Free Heroku Alternatives

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
Zeabur.com	No	No	$5	512MB	1GB	Yes		Yes	Yes
Koyeb.com	Yes*	No		512MB	2GB	Yes	100GB	Yes	Yes
Lade.io	No	No		128MB	1GB	Yes	100GB	Yes	No

* See information below

fly.io

Pricing | About Free Postgres | Deployment

• Up to 3 shared-cpu-1x 256mb VMs
• Free Postgres
  • single node, 3gb volume (single database)
  • 2x1gb volumes (database in two regions, or a primary and replica in the same region)
  • 3x1gb volumes (database in three regions)

Railway.app

Pricing | Free Trial | Deployment

• First month: $5 or 500 hours of usage, credit card is not required
• To get free $5/month - credit card is required and you have to be verified:
  • very active GitHub account
  • active usage on Railway
  • no spammy or abusive behaviour detected
• Has Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, MySQL
• Can't run an app 24/7 at a free tier because it offers only 500 hours of usage per month
• Project deploys are stood down if credit limit OR execution hour limit is reached
• Need to redeploy projects after the new monthly credit is applied to your account

os.cpus()

[
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":429977550,"nice":4877620,"sys":100221000,"idle":2236262230,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":530307840,"nice":6992540,"sys":104119280,"idle":2159677140,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":531292710,"nice":6954080,"sys":104655000,"idle":2165640630,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":547151450,"nice":7143210,"sys":105376640,"idle":2151592570,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":552904880,"nice":7234820,"sys":105625660,"idle":2147697520,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":572768080,"nice":7805300,"sys":101886850,"idle":1998757280,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":560505030,"nice":6684900,"sys":107260890,"idle":2134275420,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":573149420,"nice":6695010,"sys":107365710,"idle":2128629600,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":566875240,"nice":6857330,"sys":107589550,"idle":2135357390,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":569532820,"nice":6849130,"sys":107298700,"idle":2134912670,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":569806580,"nice":6872870,"sys":107199790,"idle":2134851970,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":574875360,"nice":4793910,"sys":107062680,"idle":2129160960,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":570777860,"nice":4896690,"sys":106414590,"idle":2139333750,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":570867560,"nice":4870710,"sys":107309590,"idle":2135238060,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":582392240,"nice":4899970,"sys":108861520,"idle":2120797550,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":578386010,"nice":4940840,"sys":108575000,"idle":2125157350,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":520093030,"nice":5064300,"sys":105708810,"idle":2185946050,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":443641460,"nice":5138010,"sys":102879030,"idle":2266763470,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":440584160,"nice":5153180,"sys":101942580,"idle":2271730290,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":427817060,"nice":5236540,"sys":101030220,"idle":2285973890,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":424426660,"nice":4804650,"sys":100285420,"idle":2285252450,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":421252000,"nice":5071310,"sys":99151740,"idle":2296282390,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":415649930,"nice":4844940,"sys":100851290,"idle":2293205670,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":414107010,"nice":4704680,"sys":100748620,"idle":2296303770,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":418074100,"nice":4743990,"sys":101072840,"idle":2294456620,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":412244320,"nice":4795740,"sys":100025830,"idle":2300035030,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":407350930,"nice":4870930,"sys":100091520,"idle":2306181050,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":405358380,"nice":4845980,"sys":99191980,"idle":2308132560,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":404763220,"nice":5067500,"sys":107482530,"idle":2256940970,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":404258000,"nice":4938940,"sys":103694880,"idle":2282950000,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":400346480,"nice":4855750,"sys":101393630,"idle":2296042160,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":398576090,"nice":4846670,"sys":100361930,"idle":2304048900,"irq":0}}
]

Render.com

Pricing | Limits for Free Tier | Deployment

• Free Redis: 25MB RAM, 50 connections, No persistence
• Free DDOS protection to every app using Cloudflare
• Free Web Services do not support persistent disks
• Free Web Services can be restarted at any time
• Free Web Services can use up to 400 free build hours per month, shared with static sites

os.cpus()

[
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2542,"times":{"user":174236890,"nice":41690,"sys":94674930,"idle":476275030,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2547,"times":{"user":186440240,"nice":52690,"sys":102817790,"idle":472428170,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2200,"times":{"user":184893690,"nice":59310,"sys":101664400,"idle":471043630,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2200,"times":{"user":185885080,"nice":54210,"sys":102281640,"idle":473727850,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2200,"times":{"user":191267210,"nice":61690,"sys":105612430,"idle":465391730,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2547,"times":{"user":184773470,"nice":61930,"sys":101221800,"idle":472552340,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2200,"times":{"user":186733720,"nice":70410,"sys":102413860,"idle":472580080,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2547,"times":{"user":186168680,"nice":80780,"sys":102599080,"idle":469537790,"irq":0}}
]

