Every free cloud hosting tier that clears our bar in 2026: 31 offers meet the criteria and 25 offers are demoted with a named reason. Recorded changes and a published ranking method. We could not confirm today's terms for 38 of them: on 23 the page we cite did not answer, and on 15 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why.

Best Free Cloud Hosting Tools

Every free cloud hosting tier that clears our bar today. Updated 2026-09-30.

The offers here are not all alternatives to one another — they carry 8 different labelled functions. They are listed under the function each is labelled with. An offer labelled with more than one is listed under each, with the words we read for that label; an offer we have not labelled is listed too, at the end. 31 offers meet our criteria here. Of those, 14 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 8 a recorded narrowing, and we publish no durability signal for 9. The Durability column below says which offer is in which group, and links the dated record behind every change. We withhold the class where the pricing page does not resolve or states no amount, tier or rate we can read, where we refused the last read, or where the listing is gated. We do not rank these by how much you get, because the limits are not comparable without reading each vendor's page. The sections carrying a labelled function, and the offers inside every section, are listed in an order that rotates daily; a section holding offers we have not labelled is pinned last. Here is how that order is derived. There is no top slot here to sell.
Why trust this data? Every free tier is verified against the vendor's pricing page with dates tracked. We monitor 476 pricing changes and flag vendors that have reduced or removed free tiers. Rankings start every offer at zero and can only demote. There is no signal a vendor can acquire, lobby for, or buy — there is nothing to add. A record reaches a function page when its category names the function or when it carries a subtype label that names the function. Adding a label to a record publishes it here; removing one withdraws it. No page holds a list of vendors. See all 61 cloud hosting offers →

Agent Sandbox

Labelled agent_sandbox — isolated execution environments provisioned programmatically, sold for AI agent workloads. 2 offers meet our criteria in this group. Of those, 1 carries no recorded change to the terms we publish, and 1 a recorded narrowing.

1
Free

Free tier with $5.40/mo usage credit. No card. Note — discovered 2026-08-28: The free tier now includes a $5.40/mo usage credit instead of a fixed amount of bandwidth and build minutes. Source ↗

Labelled agent_sandbox. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://www.pandastack.io/, where it says: “Firecracker microVMs that boot in 49ms. Agent sandboxes with fork & snapshot, git-driven app hosting, dedicated Postgres 16 and serverless functions on one open-source substrate.”. How we use this

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Hobby

Isolated Linux microVMs for running untrusted or agent-generated code, metered by active CPU, memory, sandbox creations and data transfer. The Hobby plan includes each month at no cost: 5 hours of Active CPU, 420 GB-hours of provisioned memory, 5,000 sandbox creations and 20 GB of data transfer, plus 15 GB of snapshot storage for the life of the account. Hobby sandboxes run for at most 45 minutes, 10 at a time. Past the quota, sandbox creation pauses and nothing is charged. Hobby is for non-commercial, personal use only. On Pro, Active CPU costs $0.128 an hour and memory $0.0212 per GB-hour. Best for personal projects.

Labelled agent_sandbox. We read that on 2026-09-27 from https://vercel.com/docs/sandbox, where it says: “Run untrusted or agent-generated code in isolated Linux microVMs.”. How we use this

Static Site

Labelled static_site — serves prebuilt files from a CDN; there is no server process you control. 4 offers meet our criteria in this group. Of those, 1 carries no recorded change to the terms we publish, 2 a recorded narrowing, and we publish no durability signal for 1.

1
Free

Deploy up to 100 static sites for free, custom domains with SSL, 100 GB monthly bandwidth, 260+ Cloudflare CDN locations. Rebranded from Kinsta in February 2026.

Labelled static_site. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://sevalla.com/, where it says: “Ship production apps without infrastructure overhead. Run applications, databases, storage, and static sites on one platform.”. How we use this

2
Free

The Free plan is $0 with a limit of 300 credits per month, covering production deploys (15 credits each), compute (10 credits per GB-hour), bandwidth (20 credits per GB) and web requests (2 credits per 10k requests). Netlify says the Free plan is always free, with hard monthly limits that cannot be exceeded or incur costs; extra credits need a paid plan. Personal is $9 a month with 1,000 credits. Best for personal projects. Note — 2026-04-14: Netlify changed its credit rates: bandwidth went from 10 to 20 credits per GB and compute from 5 to 10 credits per GB-hour, while web requests went from 3 to 2 credits per 10,000. The Free plan keeps 300 credits a month, so each credit buys half as much bandwidth and compute. Source ↗

Labelled static_site. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://docs.netlify.com/, where it says: “Build & deploy faster with any modern frontend stack or AI agent.”. How we use this

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Vercel stable
Hobby

Hobby plan, $0 a month, for non-commercial personal use only. Includes 100 GB Fast Data Transfer, 1M Edge Requests, 1M Function Invocations, 4 hours Fluid Active CPU, 360 GB-hrs Fluid Provisioned Memory, 1 GB Blob Storage and 5K image transformations a month. Hobby accounts are limited to these caps and cannot buy more usage. Pro is $20 a month with one deploying seat; each additional deploying seat is $20 a month. Best for personal projects.

