Global segment ranking · Cloud, data & developer tools › Cloud

The world’s most valuable hosting startups

Edition 0 (beta)·Published 3 Oct 2026·Next scheduled update 6 Jan 2027

Developer clouds and application platforms (PaaS), and cloud and web hosting providers. Ranked worldwide by AI-estimated valuation. The market sets the value; our AI estimates it.

Twice a year Claude · multi-AI consensus in a future edition· Method· Order never changed by a human

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Key metrics for this segment: revenue / arr, customers / developers. Figures as published by each company or the press, dated, not recalculated. The AIs weigh them alongside funding history and comparables.

Not in this segment. GPU and AI clouds (CoreWeave, Lambda, Crusoe, Nebius) belong to Compute & inference; CDN and edge networks (Cloudflare, Fastly, Gcore) to Edge & CDN; databases (Supabase, Neon) to Data. Hosts that never raised a funding round from outside investors are not ranked: Hostinger, Hetzner, SiteGround, Kinsta, Leaseweb, and Contabo (KKR) and Liquid Web (Madison Dearborn), bought by private equity without a funding round. Not eligible because created or entirely owned by a group: Newfold Digital (Bluehost, HostGator), Scaleway (Iliad), Heroku (Salesforce), Exoscale (A1). Under review: WP Engine, controlled by Silver Lake since 2018; Uback has not confirmed that outside minority shareholders remain. Acquired companies are no longer ranked: Koyeb (Mistral AI, 2026), Latitude.sh (Megaport, 2025), Fermyon (Akamai, 2025), Cloudways (DigitalOcean), Linode (Akamai). A company appears in one segment only. Method

The segment at a glance

13companies ranked

14companies on the radar

4countries in the ranking

8listed benchmarks

Sources: Bloomberg, BusinessWire, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, DataCenterDynamics, FinSMEs, Tech.eu, EU-Startups, Contrary Research, company announcements. Intention counters will be shown above a threshold of amount and number of Backers.

Rankings by region

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Global ranking · Hosting

Top 13 Radar Challengers

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World · 13 ranked companies

#	Company	Last round · Key metrics	Estimated valuation (AI) · range	Confidence
1	VercelUnited States · North AmericaSources: 1 · 2 · 3	Series F · USD 300M · Sep 2025Revenue / ARR USD 340M (Feb 2026) · v0: 3.5M+ users; user base doubled year on year (Sep 2025)	Last known equity round: Series F · USD 300M · Sep 2025 (Accel, GIC) Published valuation: USD 9.3bn (Sep 2025) Confidence index: HighMethod	Solid sources
2	VultrUnited States · North AmericaSources: 1 · 2 · 3	Growth equity · USD 333M · Dec 2024Revenue / ARR: n/d · 32 cloud regions · 2024	Last known equity round: Growth equity · USD 333M · Dec 2024 (LuminArx Capital Management, AMD Ventures) Published valuation: USD 3.5bn (Dec 2024) Confidence index: HighMethod	Solid sources
3	RenderUnited States · North AmericaSources: 1 · 2	Series C extension · USD 100M · Feb 2026Revenue / ARR: n/d · thousands of organisations incl. Twilio, Shopify, Tripadvisor · Feb 2026	Last known equity round: Series C extension · USD 100M · Feb 2026 (Georgian; Addition, Bessemer, General Catalyst) Published valuation: USD 1.5bn (Feb 2026) Confidence index: HighMethod	Solid sources
4	UpsunFrance · EuropeSources: 1	Series D · USD 140M · Jun 2022Revenue / ARR above USD 40M · Customers / developers: n/d · Jun 2022	Last known equity round: Series D · USD 140M · Jun 2022 (Digital+ Partners, Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital, Revaia) No confirmed published valuation Confidence index: LowMethod	Weak sources
5	NetlifyUnited States · North AmericaSources: 1 · 2 · 3	Series D · USD 105M · Nov 2021Revenue / ARR: n/d · 10M developers · Dec 2025	Last known equity round: Series D · USD 105M · Nov 2021 (Bessemer Venture Partners) Published valuation: USD 1.9bn (Nov 2021) Confidence index: MediumMethod	Partial sources
6	RailwayUnited States · North AmericaSources: 1 · 2	Series B · USD 100M · Jan 2026Revenue / ARR: n/d · 2M+ developers; tens of thousands of companies · Jan 2026	Last known equity round: Series B · USD 100M · Jan 2026 (TQ Ventures; FPV Ventures, Redpoint) No confirmed published valuation Confidence index: HighMethod	Solid sources
7	LaravelUnited States · North AmericaSources: 1 · 2	Series A · USD 57M · Sep 2024Key metrics not disclosed	Last known equity round: Series A · USD 57M · Sep 2024 (Accel) No confirmed published valuation Confidence index: MediumMethod	Partial sources
8	Fly.ioUnited States · North AmericaSources: 1 · 2	Series D · USD 25M · Jul 2026Revenue / ARR: n/d · 37,000+ customers · Jul 2026	Last known equity round: Series D · USD 25M · Jul 2026 (Dell Technologies Capital, Intel Capital) No confirmed published valuation Confidence index: LowMethod	Weak sources
9	NorthflankUnited Kingdom · EuropeSources: 1 · 2	Seed and Series A · USD 22.3M · Nov 2024Revenue / ARR: n/d · tens of thousands of developers · Nov 2024	Last known equity round: Seed and Series A · USD 22.3M · Nov 2024 (Bain Capital Ventures, Vertex Ventures US) No confirmed published valuation Confidence index: HighMethod	Solid sources
10	PorterUnited States · North AmericaSources: 1	Series A · USD 20M · Jan 2026Key metrics not disclosed	Last known equity round: Series A · USD 20M · Jan 2026 (FirstMark Capital) No confirmed published valuation Confidence index: LowMethod	Weak sources
11	QoveryFrance · EuropeSources: 1 · 2	Series A · USD 13M (EUR 11.3M) · Sep 2025Key metrics not disclosed	Last known equity round: Series A · USD 13M (EUR 11.3M) · Sep 2025 (IRIS; Speedinvest, Crane) No confirmed published valuation Confidence index: HighMethod	Solid sources
12	Val TownUnited States · North AmericaSources: 1	Seed · USD 5.5M · Apr 2024Key metrics not disclosed	Last known equity round: Seed · USD 5.5M · Apr 2024 (Accel) No confirmed published valuation Confidence index: LowMethod	Weak sources
13	ZeaburTaiwan · Asia-PacificSources: 1	Seed · USD 2M · Nov 2025Revenue / ARR: n/d · 5,000+ paying customers · Nov 2025	Last known equity round: Seed · USD 2M · Nov 2025 (500 Global; Baidu Ventures) No confirmed published valuation Confidence index: LowMethod	Weak sources

