Cloud hosting plans
Entry plans by advertised monthly price. Egress overage is the column to watch: it varies by four orders of magnitude between providers, and it often outweighs the plan price.
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| Provider | Plan | From /mo | Spec | Included egress | Egress overage | Scale to zero | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DigitalOcean App Platform App platforms (PaaS) |
Free (static sites) | $0 | — | 1 GiB outbound per app | $0.02/GB | n/a (static) | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Northflank App platforms (PaaS) |
Developer Sandbox (free tier) | $0 | — | — | — | no (always-on, no sleeping) | ◐ src ⓘ |
| Porter App platforms (PaaS) |
Standard (BYOC, metered) | $0 | metered vCPU · metered GB RAM | n/a (egress billed by your own cloud provider) | — | — | ◐ src ⓘ |
| Render App platforms (PaaS) |
Free web service (Hobby workspace) | $0 | 0.1 vCPU · 0.5 GB RAM | 5 GB/mo (Hobby workspace) | $0.15/GB | yes (free/paid tiers differ) | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Zeabur App platforms (PaaS) |
Free | $0 | — | n/a (depends on server) | — | — | ◐ src ⓘ |
| Fly.io App platforms (PaaS) |
shared-cpu-1x 256MB | $2.02 | 1 shared vCPU · 0.25 GB RAM | none (PAYG) | — | yes | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Northflank App platforms (PaaS) |
nf-compute-10 (Pay-as-you-go) | $2.70 | 0.1 vCPU · 0.25 GB RAM | none stated | $0.06/GB | manual only (scale to 0 instances) | ◐ src ⓘ |
| Clever Cloud App platforms (PaaS) |
pico scaler | $3.92 | 1 vCPU · 0.25 GB RAM | — | — | — | ◐ src ⓘ |
| DigitalOcean App Platform App platforms (PaaS) |
apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb (shared CPU) | $5 | 1 vCPU · 0.5 GB RAM | 50 GiB/mo (pooled across all apps at team level; no rollover) | $0.02/GB | yes (Inactivity Sleep) | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Heroku App platforms (PaaS) |
Eco | $5 | 0.5 GB RAM | 2 TB/app/mo soft limit; no per-GB charge published | — | eco dynos sleep | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Railway App platforms (PaaS) |
Hobby | $5 | metered vCPU · metered GB RAM · metered GB disk | $5 usage credit | $0.05/GB | yes (Serverless, formerly App Sleeping: service sleeps after ~5-10 min with no outbound packets; wakes on request) | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Sevalla App platforms (PaaS) |
Hobby H1 (0.3 CPU / 0.3GB) | $5 | 0.3 vCPU · 0.3 GB RAM · 0 GB disk | none (metered) | $0.10/GB | no (manual hibernation) | ✓ src src2 ⓘ |
| Zeabur App platforms (PaaS) |
Dev | $5 | — | n/a (depends on server) | — | — | ◐ src ⓘ |
| Clever Cloud App platforms (PaaS) |
nano scaler | $5.22 | 1 vCPU · 0.5 GB RAM | — | — | — | ◐ src ⓘ |
| Fly.io App platforms (PaaS) |
shared-cpu-2x 1GB | $6.64 | 2 shared vCPU · 1 GB RAM | none (PAYG) | — | yes | ✓ src |
| Heroku App platforms (PaaS) |
Basic | $7 | 0.5 GB RAM | 2 TB/app/mo soft limit; no per-GB charge published | — | no | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Render App platforms (PaaS) |
Starter web service | $7 | 0.5 vCPU · 0.5 GB RAM | 5 GB/mo on Hobby workspace; 25 GB on Pro | $0.15/GB | no | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Scalingo App platforms (PaaS) |
S container | $8.42 | 0.25 GB RAM | unlimited (no egress fees; 20 MB/s per container bandwidth cap) | $0/GB | no (containers never sleep) | ◐ src ⓘ |
| Sevalla App platforms (PaaS) |
Standard S1 (0.5 CPU / 1GB) | $10 | 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · 0 GB disk | none (metered) | $0.10/GB | no (manual hibernation) | ✓ src src2 ⓘ |
| DigitalOcean App Platform App platforms (PaaS) |
