Sankofa Deployvs Shorebird

Sankofa Deploy vs Shorebird

Shorebird pioneered Flutter code-push by patching the Flutter engine to apply Dart updates over the air. Sankofa Deploy ships the same outcome — Flutter and React Native OTA bundles — bonded to feature flags and crash auto-rollback, with a single SDK contract across mobile platforms.

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Sankofa Deploy vs Shorebird — feature by feature

Feature
Sankofa Deploy
Shorebird
Flutter OTA
Yes — engine integration (private beta today)
Yes — Shorebird's flagship strength
React Native OTA
Yes — generally available
Not in scope
Feature-flag gate per release
Native via Switch
Not in scope
Auto-rollback on crash
Two-crash rule + Catch alert halt
Manual revert from dashboard
Bonded analytics + crash monitoring
First-party Analytics + Catch
Third-party integration
Self-hosting
Yes — same binary as cloud
Limited — enterprise only
Pricing
Free tier + per-tier paid plans
Per-patch usage pricing

Comparison based on each vendor's public pricing pages and documentation. We do not fabricate competitor limitations — if something is wrong, write to [email protected] and we will fix it.

Why teams switch

Reasons teams move from Shorebird to Sankofa.

Migration: Sankofa Flutter OTA support is in private beta — replace `package:shorebird_code_push` with `package:sankofa_flutter` (which bundles Deploy alongside Switch, Config, Catch, and Pulse) and update CI to call `sankofa patch ios / android` instead of `shorebird patch`. React Native OTA is generally available today.
Frequently asked

Sankofa vs Shorebird, answered.

Is Sankofa Deploy mature enough for Flutter OTA today?

React Native OTA is generally available and runs in production. Flutter OTA is in private beta with select customers — the engine integration is stable, but we're scaling the cohort of customers carefully. Reach out to sales if Flutter is the priority and we'll size up the beta slot.

How does the bonded loop work in practice?

When a new release ships, Catch watches the error rate against the rollout cohort. If errors exceed the threshold, the rollout pauses globally — every device on the bad bundle reverts on next `checkForUpdate`. Shorebird requires you to run separate Sentry alerts and trigger the rollback by hand.

Can I self-host Sankofa Deploy the way I can't self-host Shorebird Cloud?

Yes. The OTA control plane is part of the standard Sankofa binary. Customers running Sankofa on their own Kubernetes cluster get the OTA service too — same dashboard, same SDKs.

How does pricing compare to Shorebird?

Shorebird charges per OTA patch above a free allowance. Sankofa Deploy charges per-tier with no per-patch overages. Bundle with Switch and Catch for the platform discount.

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Same SDK contract on every platform. Self-host or use Sankofa Cloud — your call.

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