Alternatives to Scalingo
European PaaS and DBaaS with git-push deploys, autoscaling, and managed Postgres/MySQL/Mon
Scalingo ranks #9 of 12 in Cloud PaaS, with an Alt Score of 86. It is available on the web. 10 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
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 infrastructure with predictable flat-rate pricing.
Scalingo targets developers and small-to-midsize tech teams, primarily in Europe, who want to deploy and run web applications and managed databases without operating their own servers or Kubernetes clusters. It is also positioned for organizations with European data-sovereignty or regulatory requirements (e.g. health-data hosting, SecNumCloud-qualified infrastructure).
Scalingo provides application hosting on sized containers (S through 3XL) with git-based deploys, buildpack-based language auto-detection, autoscaling, review apps (per pull/merge-request preview environments), a task scheduler for cron-style jobs, and free WireGuard-based private networking between containers. Managed databases are offered for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch and InfluxDB, billed per minute alongside compute.
Applications are deployed by pushing code to Scalingo over git (or via GitHub/GitLab integration), where a buildpack detects the language, installs dependencies, and builds a container image that Scalingo runs and scales. Everything runs in one of two Scalingo-operated regions, both located in Paris, France (a standard region and a SecNumCloud-qualified region), and is managed through a web dashboard, a cross-platform CLI, or the Scalingo API/Terraform provider.
Where Scalingo stands out
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Ranked alternatives
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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.
Koyeb lets developers deploy Git- or Docker-based services onto autoscaling microVMs with managed Postgres and multi-region placement.
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 Scalingo is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Starts at €7.20/mo verified 2026-07-30
Cheapest paid container (size S, Standard Region) is 7.20 EUR, described on-page as '¹ Prices are estimated on a 30 days basis, VAT excluded.' Identical price (7,20 €) also shown on the French-languag
S 256 Mo low CPU priority 7.20 €
https://scalingo.com/pricing -
Status active verified 2026-07-30
Multiple docs pages show 2026 update dates and the security-bulletin list runs through SSB-2026-003, indicating ongoing active development and operations.
Last update: 10 Jun 2026
https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/app/scaling/scalingo-autoscaler -
Pricing model Usage-based verified 2026-07-30
Confirmed by the pricing page tagline 'Simple, transparent pricing based on your actual consumption' at https://scalingo.com/pricing. There is no flat subscription; cost scales with per-minute resourc
The consumption is based on the lifespan of the resources used by each of your apps. This includes containers, add-ons, databases, one-off containers, review-apps, etc. Most of our products and servic
https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/billing/process -
Platforms Web verified 2026-07-30
Scalingo is a cloud PaaS operated through a browser-based dashboard (plus git-based deploys and an API). A companion CLI binary is also distributed for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD and OpenBSD per h
open the web dashboard and click the Stop free trial button
https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/getting-started/free-trial -
Free tier No verified 2026-07-30
Scalingo offers a time-limited free trial (capped at 1 app / 5 containers of size S or M) that requires a payment method up front and auto-bills at the end of the trial unless resources are deleted —
To start the free trial, you must first configure your billing profile and add a valid payment method. You are not charged while the free trial is active.
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Autoscaling Yes verified 2026-07-30
Supports 6 metrics: RPM per container, response time, 5xx errors, CPU, RAM, and swap consumption.
The Scalingo Autoscaler is a feature that, once configured and enabled, allows the platform to automatically and dynamically adjust the number of containers of your application (horizontal scaling) de
https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/app/scaling/scalingo-autoscaler -
Managed databases Yes verified 2026-07-30
Engines covered: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis (Caching), Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, InfluxDB.
Scalingo Managed Database Service provide fully managed, production-ready data engines, without the operational overhead of running your own database server. Provision in minutes, scale as needed, and
https://doc.scalingo.com/databases/about/overview -
Regions available Partial verified 2026-07-30
Only 2 regions are available, and both are physically located in Paris, France (one standard, one SecNumCloud-qualified). Marked 'partial' because multi-region choice exists but with no geographic div
osc-fr1 | Paris - Outscale | https://api.osc-fr1.scalingo.com | osc-secnum-fr1 | Paris - SecNumCloud - Outscale | https://api.osc-secnum-fr1.scalingo.com
https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/internals/regions -
Zero-config deploys Yes verified 2026-07-30
Buildpacks auto-detect the language/framework (Clojure, Go, Gradle, Java, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, Scala) and build from a git push with no manifest required for supported stacks.
A buildpack is a set of scripts which aims at: Detecting the language of an application (detect), Installing the dependencies of a project (compile), Defining how the application should be started (re
https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/deployment/buildpacks/intro -
Preview environments Yes verified 2026-07-30
Review Apps are implemented via SCM integration for GitHub and GitLab, spinning up one app per pull/merge request.
With review apps enabled on Scalingo, we will create a new application (called a review app) with the code of the new feature. You can now share the result of your work, to get it validated, with all
https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/app/review-apps -
Cron jobs Yes verified 2026-07-30
Limitations apply: max 5 scheduled tasks, minimum 10-minute interval, tasks capped at 12 hours runtime, enabled via a cron.json manifest file.
The Scalingo Scheduler allows to define tasks so that they run periodically at fixed times, dates, or intervals.
https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/app/task-scheduling/scalingo-scheduler -
Private networking Yes verified 2026-07-30
Provided free of charge, but currently limited to application containers only (databases are not attached to Private Networks yet).
Private Networks is a feature that, within a project, allows to group application containers in a dedicated and isolated network, called a Private Network. ... WireGuard-based encryption. Traffic with
https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/networking/private/overview -
Pricing predictability Yes verified 2026-07-30
Pricing page headline reads 'Simple, transparent pricing based on your actual consumption. No hidden fees, no surprises.' (https://scalingo.com/pricing). Per-minute, fixed-size-tier billing with a pub
The consumption is based on the lifespan of the resources used by each of your apps. This includes containers, add-ons, databases, one-off containers, review-apps, etc. Most of our products and servic
https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/billing/process -
CLI quality Yes verified 2026-07-30
Quote assembled from the page's own 'In this article' section headings, each of which documents a working CLI command. The CLI ships as a single dependency-free precompiled binary for Linux, macOS, Wi
Create new apps; Setup your account SSH keys; Configure their environment; Configure custom domain names; Configure canonical domain name; Configure router; Manage collaborators of the application; Li
https://doc.scalingo.com/tools/cli/features
FAQ
Yes. Render and Koyeb have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Qovery — every license claim links its source.