Hosting · Updated 10 November 2026 · 8 min read

Best managed Docker hosting in Europe in 2026

Where a Dockerfile or image runs next to a managed Postgres in Europe: Sliplane, Clever Cloud, Zerops, Scaleway, Coolify on Hetzner, Upsun, Scalingo and Eurobase.

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If you want to push a Dockerfile and get a managed Postgres from the same European provider, start with Sliplane for a fixed price per server or Clever Cloud for per-second billing and ISO 27001. Zerops runs Docker images in VMs beside its own managed PostgreSQL, Scaleway Serverless Containers suits teams that already push images from CI, and Coolify on Hetzner is the low-cost route if you're happy to run the server yourself.

Docker hosting at a glance

Platform	Based in	Runs your Dockerfile	Takes a built image	Managed Postgres	Starts at
Sliplane	Berlin, Germany	Yes, from GitHub	Yes	From €19, excl. VAT	€9 per server, excl. VAT
Clever Cloud	France	Yes, from Git	Yes, through a Dockerfile	Yes	Free credits, then billed by the second
Zerops	Not stated	No, it pulls an image in a VM	Yes	Yes	Free project core, then resources by use
Scaleway Serverless Containers	France	No	Yes	Sold separately	Free monthly allowance, then billed by use
Coolify on Hetzner	Germany, with open-source Coolify	Yes, from Git	Yes	You run it yourself	Servers listed from €5.49 a month excl. VAT
Upsun	Paris, France	No	Some public images	Yes	€9 a project a month, plus users and resources
Scalingo	Strasbourg, France	Not documented	No	From €7.20 a month, excl. VAT	€7.20 a month for 256 MB, excl. VAT
Eurobase	Warsaw, Poland	No, it builds from source	No	No	Free, then €10 a month + VAT

Figures come from each provider's own pages, checked on 9 and 10 November 2026.

What to check before you pick one

Dockerfile or image. Some platforms build your Dockerfile on each push. Others only run a pushed image, so your CI does the build.
Where Postgres lives. Same provider means one network and one bill. A separate one means traffic over the internet and a second contract.
One container or several. Clever Cloud runs one container per instance, while Zerops and Coolify accept a Compose file.
How the bill moves. A fixed server price stays flat. Per-second billing follows traffic, up and down.

1. Sliplane

Sliplane detects your framework automatically, and it can also build from a Dockerfile or run a Docker image, with zero-downtime releases, logs and metrics. You rent a server and fit as many containers on it as its CPU and memory allow.

Best for: a few Docker services and one Postgres at a predictable price.
Price: servers from €9 for 1 vCPU, 1 GB of RAM and 20 GB of storage. Managed PostgreSQL starts at €19 for 1 vCPU, 1 GB of RAM and 10 GB of storage. Prices exclude VAT, and a demo server is free for 48 hours.
What it lacks: a free plan beyond the 48-hour demo. Its server locations include the US and Singapore as well as Europe, so check the one you pick.

2. Clever Cloud

Clever Cloud builds an image from the Dockerfile at the root of your repository and runs it as a container. Each instance is a virtual machine with its own Docker daemon. Your app has to listen on 0.0.0.0:8080 unless you set another port, and PostgreSQL, MySQL and Redis are available as managed add-ons. It runs its own datacenters in France and holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022.

Best for: companies that need a certification and a Postgres managed by the same team.
Price: billed by the second for what you use, with free credits for new accounts. Use its calculator for an estimate.
What it lacks: Docker Compose and FS Buckets for Docker apps.

3. Zerops

Zerops, run by Zerops s.r.o., puts the services of a project on one private network. Docker services run in full virtual machines: you pull a pinned image in prepareCommands and start it with docker run --network=host. Its PostgreSQL service is fully managed, with encrypted backups and optional high availability.

