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CKE in public beta: managed, sovereign, and properly integrated Kubernetes
Clever Cloud was founded in 2010. At that point, Docker did not exist, and Kubernetes even less. The problem, however, was already there: running our first customers' applications reliably, in isolation, and predictably.
The DEEP, OVHcloud and Clever Cloud consortium selected to deliver sovereign cloud services for European institutions
Paris – April 17, 2026 – The consortium composed of DEEP by POST Luxembourg Group, OVHcloud and Clever Cloud today announces its selection by the European Commission as part of a major procurement framework to provide sovereign cloud services to the institutions, bodies and agencies of the European Union. This contract, with a ceiling of €180 million over six years, marks a significant milestone in the concrete implementation of Europe’s digital sovereignty strategy.
What makes Clever Cloud unique
Most cloud platforms ask you to pick a lane. Serverless with hard limits on memory, execution time, and payload size. Containers locked to a single hyperscaler with databases resold from third parties. Or raw infrastructure where you manage everything yourself.
OpenTofu: the open-source Terraform fork — natively supported on Clever Cloud
In August 2023, HashiCorp changed Terraform's license. A few weeks later, OpenTofu
was born under the Linux Foundation. Here's what it means — and how to use it
with the Clever Cloud provider.
How We Deployed a Vinext Application in Minutes on Clever Cloud with AI
Cloudflare has just announced Vinext, a drop-in replacement for Next.js built on Vite. The project is vibecoded, experimental, but the promise is compelling: builds up to 4x faster, bundles 57% lighter, and 94% coverage of the Next.js API. We wanted to see how easy it would be to deploy it on Clever Cloud.
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K8S: What Is Kubernetes, How It Works, and Why It Became the Standard
K8S, short for Kubernetes, is an open source container orchestration system originally developed by Google and donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) in 2015. It automates the deployment, scaling, resilience, and networking of containerized applications across clusters of servers. In just over a decade, K8S has become the technical foundation on which a majority of modern cloud applications run.
Kubernetes in production: how to keep the standard without taking on all its operations
Kubernetes has become a standard for running containerised applications, structuring distributed architectures and integrating into cloud-native environments.
The DEEP, OVHcloud and Clever Cloud consortium selected to deliver sovereign cloud services for European institutions
Paris – April 17, 2026 – The consortium composed of DEEP by POST Luxembourg Group, OVHcloud and Clever Cloud today announces its selection by the European Commission as part of a major procurement framework to provide sovereign cloud services to the institutions, bodies and agencies of the European Union. This contract, with a ceiling of €180 million over six years, marks a significant milestone in the concrete implementation of Europe’s digital sovereignty strategy.
Elasticsearch Observability: logs, metrics, and traces explained
Modern architectures generate ever-growing volumes of data. Microservices, APIs, cloud workloads, and serverless environments multiply potential failure points. In this context, understanding what is really happening in production has become a central challenge.
ELK Stack: what it is used for and how to use it for observability
Understanding what is really happening inside a modern application has become increasingly complex. Microservices, cloud environments, and the growing number of physical or virtual servers all contribute to an explosion of technical signals. This distribution makes so-called “traditional” log analysis—based on directly connecting to a single machine—hard to sustain at scale.
UP Programme: Clever Cloud announces the fourth startup selection
With this new announcement, Clever Cloud reveals the fourth group of startups joining the UP Programme.
Top 5 Sovereign Cloud Providers in France: French Alternatives to Hyperscalers for Protecting Your Data
French sovereign clouds refer to cloud services operated by French or European companies that allow organizations to host data and applications under a controlled legal framework, without exposure to extraterritorial legislation such as the US CLOUD Act or FISA Section 702.
8 open source IAM solutions to structure access management
Identity and Access Management (IAM) defines how an organisation controls access to applications, APIs and data.
Clever Cloud launches its first certification: “Cloud Concepts 101”
Clever Cloud, a leading European provider of Platform as a Service (PaaS) solutions, announces the launch of its first official certification, Cloud Concepts 101, designed to help developers master the fundamentals of cloud computing and the Clever Cloud platform.
Clever Cloud launches its subsidiary Clever Cloud Morocco and appoints Ismaël Faouri as CEO
Clever Cloud, a provider of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) deployment and hosting solutions, today announces the creation of its subsidiary Clever Cloud Morocco, in partnership with Groupe Agel, a leading Moroccan digital player.
Top 6 sovereign AWS alternatives in Europe
AWS alternatives are now a central topic in the discussions of European technical teams — not as a trend, but as a response to growing structural tensions. On one side, a long-standing dependence on US hyperscalers.
Top 5 best PaaS: hosting, deploying, and maintaining your cloud-native applications with full autonomy
PaaS (Platform as a Service) enables teams to host, deploy, and scale their applications without directly managing the underlying infrastructure. In a context where time-to-market is critical, these platforms accelerate production deployments while structuring operations (monitoring, backups, disaster recovery).
Top 3 sovereign alternatives to Heroku: deploy your applications without dependency
For many developers, Heroku long represented the simplest way to deploy applications to the cloud. A single git push was enough to publish a service online, without managing servers or infrastructure. However, following its acquisition by Salesforce and the removal of several free tiers, many teams are now looking for sovereign alternatives to Heroku that combine automation, performance, and independence.
Top 5 best European cloud providers: sovereign, reliable and automation-focused platforms
The best European cloud providers address a core requirement: delivering infrastructures and services that ensure regulatory compliance, operational control and protection of data against extraterritorial legal risks.
Clever Cloud goes London: New availability zone (AZ) build on IONOS infrastructure
IONOS, the leading European digitalisation Partner and trusted cloud enabler, supports Clever Cloud, a European Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider, to open a new availability zone (AZ) in London. This collaboration enables Clever Cloud to establish a physical presence in the UK market.
What is cloud migration?
Cloud migration represents a strategic step for organisations looking to transform their digital infrastructure.
What is cloud native?
The world of software development is changing at breakneck speed. In an economic environment where digital technology plays an increasingly central role, companies are looking to create applications that are ever more responsive, scalable and resilient.
Clever Cloud partners with QazCloud to create a sovereign AI ecosystem and strengthen R&D capabilities in Kazakhstan
Astana, 28 May 2025 - Clever Cloud, a European provider of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions, announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with QazCloud, a major player in cloud infrastructure in Kazakhstan.
Keycloak: why choose a managed solution rather than doing it yourself?
Keycloak is the benchmark for managing identity and access in applications. It offers a rich range of functions: single sign-on, federation, MFA, fine-grained role management.
Keycloak as a Service: identity management without the complexity
Ensuring identification and access management (IAM) in an application is a challenge that is as strategic as it is complex. But beyond the initial configuration, it is the maintenance, updates and supervision of the solution that most mobilise your teams. What if you could concentrate on your applications... while a managed solution took care of the rest?