Vercel is a US platform that deploys frontend and full-stack web apps from Git, with preview URLs, serverless functions and a global CDN. It also maintains the Next.js framework. It's also known as Vercel hosting. The same list works if you're replacing Netlify and Heroku. The European alternatives that replace it best are Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) (France) for teams running many sites with per-branch environments, Clever Cloud (France) for Heroku-style app hosting with data kept in France and Scalingo (France) for teams leaving Heroku that need French hosting.
European alternatives
10
From 4 countries
Keep data in Europe
5
By default, no setting needed
With a free plan
2
No time limit
Open source
0
Can run on your own servers
Vercel alternatives from Europe, compared
Best first for someone replacing Vercel. Headcount and founding year come from LeadWave's database; prices, hosting and G2 ratings from each company's own pages and G2, checked in November 2026.
Git-driven PaaS with preview environments, formerly Platform.sh
Git-driven PaaS for multi-app projects with a preview environment per branch, billed on provisioned CPU, RAM and disk. Six of its seven European regions run on AWS, Google Cloud or Azure; one on OVHcloud.
Compared with Vercel: Git-driven PaaS with a preview environment per branch, like Vercel, for full-stack and multi-app projects. Six of its seven EU regions run on AWS, Google Cloud or Azure.
Teams running many sites with per-branch environments
2. Clever Cloud
French PaaS for apps, databases and add-ons
Git-push hosting for apps in most languages or Docker, plus managed databases and object storage. Zones run on its own Paris-area hardware and on OVHcloud, Scaleway and IONOS, not US hyperscalers.
Compared with Vercel: Git-push hosting for Node.js and most other runtimes, plus managed databases, on French and European-owned infrastructure. No global edge network like Vercel's.
Deploys apps by git push with Heroku-style buildpacks, plus managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB and other databases. Both regions run on 3DS Outscale in Paris; the SecNumCloud one is on request.
Compared with Vercel: Heroku-style buildpack PaaS with managed databases, hosted only in France on 3DS Outscale. Closer to Heroku than to Vercel's frontend and edge focus.
Serverless containers and GPU instances billed per second
Runs Docker containers, web apps and GPU inference with autoscaling and scale-to-zero. Regions include Frankfurt and Paris; its 2021 DPA lists AWS, Google Cloud and Equinix among sub-processors.
Compared with Vercel: Serverless containers and GPUs with scale-to-zero and Frankfurt and Paris regions; new accounts start on the $29 Pro plan. Mistral AI agreed to buy it in February 2026.
Containerised apps and AI inference that scale to zero
5. Northflank
Container platform on its managed cloud or yours
Builds and runs services, jobs, databases and GPU workloads on Kubernetes, either on its managed cloud or in your own AWS, Google Cloud or Azure account. Its managed regions, EU included, run on Google Cloud.
Compared with Vercel: Runs services, jobs, databases and preview environments on Kubernetes from $2.70 a month, or in your own cloud. Its managed EU regions run on Google Cloud.
Teams wanting PaaS workflows inside their own cloud account
6. Sliplane
Docker hosting on German servers, priced per server
Deploys containers from Git or an image onto servers it manages; you pay per server and run as many services on it as fit. EU regions run on Hetzner in Germany and Finland.
Compared with Vercel: Flat €9 a month per server with as many containers as fit, on Hetzner in Germany and Finland. No edge network or serverless functions.
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Your data
In Europe
Price
From €9/server/month
Free plan
No
Best for
Small teams running several containers on a fixed budget
7. Scaleway
French cloud with VMs, Kubernetes, serverless and GPUs
Broad public cloud from the iliad group: instances, managed Kubernetes, databases, serverless functions and containers, object storage and GPU clusters. Regions in France, the Netherlands, Poland and Italy.
Compared with Vercel: Serverless containers and functions, managed databases and object storage in EU regions. Lower-level building blocks than Vercel; you assemble the deploy pipeline yourself.
Developer teams wanting a hyperscaler-style catalogue in the EU
8. bunny.net
Pay-as-you-go CDN with storage, DNS, video and edge compute
Slovenian CDN billed per GB, with object storage, DNS, video streaming, a WAF and DDoS layer (Shield), edge scripting and container hosting. Global network of 119 PoPs; an EU-only routing filter is available.
