# Where to host a web app in France in 2026

Last updated: 2026-11-10

If your app has to run on servers in France, the easiest routes are **Clever Cloud** and **Scalingo**, two French platforms that deploy from Git into French datacentres and also sell managed databases. **Scaleway** and **OVHcloud** fit teams that want French cloud regions and are happy to build containers or run servers. **Upsun** has two French regions, one on OVHcloud and one on Azure. If any EU location is acceptable, **Eurobase** is a flat-price option on European infrastructure.

First check whether your contract says "France", "the EU" or "a French company", because each one leads to a different shortlist.

## French hosting options at a glance

| Platform | Company | Where your app runs in France | Starts at | Fits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clever Cloud | France | Its own datacentres, five availability zones in the Paris region | Free credits, then billed by the second | Git deploys with managed databases and certifications |
| Scalingo | Strasbourg, France | Paris, on Outscale | €7.20 a month for 256 MB, excl. VAT | Heroku-style apps and SecNumCloud needs |
| Scaleway | France | Paris region | Free tier, then billed by use | Containers you build yourself |
| OVHcloud | Roubaix, France | Strasbourg, Gravelines, Roubaix, Paris | VPS from €3.81 a month excl. VAT | Teams that run their own servers |
| Upsun | Paris, France | Gravelines on OVH, Paris on Azure | €9 per project + €10 per user a month, plus resources | Preview environments with per-second billing |
| Eurobase | Warsaw, Poland | EU only, no choice of country | Free, then €10 a month + VAT | Apps where any EU location is enough |

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

## What to check before you pick a French host

- **Country or bloc.** "Hosted in France" and "hosted in the EU" are different promises. If a customer or regulator asks for France, make sure you can choose a French region and that backups stay there too.
- **The owner of the hardware.** A French platform can rent its servers from another company, and a French region can belong to a US cloud. Read the subprocessor list and the region page, not the homepage.
- **Sector rules.** Health data in France needs an HDS-certified host, and some public buyers ask for SecNumCloud. Both are covered in [HDS certification](/i/hds-certified-hosting-france) and [SecNumCloud explained](/i/secnumcloud-explained).
- **Database location.** App servers in Paris don't place your database or object storage there too. Check every service you add.
- **How the bill grows.** Per-second and per-resource billing follows traffic; a fixed plan refuses work at its limit instead. Pick the behaviour your budget can live with.

## 1. Clever Cloud

Clever Cloud is a French platform that deploys your code on each Git push and runs it in datacentres it operates itself in France. In October 2026 it announced five availability zones in the Paris region, adding sites at ETIX and Telehouse. Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL and Redis sit in the same catalogue as app hosting, and the company is certified ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and HDS.

- **Best for:** companies that want app servers, databases and certificates from one French provider.
- **Price:** by instance size and count, billed by the second. You get free credits on sign-up with no payment card.
- **What it lacks:** a set monthly figure. The bill follows the size and number of instances, so you estimate it with its calculator.

## 2. Scalingo

Scalingo SAS, registered in Strasbourg, built its platform in the Heroku mould. Its two public regions are both in Paris and both run on 3DS Outscale: `osc-fr1` for general use and `osc-secnum-fr1`, a SecNumCloud region available on request through support. Its homepage states ISO 27001 certification.

- **Best for:** teams moving a Heroku-style app, or French public and regulated work that needs a SecNumCloud base.
- **Price:** a 256 MB container is €7.20 a month excl. VAT, or €8.64 in the SecNumCloud region. The smallest Postgres, 512 MB with 10 GB, has the same two prices. There's a 30-day free trial.
- **What it lacks:** a single price per app. Each container and each database adds its own line to the bill.

## 3. Scaleway

Scaleway, a French cloud company, offers Paris as one of four regions, next to Amsterdam, Warsaw and Milan. Its Serverless Containers run any image you push and scale from zero to 200 instances, so you can pin an app to the Paris region.

- **Best for:** developers who already ship container images and want to pay only for what runs.
- **Price:** each month includes 400,000 GB-s of memory and 200,000 vCPU-s, then €0.20 per 100,000 GB-s and €1 per 100,000 vCPU-s.
- **What it lacks:** a Git-to-production flow out of the box. You build the image and set up the pipeline.

## 4. OVHcloud

OVHcloud is a French infrastructure company registered in Roubaix. Its Public Cloud lists four French locations: Strasbourg, Gravelines, Roubaix and a three-zone Paris region. It sells virtual machines, managed Kubernetes and managed databases rather than a push-to-deploy platform.

- **Best for:** teams comfortable running their own servers or Kubernetes, and those who need several French sites.
- **Price:** VPS-1, with 2 vCores, 4 GB RAM and 40 GB NVMe, is listed from €3.81 a month excl. VAT. Confirm a French location is offered for the plan you order.
- **What it lacks:** Git deploys without your own setup. Patching and scaling are yours, and the included daily backup keeps only the previous 24 hours.

