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DigitalOcean9.2/10
Developer-friendly cloud with simple pricing
- Clean, fast control panel
- Predictable flat pricing
- Huge tutorial library
App platform / PaaS hosting providers
198 companies in our directory list App platform / PaaS services, across 7 regions. 6 of them are tested and scored in our rankings.
North America 108Europe 64Asia 14Africa 4Oceania 3Latin America 3Middle East 2
App platforms (Platform-as-a-Service) run your code without you managing servers. You connect a Git repository or upload a container, and the platform builds, deploys, scales and secures it. They are popular for web apps, APIs and front-end frameworks.
The benefit is speed: no operating system to patch and push-to-deploy workflows. The trade-offs are price at scale and less low-level control. Check how the platform bills for build minutes, bandwidth and always-on instances, and whether it supports your language, framework and database. A small test deployment of your real app is the quickest way to find limits before you commit.
How to choose
- Confirm language and framework support for your stack and build tools.
- Understand the pricing units: instances, build minutes, bandwidth, requests and seats.
- Check for always-on vs sleep-on-idle on cheaper plans.
- Look at preview deployments and rollbacks for safer releases.
- Check managed database and storage options or how to connect your own.
- Pick a data-centre close to your visitors. Distance adds delay to every page load, and some data must stay in a given country.
- Plan your exit. Make sure you can export files, databases and email, and that your domain can be transferred out without fees.
Frequently asked questions
What is a PaaS or app platform?
A service that builds, runs and scales your application code so you do not have to manage servers.
When should I use an app platform instead of a VPS?
When you want fast deployments and no server maintenance, and the platform's pricing fits your traffic.
Can I move off an app platform later?
Usually yes, especially if you deploy standard containers. Proprietary features make moving harder.
Ranked and reviewed
02
Cloudways9.0/10
Managed cloud on top of DigitalOcean, AWS and Google
- Fully managed servers
- 24/7 live chat
- Choice of 5 clouds
03
Akamai (Linode)8.8/10
Reliable cloud with strong human support
- Free 24/7 support
- Generous transfer
- Akamai network
04
Hostinger VPS8.7/10
Beginner-friendly VPS with an AI assistant
- Very low intro prices
- 30-day money back
- AI assistant
05
AWS Lightsail8.4/10
Amazon cloud in a simple monthly package
- Amazon reliability
- 3 months free on some plans
- Easy path to AWS
06
UpCloud8.9/10
The fastest cloud servers we have tested
- Top disk speed
- 100% uptime SLA
- Free 24/7 support
All App platform / PaaS providers
Aiven
aiven.io · FI
Akamai Connected Cloud
akamai.com/cloud · US
Akamai Linode
linode.com · US
Amazon EKS
aws.amazon.com/eks · US
Amazon Route 53
aws.amazon.com/route53 · US
Amazon Web Services
aws.amazon.com · US
Anyscale
anyscale.com · US
AppPresser
apppresser.com · XX
Appwrite Cloud
appwrite.io · IL
Aruba Cloud
arubacloud.com · IT
Atlantic.Net
atlantic.net · US
AWS App Runner
aws.amazon.com/apprunner · US
AWS Lambda
aws.amazon.com/lambda · US
Azure AKS
azure.microsoft.com/products/kubernetes-service · US
Azure Container Apps
azure.microsoft.com/products/container-apps · US
Back4App
back4app.com · US
Banahosting
banahosting.com · US
Banana
banana.dev · US
Baseten
baseten.co · US
Beam
beam.cloud · US
Binero
binero.com · SE
Bland AI
bland.ai · US
Browserbase
browserbase.com · US
Bunny.net
bunny.net · SI
CapRover
caprover.com · CA
Catalyst Cloud
catalystcloud.nz · NZ
Cerebrium
cerebrium.ai · ZA
Cherry Servers
cherryservers.com · LT
Chroma Cloud
trychroma.com · US
City Network
cleura.com · SE
Civo
civo.com · GB
Clever Cloud
clever.cloud · FR
Cloud Temple
cloud-temple.com · FR
Cloudflare Pages
cloudflare.com/products/pages · US
Cloudflare Workers
cloudflare.com/products/workers · US
Cloudflare Workers AI
developers.cloudflare.com/workers-ai · US
Cloudways
cloudways.com · MT
Convesio
convesio.com · US
Convex
convex.dev · US
Coolify Cloud
coolify.io · HU
CoreWeave
coreweave.com · US
cPanel
cpanel.net · US
Crusoe
crusoe.ai · US
Cyso
cyso.com · NL
DataPacket
datapacket.com · CZ
Datapacket CDN
datapacket.com/solutions/cdn · CZ
Daytona
daytona.io · HR
Deno Deploy
deno.com/deploy · US
Dify Cloud
dify.ai · US
DigitalOcean
digitalocean.com · US
DigitalOcean App Platform
digitalocean.com/products/app-platform · US
DigitalOcean Managed Databases
