Upsun vs Scalingo in 2026

Choose Upsun when your team works in full copies of production for every Git branch, with the databases and files cloned alongside the code, or when you need SOC 2 or PCI paperwork. Choose Scalingo when you want a price per container you can read from a table, a Heroku-style workflow and a SecNumCloud region on French infrastructure. If you only need to host the web part and keep the database with another provider, Eurobase covers that at a flat €10 or €20 a month for the workspace.

Upsun and Scalingo at a glance

Platform	Company	How you pay	Where it runs in Europe	Previews	Managed services	Certifications stated
Upsun	Platform.sh SAS, doing business as Upsun, Paris, France	€9 per project and €10 per user a month, plus resources billed per second	Regions on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure and OVHcloud	An environment per branch, data cloned from the parent	PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Redis, Valkey, OpenSearch, RabbitMQ, Kafka and more	ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2, PCI Level 1, HIPAA option
Scalingo	Scalingo SAS, Strasbourg, France	From €7.20 a month for a 256 MB container, excl. VAT, billed by the minute	Two Paris regions on 3DS Outscale	Review Apps per pull or merge request, database content not copied	PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, caching, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, InfluxDB	ISO 27001, HDS option, SecNumCloud region
Eurobase	Warsaw, Poland	Free plan, then €10 a month + VAT per workspace	European infrastructure run by Scaleway, a French provider	No	No	ISO 27001 and SOC 2 in progress

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

Where the two really differ

• Branch environments. Upsun ties an environment to each Git branch and lets a new one inherit its parent's data and services, including databases and network storage. Scalingo's Review Apps deploy a new app per pull request, but its docs say database and add-on content isn't copied from the parent, and Scalingo advises against enabling them on production apps.
• The infrastructure under the platform. Both companies are French. Upsun rents capacity from other clouds, and its regions page names the provider for each region: Ireland and Sweden on AWS, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom on Google, one French region on OVHcloud and another on Azure. Scalingo's public regions both sit in Paris on 3DS Outscale, a French provider.
• The shape of the invoice. Upsun adds a project fee, a fee per user, provisioned CPU, memory and disk, and standard support applied by default at 10% of global spend. Scalingo charges each container and each database by size, pro rata by the minute.
• What you can run next to the app. Upsun's services include RabbitMQ, Kafka, Solr, Varnish and ClickHouse alongside the usual databases and caches. Scalingo's add-ons are PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, caching, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch and InfluxDB.
• Compliance paperwork. Upsun's pricing page names ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type 2 and PCI Level 1, with HIPAA as a paid option. Scalingo holds ISO 27001, offers HDS for health data and runs a SecNumCloud region on Outscale's qualified infrastructure. Read SecNumCloud explained if a French public buyer asks for it.

1. Upsun

Upsun is run by Platform.sh SAS, a Paris company that trades under the Upsun name. You describe apps and services in .upsun/config.yaml, and every branch you push can become a working environment. Environments that sit idle for 15 days pause automatically, and you then pay only for their storage. Your first project gets a monthly credit that covers one project fee and one user license, and a 15-day trial starts without a card.

• Best for: teams whose reviewers sign off on a copy of production, stacks with many services, and buyers who need SOC 2 or PCI.
• Price: €9 per project and €10 per user a month, plus CPU, memory and disk. Application CPU is listed at €0.033 an hour for a shared CPU and memory at €0.013 an hour per GB, billed per second. Each project includes 10 GB of egress a month, then €0.03 per GB.
• What it lacks: a flat monthly price: the bill follows the CPU, memory and disk you provision, charged per second. The premium MongoDB and Elasticsearch services may require a minimum commitment, and six of its seven European regions run on AWS, Google Cloud or Azure; only fr-3 in France runs on OVHcloud.

