What it does
Scalingo is a European application platform that builds and runs applications from Git repositories. Its PaaS supports a range of languages and frameworks, provides rolling deployments and review apps, and exposes runtime metrics and logs. The vendor also sells separately named managed databases; this entry focuses on its application runtime, not those DBaaS products or a customer-managed virtual machine.
Prepare the Git path
Scalingo's first-steps guide expects Git on the developer's computer and an SSH key registered with the account. After preparing those prerequisites, choose a language or framework tutorial and deploy the application's repository. The platform builds and runs the code in containers. For a pull request, the documented review-app feature can create a temporary live environment; metrics, rollback controls, background workers and cron jobs cover other parts of the release lifecycle. No repository was connected and no deployment was run for this record.
This is PaaS, not a VPS: the published workflow centers on application runtimes and platform features rather than root access to a guest operating system. Scalingo operates the runtime layer, while the team still supplies compatible code, manages its application configuration and decides how many resources it needs.
Read the price unit carefully
The public pricing page lists container sizes and presents estimates for a 30-day period, excluding VAT. It also says services are billed by the minute and prorated at month end. That can suit preview environments that are shut down when no longer needed, but a continuously running container still accumulates usage. The page separately lists database plans, so do not assume a database is included in a container price. The site offers a free-start option, but the reviewed pricing page did not specify its duration or allowance.
Strengths
- A Git push is the central deployment path, with a large set of documented language and framework tutorials.
- Review apps, rolling deployments, autoscaling, metrics and rollback controls are described as platform features.
- The pricing page explains per-minute billing and displays container sizes with 30-day estimates.
Watch out for
- A Git deployment requires local Git and a registered SSH key, so the first release includes source-control setup before the platform can build the app.
- Database services are priced separately from application containers.
Best for
- Teams that want a managed Git-to-container path for production applications and pull-request previews.
- Developers who prefer runtime-level controls and platform-managed rollouts over administering a VPS.
Sources
- European PaaS & DBaaS for Secure Cloud Hosting | Scalingo (Oct 25, 2026)
- First Steps On Scalingo - Scalingo (Oct 25, 2026)
- Scalingo Pricing | PaaS & Database Hosting Plans (Oct 25, 2026)