Alternatives to Koyeb
Serverless platform for web apps, APIs, managed PostgreSQL and AI workloads
Koyeb ranks #11 of 12 in Cloud PaaS, with an Alt Score of 78. It is available on macOS, Linux and Windows. 10 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Koyeb deploys Git- or Docker-based applications on autoscaling compute, with managed PostgreSQL, private networking and multi-region placement. In February 2026, it announced an agreement to join Mistral AI, subject to closing conditions, while continuing to operate. Its announcement limits new signups to Pro or higher plans while preserving existing organizations on their current plans. Pro starts at $29/month plus compute usage, with $10 of compute included.
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 + compute verified 2026-10-30https://www.koyeb.com/pricing
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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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Pricing model Subscription + usage-based compute verified 2026-10-30https://www.koyeb.com/pricing
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Status active verified 2026-10-30https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-is-joining-mistral-ai-to-build-the-future-of-ai-infrastructure
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Free tier Partial verified 2026-10-30https://www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-is-joining-mistral-ai-to-build-the-future-of-ai-infrastructure
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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