23 European Cloud PaaS vendors.
Cloud PaaS: Platform as a Service — managed runtimes, container orchestration, serverless. Below, every vendor in the knowledge base headquartered in the EU or the EEA, each checked by us for headquarters, owner, hosting and licence. Non-European vendors are listed at the bottom with a link to their European alternatives.
38 vendors in total: 23 European, 12 American, 3 other; 8 open source. Last checked: 5 October 2026.
Why this matters for digital sovereignty
Cloud PaaS manages the runtime and often the data behind your applications, and also falls under the NIS2 directive as a cloud computing service, while non-EU ownership brings exposure to the CLOUD Act. Check where application data is processed, whether the platform creates vendor lock-in and whether an EU region is available.
European vendors
- anynines (a9s)EU sovereign
German PaaS platform (founded 2008) built on Cloud Foundry, with German data centres and managed PostgreSQL/MongoDB/MySQL/Redis.
Germany
- CapRoverSelf-hosted / open source
Self-hosted PaaS platform (Docker + nginx) that was open source under Apache 2.0 until July 2023. Since v1.x (July 2023) the project uses a custom restricted licence: paid features may not be modified or redistributed without a written agreement, and a mandatory EULA applies. The free/community tier remains source-available but the project is no longer open source under the OSI definition.
Germany · open-source
- Clever CloudEU sovereign
French PaaS provider with automatic scaling and EU-hosted infrastructure
France
- CloudronEU sovereign
German platform for self-management of web apps with automatic updates
Germany
- CoolifySelf-hosted / open source
Open-source self-hostable PaaS as a Heroku/Netlify alternative
Hungary · open-source
- DanubeDataEU sovereign
Romanian managed-services platform with serverless containers and managed databases, fully hosted in Germany, GDPR-compliant.
Romania
- DivioEU sovereign
Swiss cloud PaaS for Django, Python and container-based applications
Sweden
- Elest.ioEU sovereign
French PaaS for managed open-source software deployment
Ireland
- EncoreSelf-hosted / open source
Swedish open-source backend-development platform (Stockholm) with an infrastructure-from-code approach for TypeScript/Go.
Sweden · open-source
- fortrabbitEU sovereign
German PaaS specialised in PHP and Laravel hosting solutions
Germany
- Jelastic (Virtuozzo)EU sovereign
Swiss multi-cloud PaaS with automatic scaling and containers
Switzerland
- lowcloudEU sovereign
German DevOps-as-a-Service platform for GDPR-compliant deployments on German Hetzner data centres, focused on digital sovereignty.
Germany
- LyceumEU sovereign
German sovereign GPU cloud for AI workloads with EU data centres (launched June 2025).
Germany
- next layerEU sovereign
Austrian managed Kubernetes and cloud hosting.
Austria
- NhostEU sovereign
Swedish open-source Firebase-alternative with GraphQL and Postgres
Sweden · open-source
- Platform.shEU sovereign
French multi-cloud PaaS platform (Paris) supporting deployment to AWS, GCP and Azure, with Git-based CI/CD.
France
- QoveryEU sovereign
EU PaaS/DevOps platform.
France
- ScalingoEU sovereign
French PaaS with EU-only hosting and SecNumCloud certification
France
- ServerpodEU sovereign
Swedish open-source backend-framework and PaaS for Flutter/Dart
Sweden · open-source
- SliplaneEU sovereign
German Docker PaaS with flat hourly server pricing and unlimited containers, GDPR-compliant.
Germany
- StackheroEU sovereign
French managed PaaS for databases, monitoring and open-source tools
France
- UberspaceEU sovereign
German hosting service with flexible pay-what-you-want PaaS model
Germany
- UpsunEU sovereign
French PaaS by the Platform.sh team with Git-driven deployments, hosted in EU and US regions
France
Non-European vendors in this category
For each vendor, the page with European alternatives and the sovereignty profile.
- Self-hosted / open sourceApache TomcatUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorCloud 66United Kingdom · 8 EU alternatives
- Self-hosted / open sourceDokkuUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorFly.ioUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorGigalixirUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorGoogle FirebaseUnited States · 4 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorHerokuUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorMeteor CloudUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorNorthflankUnited Kingdom · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorOpalstackUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorRailwayUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorRenderUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorSevallaUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorSupabase EUSingapore · 8 EU alternatives
- Non-EU vendorVercelUnited States · 8 EU alternatives
Frequently asked questions
Which European Cloud PaaS vendors are there?
The knowledge base lists 23 European Cloud PaaS vendors, including anynines (a9s), CapRover, Clever Cloud and Cloudron. Every record is checked for headquarters, ultimate owner, hosting locations and licence.
Are there open-source options for Cloud PaaS?
Yes. Open-source Cloud PaaS software from Europe includes CapRover, Coolify, Encore and Nhost; you can self-host it with the encryption keys under your own control.