Labelled static_site. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://vercel.com/docs, where it says: “Ship anything with Vercel”. How we use this

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • effective 2026-02-01 — pricing restructured: New Pro projects now default to Turbo build machines (30 vCPUs, 60GB memory) at $0.126/minute — 9x more expensive than Standard machines ($0.014/min). Pro plan still $20/seat/month with $20 usage credit, but real-world build costs for moderate teams can hit $400+/month. Standard machines still available but must be manually selected. Source ↗
  • effective 2026-01-01 — pricing restructured: Pro plan moved to credit-based model ($20/mo credit pool), Hobby plan metrics renamed and restructured — bandwidth→Fast Data Transfer, serverless split into Active CPU + Provisioned Memory, Blob Storage and Image Transformations added Source ↗
4
Free

Up to 100 sites (soft limit), unlimited bandwidth, 500 builds/month, 100 custom domains per project Best for unlimited usage needs. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-17, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Labelled static_site. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://developers.cloudflare.com/pages/, where it says: “Deploy full-stack applications instantly to the Cloudflare global network with Pages.”. How we use this

Shared Web Hosting

Labelled shared_web_hosting — a directory on a managed server, reached by FTP or SSH, with a bundled MySQL or Postgres. 4 offers meet our criteria in this group. Of those, 3 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, and 1 a recorded narrowing.

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Serv00.com stable
Free

3 GB of free web hosting with daily backups (7 days). Support: Crontab jobs, SSH access, repositories (GIT, SVN, and Mercurial), support: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, PHP, Node.js, Python, Ruby, Java, Perl, TCL/TK, Lua, Erlang, Rust, Pascal, C, C++, D, R, and many more.

Labelled shared_web_hosting. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://serv00.com/, where it says: “Revolutionary hosting for FREE! 3 GB for free, no adverts, no hooks”. How we use this

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Free

AwardSpace's free hosting includes 5GB Bandwidth, 1000MB Disk Space, is 100% ad-free, offers instant account activation, a CMS auto installer, a free website builder, 99.9% Uptime, 24/7 support, and full PHP & MySQL database support. It's suitable for small blog websites, news media, and idea launching with approximate monthly visits of ~5000.

Labelled shared_web_hosting. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://www.awardspace.com/, where it says: “AwardSpace.com is a pioneer in web hosting, offering Free Hosting with PHP/MySQL and no ads, alongside premium plans like Shared, WordPress, Semi-Dedicated, and VPS Cloud Hosting.”. How we use this

3
Free

Python web hosting — Beginner plan free forever: 1 web app (yourusername.pythonanywhere.com), 512 MB disk, 100 CPU-seconds/day, 2 consoles. Outbound internet access available to whitelisted sites via HTTP(S)

Labelled shared_web_hosting. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://www.pythonanywhere.com/, where it says: “Host, run, and code Python in the cloud”. How we use this

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • effective 2026-01-15 — pricing restructured: $5 Hacker tier eliminated, features merged into free and higher tiers Source ↗
4
domcloud.co stable
Free

Linux hosting service that provides CI/CD with GitHub, SSH, and MariaDB/Postgres database. The free version has 1.5 GB storage and 2 GB network/month limit, supports up to 3 websites with custom domains. The page we cite for domcloud.co states in words that it is free, which confirms the price — the limits stated here come from our own record rather than from that page.

Labelled shared_web_hosting. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://domcloud.co/, where it says: “DOM Cloud is a free, modern hosting service for your web applications.”. How we use this

Managed Cms Hosting

Labelled managed_cms_hosting — hosting specialised to one CMS or documentation framework, provisioned and updated by the host. 2 offers meet our criteria in this group. Of those, 1 carries no recorded change to the terms we publish, and we publish no durability signal for 1.

1
Free

Documentation hosting. Read the Docs Community is free for open-source projects: it clones public repositories and hosts public documentation, supported by ads. Read the Docs Business, for commercial and non-free projects, starts at $50 a month and adds private repositories, private documentation and team management.

Labelled managed_cms_hosting. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://readthedocs.org/, where it says: “Read the Docs is a documentation building and hosting platform aimed at helping developers creating documentation from code with versioned documentation, integrated search, pull request previews and more.”. How we use this

2
Free

Drupal and WordPress hosting, automated DevOps, and scalable infrastructure. Free for developers and agencies. No custom domain. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-18, we reached a domain root that states nothing about the terms we hold, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Labelled managed_cms_hosting. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://pantheon.io/, where it says: “Pantheon.io is the platform built for WordPress, Drupal, and Next.js. We deliver your business needs to build, host, and manage with digital speed and agility.”. How we use this

Container App

Labelled container_app — you deploy an app or image and the platform keeps a process running for it. 10 offers meet our criteria in this group. Of those, 4 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 3 a recorded narrowing, and we publish no durability signal for 3.

