Every free infrastructure tier that clears our bar in 2026: 7 offers meet the criteria and 5 offers are demoted with a named reason. Recorded changes and a published ranking method. We could not confirm today's terms for 7 of them: on 4 the page we cite did not answer, and on 3 our own read did not confirm them. Each row says why.

Best Free Infrastructure Tools

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

7 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 4 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 1 a recorded narrowing, 1 a recorded widening, and we publish no durability signal for 1. 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. They are listed in an order that rotates daily. 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 14 infrastructure offers →
1
Free

Deployment.io helps developers automate deployments on AWS. On our free tier, a developer (single user) can deploy unlimited static sites, web services, and environments. We provide 10 job executions free per month with previews and auto-deploys included in the free tier. Best for unlimited usage needs. When we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-19, we could read no amount, tier or rate on the page, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

2
Spacelift stable
Free

IaC orchestration platform — 2 users, 1 API key, 1 public worker, OIDC integration, credential-less cloud provider integration, cost estimation

3
Pulumi stable
Individual

Infrastructure as Code platform — free for individuals with 1 user, unlimited projects/stacks/updates, 500 deployment minutes/mo, 25 secrets, 10K secret API calls/mo Best for unlimited usage needs.

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-09-26 · effective date unknown — limits reduced: Pulumi dropped Pulumi Neo's 5M free tokens a month from its free plan, which it renamed from Individual to Free, between the Internet Archive's capture of its pricing page on 2026-09-13 and our reading of 2026-09-26. The free plan's other terms (1 user, unlimited projects and stacks, up to 500 workflow minutes) are unchanged; Neo now costs $3 per 1M tokens on paid plans only. Source ↗
4
Scalr stable
Free

Terraform Automation and Collaboration (TACO) platform — The Free plan covers up to 50 runs per month. As of September 2026 every new account starts with five concurrent runs by default on Scalr’s managed runners, on the Free and Business plans alike, and the quota is raised free of charge on request with a valid use case.

5
Coolify stable
Free OSS

Free OSS (Apache 2.0). Self-hostable PaaS (Vercel/Heroku alternative). Deploy static sites, databases, full-stack apps, 280+ one-click services. Auto SSL, Git integration Best for open source projects. The page we cite for Coolify 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.

6
Free

IaC orchestration platform by Gruntwork — All plans include unlimited runs and resources. Free Forever $0 Free Up to 25 infrastructure units* For individuals, start-ups, or teams looking to try before buying Terragrunt-native IaC Pipeline Unlimited Runs Unlimited Resources (no RUM) Community Support Best for unlimited usage needs. Note — discovered 2026-09-02: The free tier now has a limit of 25 infrastructure units, down from "500+ managed resources" or matching HCP Terraform's free tier. Source ↗

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-09-02 · effective date unknown — pricing restructured: The free tier now has a limit of 25 infrastructure units, down from "500+ managed resources" or matching HCP Terraform's free tier. Source ↗
7
ngrok stable
Free

Tunneling and ingress platform — 3 online endpoints, 1 GB bandwidth, 20K HTTP/S requests/month, 1 dev domain, 5K TCP/TLS connections. Includes $5 one-time usage credit

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
Brainboard stable
Free

Collaborative solution to visually build and manage cloud infrastructures from end-to-end.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 1 consecutive re-check attempt has failed (most recently 2026-09-19 — The pricing page does not explicitly state a free tier or its limitations. It mentions 'Start for free' buttons but doesn't detail what that entails. It's unclear if the stored free tier still exists or if it has been altered.), 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
Free OSS

Free OSS (Apache 2.0). CNCF graduated GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Declarative, versioned, automated application deployments from Git 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)
−1
Free

Free for personal projects (includes one deployment server, one static site), Cloud 66 gives you everything you need to build, deploy, and grow your applications on any cloud without the headache of the “server stuff.”. Best for personal 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)
−1
Free (Enhanced)

HashiCorp managed Terraform — enhanced free tier (replacing legacy plan EOL March 31, 2026): 500 managed resources, unlimited users, SSO, policy as code (Sentinel + OPA), unlimited apply cycles. Legacy free plan users auto-migrated to enhanced tier Best for unlimited usage needs. We could not read the page we cite for this offer when we last looked, on 2026-09-26, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

  • −1 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 7 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-09-26 — HTTP 429), 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)
Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • effective 2026-03-31 — pricing restructured: HashiCorp legacy free plan for HCP Terraform ends March 31, 2026. All legacy free plan users auto-migrated to enhanced free tier with different limits: 500 managed resources (previously unlimited for small teams), unlimited users, 1 concurrent run, SSO, and policy as code (Sentinel + OPA) Source ↗
−1
Free OSS

Free OSS (MIT). Cloud-native reverse proxy and load balancer. Automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt, Docker/Kubernetes integration, middleware plugins, service discovery 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)

Not on our ranked list

2 of the 14 offers matching this query are not on our ranked list — 2 are not free offers. 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:Infrastructure
seed
99e90c9f46eb4e7bed21eeb030d991e909b6b143f38bdb8aea9dcd973ce6b2fd
tie_count
7

Quick Comparison

Vendor Free Tier Key Limits Durability Read / catalogue date
deployment.io Free Deployment.io helps developers automate deployments on AWS. On our free tier, a developer (single user) can deploy unlim... not published
change not established · 2026-09-19
2026-09-19 / 2026-08-02
Spacelift Free IaC orchestration platform — 2 users, 1 API key, 1 public worker, OIDC integration, credential-less cloud provider integ... stable 2026-09-18 / 2026-09-02
Pulumi Individual Infrastructure as Code platform — free for individuals with 1 user, unlimited projects/stacks/updates, 500 deployment mi...
read found the page different · 2026-09-26
stable 2026-09-26 / 2026-09-09
Scalr Free Terraform Automation and Collaboration (TACO) platform — The Free plan covers up to 50 runs per month. As of September 2... improving
discovered 2026-09-21 · effective date unknown
2026-09-21 / 2026-08-22
Coolify Free OSS Free OSS (Apache 2.0). Self-hostable PaaS (Vercel/Heroku alternative). Deploy static sites, databases, full-stack apps, ... not confirmed · page states a free price · 2026-09-17 stable 2026-09-17
Terragrunt Scale Free IaC orchestration platform by Gruntwork — All plans include unlimited runs and resources. Free Forever $0 Free Up to 25 ...
read found the page different · 2026-09-18
watch
discovered 2026-09-02 · effective date unknown
2026-09-18 / 2026-08-12
ngrok Free Tunneling and ingress platform — 3 online endpoints, 1 GB bandwidth, 20K HTTP/S requests/month, 1 dev domain, 5K TCP/TLS... stable 2026-09-19

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best free infrastructure 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 7 free infrastructure 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 infrastructure tiers have held their terms?

7 offers meet our criteria for this category. Of those, 4 carry no recorded change to the terms we publish, 1 a recorded narrowing, 1 a recorded widening, and we publish no durability signal for 1. 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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