# Where a European startup should host its web app in 2026

Last updated: 2026-11-10

For a prototype or a frontend-heavy product, **Eurobase** gets a Next.js, Astro or Nuxt app live from Git with a Free plan and a flat €10 or €20 a month after that. When your app needs a managed Postgres and a customer asks for ISO 27001, **Scalingo** and **Clever Cloud** are the safer picks, and Scalingo's startup program covers up to €1,800 of hosting. **OVHcloud** and **Scaleway** fit teams that build their own containers or servers and want cloud credits, and **Hetzner** fits a founder who can run a server and wants the smallest bill.

## Startup hosting options at a glance

| Platform | Company | Starts at | Startup credits on an official page | Managed Postgres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurobase | Warsaw, Poland | Free, then €10 a month + VAT | None | No |
| Scalingo | Strasbourg, France | €7.20 a month for a 256 MB container, excl. VAT | Up to €1,800 over 9 months | Yes, from €7.20 a month |
| Clever Cloud | France | Free credits, then by instance size | More credits through a startup program, by contacting sales | Yes |
| Scaleway | France | Free tier, then billed by use | A startup program is listed, amounts not stated | Sold separately |
| OVHcloud | France | VPS from €3.81 a month, excl. VAT | €10,000 for startups, up to €100,000 for scaleups | Sold separately |
| Hetzner | Germany | Listed from €5.49 a month excl. VAT, cheapest plans unavailable to order on 10 November 2026 | None | No |

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

## What to check before you pick

- **Who you sell to.** A consumer app in Poland and a B2B tool for German hospitals have very different contract questions. Find out early whether your buyers will ask for ISO 27001, HDS or a data processing agreement.
- **Where the company sits, not only the region.** Every option here is a European business. Read [EU region vs EU company](/i/eu-region-vs-eu-company-cloud-act) for why that matters when a buyer asks about the CLOUD Act.
- **Who keeps it running.** A PaaS handles updates, TLS and restarts. A server or VPS is cheaper, but patches, backups and uptime become your job.
- **How the bill behaves under load.** Flat plans refuse work at a limit. Usage billing keeps serving and charges you. Decide which of the two your runway can absorb.
- **What happens when credits end.** Credit programs run for months, not years. Price the stack you'll pay for in month 13.

## 1. Eurobase

Eurobase is a business registered in Warsaw, Poland, and its infrastructure is operated by Scaleway, a French provider. It deploys from GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Forgejo or Gitea. Frameworks run on V8 isolates as Workers, and servers in Node.js, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, PHP and .NET run as [containers](/docs/containers). Coding agents can deploy through its [MCP server and CLI](/docs/agents).

- **Best for:** prototypes and early products built on Next.js, Astro, Nuxt, SvelteKit or a small API, where a fixed monthly bill matters.
- **Price:** a Free plan with 2 projects, then €10 or €20 a month + VAT for the whole workspace, with no charge per member. There are no usage charges today. Over a limit, Workers and Functions stop until the monthly reset, and containers and static sites keep serving.
- **What it lacks:** preview deployments, managed Postgres, MySQL or Redis, and Dockerfile builds. Its ISO 27001 and SOC 2 audits are under way, with neither certificate held yet. GitHub and GitLab Inc. become US subprocessors when you connect them, so use Codeberg if that matters to a buyer.

## 2. Scalingo

A Heroku-style platform run from Strasbourg. Its startup page says data is hosted in certified datacenters in Paris, and its home page states ISO 27001 certification, an HDS option and a SecNumCloud region on Outscale.

- **Best for:** a full app with a database that will soon face security questionnaires from French or German customers.
- **Price:** containers from €7.20 a month for 256 MB and databases from €7.20 a month, excl. VAT. The [startup program](https://scalingo.com/startup-program) gives up to €200 a month for the first 9 months, €1,800 in total.
- **What it lacks:** one price for the whole app. Each container and database adds a line to the bill.

## 3. Clever Cloud

A French platform that deploys from Git without a Dockerfile. It says it operates its own datacenters in France and is certified ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and for HDS.

- **Best for:** teams that need many languages and managed add-ons, and expect compliance requests soon.
- **Price:** free credits at sign-up with no card, then by instance size and count. Its pricing page mentions startup and enterprise programs for more credits, through sales.
- **What it lacks:** a flat monthly plan, so model your costs in its calculator.

## 4. Scaleway

Scaleway is a French cloud. Its Serverless Containers run in Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Milan and scale from zero.