1
Free

AI-native internal developer platform as a service. The free tier includes up to 5 components and $100 credits per month. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-20, we could read no amount, tier or rate on the page, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Labelled container_app. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://wso2.com/choreo/, where it says: “Automate workflows, reduce complexity, and empower teams to build, secure, and deploy at scale with an all-in-one AI-native internal developer platform.”. How we use this

2
Free

Deploy up to 100 static sites for free, custom domains with SSL, 100 GB monthly bandwidth, 260+ Cloudflare CDN locations. Rebranded from Kinsta in February 2026.

Labelled container_app. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://sevalla.com/, where it says: “Ship production apps without infrastructure overhead. Run applications, databases, storage, and static sites on one platform.”. How we use this

3
Free

Free tier with $5.40/mo usage credit. No card. Note — discovered 2026-08-28: The free tier now includes a $5.40/mo usage credit instead of a fixed amount of bandwidth and build minutes. Source ↗

Labelled container_app. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://www.pandastack.io/, where it says: “Firecracker microVMs that boot in 49ms. Agent sandboxes with fork & snapshot, git-driven app hosting, dedicated Postgres 16 and serverless functions on one open-source substrate.”. How we use this

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Hobby

Hobby plan, $0 a month plus compute. Free web services (512 MB RAM, 0.1 CPU) spin down after 15 minutes without traffic, with 750 free instance hours per workspace a month. One free Postgres database (256 MB RAM, 1 GB storage, 30-day expiry) and one free Key Value instance (25 MB, not continuously persisted to disk) per workspace. 5 GB bandwidth/month included then $0.15/GB; without a payment method on file, Render suspends Free services for the rest of the month instead. 500 build minutes/month. Up to 25 services, unlimited projects with 2 environments each. Pro is $25 a month plus compute. Best for personal projects and unlimited usage needs. Note — 2026-04-23: Render replaced its workspace plans. Bandwidth for the Hobby tier went from 100 GB to 5 GB included per month, then $0.15 per GB, and Hobby workspaces are now capped at 25 services. New workspaces got the new plans on 2026-04-23 and existing workspaces moved on 2026-08-01. Free web services, Postgres and Key Value kept their specs, and free web services draw on the workspace's included bandwidth. Source ↗

Labelled container_app. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://render.com/docs, where it says: “Run your code in just a few clicks with Render. You decide what's possible, and we'll help bring it to life.”. How we use this

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • effective 2026-04-23 — pricing restructured: Render replaced its workspace plans. Bandwidth for the Hobby tier went from 100 GB to 5 GB included per month, then $0.15 per GB, and Hobby workspaces are now capped at 25 services. New workspaces got the new plans on 2026-04-23 and existing workspaces moved on 2026-08-01. Free web services, Postgres and Key Value kept their specs, and free web services draw on the workspace's included bandwidth. Source ↗
5
Always Free

Always Free: 2M requests/month, 360K GB-seconds memory, 180K vCPU-seconds compute, 1 GB North America egress. Fully managed serverless containers. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-22, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Labelled container_app. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://cloud.google.com/run/docs, where it says: “Fully managed application platform to run your code, function, or container on top of Google's highly scalable infrastructure.”. How we use this

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Qoddi stable
Free

App hosting platform for Node.js, Python, Go, Java, Ruby and PHP apps. Free: your first 3 static sites, with Git deployments, unlimited bandwidth and unlimited team members; more static sites are $3 a month each. Account verification requires a credit or debit card, including for free sites, and prepaid cards are not accepted. App hosting starts at $6 a month for 1 GB RAM and 1 vCPU. Best for unlimited usage needs.

Labelled container_app. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://qoddi.com/, where it says: “App Hosting Platform - Deploy, manage and scale Node.js, Python, GO, Java, Ruby, PHP apps in seconds.”. How we use this

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Apply.build stable
Free

Build and deploy your GitHub app for free with 0.5 vCPUs / 512 MiB RAM, European servers, automatic firewall, real-time performance metrics. Run Node.js, Python, Go, Java, static sites, microservices, and more.

Labelled container_app. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://apply.build/, where it says: “Deploy from GitHub in minutes to European infrastructure. WAF, vulnerability scanning, metrics, and logs included in every plan.”. How we use this

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Free

Now Ravion — flightcontrol.dev redirects to ravion.com, which states "Ravion is the successor to Flightcontrol. Nothing changes for existing customers." Deploy and operate applications in your own AWS account. Free plan for individuals: 1 user, up to 50 modules of any type, 2,000 pipeline minutes, $20 of AI tokens, preview environments, multiple GitHub collaborators, community support. AWS bills compute directly at $0 markup.

