# Clever Cloud review (2026): is it worth it? > French managed PaaS that deploys apps with a git push Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Clever Cloud is a platform-as-a-service that runs applications in many languages, plus managed databases and storage, in datacenters it operates in France. A git push starts a deployment, and resources are billed by the second against a size and instance count you set. - **Category:** Web Hosting - **Made by:** Clever Cloud - **Website:** https://www.clever.cloud - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a price before you sign up, as none is published. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing Clever Cloud's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site. ## Key features - **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). ## Good for - European teams that need hosting inside France - Health data projects that need an HDS-certified host - Developers who want git-push deploys without managing servers ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Clever Cloud deploys from Git across many runtimes, with managed databases and autoscaling. No plan prices are published, so you need its estimator to learn what you would pay. - **Value for money: C.** No plan prices are published as text. Cost comes from an online estimator, billed per second against funds paid monthly in advance. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Sign-up credits need no card, but they are a one-time grant and larger programs go through sales. - **Features: B.** Git deploys, many runtimes, managed databases, autoscaling with a cap and certifications. The listing names no gap in the core hosting job. - **Ease of use: C.** Pick runtimes, instance sizes and databases yourself. The site and docs are only in English and French, and there is no store rating. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web console and Git workflow with a handful of integrations. No phone or desktop app. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Clever Cloud's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among web hosts - Clever Cloud's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 99 of the 122 other web hosts we grade, and level with 14. - It stands best on features (B, above 86 of 122) and worst on value for money (C, above 13). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/web-hosting ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Clever Cloud you would be making connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.4 is higher than 99 of the 122 other web hosts we grade. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: Databases with views, filters and links between them. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with GitLab, Heptapod, Terraform, Kubernetes, Keycloak, Metabase **Tags:** Databases, Public API, Workflow automation ## Alternatives - [Scalingo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/scalingo): European PaaS and managed databases billed by the minute. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clever-cloud-vs-scalingo) - [Heroku](https://toolgpa.com/tools/heroku): Platform for deploying apps in containers called dynos. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clever-cloud-vs-heroku) - [Render](https://toolgpa.com/tools/render): Cloud hosting for web services, databases and workers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clever-cloud-vs-render) - [OVHcloud](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ovhcloud): VPS, public cloud, web hosting and dedicated servers. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clever-cloud-vs-ovhcloud) - [Upsun](https://toolgpa.com/tools/upsun): Application cloud priced by provisioned resources. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clever-cloud-vs-upsun) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.clever.cloud/pricing/ - https://www.clever.cloud/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/clever-cloud Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).