Clever Cloud
France
EU
Clever Cloud is a French platform as a service founded in 2010 in Nantes. It runs applications and databases for developers and companies, says it is a 100 % French company under...
European Alternatives to Heroku
Coolify
Hungary
EU
Open Source
Self-Hostable
Coolify is an open source, self-hostable platform as a service. It is developed by coolLabs Solutions Kft. in Hungary under the Apache 2.0 license, has more than 60,000 stars on GitHub and...
hidora
Switzerland
Hidora is a Swiss DevOps managed service provider founded in 2016 in Geneva. It began as a hosting provider running a platform as a service on the Jelastic platform and today offers...
IONOS Deploy Now
Germany
EU
IONOS Deploy Now is a hosting product from the German cloud provider IONOS for websites and apps that are deployed from GitHub. It targets static websites and single-page apps and is the...
Scalingo
France
EU
Scalingo is a French platform as a service for web applications and databases. It describes itself as a sovereign cloud host: all data is stored exclusively in France on the infrastructure of...
Stackhero
France
EU
Stackhero is a European cloud service provider that specializes in database hosting and management solutions tailored for developers and businesses. With a strong emphasis on performance, ease of use, and robust support,...
Upsun
France
EU
Upsun, formerly Platform.sh, is a platform as a service from France. The company is Platform.sh SAS doing business as Upsun, with its head office in Paris, and says that more than 16,000...
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Submit SuggestionEuropean alternatives to Heroku for deploying applications with a Git push include Clever Cloud (France), Scalingo (France), Upsun (France), Hidora (Switzerland), Stackhero (France) and the open source platform Coolify (Hungary). Heroku is a US platform now owned by Salesforce, Inc. in San Francisco. Teams that want a Heroku-style platform from a European provider can compare the options on this page.
What Heroku offers
Heroku deploys an application with git push heroku main. Applications run on dynos, which are managed containers, and the platform sells managed data services alongside them. Heroku publishes an entry level plan called Eco on its pricing page.
European PaaS providers in the directory
- Scalingo (France): the closest Heroku-style workflow, with managed databases and hosting only in France on SecNumCloud-qualified infrastructure.
- Clever Cloud (France): runtimes for Node.js, PHP, Python, Go, .NET and Docker, deployed with Git. ISO 27001 and HDS certified.
- Upsun (France): a full preview environment per Git branch with cloned data, aimed at agencies and larger projects.
- Coolify (Hungary): open source and self-hosted, with a Heroku style workflow on your own server.
- Hidora (Switzerland) and Stackhero (France): managed Kubernetes with DevOps support and managed services such as PostgreSQL and RabbitMQ.
The category page PaaS providers lists all of them.
What to compare before switching
- Buildpacks or Docker. Check whether your app deploys from source or needs a Dockerfile on the new platform.
- Add-ons. Databases, caches and queues need equivalents. Several providers offer managed PostgreSQL and similar services.
- Pipelines and review apps. Review environments per pull request are built in at Upsun, elsewhere they need CI setup.
- Data location. Compare regions and certifications such as ISO 27001 or HDS.
FAQ
What is the best European alternative to Heroku?
There is no single best option. Scalingo and Clever Cloud are the closest to the Heroku workflow, Upsun suits agencies, and Coolify suits teams that run their own server.
Can I move a Heroku app without changes?
Often only configuration changes are needed, such as environment variables and the database connection, but add-ons and scheduled jobs need to be replaced.