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How we compare free tiers
Free tiers are multi-dimensional — the same platform can be generous on one axis and tight on another. These are the dimensions that decide which one fits your project.
Free limits
What you actually get for $0 — bandwidth, build minutes, function invocations, database size. This is the number you'll hit first, so weigh it against your real usage.
Build minutes
How much CI time the platform builds your project for each month. Frequent deploys or heavy build steps burn through this faster than you might expect.
Bandwidth
Monthly data served to visitors. Content-heavy sites and media exhaust bandwidth caps long before other limits, so check it against your traffic.
Cold starts
Whether the service scales to zero when idle and how long it takes to wake. Edge runtimes are near-instant; some PaaS and FaaS add a noticeable first-request delay.
Regions
How globally the platform runs your app or caches your content. More points of presence means lower latency for a worldwide audience.
Paid step-up
What the first paid tier costs and what it unlocks. A generous free tier matters less if the jump to paid is steep — check where you'd land when you outgrow free.
FAQ
It depends on the platform. Many offer a perpetual free allowance you can stay on indefinitely; others give monthly trial credits that deplete. We note which is which on each service page — always confirm against the provider, since terms change.
Usually one of: usage limits (bandwidth, build minutes, invocations), apps that sleep after inactivity, or a steep jump to the first paid tier. None of these are dealbreakers for most projects — you just want to know which limit you will hit first.
Look past the headline numbers at cold-start behavior, the ecosystem you already use, included extras (databases, edge functions, preview deploys), and what the first paid tier costs. The cheapest free tier is not always the cheapest to scale.
Generally yes, and it is easier when you avoid platform-specific lock-in. Static sites and containerized apps are the most portable; deeply integrated BaaS features take more work to migrate. Factor portability into the choice if longevity matters.