Gleis PaaS vs Engine Yard Cloud

GPGleis PaaS9.0Visit Engine Yard Cloud8.5Visit

Higher score GP Gleis PaaS #3 in Ruby on Rails Hosting 9.0/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 3 of 3 features Visit Gleis PaaS

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Engine Yard Cloud #8 in Ruby on Rails Hosting 8.5/10 7-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Engine Yard

• Gleis PaaS fits best

  Budget-conscious Rails developers

• Engine Yard Cloud fits best

  Enterprise Rails workloads needing autoscaling

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Side by side

Feature	GPGleis PaaS 9.0/10 Visit ↗	Engine Yard Cloud 8.5/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.5
Ranking	#3 in Ruby on Rails Hosting	#8 in Ruby on Rails Hosting
Best for	Budget-conscious Rails developers	Enterprise Rails workloads needing autoscaling
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Paid
Starting price	9 CHF/mo	$270/device/mo
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	—	7 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web
Support	Email	Phone, Tickets, Docs, Live chat · 24/7
Integrations	1 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Gleis PaaS 3/3 · Engine Yard Cloud 0/3
Managed database	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Background jobs	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Git deployment	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Specs
Ruby version support	Multiple versions	Not checked yet
Apps on entry plan	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Deployment regions	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Git-based Rails deployment with multiple Ruby versions Managed PostgreSQL, background workers, and scheduled jobs Free plan plus SSL, rolling upgrades, and health checks	Automated horizontal autoscaling with load balancing Managed PostgreSQL and MySQL databases with backups Multi-region AWS deployment across 14 regions
Cons	Verified integration coverage is limited to Travis CI The free plan includes one non-productive PostgreSQL database No AI features are included	Starts at $270 per instance per month AWS instance usage is billed separately Legacy platform with development focused on newer offerings
Our verdict	Gleis PaaS is a Swiss cloud Platform as a Service for developers deploying Ruby on Rails and other twelve-factor web applications. It supports Ruby, Python, Elixir, Node.js, and .NET Core, with deployments managed through an open-source… Read the review →	Engine Yard Cloud is a managed platform-as-a-service for deploying and operating Ruby on Rails, PHP and Node.js applications on Amazon Web Services. It runs applications on EC2 instances and combines Git push deployment with automated… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Gleis PaaS — where it wins

  • Git-based Rails deployment with multiple Ruby versions
  • Managed PostgreSQL, background workers, and scheduled jobs
  • Free plan plus SSL, rolling upgrades, and health checks

  Where it doesn't

  • Verified integration coverage is limited to Travis CI
  • The free plan includes one non-productive PostgreSQL database
  • No AI features are included

• Engine Yard Cloud — where it wins

  • Automated horizontal autoscaling with load balancing
  • Managed PostgreSQL and MySQL databases with backups
  • Multi-region AWS deployment across 14 regions

  Where it doesn't

  • Starts at $270 per instance per month
  • AWS instance usage is billed separately
  • Legacy platform with development focused on newer offerings

• GPGleis PaaS9.0/10 · Free plan

  A budget-friendly Rails PaaS with Git deployment, PostgreSQL, workers, and a free plan.

  Visit Gleis PaaSFull verdict →
• Engine Yard Cloud8.5/10 · 7-day trial

  A mature managed AWS platform for scaling Rails workloads, priced for larger teams.

  Visit Engine YardFull verdict →