- **Best for:** teams that already build container images and want to pay only for what 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 €1.00 per 100,000 vCPU-s. Scaleway lists a [startup program](https://www.scaleway.com/en/startup-program/). Check the current credit amount on that page before you count on it.
- **What it lacks:** a push-to-deploy workflow. You build and ship the image yourself.

## 5. OVHcloud

OVHcloud, run by OVH SAS in France, sells VPS, Public Cloud and managed databases. Its Public Cloud regions include Paris and Milan with three availability zones each, plus Gravelines, Roubaix, Strasbourg, Limburg near Frankfurt and Warsaw. That puts a region in all four countries this page covers.

- **Best for:** startups that want infrastructure close to German, French, Italian or Polish users and a large credit grant.
- **Price:** VPS from €3.81 a month for 2 vCores and 4 GB of RAM, excl. VAT. The [OVHcloud Startup Program](https://startup.ovhcloud.com/en/) offers €10,000 of credits and 6 hours of engineer time for 12 months, and up to €100,000 and 20 hours for scaleups.
- **What it lacks:** a Git-to-production platform for a small team. You assemble servers, containers and databases yourself.

## 6. Hetzner

A German host with cloud servers in Falkenstein, Nuremberg and Helsinki, plus locations in the US and Singapore.

- **Best for:** a technical founder who can run a server, often with an open-source panel such as Coolify, and wants the smallest bill.
- **Price:** cloud servers listed from €5.49 a month excl. VAT for the CPX02 in Helsinki, or €6.49 in Falkenstein or Nuremberg. On 10 November 2026 its cheapest plans showed as unavailable to order.
- **What it lacks:** a startup program on its cloud page, and any managed layer. Updates, backups and recovery are on you. Choose a German or Finnish location if you need data in the EU.

## What to choose at each stage

1. **Prototype, no customers yet.** Use the Eurobase Free plan or Hetzner. Ship from Git, keep the database small, and don't spend a week on infrastructure. If you need Postgres from day one, start on Scalingo or Clever Cloud instead.
2. **First paying customers.** Move to a paid plan where the bill is predictable: Eurobase at €10 a month for frontend and API work, or Scalingo or Clever Cloud for an app built around a managed database. Apply for Scalingo's or OVHcloud's program now, while you still meet the startup criteria.
3. **First compliance request.** When a buyer sends a security questionnaire or asks for ISO 27001 or HDS, use a provider that holds the certificate today: Scalingo or Clever Cloud. Keep your marketing site and frontend wherever they already run well.
4. **Growth and your own platform team.** Containers on Scaleway or OVHcloud Public Cloud give you more control, and the larger OVHcloud credit grant helps here.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which European cloud gives startups free credits?

On their own pages, OVHcloud offers €10,000 for startups and up to €100,000 for scaleups over 12 months, and Scalingo offers up to €1,800 over 9 months. Clever Cloud gives sign-up credits and more through its programs. Scaleway lists a startup program too.

### Do I have to host in my own country?

GDPR doesn't require data to stay in Germany, France, Italy or Poland. It cares about how you protect data and whether it leaves the EU. Some buyers and sectors, such as French health data under HDS, add their own rules, so read the contract.

### Is Hetzner enough for a startup?

For a technical team, it can be. Its list price starts at €5.49 a month excl. VAT, though the cheapest plans couldn't be ordered on 10 November 2026. The real cost is your time: security patches, backups and on-call are yours, and that time competes with building the product.

### Can I start on Eurobase and move later?

Yes. Your code stays in your Git repository, and frameworks deploy as standard builds. If you later need a managed database or certifications Eurobase doesn't hold yet, you can keep the frontend on Eurobase and run the database elsewhere, or move the whole app.

## Sources

- [Eurobase pricing](/pricing), [Eurobase plans](/docs/plans) and [Eurobase subprocessors](/legal/subprocessors)
- [Scalingo](https://scalingo.com/), [Scalingo pricing](https://scalingo.com/pricing) and [Scalingo Startup Program](https://scalingo.com/startup-program)
- [Clever Cloud](https://www.clever.cloud/) and [Clever Cloud pricing](https://www.clever.cloud/pricing/)
- [Scaleway Serverless Containers](https://www.scaleway.com/en/serverless-containers/), [Scaleway serverless pricing](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/serverless/) and [Scaleway Startup Program](https://www.scaleway.com/en/startup-program/)
- [OVHcloud Startup Program](https://startup.ovhcloud.com/en/), [OVHcloud Public Cloud regions](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/regions-availability/), [OVHcloud VPS](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/vps/) and [OVHcloud infrastructure](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/about-us/global-infrastructure/)
- [Hetzner Cloud](https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/)