2. Scalingo

Scalingo SAS is based in Strasbourg. You connect a Git repository, a buildpack builds the app, and containers run from 256 MB to 8 GB. Custom domains, Let's Encrypt certificates, metrics and unlimited collaborators are included, and containers never sleep. Autoscaling on metrics, workers, cron jobs and private networks are part of the platform.

• Best for: Heroku-style apps in Ruby, PHP, Node.js, Python, Java or Go, French regulated workloads, and teams that want to quote the bill before they deploy.
• Price: €7.20 a month for the smallest container and €230.40 for 8 GB, both excl. VAT and estimated over 30 days. The same small container costs €8.64 in the SecNumCloud region. The smallest PostgreSQL plan, 512 MB with 10 GB of storage, is also €7.20 a month excl. VAT. There's a 30-day free trial.
• What it lacks: a region outside Paris, and review copies that carry data from production.

3. Eurobase, a partial option

Eurobase is a Polish business based in Warsaw, and your apps run on European infrastructure run by Scaleway, a French provider. It builds from GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Forgejo or Gitea. Frameworks such as Next.js, Astro and Nuxt are served from V8 isolates, while Node.js, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, PHP and .NET servers become containers that scale to zero. An MCP server and a CLI let coding agents ship for you.

• Best for: frontends, sites and APIs whose database already lives with another EU provider, for example Supabase in an EU region.
• Price: a Free plan, then €10 or €20 a month + VAT for the whole workspace, with no fee per member. Nothing is billed by usage 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: managed databases or caches, preview deployments and Dockerfile builds, so it can't replace a full Upsun or Scalingo stack. Its ISO 27001 and SOC 2 work isn't finished, so neither is held yet. If you connect GitHub or GitLab Inc., each becomes a US subprocessor.

How to choose

1. Your QA or client sign-off happens on branch copies with real data: Upsun.
2. A contract asks for SOC 2 Type 2 or PCI Level 1: Upsun.
3. You need SecNumCloud, HDS, or a French provider under the platform: Scalingo.
4. You want each line of the bill priced in advance: Scalingo.
5. Your database already lives with another provider and you'd rather pay one flat price for several web apps: Eurobase, see plans and limits.

For more options, read Upsun alternatives, Scalingo alternatives and Scalingo vs Clever Cloud.

Frequently asked questions

Is Upsun more expensive than Scalingo?

It depends on team size and resources. On Upsun a single developer pays a €9 project fee and a €10 user license before any resources, although a monthly credit covers both for the first project, and standard support adds 10% of spend. On Scalingo a 256 MB container plus the smallest Postgres comes to €14.40 a month excl. VAT. With many developers and services, model both with your real numbers.

Does Scalingo have preview environments like Upsun?

Partly. A Scalingo Review App is a child app built for one pull or merge request, and it starts without the parent's database content. Upsun environments can clone data and services from their parent. Read preview deployments for how the approaches compare.

Are Upsun and Scalingo European clouds?

Both are French companies. Scalingo runs on 3DS Outscale in Paris. Upsun runs on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure or OVHcloud depending on the region you pick, so check the provider for your region and read EU region or EU company.

Can I move from Upsun to Scalingo?

Yes, if Scalingo runs your services. Translate the build and start commands from .upsun/config.yaml into a Procfile, dump each database with pg_dump or mysqldump and restore it into a Scalingo add-on, copy mounted files and environment variables, then test on the default domain before you repoint DNS. RabbitMQ, Kafka or Solr will need another provider.

Which one is better for Drupal or Symfony?

Both run PHP next to managed MySQL and a managed cache. Upsun adds branch environments that can carry cloned data, so editors can review changes on real content. Scalingo is easier to price ahead of time and offers HDS when health data is involved.

Sources

• Upsun pricing, Upsun regions, Upsun environments, Upsun services and Upsun impressum
• Scalingo, Scalingo pricing, Scalingo regions and Scalingo Review Apps
• Eurobase pricing, Eurobase containers, Eurobase plans and limits and Eurobase subprocessors