Hosting · Updated 10 November 2026 · 8 min read

Koyeb alternatives for serverless containers in Europe in 2026

Koyeb is joining Mistral AI and dropping its Starter plan. Five European platforms that run containers instead, with prices, regions and gaps.

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If you push container images and want to pay by the second, Scaleway Serverless Containers is a close match for Koyeb. If you deploy from Git and want a fixed monthly bill, Eurobase builds your code into containers for €10 or €20 a month. Clever Cloud builds straight from a Dockerfile, Sliplane runs Docker containers on a server you rent at a fixed price, and Scalingo suits Heroku-style apps that need ISO 27001.

Where Koyeb stands today

Koyeb is a French company registered in Boulogne-Billancourt, and its terms are under French law. On 17 February 2026 it announced a definitive agreement to join Mistral AI, and its own post says the acquisition is subject to closing conditions. Koyeb says the platform keeps running without disruption and will gradually become part of Mistral Compute.

Two changes matter if you're choosing a host now. The same post says the Starter plan will soon be removed and new users must pick Pro, Scale or Enterprise. Existing organizations on their current plan see no change. Koyeb's pricing FAQ also says spending limits aren't available yet.

Koyeb and its European alternatives at a glance

Platform	Company	Starts at	How you deploy	Billing
Koyeb	Boulogne-Billancourt, France	Pro $29 a month with $10 of compute	GitHub, buildpacks, Dockerfile or image	Plan fee plus compute by the second
Scaleway Serverless Containers	France	Monthly free tier, then by use	Container image you build	By use, per GB-s and vCPU-s
Eurobase	Warsaw, Poland	Free, then €10 a month + VAT	Git push, built with buildpacks	Flat monthly plan
Clever Cloud	France	Free credits, then by instance size	Dockerfile in your repository	By the second, with a spending cap
Sliplane	Berlin, Germany	€9 excl. VAT	GitHub, Dockerfile or a Docker image	Fixed price per server
Scalingo	Strasbourg, France	€7.20 a month for 256 MB excl. VAT	Git push	By the minute

Prices come from each provider's own pages, checked on 10 November 2026. Koyeb's two European regions are Frankfurt and Paris.

What to check before you leave Koyeb

How your image gets built. Koyeb accepts buildpacks, a Dockerfile or a ready image. Some alternatives take only one of these, so match it to your repository.
Whether idle services sleep. Koyeb scales Standard instances to zero after an idle period. If your bill depends on that, confirm the new host does the same.
What happens when usage spikes. Per-second billing grows with traffic. A flat plan or a spending cap stops the bill, but it also stops or refuses work at the limit.
Which country hosts the data. A European company may still offer regions in the US or Asia. Pick the region explicitly when you create the service.
GPU needs. Koyeb sells GPU instances. This comparison covers CPU containers only, so check GPU offers separately if you run models.

1. Scaleway Serverless Containers

Scaleway is a French cloud provider. Its Serverless Containers run any language from a container image and scale from zero up to 200 instances, in Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw or Milan. It's the nearest thing to Koyeb's model on this list: you hand over an image and pay for what runs.

Best for: teams that already build images in CI and want usage pricing.
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.
What it lacks: a push-to-deploy flow from Git. You build the image, push it to a registry and set up the deployment yourself.

2. Eurobase

Eurobase connects to GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Forgejo or Gitea and builds Node.js, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, PHP and .NET servers with Paketo buildpacks. The result runs as a container on Scaleway Serverless Containers and scales to zero when nobody is using it. Next.js, Astro, Nuxt and other frontend frameworks run on V8 isolates instead, in the same project. Coding agents can deploy through its MCP server and CLI.

Best for: Koyeb users who deployed from a Git repository with buildpacks and want a price that doesn't move with traffic.
Price: a Free plan, then Starter at €10 and Pro at €20 a month + VAT for the whole workspace. Container sizes go from 0.1 vCPU and 256 MB up to 1 vCPU and 2 GB, with up to 1, 2 or 3 instances per app depending on the plan.
Company: a business registered in Warsaw, Poland, on European infrastructure operated by Scaleway, a French provider.
What it lacks: Dockerfile builds, prebuilt image deploys, GPUs, preview deployments and managed Postgres, MySQL or Redis. Neither ISO 27001 nor SOC 2 is held yet; both are in progress.

