Compare 10 free cloud iaas tools, free tiers, and developer deals. 1 requires an application or qualification, 2 have expired. Verified pricing for AWS, Azure, DigitalOcean, Oracle Cloud, CloudDev and more.
What this name holds: Cloud accounts that rent compute by the instance or by credit — the hyperscalers and the resellers on top of them, not a deploy pipeline.
3 other names here answer “where do I run my code”, and each holds a different list: Cloud Hosting (60), Infrastructure (14), Server Management (7).
We track 9 cloud iaas services with a free tier we hold as current and 3 without. This category has seen some movement — 14 pricing changes recorded across vendors.
| Vendor | Tier | Description | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | Free Tier | Always-free tier includes Lambda (1M invocations/mo), DynamoDB (25 GB), CloudWatch. New accounts get $100 credit at sign-up + up to $100 more via activities, free plan for 6 months | 2026-08-22 |
| Azure | Free Tier | 65+ always-free services: Functions (1M req/mo), Cosmos DB (1K RU/s + 25 GB lifetime), App Service (10 apps), AD/Entra ID (50K objects), DevOps (5 users + CI/CD). 12-month: B1S VMs (750 hrs), SQL Database, Managed Disks. $200 trial credit (30 days). Founders Hub: up to $150K credits for startups | 2026-09-02 |
| DigitalOcean | Credits | $200 credit for 60 days for new accounts. Basic Droplets from $4/mo (1 vCPU, 512 MB RAM, 10 GB SSD — 20% price cut Jan 2026). Per-second billing (min 60s or $0.01). App Platform: 3 free static sites (1 GiB outbound/mo each). Functions: 25,000 GiB-seconds/mo free. Spaces: 250 GB + 1 TB transfer for $5/mo. Managed databases start at $15/mo (not free). No perpetual free compute tier | 2026-08-18 |
| Oracle Cloud | Always Free | Always Free includes 2 AMD VMs (1/8 OCPU, 1 GB each), up to 4 Arm VMs (24 GB total), 200 GB block volumes, 20 GB object storage, 2 Autonomous Databases, Load Balancer | 2026-08-15 |
| CloudDev | Open Source | Open-source LocalStack alternative for running AWS services locally. Supports S3, DynamoDB, Lambda, SQS, and API Gateway in one command. Written in Go. Very early stage (launched March 2026, 8 GitHub stars). Single binary, no Docker required | 2026-08-15 |
| Vera AWS | Open Source | Open-source local AWS emulator. v0.1 supports 89 resource types including VPCs, EC2 instances, security groups, and EBS volumes — EC2 emulation is unique among LocalStack alternatives. Includes awscli drop-in wrapper and terlocal terraform wrapper. No AWS account or Docker required. Runs entirely on your machine | 2026-08-14 |
| Floci | Open Source | Open-source AWS service emulator — the leading community replacement for LocalStack CE. 20+ AWS services supported with 408/408 SDK tests passing. 90 MB Docker image (vs LocalStack's 1.0 GB), 24ms startup (vs 3.3s). MIT license, no auth token required. v1.0.4 released March 2026 | 2026-08-31 |
| Startup with IBM | Retired | There is no startup program: developer.ibm.com/startups/ redirects to the IBM Build Partners Technical Group, a community forum with threads, blogs and a member directory. Checked 2026-09-02, the destination states no credit amount, application or eligibility rule. The former offer was $120,000 in IBM Cloud credits. | 2026-09-02 |
| Heroku for Startups Program | Retired | There is no startup program: heroku.com/accelerate redirects to heroku.com/startups/, a marketing page on which the word program returns zero occurrences. Checked 2026-09-02, the page states no credit amount, application or eligibility rule. The former offer was platform credits, technical support and networking. | 2026-09-02 |
| Google AI Pro/Ultra | Conditional | GCP credits bundled with Google AI subscriptions. AI Pro ($10/mo): includes Vertex AI access and Cloud credits. AI Ultra ($100/mo): $100/month GCP credits for Vertex AI, Cloud Run, Gemini API. Replaced the standalone Google Developer Program Premium (March 2026).Restricted to subscription (Google AI Pro/Ultra) applicants — not generally available.Eligibility: Requires Google AI Pro ($10/mo) or AI Ultra ($100/mo) subscriptionGoogle AI Pro/Ultra's pricing page has not resolved for us since 2026-04-15. | 2026-04-15 |
| Google Compute Engine | Always Free | Always Free: 1 non-preemptible e2-micro VM (us-west1, us-central1, or us-east1), 30 GB standard persistent disk, 1 GB North America egress. GPUs/TPUs excluded | 2026-08-18 |
| OVHcloud | Credits | Public Cloud free trial: €200 credit for 60 days. VPS from €7.60/mo (Starter: 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 20 GB SSD NVMe, 250 Mbps unlimited). Discovery instances (d2-2) from ~€5/mo. Object Storage (S3-compatible). Managed Kubernetes (free control plane). 40+ regions across Europe, NA, APAC. April 2026 price increases: VPS +55-67% (VPS-1 €4.90→€7.60, VPS-4 €26→€43.50), Public Cloud/Bare Metal +9-11%. Driven by AI DRAM/NVMe cost surge | 2026-08-20 |
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