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 Vercel
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...
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...
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 Vercel for hosting frontends and web apps include IONOS Deploy Now (Germany), Clever Cloud (France), Scalingo (France), Upsun (France) and the open source platform Coolify (Hungary). Vercel is a US platform operated by Vercel Inc. that deploys Git repositories automatically. Teams that want hosting from a European provider can compare the options on this page.
What Vercel offers
According to Vercel's documentation, it automatically deploys supported Git repositories on every branch push and when changes merge into the production branch. Each non-production branch gets its own deployment with a unique, shareable preview URL, and every pull request gets a preview URL as well. Vercel also presents itself as infrastructure for apps and AI agents.
European options in the directory
- IONOS Deploy Now (Germany): deploys from GitHub with preview URLs for feature branches and a free starter tier. It has no serverless functions.
- Clever Cloud (France): runs Node.js, PHP, Docker and other runtimes with a Git push, plus managed databases. It is a general platform rather than a frontend host.
- Scalingo (France): a Heroku-style platform with data only in France. It suits server-rendered apps with a database.
- Upsun (France): a preview environment per Git branch with cloned services and data, aimed at agencies and larger projects.
- Coolify (Hungary): open source and self-hosted on your own server, with Git deployment, databases and automatic certificates. You operate the server yourself.
The category page PaaS providers lists all of them.
What to compare before switching
- Edge features. Global CDN and edge or serverless functions are rare among European providers. Check what your project uses.
- Framework support. Next.js, Nuxt, Astro and SvelteKit can run as Node.js servers or in Docker containers, but platform-specific features need extra setup.
- Preview deployments. Previews per branch or pull request are built in at IONOS Deploy Now and Upsun, elsewhere they need CI configuration.
- Data location. Check the region of the project, for example the data center chosen at IONOS.
FAQ
Is there a European alternative to Vercel?
Yes. IONOS Deploy Now, Clever Cloud, Scalingo, Upsun and Coolify are run by companies or projects based in Europe, but none of them copies Vercel one to one.
Can I self-host a Vercel alternative?
Yes. Coolify is open source and runs on your own server.