# Managed Postgres hosted in Europe in 2026

Last updated: 2026-11-10

For a small project, **Scalingo** and **Aiven** have the lowest entry prices in this comparison that still let you pick a European region, and **Clever Cloud** suits teams that want certified hosting in France next to their app. Larger production databases fit **OVHcloud** or **Exoscale**, whose bigger plans add replicas and failover, and **Scaleway** fits teams already on its cloud. Eurobase doesn't sell managed Postgres at all: it hosts the app that talks to one of these databases.

## Managed Postgres providers at a glance

| Platform | Company | Smallest plan | Backups | High availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aiven | Aiven Oy, Helsinki, Finland | Free, $5 a month, or Hobbyist from $12 a month with region choice | Point-in-time recovery | Automatic failover |
| Scalingo | Scalingo SAS, Strasbourg, France | €7.20 a month excl. VAT for 512 MB and 10 GB | Daily backups and point-in-time recovery | Business plans run 2 nodes |
| Clever Cloud | France | Not stated, priced with a calculator | Nightly by default, one-click restore | Up to 2 read replicas through support |
| OVHcloud | Roubaix, France | About €54.46 a month excl. VAT for 4 GB and 2 vCores | Automatic, to a remote location, with point-in-time recovery | 3-zone deployments |
| Exoscale | Akenes SA, Lausanne, Switzerland | Not stated, billed by the second | Daily, kept 2 to 31 days by plan | Business plans include a replica |
| Scaleway | France | Not stated | Automatic | High-availability mode and read replicas |
| Eurobase | Warsaw, Poland | No managed Postgres | Not offered | Not offered |

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

## What to check before you pick one

- **Who you sign with.** A European region run by a US company is a different contract from a European company. Aiven runs on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure among others, so look at both the company and the cloud underneath. For why that matters, read [EU region vs EU company](/i/eu-region-vs-eu-company-cloud-act).
- **Whether you can choose the region.** Some free and entry plans place the database for you, so you can't be sure it stays in Europe.
- **How far back you can restore.** Daily snapshots lose up to a day of writes. Point-in-time recovery lets you go back to a minute before a bad migration.
- **What happens when a node dies.** A single-node plan is down until it's replaced. A second node or replica keeps you running.
- **Extensions and versions.** If you rely on pgvector or PostGIS, confirm the provider lists them before you migrate.
- **Where your app runs.** Every query crosses the network, so keep the database close to the app server.

## 1. Aiven for PostgreSQL

Aiven is headquartered in Helsinki and manages Postgres on several clouds, including AWS, Google Cloud and Azure. Failover is automatic, you can restore to a point in time, over 50 extensions are available, and the uptime SLA is 99.99%.

- **Best for:** teams who want a European company to run Postgres on the cloud they already use.
- **Price:** Free at $0 with 1 GB of storage and Developer at $5 a month with 8 GB. Hobbyist starts at $12 a month, Startup at $75 and Business at $180.
- **What it lacks:** cloud and region choice on Free and Developer, so pick Hobbyist or above if the data has to stay in Europe. Hobbyist limits the choice to DigitalOcean, Google Cloud and OVH.

## 2. Scalingo PostgreSQL

Scalingo is a French platform based in Strasbourg that sells Postgres alongside its app hosting. Its Postgres page lists daily backups, point-in-time recovery, encryption at rest, TLS connections and extensions such as PostGIS, pgvector and citext.

- **Best for:** small and medium apps that want a cheap entry plan with point-in-time recovery from day one.
- **Price:** Starter 512M costs €7.20 a month excl. VAT with 10 GB of storage and 30 connections, or €8.64 in its SecNumCloud region. Starter 1G, with 20 GB, is €14.40 a month excl. VAT. New accounts get a 30-day free trial.
- **What it lacks:** a second node on Starter plans, which carry a 98% SLA. Business plans add a second node and a 99.96% SLA.

## 3. Clever Cloud PostgreSQL

Clever Cloud keeps the data in France and holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and HDS certification, which covers its managed PostgreSQL. It offers versions 14 to 18, applies minor updates for you, and says the service isn't subject to the Cloud Act. A DPA is available.

- **Best for:** teams that need health-data or ISO 27001 certified hosting and may run the app on Clever Cloud too.
- **Price:** set by plan size in its pricing calculator.
- **What it lacks:** self-service replicas. Read replicas, up to two, are set up by its support team.

## 4. OVHcloud Managed Databases for PostgreSQL

OVHcloud is a French group registered in Roubaix. Its Postgres service backs up to a remote location, includes point-in-time recovery, and offers 3-zone deployments with up to a 99.99% SLA. On compliance, the page names ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701 and SOC 2 Type 2.

- **Best for:** production databases that need dedicated nodes and multi-zone failover from a large European provider.
- **Price:** Essential DB1-4, with 4 GB, 2 vCores and 80 GiB of storage, is about €54.46 a month excl. VAT. The newer Discovery B3-4 starts at about €62.44 a month excl. VAT. Both bill by the hour.
- **What it lacks:** a small plan. The entry node is sized for real workloads, so hobby projects pay more here than at Scalingo or Aiven.

## 5. Exoscale DBaaS for PostgreSQL

Exoscale belongs to Akenes SA, a Lausanne company, and you can place a database in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Bulgaria or Croatia. Its managed Postgres takes care of provisioning, rolling upgrades without downtime and daily backups, and read replicas can be added while the service keeps running.

