whichdevtool?
Menu
StacksDirectory Pricing changes Glossary
VPS and cloud servers App hosting and PaaS Managed databases Transactional email APIs Email marketing and newsletters Domain registrars CDN, DNS and edge security Monitoring, uptime and error tracking Auth and identity Frontend and full-stack frameworks Backend frameworks UI component libraries AI model APIs File and object storage Payments and billing Background jobs, queues and workflows ORMs and database toolkits

Enterprise PaaS · by Upsun (formerly Platform.sh)

Upsun

The successor to Platform.sh: a YAML-configured PaaS where every Git branch can become a preview environment with cloned data, on five clouds in 14 regions.

Visit upsun.com ↗ Alternatives Trial EU region
Upsun homepage
§1

Overview

Upsun is the current product of the company behind Platform.sh. You describe your applications, runtimes, databases and services in a YAML file in your repository; Upsun builds them and runs the whole stack on the cloud and region you choose (AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM Cloud or OVHcloud, 14 regions). Every branch can get a preview environment with a copy of production data, which is its best-known feature for agencies and content teams.

Pricing has several parts: a €9 monthly fee per project, €10 per user per month, per-second charges for the CPU and memory you allocate to apps and services, €0.49 per GB of disk, and a support uplift of 10% of spend applied by default. Preview environments that sit idle for 15 days pause and then cost only storage. A monthly credit covers one project fee and one user license, which keeps the entry cost low but not zero.

Upsun is audited to SOC 2 Type 2, PCI DSS Level 1 and ISO 27001, and sells higher SLAs, SSO, Fastly WAF and DDoS protection as add-ons. The company now also markets Upsun Dispatch, a workflow layer for AI agents with human approval steps.

§2

Pricing and plans

Plan Price What you get
Project fee €9/project/mo Preview environments, 10 GB egress, 500,000 requests, 2.5 build CPU-hours
User license €10/user/mo Advanced user management with SSO +€9/user
App shared CPU €0.033/hr Memory €0.013 per GB-hour; guaranteed CPU €0.100/hr
Disk €0.49/GB-month Per environment; backups €0.10/GB
Standard support +10% of spend Applied by default; advanced +15%, premium +19%

Resources are billed per second on allocation (hourly prices assume 732 hours). Extra egress €0.03/GB, extra requests €1 per 100,000. Standard support adds 10% to the bill by default. 99.9% or 99.99% SLAs add 20% or 45% of project value and need a 12-month term. Fastly CDN, WAF and DDoS protection are priced separately. New accounts get a 15-day free trial and an ongoing monthly credit covering one project fee and one user license (up to $19/month).

Source: upsun.com/pricing/ · prices as published, excluding tax.

§3

What it does

Branch environments with data
On-demand preview environments per branch that clone production data and services.
Multi-cloud
The same repository and config deploy to AWS, Azure, GCP, IBM Cloud or OVHcloud.
Services in YAML
Declare databases, caches and search services next to apps in one config file.
Observability
30 days of infrastructure metrics, continuous profiling and Blackfire APM for PHP and Python.
Fastly edge
Optional Fastly CDN, WAF, image optimization and DDoS protection.
Green regions
A 3% credit for deploying to six lower-carbon regions.
§4

Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Full-stack preview environments with production data clones.
  • Choice of five clouds and 14 regions, including EU regions.
  • SOC 2 Type 2, PCI DSS Level 1 and ISO 27001.
  • Idle environments pause automatically to save cost.

Limitations

  • Complex pricing: project fee, user licenses, resources, storage and a 10% support uplift.
  • No permanent free tier beyond a monthly credit for one project and one user.
  • Only 10 GB of egress per project is included.
  • Higher SLAs and advanced support require 12-month commitments.
§5

Who it suits

Good for

  • Agencies managing many client sites
  • Regulated companies needing PCI DSS or ISO 27001
  • Teams that test against copies of production data

Look elsewhere if

  • Solo hobby projects
  • Bandwidth-heavy apps on a small budget
§6

Alternatives to Upsun

Tool From Free option Stages
Netlify Frontend and serverless platform
$9/mo Free tier
Scalingo European managed PaaS
€7.20/mo Trial
Azure App Service Managed PaaS
$0.017/hr Free tier
Render Managed PaaS
$7/mo Free tier
Clever Cloud European managed PaaS
€6/mo Trial
Heroku Managed PaaS
$5/mo Paid

All app hosting and PaaS →

§7

Questions

Is Upsun the same as Platform.sh?

Upsun is the platform now offered by the company that built Platform.sh, with resource-based pricing and the same branch-environment model.

How much does Upsun cost?

€9 per project per month and €10 per user, plus per-second CPU and memory (shared app CPU about €0.033/hr) and €0.49/GB disk; standard support adds 10% of spend.

Does Upsun have a free trial?

Yes, a 15-day free trial with no card, plus a monthly credit that covers one project fee and one user license.

Sources read for this page