Hosting · Updated 10 November 2026 · 8 min read

European alternatives to AWS App Runner in 2026

App Runner no longer takes new customers. Five European platforms that turn a repository or a container image into a running web service, with prices and gaps.

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If you used App Runner to run a container image, Scaleway Serverless Containers is a close match: you push an image, it scales from zero, and you pay by use. If you used it to build straight from source, Clever Cloud builds from a Git push or a Dockerfile, and Eurobase builds servers with buildpacks and framework apps with Wrangler for a flat €10 or €20 a month. Scalingo fits Heroku-style apps that need ISO 27001, and Sliplane runs Docker services on a server you rent at a fixed price.

Why people are looking now

AWS's own documentation says App Runner is no longer open to new customers. Existing customers can keep using it, including creating new services, but AWS says it doesn't plan new features and points new users to Amazon ECS Express Mode instead. ECS Express Mode deploys a container image only, so a service that App Runner built from source needs its own image build step first.

App Runner has European regions in Frankfurt, Ireland, London and Paris. Those are regions of a US company, though, which isn't the same as a European provider. The difference is explained in EU region vs EU company.

App Runner and its European alternatives at a glance

Platform	Company	Deploys from	When idle	Starts at
AWS App Runner	United States	Source code or container image	Keeps 1 instance's memory provisioned by default	$0.007 per GB-hour and $0.064 per vCPU-hour in Ireland
Scaleway Serverless Containers	France	Container image you build	Scales to zero	Monthly free allowance, then by use
Clever Cloud	France	Git push or a Dockerfile	Not documented	Free credits, then by instance size
Eurobase	Warsaw, Poland	Git push, built with buildpacks	Scales to zero	Free, then €10 a month + VAT
Scalingo	Strasbourg, France	Git push	Containers never sleep	€7.20 a month for 256 MB, excl. VAT
Sliplane	Berlin, Germany	GitHub, a Dockerfile or an image	Runs on your rented server	€9 per server, excl. VAT

Prices are from each provider's own page, checked on 9 and 10 November 2026.

What to check before you replace App Runner

Source or image. App Runner did both. Write down which one your service uses today, because Scaleway only runs images and Eurobase only builds from source.
Cold starts. App Runner keeps a provisioned instance warm, so the first request after a quiet hour is fast. Platforms that scale to zero save money while idle, but that first request waits for your app to boot.
Spend control. App Runner lets you cap the number of active instances. Check what the new host offers: an instance limit, a spending cap or a flat plan that refuses work at its limit.
Database. App Runner doesn't include a database, so yours already lives in another service. Decide whether the database moves too, and to whom.
Port and health check. Note the port, health path and environment variables of your App Runner service. You'll set the same three things on any of these platforms.

1. Scaleway Serverless Containers

Scaleway, a cloud provider from France, offers Serverless Containers in Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Milan. You hand it an image in any language and it adds instances as traffic grows, up to 200, then removes them all when requests stop. That mirrors App Runner's image mode, minus the instance kept warm.

Best for: teams whose CI already pushes images to a registry.
Price: the first 400,000 GB-s of memory and 200,000 vCPU-s in a month cost nothing. Beyond that, memory is €0.20 and vCPU €1 for every further 100,000 seconds.
What it lacks: App Runner's source mode. You build and push the image yourself.

2. Clever Cloud

Clever Cloud comes from France and says it operates its own datacenters there, with further regions in Europe and abroad run alongside partners such as OVHcloud and Scaleway. A Git push deploys your app; for Docker apps it builds the Dockerfile in your repository on each commit, and that Dockerfile can be a single line starting from an image your CI already built. Its pricing page describes auto-scalability where you choose the resources and set the most you're willing to pay if traffic grows. Its ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate is listed on its homepage.

