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title: "Best French PaaS in 2026: 4 options compared"
url: https://while.sh/en/comparisons/french-paas/
author: "Grégoire Mougeolle, co-founder of Nextmap"
updated: 2026-11-02
---

# The best French PaaS in 2026

Your apps must stay in Europe, and preferably in France. Here are the PaaS that make it possible, and what each one does when an AI agent is the one deploying.

## The right choice depends on your app

- **Do your apps handle health data, or do you need SecNumCloud-qualified infrastructure?** Choose Scalingo: it hosts health data, and offers a region on Outscale's SecNumCloud infrastructure, on request (source 1).
- **Would you rather keep your own servers?** Choose Coolify: it is open source and free, and it turns your servers into a PaaS (source 2).
- **Does your AI agent deploy, and must it never break anything in production without you?** Choose while: sensitive actions wait for your approval, and your keys stay out of its reach.

## The comparison

| Host | Your AI agent | The database | In France | To get started |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scalingo | No official MCP server: the command line | Managed PostgreSQL, point-in-time recovery over 7 to 30 days (source 3) | Yes (source 4) | €7.20 for the container and €7.20 for the database, per month (source 5) |
| Clever Cloud | Local MCP server, still young (source 6) | PostgreSQL free in DEV, then from €4.90 per month (source 7) | Yes, by default (source 8) | From €4.50 for the app (source 9), and the database free in DEV, then €4.90 (source 7), per month |
| Coolify | Built-in MCP server, tokens with limited permissions (source 10) | On your server, with backups you set up yourself | If your server is there | Free, or $5 per month in Cloud, plus your servers (source 11) |
| while | MCP server with OAuth: sensitive actions wait for your approval | PostgreSQL backed up every day, point-in-time recovery over 14 days (source 12) | Yes, with Nextmap, a French company | €0 to get started, then €13.75 per month for an app and its database |

## Scalingo, built for compliance

Scalingo is built for compliance, with ISO 27001 and health data hosting, and it responds to critical incidents in under 15 minutes on average (source 1).

## Clever Cloud, many languages in France

Clever Cloud runs your apps in France by default (source 8), with many languages.

## Coolify, European and open source, on your servers

Coolify is developed in Hungary, open source and free, and it turns your servers into a PaaS (source 2).

## while, the French PaaS built for your AI agent

Your agent connects to while over MCP and does the rest: it deploys the app and its PostgreSQL database, its jobs and its storage, follows the logs and fixes things. Sensitive actions, like deleting a production database, wait for your approval, and your agent never sees your keys. Your apps and their backups are hosted in France, by Nextmap.

## Next steps

- [Deploy a Django app](/en/guides/deploy-django/)
- [Deploy a Laravel app](/en/guides/deploy-laravel/)

## Sources

1. [Scalingo, home page](https://scalingo.com/), 2026-11-02
2. [Coolify, home page](https://coolify.io/), 2026-11-02
3. [Scalingo, database backups](https://doc.scalingo.com/databases/about/backup-policies), 2026-11-02
4. [Scalingo, regions](https://doc.scalingo.com/platform/internals/regions), 2026-11-02
5. [Scalingo, pricing](https://scalingo.com/pricing), 2026-11-02
6. [Clever Cloud, the MCP server (mcp-simple-server)](https://github.com/CleverCloud/mcp-simple-server), 2026-11-02
7. [Clever Cloud, PostgreSQL pricing](https://www.clever.cloud/product/postgresql/), 2026-11-02
8. [Clever Cloud, application regions](https://www.clever.cloud/developers/doc/manage/cli/applications/), 2026-11-02
9. [Clever Cloud, Node.js application pricing](https://www.clever.cloud/product/node-js-applications/), 2026-11-02
10. [Coolify, the MCP server](https://coolify.io/docs/mcp/overview), 2026-11-02
11. [Coolify, pricing and FAQ](https://coolify.io/pricing), 2026-11-02
12. [while, tested backups](https://while.sh/fr/docs/briques/sauvegardes/), 2026-11-03

## Questions

### Which ones host in France?

Scalingo, Clever Cloud and while. Coolify does too, if you rent your server in France.

### Which one has an MCP server for my agent?

while and Coolify have one, and so does Clever Cloud, in an early version. Scalingo has no official one.

### What about a large company?

while's Enterprise plan is on quote, with high availability by default and a 7-year audit log.