3. Clever Cloud

Clever Cloud is a French platform with its own datacenters. For Docker apps it builds an image from the Dockerfile in your project on each commit and sends HTTP traffic to port 8080 unless you change it. It holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and HDS certification.

Best for: Koyeb services that already have a Dockerfile and need a certified European host.
Price: set by instance size and number of instances, billed by the second. New accounts get free credits without a card, and you can cap what you spend.
What it lacks: a price you can quote up front, since the bill depends on instance size and running time.

4. Sliplane

Sliplane builds from a GitHub repository, detecting your framework or using your Dockerfile, or runs an image from a container registry, with zero-downtime deploys, live logs and managed Postgres. Instead of paying per service, you rent a server and run as many services on it as it can hold.

Best for: several small Docker services that would each cost a plan fee elsewhere.
Price: from €9 excl. VAT for 1 vCPU and 1 GB of memory, up to €224 for 16 vCPU and 32 GB. A demo server is free for 48 hours.
What it lacks: per-second billing and scale to zero, neither of which its site mentions. Its US and Singapore locations sit next to the European ones, so check where a new server goes.

5. Scalingo

Scalingo is a Heroku-style platform based in Strasbourg. You connect a repository and each push triggers a build. It's ISO 27001 certified, with HDS and an Outscale SecNumCloud region as options.

Best for: apps that fit the buildpack model and need French certifications.
Price: containers from €7.20 a month for 256 MB excl. VAT, billed by the minute, with a 30-day free trial. Databases cost extra.
What it lacks: confirmed Dockerfile deploys. Its site describes Git-based deploys, so an image-only Koyeb service may need changes.

How to choose

You ship images and want to pay per second: Scaleway Serverless Containers.
You deploy from Git without a Dockerfile and want a known monthly bill: Eurobase.
You have a Dockerfile and need ISO 27001 today: Clever Cloud.
You run many small services and prefer one server price: Sliplane.
You came from Heroku and need HDS or SecNumCloud: Scalingo.
You need GPUs or regions in the US and Asia, and you're an existing customer: staying on Koyeb may still be the simplest choice.

Moving a Koyeb service

Write down the run command, port, health check path, environment variables and secrets of each service.
Note whether it builds with buildpacks, a Dockerfile or a prebuilt image, and pick a host that takes the same input.
Deploy to the new host on its default address and test the main requests.
Move the database if it lives on Koyeb, then shorten the DNS TTL a day ahead and switch the domain over.
Delete the Koyeb service only after traffic has moved.

Eurobase has a walkthrough for this: Koyeb alternative in Europe. For a side-by-side table, see Eurobase vs Koyeb.

Frequently asked questions

Is Koyeb shutting down?

No. Koyeb's announcement says the platform will keep operating without disruption while it joins Mistral AI, and that existing plans don't change. What changes is sign-up: the Starter plan is being removed, so new users choose a paid plan.

Is Koyeb still a European company?

Koyeb is registered in France and its terms are governed by French law. Two of its regions are in Europe, Frankfurt and Paris, and the others are in the US and Asia.

Which European platform can run my Koyeb Dockerfile?

Clever Cloud and Sliplane build from a Dockerfile in your repository, and Sliplane and Scaleway Serverless Containers also run ready images. Eurobase doesn't build Dockerfiles; it uses buildpacks.

Is there a free alternative to Koyeb in Europe?

Eurobase has a Free plan with hard limits, Scaleway gives a monthly free allowance before billing, and Clever Cloud starts you with free credits. Sliplane's demo server lasts 48 hours.

Can I cap my bill instead of paying for every second?

Yes. Eurobase plans are flat and refuse work over a limit rather than charging more, while containers keep serving, and Clever Cloud lets you set a spending cap. Koyeb's own FAQ says its spending limits aren't available yet.