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Service Type RAM Storage Limitations
👉 Adaptable PaaS 256 MB Non-persistent? (1 GB database storage available)
AWS EC2 IaaS 1 GB ⚠️ Only free for 1 year
Azure App Service PaaS 1 GB 1 GB ⚠️ 60 CPU minutes/day
Azure VM IaaS 1 GB 2 GB (non-persistent) ⚠️ Only free for 1 year
👉 Fly.io PaaS 256 MB (2 instances) 1 GB (persistent)
  • 160 GB/month outbound traffic (broken down by region)
  • ❓ Trial plan (2 instances and 1 GB storage) doesn't require card, but does it expire?
  • ⚠️ Hobby plan (3 instances and 3 GB storage) requires credit card, no way to avoid accidental overage fees
Google App Engine PaaS 128 MB 1 GB
Google Compute Engine IaaS 0.6 GB 30 GB
  • 1 GB/month outbound traffic (not including China or Australia)
  • ⚠️ After the first year there's no way to avoid accidental overage fees
Heroku (discontinued) 😭 PaaS 512 MB Non-persistent Idling after 30 minutes inactivity, limited to 550 hours/month
IBM Cloud Foundry PaaS 256 MB ⚠️ Sleep after 10 days, deleted after 30 days of no "development activity"
👉 Northflank PaaS ??? (2 instances) Non-persistent ⚠️ Credit card required for signup, won't be billed on the free tier
OpenShift Developer Sandbox PaaS 7 GB 15 GB ⚠️ Expires after 30 days (can resubscribe for free but not extend subscription), pods are automatically deleted after 12 consecutive hours of runtime
Oracle Cloud IaaS
  • 1 GB each for 2 VMs (AMD CPU)
  • 24 GB across up to 4 VMs (ARM CPU)
 200 GB across 2 volumes
  • AMD CPUs limited to 1/8 of 2 CPUs per VM
  • ⚠️ Payment method required
Railway (discontinued) Paas 512 MB 1 GB
  • Limited to 500 hours/month
  • 100 GB/month outbound traffic
👉 Render PaaS 512 MB Non-persistent
  • No persistent storage
  • Idling after 15 minutes of inactivity
  • 750 hours runtime/month
@innovatorved
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Please check for IBM cloud foundary , i think ibm also discontinue cf apps

@Jordan-Rob
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You should add firebase to the list

@triandresono
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how to use render without payment method? (Credit Card)

@lfir
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lfir commented Sep 13, 2022

https://qoddi.com/#pricing might be another good option to investigate

@Varo95
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Varo95 commented Oct 7, 2022 •
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https://qoddi.com/#pricing might be another good option to investigate

Credit/Debit card required, not accepting prepaid cards

@eriwiana
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Try Deta. Support Python, Node.js, and Go !

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dalisoft commented Dec 17, 2022 •
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I am added hosting service providers from comments as well as from OP comment to my repo:
https://github.com/dalisoft/awesome-hosting#nodejs

I always welcome to see any PR and bug-fix.

Thank you

P.S. I am included link to there at bottom for users can see original comment and post

@Phickayor
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Have you heard of cyclic.sh though it's limited to just one app

@jashezan
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Add MDB GO to the list

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ghost commented Jun 16, 2023

OCI A1 Flex Ampere are powerful yet free until very big limit. I created automation to raise them and host backend on them:

https://dev.to/vitalipom/small-open-source-backend-server-to-start-with-4ngo

https://github.com/VitaliPom/portfolioorchstra

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@bmaupin remove Railway it's now fully paid

@dhwanish-3
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can I know why firebase is not here

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fourfor4 commented Jul 8, 2023

firebase is free for hosting node backend server?
I just tried on my end but faced this error.

Error: Your project "backend" must be on the Blaze (pay-as-you-go) plan to complete this command. Required API artifactregistry.googleapis.com can't be enabled until the upgrade is complete. To upgrade, visit the following URL:

It seems to be that I have to pay for the hosting.

@dhwanish-3
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Sorry If it did not work.
I used firebase for my for my flutter app. I did not know this list was for web hosting.

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fourfor4 commented Jul 9, 2023

Hosting Front End with React is working well free.
But node express backend require the pay version.
:)

And we can use https://app.cyclic.sh/#/ for hosting the backend free.
One app is free.

@snapfast
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https://adaptable.io/docs/deploying-your-existing-app#

Adaptable.io only supports Nodejs and Python apps. No Golang.

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kwekewk commented Aug 19, 2023

are redhat sandbox dont allow sudo/root? deploy failed because no privileged

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ghost commented Aug 20, 2023 via email

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m3c-ode commented Aug 22, 2023

Where would you put Appwrite ?

@Hashuudev
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Heroku discontinued

@fawadasaurus
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https://cloud.candle.dev

offers up to 1gb persistent storage, 256mb ram and shared compute for free. Need to deploy using using Wick framework (https://github.com/candlecorp/wick)

@servesh-chaturvedi
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For MERN apps, Render is a fine choice if using MongoDB Atlas. You can get around the 15 min idling by scheduling a cron-job every 5 min. 750 hour limit is quite generous as app can run whole month!

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Back4app has a new CaaS (basically PaaS for docker deployment, or idk exactly it is but it can deploy a repository based on Dockerfile) with 256MB RAM, 100GB monthly transfer, and 600 active hours for free. Not exactly better than Render, but if you want an alternative for Render or Render wants you to input your credit card in your region, this is a good one.

@mshivam019
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https://bronze-accordion-5db.notion.site/Hosting-Platforms-5e88dce88be94848b099ac1fec547c9c?pvs=4
I maintain it, please feel free to try one of these options and add comments if you need help.

@DanZakharov
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adapim
I think you can not deploy anything on adaptable.io now without adding the payment method.

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Jasmeet5108 commented May 12, 2024 •
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Hosting Front End with React is working well free. But node express backend require the pay version. :)

And we can use https://app.cyclic.sh/#/ for hosting the backend free. One app is free.

Unfortunately, not anymore. Cyclic is shutting down all there services from May 31, 2024.

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shiroopi commented Jun 2, 2024

Hosting Front End with React is working well free. But node express backend require the pay version. :)
And we can use https://app.cyclic.sh/#/ for hosting the backend free. One app is free.

Unfortunately, not anymore. Cyclic is shutting down all there services from May 31, 2024.

Yeah , that's very unfortunate

https://bronze-accordion-5db.notion.site/Hosting-Platforms-5e88dce88be94848b099ac1fec547c9c?pvs=4 I maintain it, please feel free to try one of these options and add comments if you need help.

add Logto to auth section

@diasraphael
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For frontend => I tried deploying my react webapp in versel
For Backend => I tried deploying my python fastappi app in render
I too deployed postgres in render. It worked well with https serving

I tried railway with python fastappi app and postgres too but didnt work with https

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symful commented Oct 7, 2024

Render requires CC to make web service

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Edi2nih commented Oct 12, 2024

Render requires CC to make web service

Using vpn and try sigup with anoter account

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