Compared with Vercel: Static sites and edge logic with Bunny Storage, CDN, Edge Scripting and Magic Containers, billed per use. Not a Git-based framework platform like Vercel or Netlify.
Developers and media sites wanting low per-GB delivery costs
9. alwaysdata
French managed hosting for sites, apps and email
Managed hosting on servers in France for PHP, Python, Node.js, Ruby or Java apps, with databases and email included. Free plan for personal use; paid plans on shared cloud or private servers.
Compared with Vercel: Managed hosting in France for Node.js, Python, PHP and more, with databases and email included and a free personal plan. A traditional hosting model, not a framework deploy platform.
Headquarters
Paris, France
Founded
2006
Your data
In Europe
Price
From €5/subscription/month
Free plan
Yes
Best for
Small sites and side projects needing hosting plus email
10. fortrabbit
Managed PHP hosting for Laravel, Craft CMS and WordPress
PHP-only platform: a push to GitHub triggers a Composer build, and MySQL, storage, backups and workers are booked as separate sized components. Runs on AWS, in Ireland or Virginia, chosen per app.
Compared with Vercel: PHP-only platform for Laravel, Craft CMS and WordPress from €2.50 a month, running on AWS in Ireland or Virginia. A Heroku option for PHP teams, not for JavaScript frameworks.
Headquarters
Berlin, Germany
Founded
2012
Employees
1–10
Your data
EU region available
Price
From €2.50/environment/month
Free plan
No
Best for
Freelancers and agencies hosting small PHP sites
Why look for a European alternative to Vercel?
Vercel is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. These are the reasons buyers in Europe most often give for looking elsewhere:
Vercel is a US company, as are Netlify and Heroku (owned by Salesforce), so US laws such as the CLOUD Act apply to all three.
Vercel Functions run in Washington, D.C. by default; you can move them to European regions such as Frankfurt, Paris, Stockholm, Dublin or London, while static files are served from its global CDN.
Heroku offers a Europe region in its Common Runtime and Private Spaces in Dublin, Frankfurt and London, but the company and its parent are American.
How this list was made
A company counts as European if it's headquartered in Europe: the EU, the EEA, Switzerland, the UK, or elsewhere in geographic Europe, never Russia or Belarus. Headquarters means where it's run from, not a registered office. Companies founded in Europe but headquartered elsewhere today are listed separately, and a non-European owner is always named.
Each company was checked against its own legal notice, pricing page and data-processing terms, and its G2 page. Headcount, funding and founding year come from LeadWave's database of SaaS companies. No company paid to be listed or ranked.
It depends on what you use Vercel for. Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) (France) for teams running many sites with per-branch environments, Clever Cloud (France) for Heroku-style app hosting with data kept in France and Scalingo (France) for teams leaving Heroku that need French hosting. All 10 on this page are headquartered in Europe; the table compares their hosting, prices and G2 ratings.
No. Vercel is headquartered in San Francisco, United States. As a US company it falls under US law, including the CLOUD Act, wherever it stores your data.
Northflank and alwaysdata have a free plan with no time limit.
Clever Cloud, Scalingo, Sliplane, Scaleway and alwaysdata store customer data in Europe by default. Upsun (formerly Platform.sh), Koyeb, Northflank, bunny.net and fortrabbit let you choose a European data region.
Upsun (formerly Platform.sh), Scalingo, Koyeb and Northflank document an import from Vercel; the details are under each one below.
Partly. Functions run in Washington, D.C. by default but can be set to European regions such as Frankfurt or Paris, while static files go out through its global CDN. Vercel is a US company.
Yes. Scalingo and Clever Cloud are French git-push platforms with managed databases, close to Heroku, and Upsun documents moves from Heroku and Vercel. For Netlify-style static sites, bunny.net combines storage and a CDN.
Clever Cloud runs on its own hardware and European providers, Scalingo on 3DS Outscale and Sliplane on Hetzner. Upsun, Northflank and fortrabbit run mostly on AWS, Google Cloud or Azure.