Labelled container_app. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://www.ravion.com/, where it says: “Provision, deploy, and operate production-grade AWS infrastructure with developers and AI agents.”. How we use this

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Free

Leapcell is a reliable distributed applications platform, providing everything you need to seamlessly support your rapid growth. The free plan includes 100k service invocations, 10k async tasks and 100k Redis commands. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-11, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Labelled container_app. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://leapcell.io/, where it says: “Leapcell is a modern cloud platform and PaaS for developers, offering seamless web hosting for apps, APIs, and databases.”. How we use this

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Railway stable
Free

Free $0 per month. Start with a 30-day free trial with $5 credits, then $1 per month. Up to 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB RAM per service. 0.5 GB of volume storage. 2 replicas during the free trial, then 1. Projects: 5 during trial, then 1

Labelled container_app. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://railway.com/, where it says: “Railway is a full-stack cloud for deploying web apps, servers, databases, and more with automatic scaling, monitoring, and security.”. How we use this

Site Builder

Labelled site_builder — you author the site in the vendor's own editor and it is served from there. 1 offer meets our criteria in this group. It carries no recorded change to the terms we publish.

1
Bubble stable
Free

Visual no-code web app builder — free with Bubble branding. Includes responsive design, basic workflows, REST API connector, core plugins, SEO settings, and community support. Hosted on bubbleapps.io subdomain

Labelled site_builder. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://bubble.io/, where it says: “Build web & mobile apps with the only no-code AI app builder”. How we use this

Serverless Function

Labelled serverless_function — your code runs per request with no long-lived instance, billed by invocation or CPU time. 8 offers meet our criteria in this group. Of those, 2 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 5 a recorded narrowing, and we publish no durability signal for 1.

1
Free

Edge compute with 100K requests/day, 10ms CPU time per invocation, 5 cron triggers/account. KV: 1 GB storage, 100K reads/day, 1K writes/day. D1: 5 GB storage, 5M rows read/day, 100K rows written/day. R2 (Standard storage): 10 GB-month/month, 1M Class A ops/month, 10M Class B ops/month. Durable Objects (SQLite-backed only): 100K requests/day. Queues: 10K operations/day. Vectorize: 30M queried vector dimensions/month, 5M stored vector dimensions. Dynamic Workers are paid only. US students 18+ with a verified .edu billing email: Workers Paid (10M requests/month), $5/mo fee waived for 12 months. Best for students.

Labelled serverless_function. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/, where it says: “Build and deploy serverless applications across Cloudflare”. How we use this

2
Free

The Free plan is $0 with a limit of 300 credits per month, covering production deploys (15 credits each), compute (10 credits per GB-hour), bandwidth (20 credits per GB) and web requests (2 credits per 10k requests). Netlify says the Free plan is always free, with hard monthly limits that cannot be exceeded or incur costs; extra credits need a paid plan. Personal is $9 a month with 1,000 credits. Best for personal projects. Note — 2026-04-14: Netlify changed its credit rates: bandwidth went from 10 to 20 credits per GB and compute from 5 to 10 credits per GB-hour, while web requests went from 3 to 2 credits per 10,000. The Free plan keeps 300 credits a month, so each credit buys half as much bandwidth and compute. Source ↗

Labelled serverless_function. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://docs.netlify.com/, where it says: “Build & deploy faster with any modern frontend stack or AI agent.”. How we use this

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Val Town stable
Free

Serverless scripting platform — 100K runs/day, 1 minute wall clock per run, unlimited public vals, MCP integration Best for unlimited usage needs.

Labelled serverless_function. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://docs.val.town/, where it says: “Val Town lets you - and your LLM - write and run JavaScript, always deployed in 100ms. You can make websites, APIs, MCP servers, crons, Slack bots, email automations, webhook handlers, and more.”. How we use this

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Free

Stateful serverless compute — Workers Free plan : Only Durable Objects with SQLite storage backend are available. Free plan requests are limited to 100,000 / day and duration is limited to 13,000 GB-s / day.

Labelled serverless_function. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/, where it says: “Build stateful serverless applications with Durable Objects, including AI agents, real-time chat, and collaborative apps.”. How we use this

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • effective 2026-01-07 — pricing restructured: SQLite storage billing began for Durable Objects — previously free during beta Source ↗
5
Free

Free tier with $5.40/mo usage credit. No card. Note — discovered 2026-08-28: The free tier now includes a $5.40/mo usage credit instead of a fixed amount of bandwidth and build minutes. Source ↗

Labelled serverless_function. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://www.pandastack.io/, where it says: “Firecracker microVMs that boot in 49ms. Agent sandboxes with fork & snapshot, git-driven app hosting, dedicated Postgres 16 and serverless functions on one open-source substrate.”. How we use this

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Vercel stable
Hobby

Hobby plan, $0 a month, for non-commercial personal use only. Includes 100 GB Fast Data Transfer, 1M Edge Requests, 1M Function Invocations, 4 hours Fluid Active CPU, 360 GB-hrs Fluid Provisioned Memory, 1 GB Blob Storage and 5K image transformations a month. Hobby accounts are limited to these caps and cannot buy more usage. Pro is $20 a month with one deploying seat; each additional deploying seat is $20 a month. Best for personal projects.

