# Clever Cloud vs Northflank

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Clever Cloud

| Attribute | Clever Cloud | Northflank |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 69.2 (73% (medium)) | 62.7 (73% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A cloud platform enabling developers to deploy applications via git push with automatic scaling, monitoring, and maintenance. Supports multiple runtimes and programming languages, with options for cloud-hosted, on-premise, and air-gapped deployments. It is indexed under PaaS & Hosting.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","question":"What is Clever Cloud?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Clever Cloud is a paid product; published pricing starts at €4.50 per month. It is sold across 2 plans (Pico and Nano). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","question":"How much does Clever Cloud cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Clever Cloud supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","question":"What platforms does Clever Cloud support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Clever Cloud can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and air-gapped, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","question":"Can Clever Cloud be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 21 integrations for Clever Cloud, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Jenkins, GitLab, Artifactory and ElasticSearch, plus 13 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","question":"What does Clever Cloud integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed ISO 27001 and GDPR for Clever Cloud. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Clever Cloud not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/engineering/2022/01/11/security-update-about-colors-and-faker/","question":"What security certifications does Clever Cloud have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Clever Cloud is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in France.","source":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","question":"Where is Clever Cloud available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"answer":"Northflank is a platform for deploying and managing applications, databases, jobs, and AI services with options for managed cloud hosting or deployment into customer infrastructure, providing Git-based deployments, preview environments, and rollback capabilities. It is indexed under PaaS & Hosting.","source":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","question":"What is Northflank?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Northflank offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.01. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","question":"Is Northflank free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Northflank supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","question":"What platforms does Northflank support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Northflank can be deployed cloud / SaaS, hybrid, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","question":"Can Northflank be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 23 integrations for Northflank, including GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure, Oracle Cloud and EKS, plus 15 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","question":"What does Northflank integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 and HIPAA for Northflank. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Northflank not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://northflank.com","question":"What security certifications does Northflank have?","confidence":0.48},{"answer":"Northflank is available worldwide. Its primary markets are the United States and the EU.","source":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","question":"Where is Northflank available?","confidence":0.75}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"air_gapped":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A managed platform-as-a-service for developers that handles deployment, runtime monitoring, automatic updates, and infrastructure management. Applications deploy via a simple git push without requiring Docker configuration or manual setup. | Infrastructure deployment system that runs code in isolated sandbox environments with automatic preview environments, access controls, secrets management, and support for both managed cloud and customer-owned infrastructure. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"both","regions":"multi","runtimes":"Node.js, Python, Java, PHP, Scala, Docker, FrankenPHP, Bun, V language, and othe","autoscaling":"horizontal","cli_and_api":true,"env_secrets":true,"build_system":"buildpacks","git_push_deploy":true,"container_deploy":true,"managed_databases":true,"custom_domains_tls":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","regions":"multi","runtimes":"Polyglot; any language or framework","rollbacks":true,"autoscaling":"horizontal","cli_and_api":true,"env_secrets":true,"build_system":"buildpacks","git_push_deploy":true,"preview_deploys":true,"container_deploy":true,"managed_databases":true,"custom_domains_tls":true}` |
| integrations.count | 19 | 23 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Artifactory"},{"name":"ElasticSearch"},{"name":"Kibana"},{"name":"ElasticAPM"},{"name":"Keycloak"},{"name":"Matomo"},{"name":"Metabase"},{"name":"Otoroshi"},{"name":"Varnish"},{"name":"Redirection.io"},{"name":"Terraform"},{"name":"OVHcloud"},{"name":"Git"},{"name":"Prometheus","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"},{"name":"Apache Pulsar","native":true,"category":"messaging"},{"name":"Grafana","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"AWS"},{"name":"Google Cloud Platform"},{"name":"Azure"},{"name":"Oracle Cloud"},{"name":"EKS"},{"name":"GKE"},{"name":"AKS"},{"name":"Rancher"},{"name":"OpenShift"},{"name":"Tanzu"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"Redis"},{"name":"MinIO"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"pgvector"},{"name":"Llama"},{"name":"Deepseek"},{"name":"MCP"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Pico","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":4.98,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"256MB RAM, shared vCPU instance","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Nano","components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":6.64,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"512MB RAM, shared vCPU instance","contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $4.98/month for Pico instances","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2015/07/22/new-flavours-pricing-update/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-18T15:58:20.509Z","startingPrice":{"amount":4.98,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"name":"PaaS","summary":"$0.01667/vCPU-hr, billed per second","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU-hr"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01667,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Managed cloud infrastructure with pay-as-you-go pricing"},{"name":"BYOC","summary":"Cloud provider charges plus $0.01389/vCPU-hr and $0.00139/GB-hr management fee","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"vCPU-hr"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01389,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB-hr"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.00139,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Bring Your Own Cloud with management fee"}],"summary":"From $0.01667/vCPU-hr (PaaS, billed per second). BYOC available with management fees from $0.01389/vCPU-hr.","currency":"USD","sourceUrl":"https://northflank.com/blog/ai-sandbox-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-22T14:39:40.468Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"GB-hr","amount":0.00139,"currency":"USD"}}` |
| pricing.free_tier | no | yes |
| pricing.model | commercial | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":4.98,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":0.00139,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"ISO 27001:2022","status":"active"},{"name":"Health Data Hosting (HDS)","status":"active"}]` | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.clever.cloud/blog/company/2016/04/04/security-is-a-process/ | - |

## Capabilities (PaaS & Hosting)

| Capability | Clever Cloud | Northflank |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Deploy** |  |  |
| Git-push auto-deploy | ✓ | ✓ |
| Deploy arbitrary container image | ✓ | ✓ |
| Per-PR preview environments | - | ✓ |
| **Build** |  |  |
| Build system | Buildpacks | Buildpacks |
| Runtime / language breadth | Node.js, Python, Java, PHP, Scala, Docker, FrankenPHP, Bun, V language, and othe | Polyglot; any language or framework |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Autoscaling | Horizontal | Horizontal |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Geographic reach | Multi-region | Multi-region |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Data** |  |  |
| Bundled managed data services | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Delivery** |  |  |
| Built-in global CDN / edge | - | - |
| Custom domains + automatic TLS | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Ops** |  |  |
| Env vars & secrets management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Instant rollbacks | - | ✓ |
| **Extensibility** |  |  |
| CLI + deploy API | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:10:38.788Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*