Comparison of free Heroku alternatives for backend applications
Heroku shuts down their free plans so here are some free alternatives to deploy your backend applications.
This comparison describes only free tiers of these services.
See also free database services
Shutdown for Inactivity | Credit Card Required | Free Tier Limits | RAM | Disk Space | Disk Write Access | Network Bandwidth | Docker-file | GitHub Integra-tion | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
fly.io | No | Yes | 256MB | 3GB | Yes | 160GB | Yes | No | |
Railway.app | No | Yes | $5* | 512MB | 1GB | $0.10/GB | Yes | Yes | |
render.com | 15m | No | 750 hours | 512MB | No | 100GB | Yes | Yes | |
glitch.com | 5m | No | 1000 hours | 512MB | 200MB* | Yes | 4000 req/hour | No | |
fl0.com | 24h | No | invite-only | 256MB | 1GB? | Yes | 5GB | Yes | Yes |
Adaptable.io | Yes* | No | ~25,000 req/mo | 256MB | 1GB | Yes* | 5GB | No* | Yes |
Cyclic.sh | No | No | 10,000 req/mo | 1GB | 512MB* | Yes* | No | Yes | |
Zeabur.com | No | No | $5 | 512MB | 1GB | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
Koyeb.com | Yes* | No | 512MB | 2GB | Yes | 100GB | Yes | Yes |
* See information below
Pricing | About Free Postgres | Deployment
Pricing | Free Trial | Deployment
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Pricing | Limits for Free Tier | Deployment
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]
Pricing | Free Tier Restrictions | Persistence | Github Action
/tmp
directory currently don't count towards that total. Those files are removed when the app restarts.[
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]
Builds & Deployments | Supported Scenarios
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Pricing | Deployment | App requirements
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Pricing | Pricing Model | Deployment
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]
Pricing | Pricing Frequently Asked Questions | Deploy
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