Labelled serverless_function. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://vercel.com/docs, where it says: “Ship anything with Vercel”. How we use this

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • effective 2026-02-01 — pricing restructured: New Pro projects now default to Turbo build machines (30 vCPUs, 60GB memory) at $0.126/minute — 9x more expensive than Standard machines ($0.014/min). Pro plan still $20/seat/month with $20 usage credit, but real-world build costs for moderate teams can hit $400+/month. Standard machines still available but must be manually selected. Source ↗
  • effective 2026-01-01 — pricing restructured: Pro plan moved to credit-based model ($20/mo credit pool), Hobby plan metrics renamed and restructured — bandwidth→Fast Data Transfer, serverless split into Active CPU + Provisioned Memory, Blob Storage and Image Transformations added Source ↗
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Always Free

Always Free: 2M requests/month, 360K GB-seconds memory, 180K vCPU-seconds compute, 1 GB North America egress. Fully managed serverless containers. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-22, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Labelled serverless_function. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://cloud.google.com/run/docs, where it says: “Fully managed application platform to run your code, function, or container on top of Google's highly scalable infrastructure.”. How we use this

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Free

Edge runtime — 1M requests/month, 20 GiB egress, 10 hr active CPU/month, 150 GiB-hr memory time, 1 GiB KV storage, 1M KV read units/month, 500K KV write units/month Note — discovered 2026-08-28: Deno Deploy cut its Free plan's CPU time from 15 to 10 hours a month, memory time from 350 GB-hours to 150 GiB-hours, custom domains from 50 to 5, apps from 20 to 10 and team members from 5 to 3; 60 deployments an hour became 15 builds an hour, one at a time. KV read units went up from 450,000 to 1,000,000 a month and write units from 300,000 to 500,000. The pricing page changed between a Common Crawl capture of 2026-08-07 and our read on 2026-08-28. Source ↗

Labelled serverless_function. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://deno.com/deploy, where it says: “One simple platform for anything that runs with JavaScript or Typescript.”. How we use this

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown — limits reduced: Deno Deploy cut its Free plan's CPU time from 15 to 10 hours a month, memory time from 350 GB-hours to 150 GiB-hours, custom domains from 50 to 5, apps from 20 to 10 and team members from 5 to 3; 60 deployments an hour became 15 builds an hour, one at a time. KV read units went up from 450,000 to 1,000,000 a month and write units from 300,000 to 500,000. The pricing page changed between a Common Crawl capture of 2026-08-07 and our read on 2026-08-28. Source ↗
  • effective 2026-04-12 — limits reduced: Egress on the Free plan fell from 100 GB to 20 GB a month. Deno Deploy's pricing page changed between Common Crawl captures of 2026-03-15 and 2026-04-12. Source ↗

Backend As A Service

Labelled backend_as_a_service — an API bundling a datastore with auth, push or realtime; there is no server you deploy. 3 offers meet our criteria in this group. Of those, 2 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, and we publish no durability signal for 1.

1
Free

Backend service API with flexible authentication, full-text search and caching. Free for one app, max 10,000 objects on shared database. The page we cite for this offer does not name it when we last looked, on 2026-09-24, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Labelled backend_as_a_service. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://paraio.com/, where it says: “ParaIO.com is a cloud-based backend service built with open source Para framework. Your objects - stored, indexed and cached.”. How we use this

2
LeanCloud stable
Free

Mobile backend. 1GB of data storage, 30K API requests/day, and 10K pushes/day are free. Compute instances require paid plan. (API is very similar to Parse Platform)

Labelled backend_as_a_service. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://leancloud.app/, where it says: “LeanCloud is the leading backend-as-a-service provider that offers a complete set of cloud services including object storage, file storage, web hosting, container, instant messaging, push notification”. How we use this

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Back4App stable
Free

Parse-based backend platform — free tier: 25K API requests/month, 250 MB database, 1 GB file storage, 1 GB transfer, up to 5 apps. REST + GraphQL APIs

Labelled backend_as_a_service. We read that on 2026-08-31 from https://www.back4app.com/, where it says: “Launch your backend in minutes with no infrastructure hassles. Our low-code platform, ready-to-use components, and AI-powered tools will help you build faster and scale without limits.”. How we use this

None of this category's subtypes applies

We have read these offers against this category's subtypes and none of them applies. They are listed in full: the category is what they were filed under, and this states what our labels do not cover rather than a finding about the products. 3 offers meet our criteria in this group. We publish no durability signal for any of them.

