fortrabbit Symfony Hosting vs Scalingo

fortrabbit Symfony Hosting9.0Visit Scalingo8.5Visit

Higher score fortrabbit Symfony Hosting #3 in Symfony Hosting 9.0/10 7-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 4 features Visit fortrabbit

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Scalingo #6 in Symfony Hosting 8.5/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Scalingo

• fortrabbit Symfony Hosting fits best

  Low-cost Symfony projects

• Scalingo fits best

  Scaling Symfony applications

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Side by side

Feature	fortrabbit Symfony Hosting 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Scalingo 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.5
Ranking	#3 in Symfony Hosting	#6 in Symfony Hosting
Best for	Low-cost Symfony projects	Scaling Symfony applications
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	€1/mo	€7.20/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	7 days	30 days
Free trial length	7 days · no card needed	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Integrations	1 integrations	2 integrations
Features fortrabbit Symfony Hosting 3/4 · Scalingo 0/4
Queue workers	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Composer support	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
SSH access	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Staging environment	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Deployment method	Git	Not checked yet
Supported PHP versions	PHP 8.2+	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	GitHub deployment with automatic Composer builds SSH, staging, development environments, workers, and cron Managed MySQL, storage, backups, and traffic components	Git deployments, buildpacks, review apps, and CLI/API automation Metric-based autoscaling with horizontal and vertical scaling Managed databases, private networks, TLS, logs, and metrics
Cons	No free plan; the free trial lasts 7 days Detailed component pricing is displayed in EUR Platform access is limited to the web	No free plan is available The S plan provides 256 MB RAM and low CPU priority Symfony-specific support is not detailed
Our verdict	fortrabbit Symfony Hosting is managed PHP cloud hosting for Symfony applications and other PHP web projects. It is aimed at developers, freelancers, agencies, startups, and small to medium-sized web applications that want Git or GitHub… Read the review →	Scalingo is a managed Platform as a Service for developers, technical teams, and organizations running web applications and APIs. For Symfony teams, it combines Git-based deployment with buildpack-based builds, containerized application… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• fortrabbit Symfony Hosting — where it wins

  • GitHub deployment with automatic Composer builds
  • SSH, staging, development environments, workers, and cron
  • Managed MySQL, storage, backups, and traffic components

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; the free trial lasts 7 days
  • Detailed component pricing is displayed in EUR
  • Platform access is limited to the web

• Scalingo — where it wins

  • Git deployments, buildpacks, review apps, and CLI/API automation
  • Metric-based autoscaling with horizontal and vertical scaling
  • Managed databases, private networks, TLS, logs, and metrics

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • The S plan provides 256 MB RAM and low CPU priority
  • Symfony-specific support is not detailed

• fortrabbit Symfony Hosting9.0/10 · 7-day trial

  A practical, low-cost Symfony host with GitHub deployment and modular resources.

  Visit fortrabbitFull verdict →
• Scalingo8.5/10 · 30-day trial

  A managed PaaS with autoscaling, review apps, databases, and Git deployment for Symfony teams.

  Visit ScalingoFull verdict →