digitalocean.com/products/managed-databases · US
Dokku
dokku.com · US
Donweb
donweb.com · AR
DreamCompute
dreamhost.com/cloud · US
E2E Networks
e2enetworks.com · IN
Elastx
elastx.se · SE
Elestio
elest.io · FR
Encore Cloud
encore.dev · SE
Equinix
equinix.com · US
Evoxt
evoxt.com · MY
Exoscale
exoscale.com · CH
Fal.ai
fal.ai · US
Fastly
fastly.com · US
Firebase
firebase.google.com/products · US
Fly.io
fly.io · US
Gandi
gandi.net · FR
Gcore
gcore.com · LU
Giant Swarm
giantswarm.io · DE
GitLab Pages
docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/pages · US
Google Cloud Run
cloud.google.com/run · US
Heroku
heroku.com · US
Hivelocity
hivelocity.net · US
Host Color LLC
hostcolor.com · XX
HostAfrica
hostafrica.com · ZA
HostBuddy
hostbuddy.com · US
HostDime
hostdime.com · US
Hostinger
hostinger.com · LT
Hostinger Domains
hostinger.com/domain-checker · LT
Hostinger Game Servers
hostinger.com/vps/game-server-hosting · LT
Hostinger Horizons
hostinger.com/horizons · LT
Hostiso
hostiso.com · GB
Hostkey
hostkey.com · NL
Hostsailor
hostsailor.com · AE
Hostwinds Cloud
hostwinds.com/cloud · US
Hugging Face
huggingface.co · US
Hypernode
hypernode.com · NL
Hyperstack
hyperstack.cloud · GB
IBM Cloud
ibm.com/cloud · US
Inferless
inferless.com · IN
Inngest
inngest.com · US
IONOS
ionos.com · DE
IONOS Cloud
cloud.ionos.com · DE
IONOS Domains
ionos.com/domains · DE
JetRails
jetrails.com · US
Kamatera Cloud
kamatera.com/products/cloud-servers · US
Kinsta
kinsta.com · US
Koyeb
koyeb.com · FR
LangGraph Platform
langchain.com/langgraph-platform · US
Laravel Forge
laravel.com/forge · US
Laravel Vapor
vapor.laravel.com · US
Linode Akamai Edge
akamai.com · US
LiteSpeed Hosting
litespeedtech.com · US
LiveKit Cloud
livekit.com · US
Magalu Cloud
magalu.cloud · BR
Mastra Cloud
mastra.ai · US
Mat Bao
matbao.net · VN
Microsoft Azure
azure.microsoft.com · US
Mirantis
mirantis.com · US
Mission Cloud
missioncloud.com · US
Modal
modal.com · US
MongoDB Atlas
mongodb.com/atlas · US
n8n Cloud
n8n.io · DE
Naver Cloud
ncloud.com · KR
Nebius
nebius.com · NL
Neon
neon.com · US
Netlify
netlify.com · US
NHN Cloud
nhncloud.com · KR
Northflank
northflank.com · GB
Novita AI
novita.ai · US
OctoAI
nvidia.com/en-us · US
OuiHeberg
ouiheberg.com · FR
OVH Poland
ovhcloud.com/pl · FR
OVHcloud
us.ovhcloud.com · FR
OVHcloud Asia
ovhcloud.com/asia · SG
OVHcloud Australia
ovhcloud.com/en-au · AU
OVHcloud Canada
ovhcloud.com/en-ca · CA
OVHcloud Domains
ovhcloud.com/en/domains · FR
OVHcloud Game
ovhcloud.com/en/bare-metal/game · FR
OVHcloud Managed Kubernetes
ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/kubernetes · FR
Pantheon
pantheon.io · US
Pantheon Drupal
pantheon.io/product/drupal-hosting · US
Paperspace
paperspace.com · US
PebbleHost Bot Hosting
pebblehost.com/bot-hosting · GB
PhoenixNAP
phoenixnap.com · US
Pipedream
pipedream.com · US
PlanetHoster
planethoster.com · CA
Platform.sh
platform.sh · FR
Platform.sh Drupal
platform.sh/drupal · FR
Ploi
ploi.io · NL
Porter
porter.run · US
PS.kz
ps.kz · KZ
Qdrant Cloud
qdrant.tech · DE
Qovery
qovery.com · FR
Qwords
qwords.com · ID
Railway
railway.com · US
Ramnode
ramnode.com · US
Rancher Prime
rancher.com · US
Redis Cloud
redis.io/cloud · US
Render
render.com · US
Replicate
replicate.com · US
Retell AI
retellai.com · US
Rocket.net
rocket.net · US
Rose Hosting
rosehosting.com · US
Ruk-Com
ruk-com.cloud · TH
RunPod
runpod.io · US
Sanity
sanity.io · NO
Saveincloud
saveincloud.com · BR
Scaleway
scaleway.com · FR
Scaleway Kapsule
scaleway.com/kubernetes-kapsule · FR
Selectel
selectel.ru · RU
Sevalla
sevalla.com · US
SiteHost
sitehost.nz · NZ
Sliplane
sliplane.io · DE
SmarterASP.NET
smarterasp.net · US
SpinupWP
spinupwp.com · US
Stablepoint
stablepoint.com · GB
Stackscale
stackscale.com · ES
Strapi Cloud
strapi.io/cloud · FR
Supabase
supabase.com · SG
Syself (Hetzner Kubernetes)
syself.com · DE
Temporal Cloud
temporal.io · US
Tencent Cloud
tencentcloud.com · CN
TensorDock
tensordock.com · US
Teraco
teraco.co.za · ZA
Timescale Cloud
tigerdata.com · US
Together AI
together.ai · US
Trigger.dev
trigger.dev · GB
UpCloud
upcloud.com · FI
Upstash
upstash.com · US
Val Town
val.town · US
Vapi
vapi.ai · US
Vast.ai
vast.ai · US
Vercel
vercel.com · US
Virtuozzo
virtuozzo.com · CH
VK Cloud
cloud.vk.ru · RU
VPSDime
vpsdime.com · US
VPSServer
vpsserver.com · US
Webdock
webdock.io · DK
WebHostingBuzz
webhostingbuzz.com · US
WebNX
webnx.com · US
Whogohost
whogohost.com · NG
WP Engine Atlas
wpengine.com/atlas · US
xCloud
xcloud.host · US
Yandex Cloud
yandex.cloud · RU
Yotta
yotta.com · IN
Zeabur
zeabur.com · TW
Zenlayer
zenlayer.com · US