1
Free

Build automation flows to connect several apps together in your app's backend. For example, send a Slack message or add a Google Sheet row when an event fires in your app. Free up to 5,000 tasks per month. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-13, we reached a domain root that states nothing about the terms we hold, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

2
Free

Automate your favorite apps and devices. Free 2 Applets. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-20, we could read no amount, tier or rate on the page, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

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Free

Automate tedious tasks with a single click. Free 100 Tasks, 15 Minute. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-12, we reached a domain root that states nothing about the terms we hold, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Demoted — and exactly why

These offers reach this page too and rank below the list above. Each one names the recorded fact behind it. A recorded limit reduction, pricing restructure or new restriction is shown on every surface where the offer appears, with its date and summary — but it does not move rank. We have change records for only 16% of vendors, and disproportionately for well-known ones, so ranking on them would demote the vendors we happen to watch most closely.

−1
encore.dev stable
Free

Backend framework with static analysis for automatic infrastructure provisioning. Free cloud hosting for hobby projects, up to 2 environments, built-in monitoring and tracing Best for personal projects.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 2 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-09-14 — The pricing page does not explicitly mention a free tier with the described features (up to 2 environments, built-in monitoring and tracing). It focuses on the core product's capabilities and offers a 'Get started' option, but doesn't detail a free plan's limitations or confirm its continued existence. The page highlights features like automated infrastructure and AI-powered development, but lacks specific free tier details.), never confirmed since it was indexed. This is our inability to verify, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
−1
gigalixir.com stable
Free

Gigalixir provides one free instance that never sleeps and a free-tier PostgreSQL database limited to 2 connections, 10, 000 rows and no backups for Elixir/Phoenix apps.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 1 consecutive re-check attempt has failed (most recently 2026-09-20 — The provided text does not contain specific details about a free tier or its limitations. It broadly discusses Gigalixir's features and benefits but doesn't explicitly confirm or deny the existence of the previously stored free tier with its specific constraints (1 instance, 2 connections, 10,000 rows, no backups).), never confirmed since it was indexed. This is our inability to verify, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Chat messaging, p2p voice & video calls, files attachments and push notifications. Free for apps up to 1,000 users. Group chat limited to 10 participants. 5 GB storage, 1 month data retention. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Run compute jobs across Cloud Providers & On-Prem. The free tier includes up to 10 concurrent job runs, 2 compute spawns, self-hosted compute, 1 cloud provider, 1 container registry and 1 cron job. Best for open source projects. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Static site hosting — 1 GB published site size, 100 GB bandwidth/month, 10 builds/hour. Included with all GitHub accounts. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Free hosting for one project with two weeks Container TTL, 500 MB RAM per project, SFTP - 1G disk space. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Northflank stable
Free

Build and deploy microservices, jobs, and managed databases with a powerful UI, API & CLI. Seamlessly scale containers from version control and external Docker registries. The free tier includes two services, two cron jobs and 1 database.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 3 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-09-26 — The pricing page does not explicitly mention a free tier with the stated limits (two services, two cron jobs, and 1 database). It broadly advertises features like CI/CD, databases, and jobs, but doesn't detail a specific free offering with those constraints. It does mention 'Get started for free' and 'Book a demo', but doesn't specify what 'free' entails.), never confirmed since it was indexed. This is our inability to verify, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Ampt lets teams build, deploy, and scale JavaScript apps on AWS without complicated configs or managing infrastructure. Free Preview plan includes 500 invocations hourly, 2,500 invocations daily and 50,000 invocations monthly. Custom domains are allowed only in the paid plans. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Community-powered free Flarum hosting for up to 250 users (donate to remove the watermark from the footer). The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

SaaS-focused website builder - unlimited websites, 70+ blocks, five templates, custom CSS, favicon, SEO and forms. No custom domain. Best for unlimited usage needs. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Static, 1 GB free storage with 200 GB Bandwidth. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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YepCode stable
Free

All-in-one platform to connect APIs and services in a serverless environment. It brings all the agility and benefits of NoCode tools but with all the power of using programming languages. The free tier includes 50,000 yeps (seconds of execution) per month with max 300 executions/day. The page we cite for YepCode names a plan but states no amount, so these limits come from our own record rather than from that page.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-18, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

European PaaS with automated deployments, autoscaling, managed databases, and Git-based workflows. Includes €20 free credits at signup, a limited DEV plan with free MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, and free allowances for services like Heptapod and FS Buckets. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Decentralized web hosting platform for Web3 frontends focusing on increasing uptime and security and providing an additional access point for users. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Define, version, and deploy automation scripts using YAML. A developer-first alternative to drag-and-drop tools. Can be used for scheduled tasks, AI agents, and infrastructure monitoring. Free tier includes 100 credits/month. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Web app development with nothing but Python. Free tier with unlimited apps and 30-second timeouts. Best for unlimited usage needs. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Static web publishing for Front-End developers. Unlimited sites with custom domain support Best for unlimited usage needs. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Open source, cross-platform, mobile app development toolchain for Java/Kotlin developers. Free for commercial use with an unlimited number of projects Best for open source projects and unlimited usage needs. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Move data everywhere instantly and automatically, multi-platform. Trial plan: 250,000 requests/month, expires one year after registration. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

