The whole directory on one page. Filter by what you cannot live without (no card, no end date, your own domain, commercial use) and by your stack, then open any provider for its full limits and the catch.
95 options · limits checked 1 Nov 2026 · ranked by free-tier score
95 providers
Serverless SQLite
SQLite databases that run alongside Cloudflare Workers on the free Workers plan.
The catch: Only 100,000 row writes per day, which resets daily.
CDN + DNS + security
Puts a CDN, DNS, SSL and DDoS protection in front of a site hosted anywhere.
The catch: You must move your domain's nameservers to Cloudflare to use it.
Edge static hosting
Static and full-stack sites served from Cloudflare's network, with no bandwidth charge.
The catch: A site cannot hold more than 20,000 files or any single file over 25 MiB on the free plan.
Serverless edge
Serverless functions and full-stack apps running on Cloudflare's edge network.
The catch: Each request gets only 10 ms of CPU, which heavy server-side rendering can exceed.
BaaS + hosting
Google's app backend: static hosting, auth and Firestore on the free Spark plan.
The catch: Cloud Functions, App Hosting and (for new projects) Cloud Storage need the pay-as-you-go Blaze plan.
Free site builder
Google's drag-and-drop builder, free with any Google account.
The catch: Design options are very basic, and the site must be shared publicly or it redirects to the sites.google.com address.
Static + serverless
Git-based hosting for static and Jamstack sites, with functions, forms and edge features.
The catch: Every production deploy costs 15 credits, so about 20 deploys a month uses the whole free allowance before any traffic.
Free PHP hosting
Ad-free free hosting for one small PHP site with a database and email.
The catch: Only one database is shared by all your sites, and traffic stops at 5 GB per month.
Free PHP hosting
Free VistaPanel PHP hosting from the iFastNet family, the same network behind InfinityFree.
The catch: Like other free VistaPanel hosts, hidden CPU and hit limits can suspend a busy site.
Non-profit pages
Static hosting from a Codeberg repository, run by a German non-profit.
The catch: New users must use the new git-pages setup, which needs a webhook; the old v2 server is closed to new users.
Edge runtime
Runs JavaScript and TypeScript apps on Deno's global network, deployed from GitHub or the CLI.
The catch: Egress is only 20 GiB a month, far below most static hosts.
CDN + edge compute
An enterprise CDN with programmable edge compute that offers a free monthly allowance.
The catch: Usage past the free allowance is billed per region, and setup is aimed at engineers.
Free DNS + subdomains
A veteran free DNS host with thousands of shared domains you can take a subdomain on.
The catch: Shared domains belong to other people, who can pull them, so don't build anything important on one.
Free PHP hosting
Small, ad-free 'Chocolate' free plan for tiny sites and email.
The catch: The 10 MB database is too small for most WordPress sites.
Repo static hosting
Static sites built by GitLab CI/CD and served from a GitLab project.
The catch: Builds run on the shared 400 CI/CD minutes a month, which other pipelines also use.
Container platform
A developer platform for services, jobs and databases on its cloud or your own.
The catch: Compute and scaling are limited, and egress is billed at $0.06 per GB.
Static hosting
Static hosting from the team behind Kinsta, deployed from Git.
The catch: Only static sites are free; app hosting starts at $5 a month after a trial.
CLI static hosting
Publishes any local folder as a website with one terminal command.
The catch: Redirects, rewrites and password protection are only on the $30 Pro plan.
WebAssembly edge
Runs apps compiled to WebAssembly, including PHP and Python sites, on an edge network.
The catch: Your app must run on Wasmer's WebAssembly runtime, which not every library supports.
Free PHP hosting
Long-standing free cPanel-style host for a small PHP site.
The catch: Only 500 MB of space and one free service per person.
Open-source CDN
A public CDN that serves files from npm packages and GitHub repositories.
The catch: It only serves files already published to npm or a public GitHub repo, so it cannot host a private site.
Store builder
A free online store builder from Square that charges only when you sell.
The catch: You can't use your own domain on the free plan.
Edge SQLite
Hosted SQLite (libSQL) with many small databases and edge replicas.
The catch: Only one day of point-in-time restore on the free plan.
Serverless Redis
Serverless Redis you call over HTTP, priced per request.
The catch: 500K commands a month runs out fast if you poll or cache every request.
Repo static hosting
Publishes a static site straight from a GitHub repository.
The catch: On a free account the repo must be public, and GitHub says Pages is not meant for online shops or SaaS.
Free PHP hosting
Long-running free PHP and MySQL hosting with no ads placed on your site.
The catch: Daily hit and CPU limits suspend busy sites, and there is no SSH or Node/Python.
Serverless platform
Serverless hosting for web apps, APIs and async tasks, with built-in Redis.
The catch: Only 2 GB of outbound data and 60 build minutes a month.
Cloud platform
Hosts web services, static sites, cron jobs and databases from a Git repo.
The catch: The free service sleeps after 15 minutes, so the first visitor waits about a minute.
Free shell hosting
Free FreeBSD shared hosting from Poland with SSH and many languages, not just PHP.
The catch: Sign-ups often close when servers are full, and you must log in regularly to keep the account.
Frontend cloud
Git-connected hosting built around Next.js that also runs most other modern frontend frameworks.
The catch: Hobby is for personal, non-commercial use only, so a business site has to move to Pro.
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Still in old tutorials. Do not plan around them.
Zeabur is shutting down: shared-cluster services pause on 1 December 2026 and all servers and clusters close by 31 December 2026.
The original Deno Deploy (dash.deno.com) and its subhosting v1 API shut down on 20 July 2026; apps had to move to the new Deno Deploy.
The free Basic plan was dropped around September 2026 when pricing moved to Standard and Mission Critical; new orgs now get a 30-day, $400 trial instead.
DigitalOcean left the GitHub Student Pack in 2026; all $200 pack credits expired 31 July 2026.
Project hosting and user profiles shut down on 8 July 2025; code export stayed open until the end of 2025.
For accounts created from mid-July 2025, the old 12-month free tier (e.g. 750 h/month t2/t3.micro) was replaced by up to $200 credits and a 6-month free plan.
Hosted Postgres service (with free 'Tiny Turtle' plan) stopped sales on 1 May 2024 and shut down on 27 January 2025.
PocketBase host ended free accounts for new users on 10 January 2025; now a 7-day trial then $9.99/month per instance (existing users grandfathered).
Free allowances (3 small VMs, 3 GB volumes, 100 GB transfer) ended for new organisations on 7 October 2024; new accounts get only a trial of 2 machine-hours or 7 days.
Stopped new sign-ups on 8 July 2024 and shut down fully on 14 October 2024; users were moved to paid Hostinger plans.
Free Hobby MySQL plan was announced for removal in March 2024 and ended on 8 April 2024; PlanetScale has no free plan now.
New registrations stopped March 2023; ICANN ended its accreditation Nov 2023; Freenom left the domain business Feb 2024 and most of its free domains stopped working.
Sold to Squarespace; deal closed 7 Sep 2023 and all domains had moved to Squarespace by 10 Jul 2024.
The free Starter plan with $5 of recurring monthly credit ended on 1 August 2023 (new sign-ups got a one-time $5 from 3 July 2023); it was replaced by a trial.
Free dynos, free Heroku Postgres and free Redis ended on 28 November 2022; the cheapest option is now the $5 Eco dyno, which sleeps after 30 min.
Xata's hosted cloud no longer lists a free plan; only the self-hosted open-source edition is free. Exact end date not confirmed.
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