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tap row for infoCloudflare Pages & Workers
100k requests/day · 10ms CPUCompute & Hosting·No CC
Compute & Hosting
100k requests/day · 10ms CPU
free tier · paid overage
not required
Oracle Cloud (OCI)
4 Arm OCPUs · 24 GB RAM · 200 GB diskCompute & Hosting·CC req
Compute & Hosting
4 Arm OCPUs · 24 GB RAM · 200 GB disk
always free · card verification
required
AWS Lambda
1m requests/mo · 400k GB-s computeCompute & Hosting·CC req
Compute & Hosting
1m requests/mo · 400k GB-s compute
permanent free tier · pay-as-you-go
required
Google Cloud Run
2m requests/mo · 360k GiB-s memoryCompute & Hosting·CC req
Compute & Hosting
2m requests/mo · 360k GiB-s memory
permanent free tier · pay-as-you-go
required
Deno Deploy
1M requests/mo · 20 GiB egressCompute & Hosting·No CC
Compute & Hosting
1M requests/mo · 20 GiB egress
free tier · hard capped
not required
Netlify
100 GB bandwidth · 300 build minsCompute & Hosting·No CC
Compute & Hosting
100 GB bandwidth · 300 build mins
free tier · hard capped
not required
GitHub Pages
100 GB bandwidth/mo · 1 GB site sizeCompute & Hosting·No CC
Compute & Hosting
100 GB bandwidth/mo · 1 GB site size
free tier · hard limits
not required
Turso
500 databases · 9 GB totalDatabases·No CC
Databases
500 databases · 9 GB total
free tier · paid overage
not required
Upstash
10k commands/day · 256 MBDatabases·No CC
Databases
10k commands/day · 256 MB
pay per request
not required
Amazon DynamoDB
25 GB storage · 25 WCU / 25 RCUDatabases·CC req
Databases
25 GB storage · 25 WCU / 25 RCU
permanent free tier · pay-as-you-go
required
Neon
0.5 GB storage · 100 CU-hoursDatabases·No CC
Databases
0.5 GB storage · 100 CU-hours
free tier · hard limits
not required
MongoDB Atlas
512 MB storage · Shared RAMDatabases·No CC
Databases
512 MB storage · Shared RAM
free tier · hard capped
not required
Convex
1M function calls/mo · 0.5 GB DBDatabases·No CC
Databases
1M function calls/mo · 0.5 GB DB
free tier · pay-as-you-grow
not required
Cloudflare R2
10 GB storage · zero egress feesStorage & Media·CC req
Storage & Media
10 GB storage · zero egress fees
free tier · paid overage
required
UploadThing
2 GB storage · unlimited downloadsStorage & Media·No CC
Storage & Media
2 GB storage · unlimited downloads
free tier · hard limits
not required
Cloudinary
25 monthly credits · ~25 GB mediaStorage & Media·No CC
Storage & Media
25 monthly credits · ~25 GB media
free tier · hard limits
not required
ImageKit
20 GB bandwidth · 20 GB storageStorage & Media·No CC
Storage & Media
20 GB bandwidth · 20 GB storage
free tier · hard limits
not required
Backblaze B2
10 GB storage free foreverStorage & Media·No CC
Storage & Media
10 GB storage free forever
free tier · pay-as-you-go
not required
Tigris Data
5 GB storage · Zero egress feesStorage & Media·No CC
Storage & Media
5 GB storage · Zero egress fees
free tier · pay-as-you-go
not required
Pinata
1 GB storage · 10 GB bandwidth/moStorage & Media·No CC
Storage & Media
1 GB storage · 10 GB bandwidth/mo
free tier · hard limits
not required
Supabase
500 MB DB · 50k MAUAuth·No CC
Auth
500 MB DB · 50k MAU
free tier · pauses inactive projects
not required
Firebase
50k MAU · 1 GB DB · 10 GB hostingAuth·No CC
Auth
50k MAU · 1 GB DB · 10 GB hosting
free tier · hard daily limits
not required
Clerk
50,000 MRUs · unlimited appsAuth·No CC
Auth
50,000 MRUs · unlimited apps