One site, 50 pages, 50 MB storage, only the main pre-defined blocks among 170+ available, no fonts, no favicon, and no custom domain. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

1 GB free web hosting with support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, .NET, Deno, Elixir, Go, Java, Lua, Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust. Custom web servers, access via FTP, WebDAV and SSH. Mailbox, mailing list and app installer included. No custom domain on free plan. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

Build your Flutter App UI without writing a single line of code. Also has a Firebase integration. The free plan includes 2 projects, access to 1,000+ templates, and the UI Builder with limited AI generation (5 lifetime requests). No code download or APK export on free tier. The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-02, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

An open-source platform that allows you to quickly build, ship and manage modern APIs. Built-in CI/CD, GitHub integration, and automatic HTTPS. Up to 3 projects, 1GB egress, 300 minutes of build time per month on the [free plan](https://wundergraph.com/pricing). The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-14, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification Our last read of the vendor's pricing page, on 2026-09-14, could read no amount, tier or rate on the page. This is our confidence in the record, not a change by the vendor. (a limit of ours, not a change by the vendor)
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Free

A PaaS platform offering $5/month in free credits for users with a GitHub account older than 180 days. Perfect for hosting apps, databases, and more. ([Signup Link with free credit](https://ap-southeast-1.run.claw.cloud/signin)). Its pricing page has not resolved for us since 2026-04-24, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −2 link_unreachable Claw.cloud's pricing page has not resolved for us since 2026-04-24.
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Free

AI-powered code review and PR analysis tool (formerly Python API hosting). Free trial: 300 PR reviews, 20 full scans, 200 tasks for 1 month. Now at bismuth.sh. Its pricing page has not resolved for us since 2026-07-08, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −2 link_unreachable bismuth.cloud's pricing page has not resolved for us since 2026-07-08.

Not on our ranked list

5 of the 61 offers matching this query are not on our ranked list — 4 are not free offers, 1 has ended. Here is how that order is derived.

Recompute today's order yourself. The order above is a permutation seeded only on the UTC date and the query key — no vendor name, slug, id or offer field is an input. The algorithm is published, so anyone can reproduce this page's order without asking us.
date
2026-09-30
query_key
best-of:Cloud Hosting
seed
f88a14775cb92c01042e966dda1a3ed69e6952b29025a1b55c73d0682c87af35
tie_count
31

