# 🚀 Awesome Free Web Hosting 2026  [](https://github.com/awesome-lists) [](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) [](https://github.com/iSoumyaDey/Awesome-Web-Hosting-2026) ## **The Definitive Guide to Free Cloud Infrastructure** > **Stop paying for side projects.**
> A curated, verified list of **150+ free tier platforms** for Developers, Startups, and Students in 2026. >

> **Compare Free vs Paid plans for:** >
> ⚛️ **Static Sites** (Vercel, Netlify, Surge)  •  🐳 **Docker & Node.js** (Render, Zeabur, Coolify) >
> 🗄️ **Databases** (Supabase, MongoDB, Turso)  •  ☁️ **VPS & Cloud** (Oracle, AWS, Google)
| ⚡ **Fast Deploy** | 🤖 **AI Ready** | 🛡️ **Secure** | | :---: | :---: | :---: | | **Static Sites** & **React** | **LLMs** & **GPU** | **HTTPS** & **Auth** | | **Docker** & **Node.js** | **Python** & **Jupyter** | **Postgres** & **Redis** |
[]( #static-sites) []( #full-stack) []( #serverless) []( #databases)
[]( #ai-gpu) []( #vps-cloud) []( #self-hosted-paas) []( #traditional)

🌐 Static Site Hosting

Ideal for: Portfolios, Documentation, React/Vue/Angular Apps, JAMstack, Blogs.

| Service | Free Tier | Fair Use Limits | Paid Starts | Best For | |:---:|:---|:---:|:---:|:---| | **[Vercel](https://vercel.com/)** | ✅ **Unlimited** | ~100 GB/mo bandwidth | $20/mo | Next.js, React, Speed | | **[Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/)** | ✅ **Unlimited Sites** | 100 GB/mo bandwidth | $19/mo | General Frontend, Best UX | | **[Cloudflare Pages](https://pages.cloudflare.com/)** | ✅ **Unlimited** | Fair use policy | $20/mo | Performance (Edge Network) | | **[GitHub Pages](https://pages.github.com/)** | ✅ **Unlimited** | No major limits | Free | Jekyll, Documentation, Simple Sites | | **[Surge.sh](https://surge.sh)** | ✅ **Unlimited** | Custom domains free | $13/mo | CLI-based, super simple | | **[Firebase Hosting](https://firebase.google.com/products/hosting)** | ✅ **1 GB Storage** | 10 GB/mo transfer | Pay-as-you-go | Full-stack, real-time apps | | **[Deno Deploy](https://deno.com/deploy)** | ✅ **1M Req/mo** | Generous, auto-scales | $10/mo | JS/TS edge functions | | **[AWS Amplify](https://aws.amazon.com/amplify/)** | ✅ **1000 Build Mins** | Free tier, then usage | Pay-as-you-go | AWS ecosystem apps | | **[DigitalOcean App Platform](https://www.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform)** | ✅ **3 Static Sites** | 1 GB/mo transfer | $5+/mo | Simple, reliable, scalable | | **[Tiiny.host](https://tiiny.host)** | ✅ **Unlimited** | Zip upload, instant deploy | Free | Quick static deployments |

🔧 Full-Stack Platforms

Ideal for: Node.js, Python (Django/Flask), Go, Ruby, Docker Containers.

| Service | Free Tier | Sleep Policy | Key Feature | No CC Req | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---|:---:| | **[Zeabur](https://zeabur.com/)** | ✅ **$5 Credit/mo** | No sleep | **Top Pick 2026** – Simple deploy | ✅ Yes | | **[Render](https://render.com/)** | ✅ **750 Hrs/mo** | Sleeps after 15m idle | Easy deploy, generous limits | ✅ No | | **[Kuberns](https://kuberns.com/)** | ✅ **Platform fee: $0** | No sleep | Zero platform fee PaaS | ✅ No | | **[Google Cloud Run](https://cloud.google.com/run/pricing)** | ✅ **2M Requests/mo** | Scales to 0 | Serverless Docker “cheat code” | ✅ No | | **[Koyeb](https://www.koyeb.com/)** | ✅ **Free Nano Instance** | No sleep | Global edge deployment | ✅ Yes | | **[Northflank](https://northflank.com/)** | ✅ **Free Plan (CC Req)** | No sleep | 1 Service + 1 Database free | ❌ No | | **[Glitch](https://glitch.com/)** | ✅ **1000 Hrs/mo** | Sleeps after 5m idle | Best for fun/quick prototypes | ✅ No | | **[PythonAnywhere](https://www.pythonanywhere.com/)** | ✅ **1 Web App** | N/A (limited access) | Beginner Django/Flask hosting | ✅ No | | **[IBM Cloud](https://cloud.ibm.com/)** | ✅ **Lite Plan** | No expiry | 256MB Cloud Foundry App | ✅ No | | **[Railway](https://railway.app/)** | ✅ **$5 Credit (Trial)** | Usage-based | Simple UX, good for testing | ✅ No | | **[Hostim.dev](https://hostim.dev/)** | ⏱️ **5-day App Trial** | No sleep | Docker apps + always-free managed DBs | ✅ Yes |

⚠️ 2026 Update: Railway and Fly.io now run on trial/usage-based models. They are great for testing but no longer true “always free” platforms.

