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2026 04 08 clever cloud banniere blog ce qui rend clever cloud unique fr 2

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.
Company

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.
Engineering

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.
Engineering

Clever Cloud to be heard by the National Assembly’s Law Committee in the context of the bill on securing Digital Public Procurement

Nantes, 16 February 2026 – Clever Cloud is honoured to be heard on 20 February 2026 before the Law Committee of the French National Assembly as part of the examination of Bill No. 2258 on securing digital public procurement, adopted by the Senate.
Company Press

Clever Cloud Position Paper –  Revision of the EU Public Procurement Rules

Unlocking European Innovation and Sovereignty: From Rules to Results: Europe’s Procurement Triad
Company
2026 02 10 clever cloud banniere blog elasticsearch observabilite en 1

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.
Engineering
2026 02 10 clever cloud banniere blog elk stack en 1

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.
Engineering
2026 01 27 clever cloud banniere blog programme up en 1

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.
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2026 03 10 clever cloud banniere blog top cloud souverain france en

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.
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2026 02 19 clever cloud banniere blog top meilleurs iam open source en

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.
Engineering
2025 11 05 clever cloud banniere blog certification en

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.
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2025 10 31 clever cloud banniere blog clever cloud morocco en

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.
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2026 01 16 clever cloud banniere blog top alternatives aws souveraines en

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.
Company
2025 11 19 clever cloud banniere blog top meilleurs paas en

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).
Company
2025 11 19 clever cloud banniere blog top heroku fr 2

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.
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2025 12 03 clever cloud banniere blog top meilleurs clouds europeens en

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.
Company
2025 09 24 clever cloud banniere blog ionos en

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.
Company Press
2025 06 23 clever cloud banniere blog migration cloud en

What is cloud migration?

Cloud migration represents a strategic step for organisations looking to transform their digital infrastructure.
Engineering
2025 05 27 clever cloud banniere blog cloud natif en

What is native cloud?

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.
Company
2025 05 28 clever cloud banniere blog kazakhstan en

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.
Press
2025 05 15 clever cloud banniere blog keycloak en

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.
Engineering
2025 04 11 clever cloud banniere blog webinar keycloak en

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?
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2025 03 28 clever cloud banniere blog laureats programme up en

UP Programme: Who are the new winning startups?

Clever Cloud is proud to announce the arrival of new start-ups for the second promotion…

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2025 03 25 clever cloud banniere blog octopize en

Regaining control of data: Clever Cloud and Octopize join forces

Clever Cloud, Europe's leading provider of cloud solutions, and Octopize, a key player in the anonymisation of strategic data, have announced their partnership to meet the growing challenges of data sovereignty and a secure environment.
Press
2025 03 05 clever cloud banniere blog paas en

What is a PaaS? (Platform as a Service)

Platform as a Service (PaaS) is a turnkey model offering a complete development environment, without the need to manage the underlying infrastructure.
Engineering