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Serverless deploy platform for APIs, databases, and inference across 50+ global locations
Koyeb ranks #10 of 12 in Cloud PaaS, with an Alt Score of 82. It is freemium from $29/mo and available on macOS, Linux and Windows. 10 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Koyeb lets developers deploy Git- or Docker-based services onto autoscaling microVMs with managed Postgres and multi-region placement. Mistral AI acquired Koyeb in early 2026, closing free-tier signups to new users and shifting roadmap emphasis toward AI/GPU inference, though the platform still hosts general web APIs and services.
Developers and teams deploying web applications, APIs, background workers, and AI/GPU inference workloads who want to avoid managing servers or Kubernetes directly.
A serverless application platform that runs containers on autoscaling, secure VMs across CPU, GPU, and accelerator hardware, plus managed serverless PostgreSQL databases, private inter-service networking, and a CLI/API/Terraform/Pulumi toolchain.
You connect a GitHub repository or push a container image, and Koyeb either builds it with cloud-native buildpacks (no Dockerfile required) or runs your own Dockerfile, then deploys it to bare-metal-backed Instances in one or more regions with autoscaling, scale-to-zero, and a built-in service mesh for private communication between Services.
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Northflank is a managed application platform built on Kubernetes that deploys to your own AWS/GCP/Azure/Oracle account (BYOC) or its own cloud.
Clever Cloud is a Paris-based platform-as-a-service that auto-scales applications across multiple languages/runtimes and bundles managed databases (Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis) with add-ons and EU.
Upsun is the rebranded, evolved successor to Platform.sh: a managed cloud application platform offering git-push deploys, managed databases, autoscaling, and full-stack preview environments per branch.
Porter runs a managed Kubernetes control plane inside the customer's own cloud account, giving Heroku-style git-push deploys, autoscaling, managed add-ons, and infrastructure customization once teams.
Qovery provisions and manages Kubernetes clusters inside a customer's own cloud account and layers a simplified deploy workflow, preview environments, and managed databases on top, targeting teams tha.
Scalingo is a France-based PaaS founded in 2013 that offers Heroku-style git-push deployment, autoscaling, managed databases, and add-ons, targeting European teams that need GDPR-compliant, EU-hosted.
Feature comparison
Rows come from the Cloud PaaS checklist (14 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for Koyeb is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Starts at $29/mo verified 2026-07-30
Pro is the cheapest named paid plan; price is +compute usage on top. A free tier (1 web service + 1 Postgres DB) exists with no paid plan required, but is slated for removal for new signups per the Fe
Pro $ 29 /mo +compute The best way to start, including team and support features for production apps.
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Pricing model Freemium verified 2026-07-30
Beyond the free allowances, billing is usage-based per second, and optional Pro/Scale/Enterprise subscriptions add support and higher limits.
Each organization has access to: One free web Service in the Frankfurt or Washington, D.C. regions with 512MB of RAM, 0.1 vCPU, and 2GB of SSD. One free PostgreSQL database limited to 5 hours of activ
https://www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing -
Platforms macOS, Linux, Windows verified 2026-07-30
Reflects supported Koyeb CLI platforms per the koyeb-cli GitHub README; the product is otherwise operated through a browser-based control panel (app.koyeb.com), but no page explicitly labeled that as
The CLI can be installed from pre-compiled binaries for macOS (darwin), Linux and Windows.
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Status acquired verified 2026-07-30
IMPORTANT: Announced Feb 17, 2026. Per the same post, 'the Koyeb platform will continue operating' and will 'gradually transition to become a core part of Mistral Compute'; billing stays on Koyeb's ow
Today, we're thrilled to announce that Koyeb has entered into a definitive agreement to join Mistral AI to advance cutting-edge AI infrastructure.
https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-is-joining-mistral-ai-to-build-the-future-of-ai-infrastructure -
Free tier Yes verified 2026-07-30
Still live as of this page's May 27, 2026 update and confirmed present in the live plan-gating config on the pricing page today, but Koyeb announced in Feb 2026 that the free Starter plan will soon be
Each organization has access to: One free web Service in the Frankfurt or Washington, D.C. regions with 512MB of RAM, 0.1 vCPU, and 2GB of SSD. One free PostgreSQL database limited to 5 hours of activ
https://www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing -
Autoscaling Yes verified 2026-07-30
Scaling factors include CPU usage, memory usage, requests per second, concurrent connections, and P95 response time; can scale to zero.
Autoscaling allows you to dynamically adjust the number of Instances within a Service according to configurable targets for resource utilization and request rates.
https://www.koyeb.com/docs/run-and-scale/autoscaling -
Managed databases Yes verified 2026-07-30
Serverless Postgres versions 14-17, scale-to-zero, billed by the second.
Koyeb Database Services are managed PostgreSQL database clusters. Each Database Service can define multiple logical databases that contain tables, indexes, views, and more.
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Regions available Yes verified 2026-07-30
6 core regions plus 1 preview region (SFO) across US, EU, and Asia; preview regions require a paid plan. Enterprise plan adds 50 on-demand regions and BYOC per the pricing page.
Koyeb offers the following core regions: FRA: Frankfurt, Germany WAS: Washington D.C., USA SIN: Singapore TYO: Tokyo, Japan PAR: Paris, France aws-us-east-1: AWS US East (N. Virginia, USA) Additionall
https://www.koyeb.com/docs/reference/regions -
Zero-config deploys Yes verified 2026-07-30
Supports Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, Java, Scala without a Dockerfile; Dockerfile builds are also available if more control is needed.
The buildpack builder uses cloud native buildpacks to automatically detect your application's language and dependencies, then builds a container image without requiring a Dockerfile.
https://www.koyeb.com/docs/build-and-deploy -
Preview environments Partial verified 2026-07-30
Achieved by wiring up a documented GitHub Actions workflow (deploy on PR open, teardown on close/merge) using a Koyeb personal access token; not a native one-click preview-environments feature like so
In this tutorial, we will explain how to automatically deploy your application using GitHub Actions each time a pull request is made for your GitHub repository.
https://www.koyeb.com/tutorials/deploy-preview-environments-on-koyeb-for-github-pull-requests -
Cron jobs No verified 2026-07-30
Only Web Service and Worker service types are documented; there is no native scheduled/cron job type. An official tutorial shows running the third-party Supercronic scheduler inside a Worker container
For each Service, you choose the type of process you require: Web Service: to run any HTTP, HTTP/2, WebSocket, or gRPC applications. ... Worker: to perform background tasks and asynchronous jobs.
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Private networking Yes verified 2026-07-30
Encrypted inter-service mesh with automatic private DNS naming (<SERVICE_NAME>.<APP_NAME>); Free-tier Instances are excluded from the mesh.
Services deployed in a Koyeb Organization can communicate with each other using a private mesh network. ... No configuration is needed to benefit from the service mesh.
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Pricing predictability Partial verified 2026-07-30
Core billing is usage-based per second (Instances x time x price) with no built-in spending cap or budget alert yet, so costs can be hard to predict precisely; subscription plans include a fixed base
We are working on a spending limits feature and hope to offer it soon. In the meantime, you can estimate your monthly costs based on our Instance documentation.
https://www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing -
CLI quality Yes verified 2026-07-30
Covers apps, databases, deployments, domains, instances, metrics, organizations, secrets, services, snapshots, and volumes, with yaml/json/table output and shell auto-completion; installable via Homeb
The Koyeb CLI allows you to interact with Koyeb directly from the terminal. This documentation references all commands and options available in the CLI.
https://www.koyeb.com/docs/build-and-deploy/cli/reference
FAQ
Yes. Render has a free tier or is fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
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