- **Best for:** teams that want a Swiss company or a zone in Switzerland or Austria.
- **Price:** billed by the second per plan, with no upfront commitment. Hobbyist keeps backups for 2 days, Startup for 3, Business for 15 with one replica, and Premium for 31 with two.
- **What it lacks:** database forking on the Hobbyist tier.

## 6. Scaleway Managed Database for PostgreSQL

Scaleway is a French cloud provider. Its managed database service runs PostgreSQL or MySQL for you and comes with automatic backups, encrypted storage, read replicas and an optional high-availability setup. It also sells a Serverless SQL Database that scales to zero; [European alternatives to Neon](/i/neon-alternatives-europe) covers that one.

- **Best for:** teams already running servers or Kubernetes on Scaleway.
- **Price:** see Scaleway's pricing page or its console.

## 7. UpCloud Managed Databases

UpCloud is a registered Finnish company. Its managed databases cover MySQL, PostgreSQL, Valkey and OpenSearch, with European data centres in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Helsinki, London, Madrid, Stavanger, Stockholm and Warsaw.

- **Best for:** teams that want Postgres in a Nordic or Polish data centre.
- **Price:** billed by the hour; the rates are on UpCloud's pricing page.

## 8. Eurobase

Eurobase isn't a database provider, so it's here only for the app that uses the database. It runs web apps on European infrastructure run by Scaleway, a French provider, and those apps can connect to any Postgres on this list.

An app running as a container connects with an ordinary driver such as pg, psycopg, Prisma or Drizzle. The database host needs an IPv4 address, since a container on Eurobase can't reach an IPv6-only one; the [Eurobase + Supabase guide](/docs/supabase) shows the setup with a pooler. Apps on V8 isolates can't open TCP connections, so Postgres drivers don't work there. For them, Eurobase offers D1-compatible SQLite databases inside the project, described in [serverless SQLite in Europe](/i/serverless-sqlite-europe).

- **Best for:** hosting a Next.js, Nuxt, Node.js or Python app in Europe next to a managed Postgres from another provider.
- **Price:** Free, Starter at €10 a month + VAT or Pro at €20 a month + VAT, each per workspace. You aren't charged for usage today; anything over a limit is refused, apps on V8 isolates and Functions pause until the monthly reset, and containers and static sites stay up.
- **What it lacks:** managed Postgres, MySQL or Redis. It doesn't hold ISO 27001 or SOC 2 yet; both are in progress.

## How to choose

1. Start with the contract. If the provider has to be a European company, Aiven, Scalingo, Clever Cloud, OVHcloud, Exoscale, Scaleway and UpCloud all qualify.
2. Size the budget. Under €20 a month points to Scalingo or Aiven Hobbyist; a 4 GB dedicated node points to OVHcloud or Exoscale.
3. Decide on downtime. If a single node going down is unacceptable, pick a plan with a second node or replica from the start.
4. Put the app in the same country or a nearby one, whether on the same provider or on a host such as Eurobase.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which managed Postgres in Europe has a free plan?

Aiven has a Free plan at $0 with 1 GB of storage, but you can't choose the cloud or region on it. Scalingo starts with a 30-day trial and Clever Cloud with free credits, rather than a permanent free database.

### Does Eurobase offer managed Postgres?

No. Eurobase hosts apps, Functions and SQLite databases for apps on V8 isolates. For Postgres, use one of the providers above and connect from a container app.

### Is Aiven a European company?

Yes. Aiven Oy is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. Its databases run on the cloud you pick, which can be AWS, Google Cloud or Azure, so the infrastructure under your data may belong to a US company.

### Can I keep Neon or Supabase and still host in Europe?

Neon lists AWS regions in Frankfurt and London, and Supabase offers six European regions. The contract is still with Databricks, Inc. in San Francisco for Neon and Supabase Pte. Ltd. in Singapore for Supabase. [European alternatives to Neon](/i/neon-alternatives-europe) and [European Supabase alternatives](/i/european-supabase-alternatives) cover the options if that matters.

### What's the cheapest managed Postgres hosted in France?

Among the plans compared here, Scalingo's Starter 512M at €7.20 a month excl. VAT is the lowest listed French price. Clever Cloud doesn't list a fixed entry price outside its calculator.

## Sources

- [Aiven for PostgreSQL](https://aiven.io/postgresql), [Aiven pricing](https://aiven.io/pricing) and [About Aiven](https://aiven.io/about)
- [Scalingo PostgreSQL](https://scalingo.com/databases/postgresql) and [Scalingo pricing](https://scalingo.com/pricing)
- [Clever Cloud PostgreSQL](https://www.clever.cloud/product/postgresql/) and [Clever Cloud pricing](https://www.clever.cloud/pricing/)
- [OVHcloud PostgreSQL](https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/postgresql/) and [OVHcloud Public Cloud prices](https://www.ovhcloud.com/fr/public-cloud/prices/)
- [Exoscale DBaaS for PostgreSQL](https://www.exoscale.com/dbaas/postgresql/)
- [Scaleway Managed Databases documentation](https://www.scaleway.com/en/docs/managed-databases-for-postgresql-and-mysql/)
- [UpCloud documentation](https://upcloud.com/docs/)
- [Neon regions](https://neon.com/docs/introduction/regions)
- [Eurobase + Supabase](/docs/supabase), [Eurobase containers](/docs/containers), [Eurobase plans](/docs/plans), [Eurobase Workers](/docs/workers) and [EU region vs EU company](/i/eu-region-vs-eu-company-cloud-act)