Best for: App Runner source services that need a certified European host and managed add-ons such as PostgreSQL.
Price: by instance size and number of instances, billed by the second, with free credits for new accounts.
What it lacks: a fixed monthly figure you can quote before the app runs. Some of its regions are outside Europe, so choose a European one.

3. Eurobase

Eurobase takes the source half of App Runner. It builds Node.js, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, PHP and .NET servers from GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Forgejo or Gitea with Paketo buildpacks, and runs each one as a container that scales to zero when no traffic arrives. A deployment only goes live after your health path answers, otherwise the previous one keeps serving. Next.js, Astro, Nuxt and similar frameworks run on V8 isolates instead. Coding agents can create and deploy projects through its MCP server and CLI.

Best for: source-built App Runner services that should stay in Europe at a predictable price for the whole workspace.
Price: a Free plan with 250 hours of container time a month, then Starter at €10 and Pro at €20 a month + VAT. There are no usage charges today: work over a limit is refused, apps on V8 isolates and Functions stop until the monthly reset, and containers and static sites keep serving.
Company: a business registered in Warsaw, Poland, on European infrastructure run by Scaleway, a French provider.
What it lacks: Dockerfile builds and running a ready-made image, so an image-only App Runner service doesn't fit. There's no managed Postgres, MySQL or Redis and no preview deployments, and the ISO 27001 and SOC 2 work isn't finished yet.

4. Scalingo

Scalingo is a Git-push platform based in Strasbourg, built around buildpacks in the Heroku style. Its pricing page says containers never sleep, so there's no cold start, and it sells managed databases alongside. It holds ISO 27001 and offers a SecNumCloud region on Outscale.

Best for: source-built services that want a database from the same European company.
Price: a 256 MB container costs €7.20 a month excl. VAT, or €8.64 in the SecNumCloud region. The smallest PostgreSQL is €7.20 a month excl. VAT for 512 MB and 10 GB. There's a 30-day free trial.

5. Sliplane

Sliplane, based in Berlin, detects your framework automatically and can also build from a Dockerfile or run a Docker image. Billing is per server, not per request: every service you deploy shares the CPU and memory of the machine you chose.

Best for: a few always-on Docker services at a known price.
Price: the Starter server, with 1 vCPU, 1 GB of RAM and 20 GB of storage, costs €9. Managed PostgreSQL starts at €19. Prices exclude VAT.
What it lacks: request-based scaling like App Runner's. Capacity is the server you pick, and some server locations are outside Europe.

How to move an App Runner service

Open the service in the App Runner console and copy the image or repository, port, start command, health check path and environment variables.
Pick the alternative that matches the source type: an image goes to Scaleway, Sliplane, or Clever Cloud through a one-line Dockerfile, and source code goes to Clever Cloud, Eurobase or Scalingo.
Create the service there with the same port and variables, and check it on its default address.
Move the database if it's leaving AWS, and give the new service its connection string.
Point your custom domain at the new service, watch it for a day, then pause and delete the App Runner service.

The Node.js server guide and container docs show the Eurobase side of steps 3 and 4.

Frequently asked questions

Is AWS App Runner being discontinued?

AWS hasn't announced an end date. Its documentation says the service is closed to new customers, existing customers can keep using it, and no new features are planned. AWS recommends ECS Express Mode for new work.

What's the closest European equivalent to App Runner?

For container images, Scaleway Serverless Containers: push an image and it scales by traffic, billed by use. For source code, Clever Cloud and Eurobase both build from a Git push, with Clever Cloud billing by the second and Eurobase charging a flat monthly plan.

Can I keep using App Runner in an EU region instead?

You can if you're an existing customer, in Frankfurt, Ireland, London or Paris. Your data stays in that region, but the provider is still a US company. If your contract asks for a European provider, see EU region vs EU company.

Which alternative avoids cold starts?

Scalingo says its containers never sleep, and a Sliplane server stays on. Scaleway Serverless Containers and Eurobase containers scale to zero, so the first request after a quiet spell waits for the app to start.