European alternatives to Azure App Service in 2026

If your App Service app depends on a managed database, Clever Cloud and Upsun are close replacements: both build .NET and Java and host databases beside the app. Eurobase suits web apps and APIs that keep their data elsewhere, at a flat €10 or €20 a month for the workspace. Scalingo fits Java, Node.js, PHP and Python apps, while Scaleway and Sliplane suit teams that already ship custom containers.

Azure App Service alternatives at a glance

Platform	Company	Starts at	Builds .NET	Staging per branch
Clever Cloud	France	Free credits, then billed by the second	Yes	Not documented
Eurobase	Warsaw, Poland	Free, then €10 a month + VAT	Yes, with buildpacks	No
Upsun	Paris, France	€9 per project and €10 per user a month, plus resources	Yes	Yes, preview environments
Scalingo	Strasbourg, France	€7.20 a month for 256 MB, excl. VAT	Not on its language list	Yes, Review Apps
Scaleway Serverless Containers	France	Free tier, then billed by use	Any language in a container image	Not documented
Sliplane	Berlin, Germany	€9 per server, excl. VAT	From a Dockerfile or image	Not documented

For comparison, Microsoft's retail price list puts a Linux B1 instance in West Europe at €0.0162 an hour, about €11.83 over a 730-hour month. Prices are from each provider's own page, checked on 9 and 10 November 2026.

What to check before you leave App Service

• The company, not only the region. App Service runs in European Azure regions, and Microsoft's EU Data Boundary commits to storing and processing customer data inside the EU, with limited transfers it documents. The service is still sold by Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Washington. EU region vs EU company explains why that matters for some contracts.
• Your runtime. App Service supports .NET, Java, Node.js, Python and PHP on Windows and Linux, plus custom containers. Windows-only pieces such as COM components or registry access won't move to a Linux platform without changes.
• Deployment slots. On App Service, slots need the Standard, Premium or Isolated tier. If you swap a staging slot into production today, look for preview or review environments on the new host.
• Your database. If you use Azure SQL Database, moving to PostgreSQL or MySQL is a project of its own. Plan it before you move the app.
• Idle cost. On Basic and higher tiers, Azure charges for every VM instance in the plan, however quiet your app is. Some hosts below scale to zero instead, and the first request after a quiet spell waits for the app to start.

1. Clever Cloud

Clever Cloud, a French company, builds and restarts your app each time you push to Git. Its docs have runtime guides for .NET, Java, Node.js and Bun, PHP, Python, Go, Ruby and Docker, and PostgreSQL, MySQL and Redis come as managed add-ons. The machines sit in French datacentres the company operates, under an ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certificate.

• Best for: .NET or Java teams that want the app and its database with one French provider.
• Price: resources are billed by the second, and new accounts get free credits with no payment card.
• What it lacks: a set monthly price. The bill follows what you run, and the calculator on its pricing page gives you the estimate.

2. Eurobase

Eurobase pulls your code from GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Forgejo or Gitea. Servers in .NET, Java, Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby and PHP are built with Paketo buildpacks and run as containers that scale to zero, and frontend frameworks such as Next.js and Astro run on V8 isolates. A new deployment goes live only after its health path answers, so a failed release leaves the previous one serving. A coding agent can ship a release for you through the Eurobase MCP server or the CLI.

• Best for: web apps and APIs with their data in a separate database, at one price for the workspace.
• Price: a Free plan, then Starter at €10 and Pro at €20 a month + VAT, with no price per seat. 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: registered in Warsaw, Poland. Your apps are hosted on European infrastructure run by Scaleway, a French provider.
• What it lacks: deployment slots or preview deployments, managed SQL databases or Redis, and Dockerfile builds. Work towards ISO 27001 and SOC 2 has started, but neither certificate is held.

Read Containers and static sites for build and runtime limits, and Plans and limits for sizes.

3. Upsun

Upsun is the name Platform.sh SAS, of Paris, trades under. It supports C# and .NET Core alongside Java, Node.js, PHP, Python and others, and the project fee includes on-demand preview environments, each holding the app and the services it needs to run. Single sign-on through Microsoft Entra ID comes with its paid Advanced user management add-on.

• Best for: teams that rely on staging slots and want a full copy of the stack per branch.
• Price: €9 a month for each project and €10 a month for each user, with resources charged by the second.
• What it lacks: independence from US clouds in every region. Each region sits on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or OVHcloud, and Upsun's region list shows which.