Glitch

Pricing | Free Tier Restrictions | Persistence | Github Action

• Apps are limited to 4000 requests per hour (subsequent requests will return a 429 "Too Many Requests" response).
• Apps have a limit of 200MB of disk space in the container. The contents of your apps's /tmp directory currently don't count towards that total. Those files are removed when the app restarts.
• By default your node.js modules don't count towards that total - there's a separate 1GB limit for node modules.
• There's an additional 512MB of assets storage space. The maximum file size per upload is limited to 256MB.

os.cpus()

[
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8259CL CPU @ 2.50GHz","speed":2499,"times":{"user":392954400,"nice":760542130,"sys":397252320,"idle":2252573240,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8259CL CPU @ 2.50GHz","speed":2499,"times":{"user":329321660,"nice":756776420,"sys":456550360,"idle":2255211520,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8259CL CPU @ 2.50GHz","speed":2499,"times":{"user":382870720,"nice":787021250,"sys":372660160,"idle":2265251340,"irq":0}}
]

fl0.com

Builds & Deployments | Supported Scenarios

• Invite-only from 4th May 2024

os.cpus()

[
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":3617,"times":{"user":256960,"nice":3810,"sys":102520,"idle":28391470,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":2999,"times":{"user":274440,"nice":3020,"sys":104220,"idle":28388940,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":2999,"times":{"user":274890,"nice":3330,"sys":104990,"idle":28403950,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":2999,"times":{"user":305950,"nice":1990,"sys":105790,"idle":28370670,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":3608,"times":{"user":284490,"nice":3900,"sys":105520,"idle":28394810,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":2999,"times":{"user":301920,"nice":2960,"sys":105020,"idle":28370150,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":2999,"times":{"user":285230,"nice":7930,"sys":104650,"idle":28397560,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":3600,"times":{"user":404610,"nice":2110,"sys":111550,"idle":28279030,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":3675,"times":{"user":321350,"nice":3090,"sys":107030,"idle":28354550,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":2999,"times":{"user":318750,"nice":3690,"sys":102570,"idle":28370200,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":2999,"times":{"user":314820,"nice":2110,"sys":106290,"idle":28369010,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":3598,"times":{"user":320310,"nice":3500,"sys":111890,"idle":28286330,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":3599,"times":{"user":313590,"nice":3710,"sys":108010,"idle":28328580,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":2999,"times":{"user":300940,"nice":4490,"sys":108260,"idle":28369610,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":2999,"times":{"user":290070,"nice":4080,"sys":104160,"idle":28378910,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8275CL CPU @ 3.00GHz","speed":2999,"times":{"user":414090,"nice":2290,"sys":118980,"idle":28196530,"irq":0}}
]

Adaptable.io

Pricing | Deployment | App requirements

• 37,500 active CPU seconds per month (625 minutes or 10.4 hours).
• 25,000 estimated requests/month for typical REST API.
• Free managed Postgres or MongoDB is included with each app (MS SQL available as add-on).
• Web services do not support persistent disks. Apps can write to local disk, but files will be lost when the app is scaled down or updated.
• Web services cannot perform background tasks (HTTP request processing only). App CPU allocation is set to zero when your app is not processing a network request.
• Web services can be restarted at any time.
• Apps may be paused for abusive use.
• Dockerfile support is not yet released.

Zeabur.com

Pricing | Pricing Model | Deployment

• Has Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, MySQL and other databases
• Should use about 20% CPU and 100MB RAM to run an app 24/7 at a free tier.
• Include a US$ 5 free credits every month
• Apps do not have to sleep, wake up, spin up or recycle. All front-ends and back-ends are ready on-demand, immediately and at all times.
• Can deploy from pre-built services and templates

os.cpus()

[
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7B12","speed":2249,"times":{"user":1079889550,"nice":0,"sys":517413340,"idle":1440992040,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7B12","speed":2249,"times":{"user":1098516910,"nice":0,"sys":511087310,"idle":1445546250,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7B12","speed":2249,"times":{"user":1090612360,"nice":0,"sys":512215370,"idle":1480410470,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7B12","speed":2249,"times":{"user":1027847790,"nice":10,"sys":516513570,"idle":1232710880,"irq":0}}
]

Koyeb.com

Pricing | Pricing Frequently Asked Questions | Deploy

• Signing up using a GitHub account lets you join the Hobby plan without adding a credit card
• The app can be paused if you didn't sign into your account for 2 weeks. Notified by email
• One free web Service in the Frankfurt region with 256MB of RAM, 0.1 vCPU, and 2.5GB of SSD
• Anti-DDoS

os.cpus()

[
  { "model": "AMD EPYC", "speed": 0, "times": { "user": 590, "nice": 0, "sys": 1110, "idle": 361200, "irq": 0 } }
]

Lade.io

Pricing | Deployment

• Free services for up to 3 apps or databases
• Free databases include MariaDB, Memcached, MongoDB, MySQL, Postgres, Redis

os.cpus()

[
  {"model":"Intel Core Processor (Haswell, no TSX, IBRS)","speed":2399,"times":{"user":34422500,"nice":7840,"sys":15136040,"idle":1035575260,"irq":0}}
]