Compare 28 free alternatives to Netlify for Cloud Hosting. Every one of their free tier limits side by side, each with the date we last verified it.

Best Netlify Alternatives with Free Tiers (2026)

28 free alternatives in Cloud Hosting. Sorted by pricing stability.

Current Netlify Situation

Risk Level: caution
Why: discovered 2026-09-07 · effective date unknown — The free tier now offers 300 credits/month. Source ↗
Category: Cloud Hosting

Recent Pricing Changes (5)

restructured discovered 2026-09-07 · effective date unknown medium impact
The free tier now offers 300 credits/month. Source ↗
model change effective 2026-04-17 medium impact
Netlify credits-based pricing updated: bandwidth now 20 credits/GB (was 10), compute now 10 credits/GB-hour (was 5), web requests 2 credits/10K (new). Same 300 credits/month allocation but each credit buys less bandwidth and compute. Source ↗
increased effective 2026-04-14 medium impact
Form submissions are now free across all Credit plans (including the Credit Free tier) — previously each form submission cost 1 credit. Credit Pro also gained unlimited team seats (was $20/seat per Git contributor), which effectively removes the prior CMS/Identity 'every committer becomes a $19 Pro seat' gotcha for free-tier users who ever upgrade. Source ↗
restricted effective 2026-03-01 high impact
No longer in force (2026-04-14). Every repo committer is now charged as a full Pro seat ($19/mo) when using Netlify CMS or Identity with a private repo. Previously only users who logged into the Netlify dashboard counted as seats Reversed 2026-04-14: Netlify's pricing page now states that as of April 14th, credit-based Pro plans no longer charge for any seat. The per-committer charge described here is no longer in force. Source ↗
restructured effective 2025-09-04 medium impact
Restructured to credit-based pricing; sites pause on credit exhaustion Source ↗

Recommended Migration Targets

These alternatives were identified from Netlify’s pricing changes as recommended replacements.

Vercel stable recommended
Hobby
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-07 · catalogue date 2026-08-26
GitHub Pages recommended
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-02 · catalogue date 2026-08-25
Railway stable recommended
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-03 · catalogue date 2026-08-17
Cloudflare Pages recommended
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-02 · catalogue date 2026-08-12

All Free Alternatives (28)

27 of these carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold; their order rotates daily. 0 are demoted with the reason named, and 1 are listed last because they are not generally available or are not a free offer. How we rank.

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Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-02 · catalogue date 2026-07-16
gigalixir.com stable
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-03 · catalogue date 2026-07-15
Vercel stable
Hobby
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-07 · catalogue date 2026-08-26
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-16 · catalogue date 2026-08-13
Northflank stable
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-07-16 · tried again 2026-09-10 and did not read the page
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-02 · catalogue date 2026-07-17
Apply.build stable
Free
Cloud Hosting Read and confirmed 2026-09-11
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-11 · catalogue date 2026-07-15
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-02 · catalogue date 2026-07-14
Free
Cloud Hosting Read and confirmed 2026-09-02
Always Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-03 · catalogue date 2026-08-18
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-11 · catalogue date 2026-07-16
Free
Cloud Hosting Read and confirmed 2026-09-09
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-02 · catalogue date 2026-08-25
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-02 · catalogue date 2026-07-15
Choreo stable
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-03 · catalogue date 2026-07-17
Railway stable
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-03 · catalogue date 2026-08-17
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-13 · catalogue date 2026-08-11
Val Town stable
Free
Cloud Hosting Read and confirmed 2026-09-05
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-03 · catalogue date 2026-07-13
encore.dev stable
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-08-16 · tried again 2026-09-14 and did not read the page
Hobby
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-16 · catalogue date 2026-08-15
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-02 · catalogue date 2026-07-15
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-02 · catalogue date 2026-07-13
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-02 · catalogue date 2026-08-12
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-08-28 · catalogue date 2026-07-14
Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-02 · catalogue date 2026-07-16
Legacy Free
Cloud Hosting Read 2026-09-03 · catalogue date 2026-08-17
not_a_free_offer Tier "Legacy Free" is a free tier closed to new accounts.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best free alternatives to Netlify?
We publish no ranking of these. Nothing we record measures popularity or generosity, so naming a best or a top few would be our preference rather than our data. We hold 28 free alternatives to Netlify, each listed below with its tier, category and the date we last verified it. Of those, 27 carry no recorded demerit and are indistinguishable under every signal we hold, so they are listed in an order that rotates daily, 1 is listed last behind a stated gate. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.
Is Netlify's free tier still available?
Netlify has a free tier (Free), but it's flagged as "caution" because of one specific recorded change, discovered 2026-09-07: The free tier now offers 300 credits/month. Source: https://www.netlify.com/pricing/
How many free alternatives to Netlify exist?
There are 28 free alternatives to Netlify tracked on AgentDeals across the Cloud Hosting category.
Has Netlify changed their pricing?
Netlify has 5 recorded pricing changes. The most recent was discovered 2026-09-07: The free tier now offers 300 credits/month. Source: https://www.netlify.com/pricing/

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