4. Scalingo

Scalingo is a Strasbourg platform in the Heroku style, certified to ISO 27001, with a SecNumCloud region on Outscale. Java with Spring Boot or a .war archive, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby and Go are all on its language list. Review Apps spin up a temporary copy of your app for every pull or merge request.

• Best for: Java, PHP or Python apps that need a managed database and a French host.
• Price: €7.20 a month excl. VAT buys a 256 MB container, or €8.64 in the SecNumCloud region. Postgres starts at €7.20 a month excl. VAT for 512 MB and 10 GB, and you can try it all free for 30 days.
• What it lacks: .NET on its language list.

5. Scaleway Serverless Containers

Serverless Containers, from the French cloud provider Scaleway, take any image you build and run it in Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw or Milan, from zero instances up to 200.

• Best for: teams that deploy App Service custom containers and want to pay by use.
• Price: each month includes 400,000 GB-s of memory and 200,000 vCPU-s; past that, it's €0.20 per 100,000 GB-s and €1 per 100,000 vCPU-s.
• What it lacks: building straight from your repository. Producing the image and setting up the pipeline is your job.

6. Sliplane

Sliplane is a Berlin service that runs Docker containers on a server you rent through it. It detects your framework, or builds from a Dockerfile, or runs an existing image, and you can place as many services on the server as fit.

• Best for: several small containerised services at a fixed price.
• Price: the Starter server is €9 for 1 vCPU, 1 GB of RAM and 20 GB of storage, and managed Postgres starts at €19, both excl. VAT.

How to choose

• Pick Clever Cloud for .NET or Java with a managed database and a fully French provider.
• Pick Eurobase when the app is a web front end or an API and a flat workspace price matters more than slots.
• Pick Upsun if staging environments per branch are part of how you release.
• Pick Scalingo for Java, PHP or Python with a database and a sovereign-cloud option.
• Pick Scaleway or Sliplane if you already build container images.

Moving an app off App Service

1. Export the app settings and connection strings from the portal, and note which ones are secrets.
2. Check the runtime and version against the new host's supported list.
3. Move the database first, or point the new app at the current one during the switch.
4. Deploy to the new host's default address and test the main user paths.
5. Point your domain at the new host, then delete the App Service plan, since Azure keeps charging for its instances until you do.

For more European platforms, see the best European PaaS and Docker hosting in Europe.

Frequently asked questions

Is Azure App Service GDPR compliant if I pick a European region?

The region keeps your app in Europe, and Microsoft's EU Data Boundary limits where customer data is stored and processed, apart from transfers it lists. Microsoft Corporation is still a US company, so if a contract asks for an EU provider, a European region doesn't settle it.

Where can I host an ASP.NET Core app in Europe without Azure?

Clever Cloud, Upsun and Eurobase all build .NET apps from your repository. Scaleway and Sliplane run it as a container you package yourself. .NET hosting in Europe compares them for ASP.NET Core in more depth.

What replaces deployment slots on a European platform?

Upsun gives every project on-demand preview environments, and Scalingo creates a Review App for each pull or merge request. Eurobase doesn't offer staging slots, though a release that fails its health check doesn't replace the one that's live.

Is there a free European alternative to App Service?

Eurobase has a Free plan with hard limits, Clever Cloud gives free credits, and Scaleway has a monthly free allowance. Azure's own F1 tier is meant for trials, with 60 CPU minutes a day, no SLA and no support for production use.

Can I keep using Azure SQL Database after moving the app?

You can during a migration if the new host can reach it over the network. Over time, keeping the database and the app with the same provider avoids cross-cloud latency and a second bill.

Sources

• Azure App Service overview, App Service plans and deployment slots
• Azure App Service on Linux pricing and Azure retail prices API
• Microsoft EU Data Boundary and Microsoft terms of use
• Clever Cloud .NET runtime and Clever Cloud pricing
• Upsun pricing, Upsun languages and Upsun regions
• Scalingo pricing, Scalingo languages and Scalingo Review Apps
• Scaleway Serverless Containers and Scaleway serverless pricing
• Sliplane pricing
• Eurobase pricing, Eurobase containers, Eurobase plans and Eurobase subprocessors