Scalingo
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What is Scalingo
Scalingo is a cloud platform-as-a-service (PaaS) used to deploy, run, and operate web applications and background jobs without managing underlying servers. It targets software teams that want a managed deployment workflow with common language/framework support and managed add-ons such as databases. The platform emphasizes a Heroku-style developer experience with Git-based deployments and container-based execution. It is commonly used by organizations that need a hosted application platform with European hosting options and operational tooling built in.
PaaS-style developer workflow
Scalingo supports a streamlined deployment model oriented around pushing code and letting the platform build and run the application. This reduces the amount of infrastructure configuration required compared with assembling a platform from raw compute and networking services. It fits teams that want a managed runtime experience rather than operating their own orchestration stack. The workflow is familiar to developers coming from other PaaS environments.
Managed add-ons for apps
The platform provides managed services commonly needed by applications, such as databases and other add-ons, to reduce operational overhead. This can simplify provisioning, backups, and day-2 operations compared with self-managed components. It also helps standardize environments across development and production. For small teams, this can shorten time-to-production for typical web workloads.
Container-based application execution
Scalingo runs applications in isolated units aligned with container concepts, supporting process scaling and separation of web and worker workloads. This approach helps with repeatable deployments and environment consistency across stages. It also allows teams to scale application components independently based on demand. For many web applications, this provides sufficient containerization benefits without requiring direct cluster management.
Less control than IaaS
As a PaaS, Scalingo abstracts infrastructure choices and limits low-level control over networking, host configuration, and runtime tuning. Teams with specialized requirements (custom kernels, advanced network topologies, or bespoke observability agents) may find the abstraction restrictive. Some workloads that need fine-grained infrastructure control can be better served by building directly on compute services. This trade-off is typical of managed application platforms.
Ecosystem and integrations depth
Compared with larger cloud ecosystems, the breadth of native integrations, marketplace options, and third-party tooling can be narrower. Organizations that rely on a wide catalog of managed services (specialized analytics, eventing, or AI services) may need additional integration work. This can increase architectural complexity when assembling a broader platform. Fit depends on how much of the stack must be sourced outside the PaaS.
Portability and platform coupling
Applications may become coupled to platform-specific deployment conventions, add-on interfaces, and operational workflows. Moving to another environment can require changes to build/deploy pipelines and service bindings. While container concepts help, PaaS abstractions can still create migration friction. This is a consideration for teams with strict portability requirements.
Plan & Pricing
Pricing model: Pay-as-you-go (billed by the minute; pro-rata monthly invoicing) Free tier/trial: 30-day free trial (no credit card required) — platform-level trial. Example costs (core platform resources):
- Container sizes (official doc, prices per hour):
- S (Small): 0.01 €/hour
- M (Medium, default): 0.02 €/hour
- L (Large): 0.04 €/hour
- XL (eXtra Large): 0.08 €/hour
- 2XL (eXtra eXtra Large): 0.16 €/hour
- Storage over-quota (GB-hour) rates (by region):
- osc-fr1: 0.0007 €/Gigabyte-hour
- snc-fr1: 0.0008333 €/Gigabyte-hour Support (optional paid plans):
- Basic: included (development projects)
- Starter: From €100/month (or the higher of €100 or 5% of monthly usage). Recommended for non-critical production.
- Business: From €500/month (or the higher of €500 or 10% of monthly usage). For high-availability/mission-critical apps.
- MCO / Custom: on request (tailored monitoring/support). Notes & add-ons:
- Platform billing is per-minute; monthly invoice includes pro-rata billed services.
- Some managed database add-ons still offer a Sandbox/free test plan (e.g., Scalingo for MySQL lists a free plan for testing).
Seller details
Scalingo SAS
Strasbourg, France
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https://scalingo.com/
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