Koyeb and Qovery sit at very different price points and serve different jobs: Koyeb is a serverless hosting platform for apps, APIs, and GPU-backed AI…
Best for Koyeb: Teams wanting affordable serverless hosting with GPU access, scale-to-zero autoscaling, sub-200ms cold starts, and deployment across 50+ global locations.
Best for Qovery: Larger engineering organizations, especially in regulated industries (per its SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, and DORA compliance), needing a governed API layer over existing multi-cloud Kubernetes and Terraform infrastructure with audit trails and rollback.
At a Glance
Koyeb
Qovery
Primary category
Hosting
Hosting
Rating
Not documented
Not documented
Pricing model
Freemium
Flat-rate, per-organization subscription with annual or monthly billing
Starting price
Free (Hobby plan)
Team plan starts from $899 per month
Free plan
Yes
Not documented
Free trial
Not documented
Not documented
Platforms
Web
Not documented
Team collaboration
Not documented
Not documented
AI features
Yes
Yes
Public API
Yes
Yes
Key Differences
Entry pricing and scale
Koyeb: Pro plan starts at $29/month with 10 users and 100 services.
Qovery: Team plan starts at $899/month with 10 users plus 10 AI agent seats.
The roughly 30x difference in entry price reflects very different target budgets and organization sizes.
AI agent governance
Koyeb: No mention of RBAC or governance specifically for AI agents operating infrastructure.
Qovery: Provides RBAC and governance policies that apply to both human users and AI agents, plus a native MCP Server and AI Skills for Claude, Cursor, Codex, and Gemini CLI.
As AI coding agents gain infrastructure access, teams need controls over what those agents can change.
Compliance certifications
Koyeb: No SOC 2, HIPAA, or GDPR certifications documented.
Qovery: SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, and DORA compliant, explicitly marketed to financial services, healthcare, and insurtech companies.
Regulated industries require documented compliance certifications before adopting infrastructure tooling.
GPU/accelerator access
Koyeb: Offers pay-as-you-go GPUs (RTX-4000-SFF-ADA, L4, RTX-A6000, L40S, A100, H100) with sub-200ms cold starts and scale-to-zero.
Qovery: Integrates with cloud providers' own Kubernetes services (EKS/GKE/AKS/Scaleway) rather than offering a direct GPU catalog.
Teams running inference or training workloads need direct, billed-by-the-hour GPU access.
What the platform actually is
Koyeb: A hosting platform that runs the application itself.
Qovery: An API and control layer over a team's existing Kubernetes clusters across AWS, GCP, Azure, Scaleway, or on-premise.
Teams that already operate their own Kubernetes infrastructure need orchestration and governance, not another place to host apps.
Feature-by-Feature
Core Platform
Feature
Koyeb
Qovery
GPU/accelerator access
Available
Not documented
Scale-to-zero with sub-200ms cold starts
Available
Not documented
Multi-cloud Kubernetes orchestration
Not documented
Available
AI-agent RBAC and MCP integration
Not documented
Available
Managed serverless Postgres
Available
Not documented
Pricing & Plans
Feature
Koyeb
Qovery
Entry paid plan
Available
Available
Free tier for general app hosting
Unavailable
Unavailable
Custom/Enterprise plan
Available
Available
Compliance & Governance
Feature
Koyeb
Qovery
SOC 2 Type II
Not documented
Available
HIPAA compliance
Not documented
Available
GDPR / DORA compliance
Not documented
Available
Audit trails and rollback
Not documented
Available
Pricing Compared
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
Koyeb
Hobby — Free N/A
Pro — $29/month + compute Monthly
Scale — $299/month + compute Monthly
Enterprise — Custom, from ~$1,000/month + compute Custom
Qovery
Team — From $899 per month Monthly or annual, per organization
Business — From $2,099 per month Monthly or annual, per organization
Enterprise — Custom quote Custom annual contract
Pros & Cons
Koyeb
Pros
Genuinely free, non-expiring Hobby plan with a bundled Postgres database
Per-second billing on GPUs makes AI inference workloads cost-efficient
Simple git-push deployment model without Kubernetes overhead
Access to high-end GPUs (H100, H200, B200) without long-term commitments
Now backed by Mistral AI's infrastructure investment following the 2026 acquisition
Cons
Free Hobby tier is explicitly not intended for production traffic
Smaller regional footprint than hyperscalers like AWS, Azure or GCP
Enterprise pricing is not published and requires a custom quote
Post-acquisition roadmap and independence from Mistral AI's priorities is still unfolding
Smaller team size relative to larger PaaS competitors could affect support responsiveness at scale
Qovery
Pros
Deploys directly on the customer's own cloud account, avoiding vendor lock-in to Qovery-hosted infrastructure
Self-service preview environments reduce bottlenecks on central DevOps teams
Backed by well-known cloud and devtools investors and founders, including Datadog and Docker co-founders as angels
Flat-rate, per-organization pricing is more predictable than pure usage-based billing
New AI agent features automate routine deployment and operations tasks
Cons
Entry price of $899 per month is a meaningful commitment for very small teams
Smaller company, roughly 30-50 employees, than major cloud and PaaS incumbents
Requires an existing AWS, GCP, or Azure account, since Qovery is not itself a hosting provider
Enterprise pricing is fully custom and not published
AI agent features are relatively new additions to the product line
Use Cases
Choose Koyeb: Teams wanting affordable serverless hosting with GPU access, scale-to-zero autoscaling, sub-200ms cold starts, and deployment across 50+ global locations.
Choose Qovery: Larger engineering organizations, especially in regulated industries (per its SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, and DORA compliance), needing a governed API layer over existing multi-cloud Kubernetes and Terraform infrastructure with audit trails and rollback.
Need both: An enterprise could deploy application and GPU workloads on Koyeb for cost-efficient serverless hosting while using Qovery as the governance layer managing CI/CD, secrets, and audit trails across its broader multi-cloud Kubernetes estate.
Koyeb
AI inference deployment — AI teams deploy model inference endpoints on Koyeb's GPU instances with per-second billing and scale-to-zero.
API and backend hosting — Developers deploy production APIs and backend services directly from Git without managing infrastructure.
Hobby and side projects — Individual developers use the free Hobby plan to host small personal projects and prototypes.
Qovery
Building an internal developer platform — Platform engineering teams use Qovery to give developers self-service deployment tools instead of manual ticket-based workflows.
Per-pull-request preview environments — Engineering teams automatically spin up isolated environments for every pull request to test changes before merging.
Reducing manual Kubernetes operations — Teams use Qovery's managed clusters and automation to cut down time spent on manual cloud and Kubernetes administration.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Koyeb have a free plan?
Koyeb offers a free 5-hour serverless Postgres tier, but general app hosting plans start at $29/month for the Pro tier.
How much does Qovery cost?
The Team plan starts at $899/month, Business starts at $1,999/month, and Enterprise is custom-priced.
Does Qovery support AI coding agents?
Yes, Qovery includes an MCP Server and AI Skills so AI coding agents can provision and manage infrastructure under the same RBAC controls as humans.
What GPUs does Koyeb support?
Koyeb offers GPU options including RTX-4000-SFF-ADA, L4, RTX-A6000, L40S, A100, and H100 on a pay-as-you-go basis.
Is Qovery suitable for regulated industries?
Yes, Qovery is SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR, and DORA compliant and is marketed to financial services, healthcare, and insurtech companies.
What clouds does Qovery support?
AWS EKS, GCP GKE, Azure AKS, Scaleway, and on-premise Kubernetes.