⚡ Serverless & Edge

Ideal for: APIs, Background Jobs, Event-Driven Architecture, Microservices.

| Service | Free Allowance | Runtime Support | Unique Feature | Best For | |:---:|:---:|:---|:---|:---| | **[Cloudflare Workers](https://workers.cloudflare.com/)** | ✅ **100k / day** | JS, Rust, Wasm | 0ms Cold Start, Global Network | High-traffic APIs| | **[AWS Lambda](https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/)** | ✅ **1M Req/mo** | Python, Node, Go, Java, C# | Industry standard serverless | Production backends | | **[Deno Deploy](https://deno.com/deploy)** | ✅ **100k Req/day** | TypeScript, JS | Native TS, no config | Modern TS/JS APIs | | **[Vercel Functions](https://vercel.com/docs/functions)** | ✅ **100GB-Hrs** | Node, Go, Python | Integrated with frontend | Next.js full-stack apps | | **[Google Cloud Functions](https://cloud.google.com/functions)** | ✅ **2M Invocations/mo** | Node, Python, Go, Java, C# | Event-driven, GCP-native | Background jobs & triggers |

🗄️ Database & Backend

Ideal for: Persisting data (SQL, NoSQL) and Backend-as-a-Service.

| Service | Type | Free Storage | Special Feature | Paused After | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---|:---:| | **[Supabase](https://supabase.com/)** | PostgreSQL | 500 MB | Realtime, Auth, Storage | ~1 week inactivity | | **[Neon](https://neon.tech/)** | PostgreSQL | 500 MB | Serverless (scales to 0), branching | Never | | **[MongoDB Atlas](https://www.mongodb.com/atlas)** | NoSQL | 512 MB | The industry standard for Mongo | Never | | **[Turso](https://turso.tech/)** | SQLite | 9 GB ⭐ | Edge-hosted, 1B reads/mo | Never | | **[Convex](https://www.convex.dev/)** | BaaS | 1M operations/files | Realtime backend replacement | Never | | **[Appwrite](https://appwrite.io/)** | BaaS | 2 GB | Open-source Firebase alternative | Self-host/managed | | **[Firebase Realtime DB](https://firebase.google.com/products/database)** | NoSQL | 1 GB | Real-time sync, 100 connections | Never | | **[DynamoDB](https://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/)** | NoSQL | 25 GB | AWS “Always Free” tier | Never | | **[Planetscale](https://planetscale.com/)** | MySQL | 5 GB | Serverless MySQL with branching | Never | | **[Hostim.dev](https://hostim.dev/)** | PostgreSQL / MySQL / Redis | 256 MB (DB), 128 MB (Redis) | Always-free managed databases | Never |

📦 Object Storage / Blob

Ideal for: file uploads, images, backups, static assets. Not a relational database.

| Service | Free Tier | Egress | Best For | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---| | **[Cloudflare R2](https://developers.cloudflare.com/r2/)** | ✅ **10 GB storage** + **1M Class A** + **10M Class B ops/mo** | ✅ Free to Cloudflare services (Workers/Pages) | File/object storage for APIs & apps | | **[AWS S3](https://aws.amazon.com/s3/)** | ✅ **5 GB** (AWS Free Tier) | Standard S3 egress pricing | Classic object storage, S3 API standard | | **[Backblaze B2](https://www.backblaze.com/b2/cloud-storage.html)** | ✅ **10 GB** | Low-cost egress | Cheap backups and media storage |

🤖 AI & GPU Hosting

Ideal for: Machine Learning, LLMs, Python Notebooks, Inference.

