Every free infrastructure tier that clears our bar in 2026: 11 offers meet the criteria and 1 offer is demoted with a named reason. Verified pricing, recorded changes, and a published ranking method.

Best Free Infrastructure Tools

Every free infrastructure tier that clears our bar today. Updated 2026-09-11.

11 offers meet our criteria for this category and none is distinguishable from the others under any signal we record. 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 554 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
Spacelift stable
Free

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

2
Free

Superseded: As of 2026-09-02, terragrunt.com/terragrunt-scale reads: All plans include unlimited runs and resources.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. We are not publishing our stored Terragrunt Scale terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-02, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓ 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 unknownpricing 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 ↗
3
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.

4
Brainboard stable
Free

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

5
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.

6
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.

7
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.

8
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

9
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.

10
Free

Superseded: As of 2026-09-05, scalr.com/pricing reads: Free plan covers up to 50 runs per month with 2 concurrent runs. We are not publishing our stored Scalr terms beside it — our own pricing change record, discovered 2026-09-05, names them as the previous ones. Read what we recorded ↓ Note — discovered 2026-09-05: The free tier includes up to 50 runs per month and 2 concurrent runs. Source ↗

Recorded, but does not affect rank:
  • discovered 2026-09-05 · effective date unknownlimits reduced: The free tier includes up to 50 runs per month and 2 concurrent runs. Source ↗
11
deployment.io stable
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.

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
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. Note — 2026-03-31: 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 stale_verification We cannot confirm this offer: 4 consecutive re-check attempts have failed (most recently 2026-09-05 — HTTP 429), last confirmed 2026-04-19. 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 2026-03-31pricing 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 ↗
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
2026-09-11
query_key
best-of:Infrastructure
seed
4d99950fe958477a438d533a8c757c0eb9c23381d2266c54de09e27250483c47
tie_count
11

Quick Comparison

Vendor Free Tier Key Limits Stability Verified
Spacelift Free IaC orchestration platform — 2 users, 1 API key, 1 public worker, OIDC integration, credential-less cloud provider integ... stable 2026-09-02
Terragrunt Scale Free As of 2026-09-02, terragrunt.com/terragrunt-scale reads: …Free Forever $0 Free Up to 25 infrastructure units* For individuals, start-ups, or teams… Our stored Terragrunt Scale terms are superseded and withheld. caution
discovered 2026-09-02 restructured
2026-08-12
Traefik Free OSS Free OSS (MIT). Cloud-native reverse proxy and load balancer. Automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt, Docker/Kubernetes integ... 2026-07-29
Brainboard Free Collaborative solution to visually build and manage cloud infrastructures from end-to-end. stable 2026-08-01
Cloud 66 Free Free for personal projects (includes one deployment server, one static site), Cloud 66 gives you everything you need to ... 2026-07-31
Argo CD Free OSS Free OSS (Apache 2.0). CNCF graduated GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes. Declarative, versioned, automated ... 2026-07-30
Coolify Free OSS Free OSS (Apache 2.0). Self-hostable PaaS (Vercel/Heroku alternative). Deploy static sites, databases, full-stack apps, ... stable 2026-08-28
ngrok Free Tunneling and ingress platform — 3 online endpoints, 1 GB bandwidth, 20K HTTP/S requests/month, 1 dev domain, 5K TCP/TLS... stable 2026-08-28
Pulumi Individual Infrastructure as Code platform — free for individuals with 1 user, unlimited projects/stacks/updates, 500 deployment mi... stable 2026-09-09
Scalr Free As of 2026-09-05, scalr.com/pricing reads: Free plan covers up to 50 runs per month with 2 concurrent runs. Our stored Scalr terms are superseded and withheld. caution
discovered 2026-09-05 reduced
2026-08-22
deployment.io Free Deployment.io helps developers automate deployments on AWS. On our free tier, a developer (single user) can deploy unlim... stable 2026-08-02

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