Ranking in descending order of AI-estimated valuation, based on public information, with no human intervention on the order. The valuations, ranges and brackets shown are editorial estimates produced by AI, purely indicative and imperfect by nature: neither a financial valuation, nor an offer, nor investment advice. Only the market sets a company’s value, through a funding round or a sale. Edition 0: produced by Claude (Anthropic); a consensus of several AI models will apply in a future edition. Eligibility: at least $1M raised including one equity round, non-listed company, main activity in this segment (developer clouds, application platforms and cloud hosting). Country shown is the country of main operations. Request a correction

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How to read this ranking

Rank

Companies are ranked by AI-estimated valuation, highest first. The market sets the value; our AI estimates it.

Estimate

An AI-estimated valuation, its uncertainty range and its order of magnitude. Indicative, and imperfect by nature.

Hundreds of k$
Millions $
Tens of M$
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Confidence

High: recent published valuation or round (under 24 months).
Medium: older data.
Low: single or unconfirmed source.

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The local partner structures

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Closing

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Challengers

A registered company raising funds that is not in the ranking will be able, for a fee, to appear in a separate list labelled “Challengers”, for a set period, with a memo available to verified Backers. The listing has no effect on the ranking. Not open yet.

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Radar · known eligible companies, not ranked

Sorted by date of last round, with no judgement and no AI call.

Zerops · Czech Republic · EuropeMay 2026 · USD 2M
OrtCloud · Singapore · Asia-PacificApr 2026 · USD 1.7M
Daytona · United States · North AmericaFeb 2026 · USD 24M
Modelence · United States · North AmericaJan 2026 · USD 3M
Unikraft · United States · North AmericaOct 2025 · USD 6M
Shuttle · United States · North AmericaOct 2025 · USD 6M
Alpic · France · EuropeSep 2025 · USD 6M
E2B · United States · North AmericaJul 2025 · USD 21M
Blaxel · United States · North AmericaJul 2025 · USD 7.3M
Salus Cloud · South Africa · Sub-Saharan AfricaJun 2025 · USD 3.7M
Civo · United Kingdom · EuropeApr 2024 · USD 10.3M
Deno · United States · North AmericaJun 2022 · USD 21M
Pantheon · United States · North AmericaJul 2021 · USD 100M
UpCloud · Finland · EuropeJan 2020 · EUR 18M (equity and debt)

Listed benchmarks

Not ranked: no intention is possible on a listed company.

DigitalOcean · United StatesNYSE · DOCN
GoDaddy · United StatesNYSE · GDDY
Akamai (Linode) · United StatesNasdaq · AKAM
OVHcloud · FranceEuronext Paris · OVH
IONOS Group · GermanyXetra · IOS
Wix.com · IsraelNasdaq · WIX
Infomaniak · SwitzerlandSIX · INFO
Locaweb · BrazilB3 · LWSA3

Sources and method for this segment

Calendar. Global segment rankings are published twice a year. Next edition: January 6, 2027.

Eligibility. At least $1M raised including one equity round, non-listed company, main activity in this segment (developer clouds, application platforms and cloud hosting). A company appears in one segment only.

Sources. Bloomberg, BusinessWire, SiliconANGLE, TechCrunch, DataCenterDynamics, FinSMEs, Tech.eu, EU-Startups, Contrary Research, company announcements.

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