| Service | Free Hardware | Runtime | Best Use Case | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---| | **[Streamlit Community Cloud](https://streamlit.io/)** | ✅ **Unlimited Apps (shared CPU)** | Python | Data science dashboards | | **[Hugging Face Spaces](https://huggingface.co/spaces)** | ✅ **2 vCPU** | Python (Gradio/Streamlit) | Model demos & UIs | | **[Google Colab](https://colab.research.google.com/)** | ✅ **T4 GPU** | Jupyter Notebook | Training & experimentation | | **[Kaggle Notebooks](https://www.kaggle.com/code)** | ✅ **P100 GPU (limits)** | Jupyter | High-end GPU, 30hrs/week | | **[Lightning AI](https://lightning.ai/)** | ✅ **Free Credits** | PyTorch, Jupyter | ML app development | | **[Paperspace Gradient](https://www.paperspace.com/gradient)** | ✅ **Free tier credits** | Jupyter, Python | GPU notebooks & ML | | **[Replicate](https://replicate.com/)** | ✅ **Trial Credits** | Python, HTTP API | Deploy models as APIs |

☁️ Cloud Infrastructure (VPS)

Ideal for: Virtual Machines, Linux Servers, Enterprise Learning.

| Provider | Always-Free / Trial | Specs | Duration | Best For | |:---:|:---|:---|:---:|:---| | **[Oracle Cloud](https://www.oracle.com/cloud/free/)** | 4x ARM Ampere Instances | Up to 4 OCPU, 24 GB RAM | Forever | **Best value** free VPS | | **[Google Cloud](https://cloud.google.com/free)** | e2-micro instance | 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (US) | Forever (some regions) | Learning GCP | | **[AWS Free Tier](https://aws.amazon.com/free/)** | t2.micro / t3.micro | 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 12 months | AWS ecosystem | | **[Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/free/)** | B1s VM | 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM | 12 months | Microsoft stack | | **[Hetzner](https://www.hetzner.com/cloud)** | €20 Credits | Flexible cloud VMs | ~1 month | Cheap long-term VPS | | **[DigitalOcean](https://www.digitalocean.com/)** | $200 Credits | Flexible droplet sizes | 60 days | Easy Dev VPS |

🏠 Self-Hosted PaaS (Heroku-Style)

Ideal for: Full control, no vendor lock-in, cheap scaling on your own VPS.

⚠️ Requires a VPS (Oracle free, or ~$5/mo on Hetzner/DigitalOcean).

| Platform | Best For | Learning Curve | Docker Support | Database Support | |:---:|:---|:---:|:---:|:---:| | **[Coolify](https://coolify.io/)** | Teams wanting GUI PaaS | Easy | ✅ | ✅ PostgreSQL, Redis, more | | **[CapRover](https://caprover.com/)** | Simple one-click apps | Medium | ✅ | ✅ One-click DBs & apps | | **[Dokku](https://dokku.com/)** | Heroku-like Git deploy | Hard (CLI) | ✅ | ✅ via plugins | | **[Dokploy](https://dokploy.io/)** | New, modern panel | Easy | ✅ | ✅ built-in | | **[Qovery](https://www.qovery.com/)** | DevOps & Kubernetes users | Hard | ✅ | ✅ all major DBs |

💡 Tip: Combine an Oracle free VPS with Coolify or CapRover for a “forever free” self-hosted PaaS.

🏘️ Traditional Hosting (PHP/cPanel)

Ideal for: WordPress, Legacy PHP scripts, FTP users.

| Service | Storage | Bandwidth | Key Features | Free Domain | |:---:|:---:|:---:|:---|:---:| | **[InfinityFree](https://infinityfree.net/)** | Unlimited | Unlimited | 99.9% uptime, no forced ads | No | | **[Serv00](https://www.serv00.com/)** | 3 GB | “Unlimited” (fair use) | SSH, C++, Java, Rust support | Subdomains | | **[HelioHost](https://heliohost.org/)** | 1 GB | Unlimited | Community-powered, full cPanel | No | | **[GoogieHost](https://googiehost.com/)** | 1 GB SSD | Unlimited | Free SSL, business email | No | | **[AwardSpace](https://www.awardspace.com/)** | 1 GB | 5 GB/mo | No ads, free subdomain | Yes (subdomain) | | **[FreeHosting.com](https://www.freehosting.com/)** | 10 GB | Unlimited | Ad-free, basic PHP hosting | No | | **[Wix Free](https://www.wix.com/)** | 5 GB | “Unlimited” | Drag & drop builder, Wix subdomain | Yes (wixsite.com) |

⚠️ For serious WordPress/business sites, consider cheap paid hosting ($2–3/mo) instead of free shared hosting.

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🔍 Quick Picks by Use Case

• Next.js / React SPA: Vercel or Netlify
• Node.js + DB (beginner-friendly): Zeabur + Supabase or MongoDB Atlas
• Zero-cost static + backend: GitHub Pages + Cloudflare Workers + Turso
• Self-hosted PaaS: Oracle Cloud VPS + Coolify/CapRover
• ML notebooks: Google Colab or Kaggle Notebooks
• PHP/WordPress: InfinityFree / HelioHost / AwardSpace

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