European & open-source alternatives to Heroku
8 European and open-source alternatives to Heroku — privacy-friendly tools built and hosted in Europe.
Updated 31 Aug 2026 · refreshed weekly

Clever Cloud
Platform-as-a-Service that automatically builds, deploys and scales applications.

Divio
Swedish multi-cloud PaaS that abstracts DevOps for agencies, deploying across AWS, Azure and GCP with ISO 27001/27017/27018…

Elestio
It provides managed hosting for over 400 open-source tools, handling infrastructure, deployments, security, backups, and…

Nhost
Open-source backend-as-a-service built on PostgreSQL, Hasura GraphQL, auth and storage, founded in Stockholm with EU data hosting…

Northflank
London PaaS built on Kubernetes offering Git-based deployments, managed databases, CI/CD, preview environments and GPU workloads…

Platform.sh
Paris-based application platform (now Upsun) for building, deploying and scaling web apps with cloned environments.

Scalingo
Sovereign French PaaS from Strasbourg for deploying and scaling web apps, SecNumCloud-qualified.

Zerops
A cloud platform designed for developers, enabling them to build, prove, and deploy production-grade software using real…