Hop vs Scalingo

HHop9.4Visit Scalingo8.3Visit

Higher score H Hop #1 in Rust Application Hosting 9.4/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 6 features Visit Hop

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Scalingo #8 in Rust Application Hosting 8.3/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 2 of 6 features Visit Scalingo

• Hop fits best

  Rust teams wanting managed, direct Rust deployment

• Scalingo fits best

  European teams wanting conventional PaaS hosting

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Side by side

Feature	HHop 9.4/10 Visit ↗	Scalingo 8.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	8.3
Ranking	#1 in Rust Application Hosting	#8 in Rust Application Hosting
Best for	Rust teams wanting managed, direct Rust deployment	European teams wanting conventional PaaS hosting
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	$2.10/GB/mo	€7.20/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Linux	Web
Integrations	4 integrations	2 integrations
Features Hop 4/6 · Scalingo 2/6
Git deployment	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Docker deployment	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Persistent storage	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Managed databases	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Private networking	✓	✓
Background workers	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Rust toolchain control	Selectable	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Automatic Rust builds with Nixpacks or custom Dockerfiles Autoscaling, health checks, persistent volumes, and private VPC networking Deploy from GitHub or OCI-compatible Docker images	Git-based deployments with buildpacks, CLI, and API automation Autoscaling, managed databases, private networks, and review apps Automatic TLS, logs, metrics, and two deployment regions
Cons	No free plan is listed Compute and memory are billed separately while active Advanced deployments may require Dockerfile or toolchain configuration	No free plan; paid hosting starts at €7.20 per container monthly SecNumCloud region access is restricted and available upon request The entry S plan provides 256 MB RAM and low CPU priority
Our verdict	Hop is a cloud application deployment platform for developers running containerized applications. It supports Rust through automatic Nixpacks builds, custom Dockerfiles, and configurable Rust toolchain versions. Teams can deploy from… Read the review →	Scalingo is a managed Platform as a Service for developers, technical teams, and organizations deploying web applications and APIs. Applications are built with buildpacks and run in containers, with features for scaling, managed databases,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Hop — where it wins

  • Automatic Rust builds with Nixpacks or custom Dockerfiles
  • Autoscaling, health checks, persistent volumes, and private VPC networking
  • Deploy from GitHub or OCI-compatible Docker images

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is listed
  • Compute and memory are billed separately while active
  • Advanced deployments may require Dockerfile or toolchain configuration

• Scalingo — where it wins

  • Git-based deployments with buildpacks, CLI, and API automation
  • Autoscaling, managed databases, private networks, and review apps
  • Automatic TLS, logs, metrics, and two deployment regions

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; paid hosting starts at €7.20 per container monthly
  • SecNumCloud region access is restricted and available upon request
  • The entry S plan provides 256 MB RAM and low CPU priority

• HHop9.4/10 · Paid

  A paid deployment platform with direct Rust builds, scaling, networking, and storage.

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• Scalingo8.3/10 · 30-day trial

  A conventional European PaaS with Git deployment, autoscaling, databases, and private networks.

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