fortrabbit Symfony Hosting vs Upsun (formerly Platform.sh)

fortrabbit Symfony Hosting9.0Visit Upsun (formerly Platform.sh)8.7Visit

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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Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) #5 in Symfony Hosting 8.7/10 From €9/mo · 15-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Upsun

• fortrabbit Symfony Hosting fits best

  Low-cost Symfony projects

• Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) fits best

  Multi-cloud Symfony teams

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Side by side

Feature	fortrabbit Symfony Hosting 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.7
Ranking	#3 in Symfony Hosting	#5 in Symfony Hosting
Best for	Low-cost Symfony projects	Multi-cloud Symfony teams
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	€1/mo	From €9/mo · 15-day trial
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	7 days	15 days
Free trial length	7 days · no card needed	15 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Desktop
Platforms	Web	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux
Integrations	1 integrations	3 integrations
Features fortrabbit Symfony Hosting 3/4 · Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) 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-driven deployments with preview through production environments Managed databases, caches, queues, and search services Multi-cloud deployment across five major cloud providers
Cons	No free plan; the free trial lasts 7 days Detailed component pricing is displayed in EUR Platform access is limited to the web	Costs extend beyond the €9 project fee through resources and user licenses Rollout strategies are basic Broad platform scope may exceed a narrowly focused Symfony deployment
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 →	Upsun, formerly Platform.sh, is a cloud application platform for development teams operating web applications, APIs, and other containerized workloads. Its Git-driven workflow uses repository configuration files to build and deploy across… 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

• Upsun (formerly Platform.sh) — where it wins

  • Git-driven deployments with preview through production environments
  • Managed databases, caches, queues, and search services
  • Multi-cloud deployment across five major cloud providers

  Where it doesn't

  • Costs extend beyond the €9 project fee through resources and user licenses
  • Rollout strategies are basic
  • Broad platform scope may exceed a narrowly focused Symfony deployment

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

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

  Visit fortrabbitFull verdict →
• Upsun (formerly Platform.sh)8.7/10 · From €9/mo · 15-day trial

  A broad multi-cloud PaaS for Symfony teams that need structured environments and managed services.

  Visit UpsunFull verdict →