This free plan has ended. 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.
Managed PaaS · Cloud Platforms
The original git-push platform for web apps, now paid only.
Checked against Heroku's official pages on 1 Nov 2026. Free tiers change, so confirm before you commit.
No free tier; the cheapest dyno is Eco at $5 a month.
| Limit | Free plan |
|---|---|
| Free dynos | None since Nov 2022 |
| Eco dyno | $5 / month, 0.5 GB RAM |
| Basic dyno | $7 / month, always on |
| Postgres | From $5 / month |
There is no free plan; every app needs a paid dyno.
No. 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.
Free options in the same lane include Cloudflare Workers, Deno Deploy, Northflank. Each has its limits and catch listed on its page.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Check a name, set up DNS and test the site once it is live. All free, in the browser.
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