazing social investing platform that has reshaped the way individuals engage with the stock market. In 2022, eToro acquired Bullsheet, a startup specializing in portfolio management tools designed exclusively for eToro that enable users to analyze the diversification of their portfolio. Bullsheet recently migrated services from AWS to Koyeb for its seamless deployment experience on high-performance infrastructure.
With markets shifting by the second, real-time responses aren't just expected, they are crucial for staying ahead in the fast-paced financial landscape. The underlying infrastructure of eToro is the backbone that shoulders this immense responsibility, requiring not just reliability but exceptional performance. Handling the complex responsibilities of an expansive social investing platform is no small challenge — it requires an infrastructure that not only meets but exceeds the expectations of a user base relying on split-second decisions.
This is where Koyeb comes into play. By running workloads on the Koyeb Serverless Platform, eToro can deliver the performance and reliability that users expect. By offloading the burdens of infrastructure management, developers are free to concentrate their expertise on what truly matters: building the best features and an unparalleled experience for eToro's dynamic user base.
Challenges: High-performance infrastructure and faster deployments
For fast-moving development teams like Bullsheet, the ability to ship features quickly without worrying about infrastructure is crucial. The Bullsheet team needed a platform that could handle the heavy lifting: high-performance managed infrastructure, autoscaling, and continuous deployments, so they could focus on building innovative features rather than maintaining servers.
With Koyeb's GitHub integration, every code change could seamlessly go from development to production, ensuring a smooth and efficient workflow.
Beyond deployments, reliability was key. A high-availability setup ensured their application was always up and running, while a managed Postgres database removed the operational burden of scaling and securing critical data.
The Bullsheet team needed a managed deployment platform that offered:
- High-performance managed infrastructure
- High-availability
- Continuous deployments
- Autoscaling
- Edge network
- GitHub integration
- Managed Postgres Databases
Deploying Real-Time Services on High-Performance Infrastructure
One of the first services Bullsheet migrated to Koyeb was the "Popular Lists" feature in eToro’s dashboard. This service allows users to see trending stocks and assets in real time—critical for investors making data-driven decisions. Before Koyeb, ensuring low-latency updates and scalability was a challenge. But with Koyeb’s high-performance infrastructure, updates now propagate instantly, ensuring a seamless user experience.
Another key service migrated was the Calendar View, which highlights upcoming stock-related events for users. This tool provides investors with valuable insights, helping them anticipate market movements. With Koyeb, the Calendar View is now effortlessly deployed and updated, ensuring users always see the latest information without delays.
For the eToro development team, deployment friction is now a thing of the past. Thanks to Koyeb’s GitHub integration, launching a new version of these real-time services is as simple as pushing a commit—just like they would with Vercel, but now for backend applications.
I’m happy to finally see a Vercel for server apps! At eToro, we need reliable backend servers that do most of the heavy lifting for us. Since I'm a big fan of Vercel's deploy-on-branch-push concept, Koyeb was a no-brainer for me. Our whole stack now basically works in sync with GitHub, which is amazing.
Seamless Developer Experience: From Code to Production in Seconds
Deploying and managing backend services shouldn’t slow down innovation. With Koyeb, eToro’s developers eliminated the complexity of infrastructure management. Automated deployments, effortless scaling, and zero-downtime updates allow them to focus entirely on building great products.
Powerful Developer Tools Built for Productivity
Koyeb provides the modern developer toolkit eToro’s team needed:
- ✅ GitHub integration for seamless branch-based deployments
- ✅ Autoscaling to handle traffic spikes without manual intervention
- ✅ Managed Postgres for hassle-free database scaling and security
By removing operational headaches, Koyeb gives developers the freedom to iterate faster and deliver features with confidence.
Unmatched Performance and Reliability
Speed and uptime are non-negotiable for financial applications. Koyeb’s high-performance infrastructure ensures real-time services run smoothly, with:
- Ultra-low latency for instant updates
- Global edge network for optimal performance worldwide
- High availability so critical services stay up, even under heavy load
With Koyeb, eToro’s development team no longer worries about infrastructure—they just ship, iterate, and innovate.
Koyeb Features Highlighted
- 🗺️ Multi-region deployments
- 📈 Autoscaling
- 🌐 Edge network
- 🚀 Continuous deployments and GitHub integration
- 🔗 Custom domains
- 🐳 Deploy via a Dockerfile
- 🐘 Managed Postgres
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