# Scalingo alternatives in 2026

Last updated: 2026-11-10

If you rely on Scalingo's managed databases and its ISO 27001 and HDS paperwork, **Clever Cloud** is a close match from another French company. **Upsun** suits teams whose review process spins up the whole stack on each branch. **Eurobase** fits web apps that don't need a managed database and should cost a fixed €10 or €20 a month, **Sliplane** fits Docker services on a rented server, and **Scaleway Serverless Containers** fits teams that already build images.

## Scalingo and its alternatives at a glance

| Platform | Company | Entry price | Managed Postgres | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scalingo | Strasbourg, France | €7.20 a month for a 256 MB container, excl. VAT | Yes, from €7.20 a month | By the minute |
| Clever Cloud | Nantes, France | Free credits, then by instance size | Yes | By the second, with limits you set |
| Upsun | Paris, France | €9 per project and €10 per user a month, plus resources | Yes | Fees plus resources |
| Eurobase | Warsaw, Poland | Free, then €10 a month + VAT | No | Flat monthly plan |
| Sliplane | Berlin, Germany | €9 per server, excl. VAT | Yes, from €19 | Per server |
| Scaleway Serverless Containers | France | Monthly free allowance, then by use | Sold separately | By use |

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

## Why teams look past Scalingo

Know which of these you want to change before you move.

- **Cost per container.** Each container is priced on its own, from €7.20 a month for 256 MB up to €230.40 for 8 GB, excl. VAT. Scalingo's pricing page also says its containers never sleep, so an app that is idle most of the day still costs the full amount.
- **Location choice.** Its two public regions, osc-fr1 and osc-secnum-fr1, are both in Paris on 3DS Outscale. The SecNumCloud region is only available on request.
- **The bill moves with usage.** Services are billed by the minute and storage above a database plan's allowance is charged per GB-hour, so the monthly total depends on what ran.

If you need SecNumCloud or HDS, Scalingo may still be the right home. Of the options below, Clever Cloud lists both, with its SecNumCloud zone offered on request through its partner Cloud Temple.

## What to check before you pick a replacement

- **Your databases.** Scalingo runs PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, caching, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch and InfluxDB. List each one you use and find where it will live.
- **How the app is built.** Scalingo builds with buildpacks after a Git push. Some alternatives want a Dockerfile or a ready image instead.
- **Review Apps.** Scalingo can create an app for each pull or merge request. If your team reviews that way, keep a platform with previews.
- **Certifications.** If a customer contract names ISO 27001 or HDS, check the new provider holds it today, not just plans to.
- **Idle time.** Decide whether you'd rather pay for an always-on container or wait for a cold start after quiet periods.

## 1. Clever Cloud

A `git push` starts a full deployment on Clever Cloud without a Dockerfile, and PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and Redis sit next to the apps. It runs its own datacenters in France and lists ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and HDS certification.

- **Best for:** Scalingo users who need the same mix of Git deploys, managed databases and French certifications.
- **Price:** depends on the size and number of instances; each one is billed per second, and autoscaling stays inside the limits you set. New accounts get free credits without a payment card.

## 2. Upsun

Behind the Upsun brand is Platform.sh SAS, a Paris company. Its pricing page promises full-stack preview environments for every branch, so a reviewer gets the app together with its services. Each region sits on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or OVHcloud, and you can see which one on the [Upsun regions list](https://docs.upsun.com/development/regions.html).

- **Best for:** pull request reviews that need a working copy of the app and its data on each branch.
- **Price:** a €9 project fee and €10 for each user license a month, with CPU, memory and storage billed per second on top. The trial runs 15 days and asks for no card.
- **What it lacks:** one figure to budget against, since project fees, licenses and resources are charged separately. Six of its seven European regions run on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.

## 3. Eurobase

Eurobase comes from Warsaw, Poland, where the business is registered, and your apps run on European infrastructure run by Scaleway, a French provider. Push to GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Forgejo or Gitea and it builds the app. Servers written in Node.js, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, PHP or .NET go through Paketo buildpacks, close to how Scalingo builds, and become containers that drop to zero instances while nobody calls them. Frameworks like Next.js, Astro and Nuxt run on V8 isolates inside the same project, and an MCP server plus a CLI let coding agents ship changes.

- **Best for:** several web apps and APIs whose data already lives on another host, where one workspace price costs less than a container each.
- **Price:** Free, €10 or €20 a month + VAT for the workspace, which holds up to 10 projects on Starter and 20 on Pro, with no price per member. 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 managed database such as Postgres, MySQL or Redis; anything like Review Apps, since there are no preview deployments; and builds from a Dockerfile. It doesn't hold ISO 27001 or SOC 2 yet, and both audits are in progress. Connecting GitHub or GitLab Inc. adds a US subprocessor.