Quick Comparison

Vendor Free Tier Key Limits Durability Read / catalogue date
Activepieces Free Build automation flows to connect several apps together in your app's backend. For example, send a Slack message or add ... not published
change not established · 2026-09-13
2026-09-13 / 2026-07-15
Serv00.com Free 3 GB of free web hosting with daily backups (7 days). Support: Crontab jobs, SSH access, repositories (GIT, SVN, and Mer... stable 2026-09-28
paraio.com Free Backend service API with flexible authentication, full-text search and caching. Free for one app, max 10,000 objects on ... not published
page omits the vendor · 2026-09-24
2026-08-28 / 2026-08-27 · tried 2026-09-24, no read
Awardspace.com Free AwardSpace's free hosting includes 5GB Bandwidth, 1000MB Disk Space, is 100% ad-free, offers instant account activation,... stable 2026-09-28 / 2026-07-13
Choreo Free AI-native internal developer platform as a service. The free tier includes up to 5 components and $100 credits per month... not published
change not established · 2026-09-20
2026-09-20 / 2026-07-17
LeanCloud Free Mobile backend. 1GB of data storage, 30K API requests/day, and 10K pushes/day are free. Compute instances require paid p... stable 2026-07-15
Cloudflare Workers Free Edge compute with 100K requests/day, 10ms CPU time per invocation, 5 cron triggers/account. KV: 1 GB storage, 100K reads...
read found the page different · 2026-09-13
stable 2026-09-13 / 2026-08-11
Sevalla (formerly Kinsta) Free Deploy up to 100 static sites for free, custom domains with SSL, 100 GB monthly bandwidth, 260+ Cloudflare CDN locations... stable 2026-09-18
Netlify Free The Free plan is $0 with a limit of 300 credits per month, covering production deploys (15 credits each), compute (10 cr... volatile
effective 2026-04-14
2026-09-22
Val Town Free Serverless scripting platform — 100K runs/day, 1 minute wall clock per run, unlimited public vals, MCP integration stable 2026-09-21
Bubble Free Visual no-code web app builder — free with Bubble branding. Includes responsive design, basic workflows, REST API connec... stable 2026-09-14 / 2026-08-12
Cloudflare Durable Objects Free Stateful serverless compute — Workers Free plan : Only Durable Objects with SQLite storage backend are available. Free p...
read found the page different · 2026-09-17
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effective 2026-01-07
2026-09-17 / 2026-08-13
IFTTT Free Automate your favorite apps and devices. Free 2 Applets not published
change not established · 2026-09-20
2026-09-20 / 2026-07-17
PythonAnywhere Free Python web hosting — Beginner plan free forever: 1 web app (yourusername.pythonanywhere.com), 512 MB disk, 100 CPU-secon...
read found the page different · 2026-09-25
watch
effective 2026-01-15
2026-09-25 / 2026-08-27
PandaStack Free Free tier with $5.40/mo usage credit. No card.
read found the page different · 2026-09-11
watch
discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown
2026-09-11 / 2026-07-15
readthedocs.org Free Documentation hosting. Read the Docs Community is free for open-source projects: it clones public repositories and hosts...
read found the page different · 2026-09-11
stable 2026-09-11 / 2026-07-16
Vercel Hobby Hobby plan, $0 a month, for non-commercial personal use only. Includes 100 GB Fast Data Transfer, 1M Edge Requests, 1M F... watch
effective 2026-02-01
2026-09-22 / 2026-08-26
Cloudflare Pages Free Up to 100 sites (soft limit), unlimited bandwidth, 500 builds/month, 100 custom domains per project not published
read not reconciled · 2026-09-17
2026-09-17 / 2026-08-12
Render Hobby Hobby plan, $0 a month plus compute. Free web services (512 MB RAM, 0.1 CPU) spin down after 15 minutes without traffic,...
read found the page different · 2026-09-16
watch
effective 2026-04-23
2026-09-16 / 2026-08-15
domcloud.co Free Linux hosting service that provides CI/CD with GitHub, SSH, and MariaDB/Postgres database. The free version has 1.5 GB s... not confirmed · page states a free price · 2026-09-18 stable 2026-09-18
Google Cloud Run Always Free Always Free: 2M requests/month, 360K GB-seconds memory, 180K vCPU-seconds compute, 1 GB North America egress. Fully mana... not published
read not reconciled · 2026-09-22
2026-09-22 / 2026-08-18
Back4App Free Parse-based backend platform — free tier: 25K API requests/month, 250 MB database, 1 GB file storage, 1 GB transfer, up ... stable 2026-09-20
Integrately Free Automate tedious tasks with a single click. Free 100 Tasks, 15 Minute not published
change not established · 2026-09-12
2026-09-12 / 2026-07-14
Deno Deploy Free Edge runtime — 1M requests/month, 20 GiB egress, 10 hr active CPU/month, 150 GiB-hr memory time, 1 GiB KV storage, 1M KV... volatile
discovered 2026-08-28 · effective date unknown
2026-09-24
Qoddi Free App hosting platform for Node.js, Python, Go, Java, Ruby and PHP apps. Free: your first 3 static sites, with Git deploym...
read found the page different · 2026-09-24
stable 2026-09-24 / 2026-07-14
Vercel Sandbox Hobby Isolated Linux microVMs for running untrusted or agent-generated code, metered by active CPU, memory, sandbox creations ... stable 2026-09-27
Apply.build Free Build and deploy your GitHub app for free with 0.5 vCPUs / 512 MiB RAM, European servers, automatic firewall, real-time ... stable 2026-09-28
flightcontrol.dev Free Now Ravion — flightcontrol.dev redirects to ravion.com, which states "Ravion is the successor to Flightcontrol. Nothing ... stable 2026-09-20 / 2026-07-13
pantheon.io Free Drupal and WordPress hosting, automated DevOps, and scalable infrastructure. Free for developers and agencies. No custom... not published
change not established · 2026-09-18
2026-09-18 / 2026-07-17
leapcell Free Leapcell is a reliable distributed applications platform, providing everything you need to seamlessly support your rapid... not published
read not reconciled · 2026-09-11
2026-09-11 / 2026-07-16
Railway Free Free $0 per month. Start with a 30-day free trial with $5 credits, then $1 per month. Up to 1 vCPU / 0.5 GB RAM per serv... watch
effective 2025-09-03
2026-09-18 / 2026-08-17

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best free cloud hosting tool in 2026?

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 31 free cloud hosting offers that clear our bar, each listed with the terms we publish and the date we last read them. Our ranking rule is published at /criteria.

Which of these free cloud hosting tiers have held their terms?

31 offers meet our criteria here. Of those, 14 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 8 a recorded narrowing, and we publish no durability signal for 9. The Durability column below says which offer is in which group, and links the dated record behind every change. We withhold the class where the pricing page does not resolve or states no amount, tier or rate we can read, where we refused the last read, or where the listing is gated. We do not rank these by how much you get, because the limits are not comparable without reading each vendor's page.

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