free tier · paid overage
not required
Kinde
10,500 MAU · Social & PasswordlessAuth·No CC
Auth
10,500 MAU · Social & Passwordless
free tier · paid overage
not required
WorkOS
1M free MAUs · User ManagementAuth·No CC
Auth
1M free MAUs · User Management
free tier · pay-as-you-grow
not required
Logto
50,000 MAUs · 50k tokens/moAuth·No CC
Auth
50,000 MAUs · 50k tokens/mo
free tier · pay-as-you-grow
not required
GroqCloud
Generous free RPM/RPD allowanceAI & APIs·No CC
AI & APIs
Generous free RPM/RPD allowance
free tier · on-demand overage
not required
Google AI Studio (Gemini)
15 RPM · 1m tokens/day freeAI & APIs·No CC
AI & APIs
15 RPM · 1m tokens/day free
free tier · pay-as-you-go
not required
Pinecone
2 GB storage · 2m write units/moAI & APIs·No CC
AI & APIs
2 GB storage · 2m write units/mo
free tier · hard limits
not required
Qdrant Cloud
1 GB RAM · 4 GB disk vector clusterAI & APIs·No CC
AI & APIs
1 GB RAM · 4 GB disk vector cluster
free tier · hard limits
not required
Cloudflare Workers AI
10k neurons/day (~hundreds of queries)AI & APIs·No CC
AI & APIs
10k neurons/day (~hundreds of queries)
free tier · hard capped
not required
OpenRouter
200 req/day free on open modelsAI & APIs·No CC
AI & APIs
200 req/day free on open models
free tier · pay-as-you-grow
not required
Resend
3,000 emails/monthEmail·No CC
Email
3,000 emails/month
free tier · paid overage
not required
Brevo
300 emails/day · Unlimited contactsEmail·No CC
Email
300 emails/day · Unlimited contacts
free tier · hard capped
not required
Plunk
1,000 emails/month · Unlimited contactsEmail·No CC
Email
1,000 emails/month · Unlimited contacts
free tier · linear overage
not required
Loops
1,000 contacts · 4,000 sends/moEmail·No CC
Email
1,000 contacts · 4,000 sends/mo
free tier · hard capped
not required
Twilio SendGrid
100 emails/day (~3,000/mo)Email·No CC
Email
100 emails/day (~3,000/mo)
free tier · hard capped
not required
Polar.sh
No monthly fee · pay per salePayments·No CC
Payments
No monthly fee · pay per sale
4% + 40¢ per sale
not required
Lemon Squeezy
No monthly fee · pay per salePayments·No CC
Payments
No monthly fee · pay per sale
5% + 50¢ per sale
not required
Stripe
No monthly fee · 2.9% + 30¢ per salePayments·No CC
Payments
No monthly fee · 2.9% + 30¢ per sale
2.9% + 30¢ per card charge
not required
Paddle
No monthly fee · 5% + 50¢ per salePayments·No CC
Payments
No monthly fee · 5% + 50¢ per sale
5% + 50¢ per sale
not required
Dodo Payments
No monthly fee · 4% + 40¢ per salePayments·No CC
Payments
No monthly fee · 4% + 40¢ per sale
4% + 40¢ per sale
not required
PostHog
1m events/month · 5k recordingsAnalytics·No CC
Analytics
1m events/month · 5k recordings
free tier · paid overage
not required
Better Stack
10 monitors · 3 GB logs/monthAnalytics·No CC
Analytics
10 monitors · 3 GB logs/month
free tier · paid overage
not required
Sentry
5,000 errors · 10k traces/monthAnalytics·No CC
Analytics
5,000 errors · 10k traces/month
free tier · hard limits
not required
Aptabase
20,000 events/month · Unlimited appsAnalytics·No CC
Analytics
20,000 events/month · Unlimited apps
free tier · hard capped
not required
UptimeRobot
50 monitors · 5-min intervalsAnalytics·No CC
Analytics
50 monitors · 5-min intervals
free tier · hard limits
not required
Axiom
500 GB ingest/mo · 25 GB storageAnalytics·No CC
Analytics
500 GB ingest/mo · 25 GB storage
free tier · hard limits
not required