Platform as a Service
Combine filters →Platform as a Service (PaaS in short) takes code and runs it. The operating system, the web server, the runtime and the scaling belong to the provider. You add code and config. For PaaS deploy by git push, deployment pipelines and other automation is common. Fueled by Heroku’s early success, PaaS was widely predicted to replace classical hosting; instead many of the startups selling it failed, and the term went a bit out of fashion. Plenty of services still work exactly this way. Cloud hosting is often used as a synonym. The boundaries blur on both sides. A VPS with a good management panel does much of the same job, serverless is billed per request instead of per running instance.
40 providers are platform as a service, listed alphabetically. Across 30 countries.
By regions
Every regions page for Platform as a ServiceAustralia, Canada, Germany, Singapore, United Kingdom and United States.
By entry price
Every entry price page for Platform as a ServiceA
- Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud provides infrastructure, platform and serverless services spanning 32 regions with support for Linux, Windows, containers and multiple runtimes.
- Aptible
A platform for deploying apps and managed databases on AWS infrastructure with HIPAA and SOC 2 controls enforced by default.
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- Clever Cloud
French platform-as-a-service that detects, builds and runs an application from a git push, with managed databases and storage sold as add-ons.
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- Deploio
A Swiss platform that turns a git push into a running application, on infrastructure held entirely in Switzerland and under Swiss law.
- DigitalOceanOne we like
DigitalOcean is a publicly listed cloud provider best known for Droplets, its VPS product, alongside managed databases, Kubernetes and an app platform.
- Diploi
Finnish platform that puts a cloud development environment and the hosting for the same application in one place, billed by the hour it runs.
- Divio
Divio is a Swiss platform-as-a-service that runs Dockerised applications of any stack, deployed from git.
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- EvenNode
Managed hosting platform that deploys Node.js and Python applications by git push or FTP.
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- Fly.io
Fly.io runs applications as Firecracker microVMs on hardware it operates itself, deployed from a Dockerfile through the flyctl CLI and billed by usage.
- fortrabbitOne we like
Managed hosting platform for developers since 2012, runs on AWS capacity in Ireland and the US.
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- Heroku
Heroku is a polyglot PaaS — the original "git push to deploy" platform, now a business unit of Salesforce.
- HostimOne we like
Hostim is a Docker-first platform-as-a-service from Germany, deploying container images, Git repositories and Compose files onto bare metal in the EU.
- Hugging Face
Machine-learning hub whose Spaces product hosts running applications — Gradio, Streamlit or an arbitrary Dockerfile — on CPU or rented GPU hardware.
- Hypernode
Dutch platform built for Magento and Shopware, descended from Byte's engineering and now part of team.blue.
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- Infomaniak
A Swiss hosting and cloud provider selling shared hosting, servers and public cloud infrastructure.
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- Koyeb
French platform that deploys containers and repositories across global regions with scale-to-zero, per-second billing, GPUs and serverless Postgres.
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- Laravel Cloud
Laravel Cloud is the official platform by Laravel Holdings — managed, scale-to-zero hosting for Laravel and Symfony applications, billed by subscription plus usage.
- Leapcell
A serverless platform that runs apps and APIs from a git repository, with an option to switch a service to a fixed-price persistent server.
- Liara
An Iranian cloud platform selling platform-as-a-service, virtual servers and managed databases, priced and billed in Iranian rial.
- lowcloud
A Bielefeld startup that runs an application as a managed container in Germany, or operates Kubernetes inside the customer's own cloud account.
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- Mittwald
German managed hosting platform with per-project containers, a control plane called mStudio, an official CLI and a public REST API.
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- Northflank
British platform running containers, jobs and managed databases on its own cloud, in the customer's cloud account, or on a self-hosted Kubernetes cluster.
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- Pantheon
Managed WebOps platform for WordPress, Drupal, and Next.js with workflows and governance tools.
- Ploi CloudOne we like
Managed application platform from the team behind the Ploi server-management panel, running customer apps on rented UpCloud infrastructure.
- PythonAnywhere
Browser-based Python hosting with in-browser consoles, scheduled tasks and managed web apps, sold by CPU-seconds, web workers and disk.
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- Qoddi
Managed application platform deploying Node, Java, Go, Ruby, PHP, Python and Docker workloads with per-second billing and managed databases alongside.
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- RailwayOne we like
Railway is a polyglot deployment platform with subscription plus usage billing, four regions and a build system that detects most common languages.
- Render
Platform-as-a-service that builds services from a git repository, with native runtimes for several languages, a Docker runtime for the rest, and managed Postgres.
- Replit
Browser-based development environment with hosting attached, sold around an AI agent that writes, runs and publishes the application.
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- Scalingo
French platform-as-a-service with git-push deploys, buildpacks, managed databases and review apps, running only in French regions.
- Servebolt
Norwegian managed hosting platform for WordPress, Drupal, Laravel, and other PHP applications.
- Sevalla
Sevalla is a polyglot cloud hosting platform covering application hosting, database hosting, static sites, and object storage.
- SiteHost
New Zealand host that owns its Auckland data centre and sells Cloud Containers, a product that runs prebuilt or custom Docker images.
- Sliplane
German Docker hosting that bills for the server rather than the container, so unlimited services can share one machine, with managed Postgres and S3 storage.
- Stackhero
French platform running dozens of managed open-source services, from databases and message brokers to GitLab and Nextcloud, in European or United States regions.
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- Upsun
Upsun is the PaaS formerly known as Platform.sh. Projects are described in YAML and billed per resource, on top of a per-project and per-user fee.
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- Zeabur
Container platform that reads a git repository, works out what kind of project it is and deploys it without a configuration file.
- ZeropsOne we like
Czech container platform running applications and managed services on rented infrastructure in Prague, billed by resources consumed rather than by plan tier.
What is the difference between PaaS and a VPS?
Who runs the server. On a PaaS, code goes in and the provider handles the operating system, the runtime and scaling. A VPS hands over root and leaves that work to the customer. Per unit of compute, PaaS usually costs more.
Who is the best Platform as a Service provider?
Hard to say without knowing the project. A free tier matters for a side project and barely at all for a shop that loses money every minute it is down. Read a few records side by side; the guide says where to start.