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Comparison

Platform.sh vs Porter

On the evidence we track, Platform.sh leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Platform.sh full profile →Porter full profile →
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★Platform.sh63
Porter57
Score
vioscaleAI score
Platform.sh63 / 100medium · 59%
Porter57 / 100low · 33%
Pricing
Free tier
Platform.sh✓
Porter✗
Model
Platform.shcommercial
Portercommercial
Price level
Platform.shunknown
Porterlow
Starting price
Platform.sh–
Porter$6
Transparent
Platform.sh✓
Porter✓
Integrations
Count
Platform.sh3
Porter5
Security
Disclosure policy
Platform.sh✓
Porter–
Hipaa
Platform.sh–
Porter✓
Iso27001
Platform.sh✓
Porter–
Pci
Platform.sh✓
Porter–
Soc2
Platform.sh✓
Porter✓
Reliability
Status page
Platform.sh✓
Porter–
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Platform.sh7 items
Porter7 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for paas & hosting. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deploy
Git-push auto-deploy
Platform.sh-
Porter✓
Deploy arbitrary container image
Platform.sh-
Porter✓
Per-PR preview environments
Platform.sh✓
Porter✓
Build
Build system
Platform.sh-
Porter-
Runtime / language breadth
Platform.shDiverse application types supported
PorterJavaScript, Python, Go, and others
Scale
Autoscaling
Platform.shHorizontal
PorterHorizontal
Deployment
Geographic reach
Platform.sh-
PorterMulti-region
Hosting
Platform.shCloud only
PorterCloud + self-hosted
Data
Bundled managed data services
Platform.sh-
Porter✓
Delivery
Built-in global CDN / edge
Platform.sh-
Porter-
Custom domains + automatic TLS
Platform.sh✓
Porter✓
Ops
Env vars & secrets management
Platform.sh-
Porter-
Instant rollbacks
Platform.sh-
Porter-
Extensibility
CLI + deploy API
Platform.sh✓
Porter✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Platform.sh

Leader

A cloud platform that enables development teams to build, test, and deploy applications with control over resource allocation per component. Provides unlimited preview environments with full data cloning, horizontal and vertical scaling capabilities, custom domain support, and team collaboration features.

Independently observed

Porter

A platform-as-a-service that manages application deployment, scaling, and infrastructure across AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure. Handles CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and cluster management automatically while running on your own cloud account.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Platform.sh

Leader
from £0.01/moHybridFree tier15-day trial

From £7.50/project + £8.50/user/month. Pay-as-you-go for resources. 15-day free trial with credits, no card required.

  • Project resourcesPay for resources provisioned: CPU/memory per hour, storage per GB, plus £7.50/project/month
  • User license£8.50/user/mo
    • Custom project/environment permissions
    • Teams management
    • MFA enforcement
    • SSO: Google, OIDC
  • Advanced user management£7.50/user/mo
    • Advanced permissions
    • Teams management
    • MFA enforcement
    • SSO: Google, OIDC (Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, PingID, Ory)
as of verify ↗

Porter

from $6/moUsage-based

Usage-based: $6/GB RAM + $13/vCPU per month. Enterprise volume discounts available.

  • Standard$6/GB RAM/mo + $13/vCPU/mo, prorated hourly
    • Deploy from GitHub
    • Unlimited Applications
    • Preview Environments
    • Autoscaling
    • Jobs & Cron Jobs
    • +5 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Everything in Standard
    • Premium Support
    • Advanced RBAC
    • SAML-based SSO
    • Custom Alerts
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Platform.sh✓
Porter✓
CLI
Platform.sh✓
Porter✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Platform.sh✓
Porter✓
Self-hosted
Platform.sh✗
Porter✓
On-premise
Platform.sh✗
Porter✓
Hybrid
Platform.sh✗
Porter✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (1)
  • GitHub

Platform.sh

Leader
3 total - 2 not shared
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
Independently observed

Porter

6 total - 5 not shared
  • Tailscale
  • Helicone
  • Grafana
  • Temporal
  • GitHub Actions
Independently observed
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Platform.sh or Porter: which one depends on you

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