apps-s-1vcpu-1gb (shared CPU) | $12 | 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM | 150 GiB/mo (pooled at team level) | $0.02/GB | yes (Inactivity Sleep) | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Fly.io App platforms (PaaS) |
shared-cpu-4x 2GB | $13.27 | 4 shared vCPU · 2 GB RAM | none (PAYG) | — | yes | ✓ src |
| Clever Cloud App platforms (PaaS) |
XS scaler | $13.92 | 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM | — | — | — | ◐ src ⓘ |
| Scalingo App platforms (PaaS) |
M container | $16.85 | 0.5 GB RAM | unlimited (no egress fees; 20 MB/s per container bandwidth cap) | $0/GB | no (containers never sleep) | ◐ src ⓘ |
| Northflank App platforms (PaaS) |
nf-compute-100-1 (dedicated) | $18 | 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM | none stated | $0.06/GB | manual only (scale to 0 instances) | ◐ src ⓘ |
| Upsun App platforms (PaaS) |
Flex (usage-based) - 1 project + 1 user minimum | $19 | metered vCPU · metered GB RAM · metered GB disk | 10 GB/project/mo + 500k ingress requests | $0.03/GB | no (preview envs auto-pause after 15 days idle) | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Zeabur App platforms (PaaS) |
Pro | $19 | — | n/a (depends on server) | — | — | ◐ src ⓘ |
| Railway App platforms (PaaS) |
Pro | $20 | metered vCPU · metered GB RAM · metered GB disk | $20 usage credit | $0.05/GB | yes (Serverless, formerly App Sleeping: service sleeps after ~5-10 min with no outbound packets; wakes on request) | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Heroku App platforms (PaaS) |
Standard-1X | $25 | 0.5 GB RAM | 2 TB/app/mo soft limit; no per-GB charge published | — | no | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Render App platforms (PaaS) |
Standard web service | $25 | 1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM | 5 GB/mo on Hobby workspace; 25 GB on Pro | $0.15/GB | no | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Fly.io App platforms (PaaS) |
shared-cpu-8x 4GB | $26.54 | 8 shared vCPU · 4 GB RAM | none (PAYG) | — | yes | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Platform.sh App platforms (PaaS) |
Upsun Fixed Professional - Essential | $27 | 0.65 vCPU · 0.65 GB RAM · 5 GB disk | — | — | no | ◐ src ⓘ |
| DigitalOcean App Platform App platforms (PaaS) |
apps-d-1vcpu-0.5gb (dedicated CPU) | $29 | 1 vCPU · 0.5 GB RAM | 100 GiB/mo (pooled at team level) | $0.02/GB | yes (Inactivity Sleep) | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Koyeb App platforms (PaaS) |
Pro | $29 | metered vCPU · metered GB RAM · metered GB disk | 1 TB + $10 compute credit | — | yes | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Scalingo App platforms (PaaS) |
L container | $33.70 | 1 GB RAM | unlimited (no egress fees; 20 MB/s per container bandwidth cap) | $0/GB | no (containers never sleep) | ◐ src ⓘ |
| Sevalla App platforms (PaaS) |
Standard S2 (1 CPU / 2GB) | $40 | 1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · 0 GB disk | none (metered) | $0.10/GB | no (manual hibernation) | ✓ src src2 ⓘ |
| Heroku App platforms (PaaS) |
Standard-2X | $50 | 1 GB RAM | 2 TB/app/mo soft limit; no per-GB charge published | — | no | ✓ src ⓘ |
| Aptible App platforms (PaaS) |
Development (1GB general-purpose container) | $58.40 | 1 GB RAM | — | — | no | ◐ src src2 ⓘ |
| Aptible App platforms (PaaS) |
Production | $499 | metered vCPU · metered GB RAM · metered GB disk | — | — | no | ◐ src src2 ⓘ |
| Qovery App platforms (PaaS) |
Business | $2999 | — | n/a (BYOC - egress billed by your cloud provider) | — | — | ◐ src ⓘ |
| Qovery App platforms (PaaS) |
Enterprise | — | — | n/a (BYOC) | — | — | ◐ src ⓘ |
| WiserWebCloud Publisher App platforms (PaaS) |
Entry plan | — | — | — | — | — | ? ⓘ |