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Vercel
The smoothest deploy for Next.js and frontend apps.
Free tier
Netlify
Git-push hosting for static sites and frontend apps.
Free tier
Cloudflare
Free bandwidth, global edge, five dollars a month.
Free tier
Laravel Cloud
Laravel-native deploys with managed databases and scale to zero.
From ≈$5/mo
Railway
Push a repo, get an app and a database.
From ≈$5/mo
Unkey
Deploy APIs with keys, gateways, and observability built in.
From ≈$5/mo
Render
Heroku-style deploys with clearer per-service prices.
From ≈$7/mo
Heroku
The original git-push platform, now without a free tier.
From ≈$5/mo
Google Cloud Run
Serverless containers with the best free tier in the business.
Free tier
Azure App Service
Microsoft’s PaaS: solid git deploys, a maze of tiers.
From ≈$13.14/mo
DigitalOcean
One provider, two honest paths: a platform or a plain server.
From ≈$5/mo
Fly.io
Run Docker containers close to your users, billed per second.
From ≈$3/mo
Deno Deploy
JavaScript hosting with builds, databases, and a real Deno runtime.
Free tier
AWS Lightsail
AWS without the bill anxiety: flat-price VPS bundles.
From ≈$5/mo
Hetzner Cloud
European servers with huge bandwidth allowances.
From ≈€5.99/mo
Scaleway
The French cloud: hourly billing, EU-only regions, à la carte pricing.
From ≈€10.42/mo
OVHcloud
Europe’s biggest host, with truly unmetered VPS traffic.
From ≈€3.81/mo
Vultr
Five-dollar servers in 30+ locations worldwide.
From ≈$5/mo
Akamai Linode
The veteran VPS, now on Akamai's network.
From ≈$5/mo
Netcup
German price-performance champion with German contract terms.
From ≈€5.91/mo
Contabo
The most RAM and storage per euro, with visible corners cut.
From ≈€5.50/mo
Prices last verified 2026-08-07. No sponsored rankings, no pay-to-win placement — when we don't know a price, we say so.
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