How containers start, sleep and scale is in [the containers docs](/docs/containers); limits per plan are in [plans and limits](/docs/plans).

## 4. Sliplane

Sliplane, a Berlin company, takes a GitHub repository or a Docker image and runs it on a server you rent from it. The charge is per server, not per app, so a few small services can share one box.

- **Best for:** a handful of Docker services that would each need their own container on Scalingo.
- **Price:** the smallest server is €9 excl. VAT with 1 vCPU, 1 GB of RAM and 20 GB of disk. Managed PostgreSQL is listed from €19 a month.
- **What it lacks:** any documented HDS or SecNumCloud option. Some of its locations are outside Europe.

## 5. Scaleway Serverless Containers

Serverless Containers is a product of Scaleway, a French cloud provider. You hand it a finished image; it runs in Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw or Milan and grows from zero to as many as 200 instances under load.

- **Best for:** teams with a CI pipeline that already produces container images.
- **Price:** each month starts with a free allowance of 400,000 GB-s of memory and 200,000 vCPU-s. Past that, memory costs €0.20 and CPU €1 per 100,000 seconds of each.
- **What it lacks:** a Git-driven build. Producing the image, pushing it to a registry and connecting a database are your jobs.

## How to choose

- You want a close swap, with managed databases and French certifications: **Clever Cloud**.
- Your reviews depend on a full environment per branch: **Upsun**.
- Your database already lives somewhere else and you want one fixed bill for many apps: **Eurobase**.
- You run several small Docker services and prefer paying per server: **Sliplane**.
- You build images yourself and want to pay only while they run: **Scaleway Serverless Containers**.
- You need SecNumCloud at a published price: staying on **Scalingo** is likely simpler than any move.

## Moving an app off Scalingo

1. Export your environment variables and note the Procfile, the port and any scheduled tasks.
2. Take a fresh database backup, restore it on the new host and test the app against it.
3. Deploy to the new platform on its default address before touching DNS.
4. Shorten your domain's TTL a day ahead, switch the record, then watch logs for a day.
5. Scale the Scalingo containers to zero only after traffic has moved, since they're billed while they run.

Scalingo apps share Heroku's Procfile and config vars, so the [Heroku migration guide](/docs/guides/migrate-from-heroku) applies almost line for line on Eurobase. A head-to-head of the two French platforms is in [Scalingo vs Clever Cloud](/i/scalingo-vs-clever-cloud), and a broader list is in [the best European PaaS providers](/i/best-european-paas).

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Scalingo a European company?

Yes. Its legal notice gives a registered office in Strasbourg for Scalingo SAS, and its two public regions run on 3DS Outscale in Paris.

### What is the cheapest alternative to Scalingo?

That turns on how many apps you run. On Scalingo, each 256 MB container is €7.20 a month excl. VAT. Eurobase charges €10 a month + VAT for a workspace of up to 10 projects, after a Free plan, and a €9 Sliplane server can host several services. Count the database in before comparing totals.

### Which Scalingo alternative has managed PostgreSQL?

Clever Cloud, Upsun and Sliplane all offer managed Postgres. Eurobase doesn't, so your app connects to a database hosted elsewhere, and Scaleway sells databases as a separate product.

### Does any alternative replace Scalingo Review Apps?

Upsun creates a preview environment for each branch, including its services. Eurobase doesn't have preview deployments. For Clever Cloud, Sliplane and Scaleway, confirm a preview workflow in their docs before you rely on one.

### Can I keep my Scalingo database during the move?

You can, as long as the new host can reach it over the network. Once the app is stable, move the data too, so the app and database aren't split across providers.

## Sources

- [Scalingo pricing](https://scalingo.com/pricing), [Scalingo legal notice](https://scalingo.com/legal-notice), [Scalingo regions](https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/internals/regions) and [Scalingo Review Apps](https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/app/review-apps)
- [Clever Cloud](https://www.clever.cloud/) and [Clever Cloud pricing](https://www.clever.cloud/pricing/)
- [Upsun pricing](https://upsun.com/pricing/), [Upsun services](https://docs.upsun.com/add-services.html) and [Upsun regions](https://docs.upsun.com/development/regions.html)
- [Sliplane](https://sliplane.io/) and [Sliplane pricing](https://sliplane.io/pricing)
- [Scaleway Serverless Containers](https://www.scaleway.com/en/serverless-containers/) and [Scaleway serverless pricing](https://www.scaleway.com/en/pricing/serverless/)
- [Eurobase pricing](/pricing), [Eurobase containers](/docs/containers), [Eurobase plans and limits](/docs/plans) and [Eurobase subprocessors](/legal/subprocessors)