Koyeb vs Sliplane (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Sliplane grades higher than Koyeb: 2.0 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Koyeb grades higher on features. Sliplane grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Sliplane
Docker container hosting on European servers, priced per server
Which one is for you
Pick Koyeb if
- Fits if you deploy containers and want autoscaling
- Works for AI jobs that need GPUs and per-second billing
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan
- Pricey if you run one small app, at $29 plus compute
- Watch out: the pricing page says Koyeb is joining Mistral AI and doesn't say what changes
- Watch out: private Slack support, SSO and RBAC are on higher plans, and the SLA starts at Scale, $299
- Watch out: the monthly total depends on usage
Pick Sliplane if
- Fits if you run Docker containers and want several services on one server
- Works for small teams that deploy from GitHub
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want shared PHP hosting, as it is built around containers
- Tight if you want to try it, as the demo server is deleted after 48 hours
- Pricey if you need a database, as managed PostgreSQL starts at €19 a month with no free tier
- Watch out: prices are in euros ex. VAT and a busy app may need a bigger tier
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAKoyebWeak | 2.0GPASliplaneFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D$29 a month plus compute on Pro, with $10 of compute included, against a category middle of $11. Scale is $299. | CStarter is €9 a month per server ex. VAT, in the ordinary range, and managed PostgreSQL adds €19 a month. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan, apart from a 5-hour Postgres tier. | DA demo server is removed after 48 hours unless you add a payment method, shorter than a week. |
| Features | BAutoscaling and scale-to-zero, GPUs, Postgres, 7 regions, GitHub and registry deploys, CLI, API and Terraform. Nothing core is missing in the listing. | CPush to deploy, unlimited services per server, backups, SSL and a REST API. Built around containers, not shared PHP hosting. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You connect repos or containers and pick instance sizes. | CYou pick server sizes and deploy containers, which has a learning curve. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with GitHub, Docker, Terraform, Pulumi, Postgres and AWS. | BWeb dashboard with a REST API and several integrations. |
| Best for | autoscaling containers and GPUs on a usage bill | container hosting billed per server |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Koyeb and Sliplane. How we grade
Price against what you get
Koyeb starts at $29 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Sliplane starts at about $10.05 a month and scores 2.3.
Koyeb scores higher, and starts $18.95 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other web hosts on the chart, none scores higher than Koyeb for less, and 3 score higher than Sliplane for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Sliplane also covers databases.
At a glance
| Koyeb | Sliplane | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free trial |
| Starts at | $29 per month plus compute (Pro) | €9 per server / month (Starter), excluding VAT |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | A free demo server, deleted automatically after 48 hours unless you add a payment method and turn it into a paid server. |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Koyeb | Sliplane |
| Price read from | koyeb.com | sliplane.io |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Koyeb
- The plan fee is on top of compute, which is billed per second, so the monthly total depends on usage.
- The pricing page carries a banner saying Koyeb is joining Mistral AI; what that means for the product was not stated there.
- Private Slack support, SSO and RBAC are limited to higher plans, and an uptime SLA starts with Scale.
- No free plan is listed on the pricing page, apart from a 5-hour free Postgres tier.
Sliplane
- Prices are in euros and exclude VAT; yearly billing is labeled 33% cheaper and hourly billing costs more than monthly, but those figures are not in the page text.
- Servers are billed by size, so a busy app may need a larger tier; custom configurations require a minimum commitment.
- Managed PostgreSQL starts at €19 a month with no free tier, and object storage costs €5 per extra 250 GB.
- The service is built around containers; the site describes deploying from GitHub or Docker images rather than shared PHP hosting.
Key features
Koyeb
- Serverless compute
- Apps run in autoscaling VMs on bare metal, with scale-to-zero and per-second billing, and deploy from a GitHub push or a container registry.
- GPU instances
- The pricing page lists GPUs from RTX-4000-SFF-ADA at $0.50 an hour up to 8x H200 at $24 an hour.
- Serverless Postgres
- Postgres instances are billed by the second, from a free 5-hour tier up to larger instances, with storage at $0.50 per GB a month.
- Seven regions
- Pro and Scale deploy to 7 regions in the US, EU and Asia; Scale adds AWS regions, and Enterprise lists 50 on-demand regions.
- Networking
- 1 TB of bandwidth a month is included, with extra at $0.02 per GB in the EU and US and $0.04 in Asia, plus automatic HTTPS, private networking and WebSockets.
- CLI, API and Terraform
- Deployment can be driven from the CLI, an API, Terraform or Pulumi.
Sliplane
- Push to deploy
- Connect a GitHub repository or a container registry; Sliplane detects the framework, builds, and deploys with zero-downtime releases.
- Unlimited services per server
- Each server runs as many services as fit on it at no extra charge, so the bill follows servers, not apps.
- One-click presets
- Presets cover popular software such as n8n, Open WebUI, Grafana, Metabase and several databases.
- Backups and SSL
- Daily volume backups, free SSL certificates and free Sliplane subdomains for public services are listed as always included.
- Managed PostgreSQL and object storage
- PostgreSQL with point-in-time backups starts at €19 a month, and S3-compatible storage is billed in 250 GB blocks with the first GB free.
- REST API
- Servers and services can be provisioned and deployed programmatically with a personal access token.
Plans
Koyeb
Pro$29
per month, plus compute used
Includes $10 of compute, 10 users, 100 services, 5 concurrent builds, volumes and snapshots, and email and chat support.
Scale$299
per month, plus compute used
Includes $100 of compute, 50 users, 1,000 services, 20 concurrent builds, AWS regions, a Slack cross-connect and a 99.9% uptime SLA.
EnterpriseCustom
Starts at $1,000 a month, according to the page: private dedicated locations, unlimited users, SSO, RBAC, audit trail and 24x7 support.
Sliplane
Starter€9
per server / month, billed monthly, excluding VAT
1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM and 20 GB storage on a shared-CPU server. Unlimited services, collaborators and free egress are included.
Base€17.80
per server / month, billed monthly, excluding VAT
2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM and 20 GB storage. Larger tiers run to 16 vCPU and 32 GB RAM at €224 a month.
Medium€28.80
per server / month, billed monthly, excluding VAT
3 vCPU, 4 GB RAM and 20 GB storage. Extra NVMe storage is sold separately, from €5 a month for 50 GB.
Large€45
per server / month, billed monthly, excluding VAT
4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM and 20 GB storage.
Ways to pay less
Koyeb
- Startups
Up to $30k in credits for early-stage startups
The pricing page offers early-stage startups up to $30k in credits; the details are on a separate startup program page.
- Other savings
Up to 50% off with long-term reservations
The pricing page says saving plans with long-term reservations get up to 50% off on-demand prices, arranged through sales.
Sliplane
- Annual discount
Yearly billing labeled 33% off
The App Runtime billing toggle marks yearly billing as 33% cheaper than hourly and monthly as 20% cheaper than hourly; yearly prices are not shown in the page text.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Koyeb or Sliplane?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Sliplane is cheaper to start with: about $10.05 a month, against $29 a month for Koyeb. Koyeb starts at $29 per month plus compute (Pro), and Sliplane starts at €9 per server / month (Starter), excluding VAT.
Which has a free plan, Koyeb or Sliplane?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Koyeb nor Sliplane has a free plan. Sliplane has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.