## 5. Upsun

Behind the Upsun name is Platform.sh SAS, a Paris company. It runs regions on several clouds and names the provider for each on its [regions page](https://docs.upsun.com/development/regions.html). The two French regions are `fr-3` in Gravelines on OVH and `fr-4` in Paris on Azure, so the choice decides whether a US cloud sits under your app.

- **Best for:** teams that want preview environments on demand and can live with per-second resource billing.
- **Price:** €9 per project and €10 per user a month, plus the resources you use. A 15-day free trial is offered.
- **What it lacks:** a simple flat bill, because resources are priced on top of the project and user fees.

## 6. Eurobase

Eurobase builds each push from a repository on GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Forgejo or Gitea. Frontend frameworks such as Next.js, Astro and Nuxt go onto V8 isolates, while Node.js, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, PHP and .NET servers get a container. It's a Polish business, registered in Warsaw, and apps run on European infrastructure run by Scaleway, a French provider. You can't choose France as a country, so it's a partial answer to this question: it fits when your requirement is "in the EU", not "in France".

- **Best for:** frontend and full-stack apps, shipped by you or a coding agent through the MCP server and CLI, when the EU is enough.
- **Price:** Free to start; paid plans are €10 or €20 a month + VAT, covering every project in the workspace. 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:** a way to keep an app in France only, preview deployments, Dockerfile builds, and managed Postgres, MySQL or Redis. It doesn't hold ISO 27001 or SOC 2 yet; both are in progress.

## What about US clouds with a Paris region?

Vercel lists a Paris compute region, `cdg1`, with `eu-west-3` as its reference. Your code can run in France that way, but Vercel is a US company. If your buyer asks for a French or European provider rather than a French location, a Paris region doesn't meet it. The difference is covered in [EU region vs EU company](/i/eu-region-vs-eu-company-cloud-act).

## How to choose

1. **France is written into the contract:** Clever Cloud or Scalingo for a managed platform, Scaleway or OVHcloud if you run containers or servers yourself.
2. **You need SecNumCloud:** Scalingo's `osc-secnum-fr1` region, or a qualified service from the [SecNumCloud list](/i/secnumcloud-explained).
3. **You handle health data:** only a host with HDS certification. Start with [HDS certification](/i/hds-certified-hosting-france).
4. **You need EU, not specifically France:** Eurobase, or one of the [European PaaS options](/i/best-european-paas).
5. **The lowest bill matters most:** an OVHcloud VPS, if you can spend the time running it.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is there a French alternative to Heroku?

Yes. Scalingo was built in the Heroku style and runs in Paris, and Clever Cloud also deploys on Git push from its own French datacentres. Both offer managed Postgres.

### Can I host a Next.js app in France?

Yes. Scalingo supports Next.js on its Paris regions, and you can run Next.js as a container on Scaleway in Paris or on a server at OVHcloud. Eurobase runs Next.js on V8 isolates in the EU, but it doesn't let you pick France.

### Is hosting in France required by GDPR?

No. GDPR treats every country in the EU and EEA the same way. A French location is needed only when a contract, a sector rule such as HDS, or a public buyer's tender asks for it.

### Which French host has a free option?

Clever Cloud gives free credits at sign-up, Scaleway includes a monthly free tier on Serverless Containers, Scalingo has a 30-day trial and Upsun a 15-day trial. Eurobase has a Free plan, though it isn't limited to France.

### Does a French platform keep my data out of US hands?

It depends on who owns the servers underneath. Clever Cloud runs its own datacentres, Scalingo runs on Outscale, a Dassault Systèmes subsidiary, and one of Upsun's French regions runs on Azure. Read each subprocessor list before you decide.

## Sources

- [Clever Cloud](https://www.clever.cloud/) and [Clever Cloud pricing](https://www.clever.cloud/pricing/)
- [Scalingo](https://scalingo.com/), [Scalingo regions](https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/internals/regions), [Scalingo pricing](https://scalingo.com/pricing) and [Scalingo Next.js docs](https://doc.scalingo.com/languages/javascript/nodejs/nextjs)
- [Scaleway Serverless Containers](https://www.scaleway.com/en/serverless-containers/) and [Scaleway serverless pricing](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/serverless/)
- [OVHcloud Public Cloud regions](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/regions-availability/) and [OVHcloud VPS](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-ie/vps/)
- [Upsun regions](https://docs.upsun.com/development/regions.html) and [Upsun pricing](https://upsun.com/pricing/)
- [Vercel regions](https://vercel.com/docs/regions)
- [Eurobase pricing](/pricing), [host a web app in the EU](/docs/guides/host-in-the-eu) and [Eurobase subprocessors](/legal/subprocessors)