Best for: an image that needs a full VM, alongside a managed database in the same project.
Price: the Lightweight project core is free. Serious costs $10 a month. Resources are billed per minute, at $0.60 per shared CPU core, $3 per GB of RAM and $0.10 per GB of disk for 30 days. The pricing page doesn't say whether VAT is included.
What it lacks: fast scaling for Docker services. Its docs warn of slower boots and a VM restart on every resize. Its home page lists datacenters in Prague and the US, so pick Prague.

4. Scaleway Serverless Containers

Scaleway, a French cloud provider, runs any container image in Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw or Milan and scales from zero to 200 instances.

Best for: teams that already build images in CI and only want to pay while a container runs.
Price: 400,000 GB-s of memory and 200,000 vCPU-s free each month, then €0.20 per 100,000 GB-s and €1 per 100,000 vCPU-s. A managed database is a separate product.
What it lacks: a build from Git. You build, push and deploy the image yourself.

5. Coolify on Hetzner

Coolify is open-source software that builds a Dockerfile or a Docker Compose file from GitHub, GitLab, Gitea and other Git hosts on a server you own. It also creates PostgreSQL as a container, with scheduled backups to S3-compatible storage. Hetzner, a German host, rents the server.

Best for: a tight budget and a team that's comfortable on a Linux server.
Price: Hetzner's CPX02, with 1 AMD vCPU, 1 GB of RAM and 20 GB of NVMe, is listed at €5.49 a month excl. VAT in Helsinki and €6.49 in Falkenstein or Nuremberg, but Hetzner's cheapest plans showed as unavailable to order on 10 November 2026. Self-hosted Coolify is free. Coolify Cloud costs $5 a month for 2 servers, plus $3 for each extra one.
What it lacks: a managed database. Coolify's own docs say server security and restore tests stay your job.

6. Upsun

Upsun is the trading name of Platform.sh SAS, based in Paris, France. It builds apps from your repository with its language images and adds services such as PostgreSQL. It can also run a pre-built public Docker image as an app.

Best for: teams that mostly build from source and need one ready-made image on the side.
Price: €9 per project and €10 per user a month, plus resources billed by the second.
What it lacks: Dockerfile builds. Its regions run on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or OVHcloud, and the regions page names the provider behind each one.

7. Scalingo

Scalingo builds a container image from your code on each push and offers managed PostgreSQL, MySQL and more. An add-on lets you download that image to run elsewhere, in its osc-fr1 region only.

Best for: Heroku-style apps that need a managed database and don't depend on a Dockerfile.
Price: containers from €7.20 a month for 256 MB and PostgreSQL from €7.20 a month for 512 MB with 10 GB, both excl. VAT.
What it lacks: documented support for your own Dockerfile or image.

8. Eurobase

Eurobase is a partial fit for this question. It builds servers in Node.js, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, PHP and .NET from your Git repository with Paketo buildpacks, and runs each one as a container on Scaleway Serverless Containers that scales to zero when idle. Your Dockerfile isn't used, and there's no managed Postgres, so you'd connect a database from another provider through an environment variable.

Best for: apps that build from source without a custom Dockerfile, at a flat price for the workspace.
Price: a Free plan with 250 hours of container time a month, then €10 or €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.
What it lacks: Dockerfile builds, managed Postgres, MySQL or Redis, and preview deployments. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are in progress, not held.

How to choose

You want one fixed bill for containers and Postgres: Sliplane.
You need ISO 27001 and per-second billing: Clever Cloud.
Your image needs a full VM: Zerops.
Your CI already pushes images: Scaleway Serverless Containers.
You have time for a server and little budget: Coolify on Hetzner.
No Dockerfile needed: Scalingo for a managed database, Eurobase for a flat workspace price.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I host a Docker container with Postgres in the EU?

Sliplane, Clever Cloud and Zerops all run your container and sell a managed PostgreSQL. On Sliplane, choose a European server location. Scaleway runs containers and sells databases as a separate product.

What's the cheapest way to run Docker in Europe?

A Hetzner server with self-hosted Coolify is listed from €5.49 a month excl. VAT, but you look after the server and the database yourself. Among managed options, Sliplane starts at €9 excl. VAT.