Scalingo review (2026): is it worth €7.20 a month?
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Scalingo report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 13, 2026
Best for Git-deployed apps with European hosting
Scalingo deploys apps from Git with managed databases, hosted in sovereign regions. Prices are in euros without VAT, starter databases are on a single node, and the better uptime promise is on its Business plan.
Who Scalingo is for
- Fits if you want Heroku-style Git deploys and European regions
- Works for small apps that need a managed database
Who Scalingo is not for
- Watch out: prices are in euros, exclude VAT and are on a 30-day basis
- Tight if uptime matters, as the 99.96% SLA is on the Business plan and starter databases are 98%
- Pricey if you add extras: a Docker image download costs €50 and OpenVPN €30 a month, both ex. VAT
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as it has only a 30-day trial
Why Scalingo gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyA container starts at €7.20 a month and a starter database at €7.20, ex. VAT, in the ordinary range. Dollar prices are not shown.
- CFree plan and trial30 days free per the pricing page. The page does not say here whether a card is needed.
- CFeaturesGit deploys, managed databases and vector search. Starter databases run on one node with a 98% SLA, a gap, as the 99.96% SLA is on Business.
- CEase of useDeploys follow a Git workflow and databases need setting up, with no store rating on record.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb dashboard with a few integrations. No phone or desktop app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Scalingo's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/scalingo#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/scalingo.svg" alt="Scalingo: 2.2 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Scalingo stands among web hosts
Scalingo's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 74 of the 122 other web hosts we grade, and level with 24.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 57 of 122) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at about $8.04 a month, against a middle price of $9.69 for the category: 49 of the 107 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 123 web hosts we grade, cut by the letter each got. Scalingo’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 13 of 122, level with 65
- CFree plan and trialAbove 74 of 122, level with 24
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 122, level with 85
- CEase of useAbove 40 of 122, level with 82
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 57 of 122, level with 65
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 111 web hosts. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Scalingo, or make your own?
Keep it
Nothing Scalingo does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 4 things listed below take a company.
It costs $96.53 a year.
What you could not
- Databases with views, filters and links between them.
- It plugs into other products, Next.js, Laravel and Django among them, and has an API.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations.
What this rests on. Scalingo’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Scalingo?
Scalingo is a European platform-as-a-service that deploys applications from a Git repository and runs managed databases. Containers and databases are priced by size in euros, excluding VAT, and billed by the minute, with a standard region and a SecNumCloud region at a higher price.
Worth knowing
- Prices are in euros, exclude VAT and are estimated on a 30-day basis; the page shows no dollar prices.
- Starter databases run on a single node with a 98% SLA; the 99.96% SLA is on the Business plan.
- Extra database storage is charged on top of the storage included in each plan.
- A Docker image download costs €50 and an OpenVPN option €30 per month, both ex. VAT.
Key features
- Git-based deploys
- Connect a Git repository for deploys, with autoscaling on metrics and zero-downtime rolling deploys.
- Managed databases
- Offers PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, caching, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch and InfluxDB, with daily backups and PostgreSQL point-in-time recovery.
- Always-included extras
- Custom domains, Let's Encrypt SSL, metrics, unlimited collaborators and log archives come with every container.
- Sovereign and health regions
- A SecNumCloud region built on Outscale costs 20% more, and HDS plans exist for health data hosting.
- Vector search for AI apps
- Pgvector on PostgreSQL, plus ML and KNN features on OpenSearch, for semantic search and LLM applications.
Scalingo pricing
As of Nov 13, 2026, Scalingo is a paid product with a free trial, starting at €7.20 per month ex. VAT (smallest container or database).
- Starts at
- €7.20 per month ex. VAT (smallest container or database)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- Free for 30 days, per the pricing page description
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Container S | €7.20per month, ex. VAT, 30-day basis | 256 MB RAM at low CPU priority. Sizes run to 3XL (8 GB RAM) at €230.40. |
| Container M | €14.40per month, ex. VAT, 30-day basis | 512 MB RAM at standard CPU priority; L (1 GB) is €28.80 and XL (2 GB) is €57.60. |
| PostgreSQL Starter 512M | €7.20per month, ex. VAT, 30-day basis | 512 MB RAM, 10 GB storage and 30 connections on a single node with a 98% SLA. |
Read from scalingo.com on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Scalingo before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Scalingo have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Scalingo is listed for Web.
Does Scalingo have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 13, 2026. Scalingo is listed for Web.
Is Scalingo open source?
Scalingo is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 13, 2026.
Does Scalingo have an API?
Yes. Scalingo offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026.