Clever Cloud vs Upsun (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Clever Cloud if

• Fits if you want a European host with Git-based deploys
• Works for teams that need certifications and sovereignty claims

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price before you sign up, as none is published
• Tight if you want a lasting free tier, as the sign-up credits are a one-time grant
• Watch out: billing runs on funds paid monthly in advance against your expected usage
• Not for you if you need the site in another language, as it is only in English and French

Pick Upsun if

• Fits if your team wants a preview environment for every branch
• Works for developers who deploy across several clouds

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want a simple site host, as projects are configured in files
• Watch out: the total is a project fee plus users plus CPU, memory, storage and bandwidth
• Watch out: Elasticsearch and MongoDB are premium services that need a minimum commitment and sales
• Watch out: the page opened in euros, and object storage is not available on trial projects

Clever Cloud

• No plan prices are published as text: pricing depends on the instance size and count chosen in an online estimator.
• Billing is per second on resources funded monthly in advance against your expected usage, with an itemised bill.
• The free credits on sign-up are a one-time grant, and larger credit programs go through the sales team.
• The site and its documentation are available in English and French.

Upsun

• The page opened in euros and offers GBP, USD, CAD and AUD; the figures here are the euro prices shown.
• Costs depend on what you provision: a project's total is the project fee plus users, CPU, memory, storage and bandwidth.
• Elasticsearch and MongoDB are premium managed services that need a minimum commitment and contact with sales.
• Object storage is not available on trial projects.

Clever Cloud

Git-push deployment

A git push triggers a full deployment, and the platform handles monitoring, updates and restarts for the application.

Many runtimes

Runtime pages cover Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, Java, Go, Rust, Elixir, .NET Core, Docker, static sites and more.

Managed databases

Offers PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis and Elasticsearch as managed services, with daily backups on PostgreSQL.

Autoscaling with a cap

Resources adapt automatically within the limits you set, so you choose the maximum you are willing to pay.

Sovereignty and certifications

Says it runs its own datacenters in France, and is certified ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and Health Data Hosting (HDS).

Upsun

Preview environments

Every Git branch can get a full-stack environment, and on-demand preview environments are part of the project fee.

Provisioned resources, billed per second

Shared CPU is €0.033 an hour and 1 GB of application memory €0.013 an hour, billed per second on what is allocated.

Multicloud deployment

Projects can be placed on AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, IBM Cloud or OVHcloud, with a 3% credit in six greener regions.

Storage and backups

Disk is €0.49 per GB a month per environment, backups €0.10 per GB, and object storage €0.0833 per GB with a 512 GB minimum.

Access management

Advanced user management adds teams, MFA enforcement and single sign-on through Google or OIDC providers such as Entra ID and Okta.

Clever Cloud

Pricing could not be confirmed. See clever.cloud.

Upsun

• Project fee€9.00

  per project / month, plus resources

  Includes preview environments, 30 days of metrics, 10 GB egress and 500,000 ingress requests.

• User license€10.00

  per user / month

  Custom project and environment permissions; Advanced user management adds €9 per user for teams, MFA and SSO.

Clever Cloud

No public discounts listed.

Upsun

• Other savings

  First project incentive

  The pricing page says the first user license and first project fee, up to $19 a month, are saved automatically, with terms and conditions applying.