Compare developer-focused free tiers by real limits, credit-card requirements, sleep behavior, commercial-use rules and upgrade cost.
Cloudflare Pages NEW Cloudflare Cloudflare Pages is a JAMstack platform for frontend developers to collaborate and deploy websites on Cloudflare's global edge network.
Free tier
Unlimited static asset requests, 500 builds/month, 100 projects/account
Workers $5/mo · 330+ cities
Some constraints remain unconfirmed
Netlify Netlify Inc. Netlify is a web developer platform that multiplies productivity by unifying the elements of the modern decoupled web.
Free tier
300 credits/month on the free plan
Paid from $9/mo · Global CDN
Suspends at the limit · Some constraints remain unconfirmed
PlanetScale PlanetScale Inc. PlanetScale is the world's most advanced serverless MySQL platform. Build faster with branching, non-blocking schema changes, and more.
No free tier
Render Render Services Inc. Render is a unified cloud to build and run all your apps and websites with free TLS certificates, a global CDN, private networks and auto deploys from Git.
Free tier
512 MB web service, 750 hours/month, sleeps after 15 minutes; free Postgres expires after 30 days
Paid from $7/mo · 5 regions
Sleeps when idle · Suspends at the limit
Supabase NEW Supabase Inc. Supabase is an open source Firebase alternative with Postgres, Auth, instant APIs, Edge Functions and Realtime subscriptions.
Free tier
500 MB database, 1 GB file storage, 5 GB egress plus 5 GB cached egress
Paid from $25/mo · Multi-region
Pauses when idle · Suspends at the limit
Vercel Vercel Inc. Vercel is the platform for frontend developers, providing the speed and reliability innovators need to create at the moment of inspiration.
Free tier
100GB bandwidth, 100 deployments/day
Paid from $20/mo · Global network
Commercial use restricted · Upgrade required at the limit
Realtime chat pattern built from Supabase's Postgres, Auth and Realtime platform rather than a standalone maintained demo repository.
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Open source backend in one Go binary: embedded SQLite, realtime subscriptions, auth, file storage and an admin UI for container or VM hosts.
A full-stack SaaS starter monorepo with React 19, tRPC, Hono, Stripe, Drizzle, Neon and multiple Cloudflare Workers.
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A Deno-native web framework with islands, file-system routing, TypeScript support and no client JavaScript by default.
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Full temporary email service on Cloudflare Pages, Workers and D1, with sending, AI parsing, attachments and Telegram integrations.
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Archived Next.js subscription starter with Stripe, Supabase and Vercel deploy, now superseded by the newer Next.js SaaS Starter.
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