Free Web Hosting & DBs

The default home for code on the internet, with free public and private repos, Actions minutes, and Pages hosting. Pretty much non-negotiable for builders.

A full DevOps platform with free repos, CI/CD minutes, and built-in issue tracking. Solid alternative for teams that want everything under one roof.

CDN, DNS, DDoS protection, Workers, Pages, R2, and D1 — a huge chunk of which has surprisingly generous free tiers. Borderline mandatory for modern web projects.

Free static site and Jamstack hosting with unlimited bandwidth and git-based deploys. Great for portfolios, docs, and front ends that need to be fast everywhere.

Serverless functions that run at the edge with a generous free tier of daily requests. Useful for APIs, auth glue, and lightweight back ends.

The go-to hosting platform for Next.js and modern front ends, with free deploys, preview URLs, and analytics. Hobby tier covers most personal projects.

Free static and Jamstack hosting with build minutes, forms, functions, and identity baked in. A long-time favourite for fast site launches.

Open-source Firebase alternative with a free tier covering Postgres, auth, storage, realtime, and edge functions. A solid back end for indie and serious projects alike.

Google's app back-end with free auth, Firestore, hosting, and cloud functions on the Spark plan. Handy for prototypes that need to ship yesterday.

Serverless Postgres with branching, autoscaling, and a free tier that's hard to beat for side projects. Great for devs who like real SQL without server babysitting.

A serverless MySQL platform with branching workflows and a free Hobby plan. Useful for teams that want database schema changes without the usual drama.

Edge-hosted SQLite (libSQL) with a generous free tier and global replication. Perfect for low-latency reads and tiny-to-medium apps.

Managed MongoDB with a free 512MB shared cluster that's been the default starter DB for countless side projects. Easy to spin up, easy to scale later.

A friendly platform-as-a-service with free static sites, web services, and Postgres. A solid Heroku-style experience without the Heroku-style pricing.

A modern PaaS that makes deploying apps, workers, and databases almost too easy. Trial credits help you ship before you pay.

Run full apps and databases close to users on a global edge network. The free allowance is enough for small services and useful experiments.

A globally distributed runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript with a generous free tier. Great for serverless APIs without the cold-start sob story.

Free static site hosting straight from any GitHub repo, with custom domains and HTTPS. Bulletproof choice for docs, blogs, and project sites.

Dead-simple static site publishing from the command line, with a free plan that just works. Handy when you need a URL right now.

An open-source back-end-as-a-service with auth, databases, storage, and functions. Self-host for free or use the generous cloud tier.

A single-file open-source back end with database, auth, file storage, and admin UI. Perfect for tiny projects where Supabase feels like overkill.

A serverless data platform that mixes Postgres, search, and analytics with a generous free plan. Aimed at devs who want a database that actually feels modern.

Serverless Redis, Kafka, and Vector with pay-per-request pricing and a real free tier. Useful for queues, caching, and edge-friendly state.

An open-source self-hosted alternative to Heroku, Netlify, and Vercel. Great for folks who want PaaS vibes on their own server without the rent.

A tiny self-hosted PaaS that fits in a single VPS and speaks the same git-push deploy language. Lightweight, dependable, and refreshingly boring.

A self-hosted PaaS built on Docker with one-click apps, automated SSL, and a friendly UI. Great for hobbyists running their own server farm.

An in-browser code playground with instant hosting for Node apps and static sites. Brilliant for teaching, demos, and tiny prototypes.

A browser-based IDE with hosting, databases, and AI coding help built in. The free tier is solid for learning, prototyping, and quick demos.

The veteran PaaS for deploying apps in many languages with simple git workflows. The Eco plan brings back a low-cost on-ramp after the great free-tier purge.

Amazon's free tier covers a long list of services including EC2, Lambda, S3, and DynamoDB for limited usage. Useful, sprawling, and slightly intimidating.

Google Cloud's always-free allowances plus trial credits cover Compute Engine, Cloud Run, Firestore, and more. A practical playground for cloud-native builders.

Microsoft Azure's free tier includes always-free services and a credit window for the rest. Worth a look for anyone on the Microsoft stack.

Quietly one of the more generous always-free tiers, including ARM VMs, autonomous databases, and storage. Great for home-lab style projects.

Cheap S3-compatible object storage with 10GB free forever. A no-drama backup and asset store for indie projects.

Image and video hosting with on-the-fly transformations and a generous free plan. A lifesaver for anyone shipping media-heavy apps.