The Best 15 Clever Cloud Alternatives

  • Heroku icon

    Heroku

    Heroku is a cloud application platform for Ruby, Rails, Node.js, Java, Python, Scala and Clojure web apps. Everything you need to build, run, and scale: Dynos: Run virtually any language at any scale.

    Freemium Web

  • Microsoft Azure icon

    Microsoft Azure

    Microsoft Azure and SQL Azure enable you to build, host and scale applications in Microsoft datacenters.

    Commercial Android Android Tablet Web

  • AppFog icon

    AppFog

    Simple PaaS for Java, Node, .Net, Ruby, PHP, MySQL, Mongo, PostgreSQL, and more. Freedom to move between IaaS at will with the easiest pricing in the cloud.

    Freemium Web

  • RoseHosting.com icon

    RoseHosting.com

    RoseHosting is a leading VPS provider serving thousands of clients world-wide. RoseHosting.com was the first and only web hosting company in the world to offer commercial Linux virtual servers back in 2001. Now, RoseHosting.

    Commercial Linux Self-Hosted

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    Dokkur

    approachable paas solution based on dokku - docker powered software. supported engines: ruby, node.js, clojure, python, java...

    Freemium Linux Web

  • Scalingo icon

    Scalingo

    In the blink of an eye deploy, update and scale your apps and their data in the cloud. Forget about system administration, focus on your app development.

    Freemium Web

  • Engine Yard Cloud icon

    Engine Yard Cloud

    Engine Yard Cloud is the best Platform as a Service (PaaS) for a wide range of applications, from small-scale web applications that run within a single compute instance, to large-scale enterprise applications that require the reliability...

    Commercial Web

  • Last.Backend icon

    Last.Backend

    Last.Backend is a cloud hosting, designed for developers. Last.Backend Platform is an open source PaaS built on top of Kubernetes.

    Free Open Source Linux

  • Joyent icon

    Joyent

    A Joyent Cloud provided free development sandbox for users of Node.js. Use the only field-proven, carrier-grade cloud infrastructure platform.

    Commercial Web

  • Microsoft Cloud Platform icon

    Microsoft Cloud Platform

    Microsoft approaches cloud computing as a way to help customers take a key step toward better business agility, economics, and user experiences.

    Commercial Windows Web