6 free alternatives to Koyeb

Leapcell's free tier is built for app workloads that need more room to breathe. It includes access to 20 projects, up to 3 vCPUs and 4 GB RAM per project, 100,000 serverless invocations per month, 3 GB-hours of serverless duration, 2 GB of data transfer, 10 GB of inbound payloads, 60 build minutes, 10,000 async invocations, and Redis with its own command, bandwidth, throughput, record-size, and retention limits. It also includes logs and metrics retention. Compared with Koyeb, the free tier is broader in compute and application count. It falls short on simplicity for someone who only wants a single small web service plus Postgres. Switch if you need more projects or more free compute headroom.

• Beats Koyeb: More free projects and much higher compute headroom
• Falls short: No simple free Postgres database is listed in the free tier items
• Who should switch: Switch here if you are running multiple small services or need more free compute per project than Koyeb provides.

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8base's free tier covers a backend-focused build flow with GraphQL, serverless functions, CLI access, deployment, custom functions, auth, data modeling, storage, and community support. It includes 1 team member, 1 frontend application per project, 2,500 database rows, 0.5 GB of files, 1 GB-hour of serverless computing, 2 GB of bandwidth, 100,000 GraphQL API calls, 100,000 subscription events, and up to 5 client app users. It also includes preview, hosting, SSL, CI/CD environments, and backup and restore. Compared with Koyeb, it offers a fuller app-backend feature set. It falls short on raw server resources and is less suitable if you want direct container-style hosting. Switch if your main need is a small backend app rather than a container host.

• Beats Koyeb: Broader backend features like GraphQL, auth, and app hosting
• Falls short: Much smaller storage, compute, and user caps than Koyeb's container-style free service
• Who should switch: Switch here if your app is API-first and you value backend tooling over container hosting.

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Nhost's free tier gives you one project per organization with 1 GB of database storage, 1 GB of file storage, 5 GB of network egress, functions with up to 10 functions and 1 GB-hours of execution, unlimited authenticated users, social OAuth providers, IaC support, automated deployments, and community support. It is a good fit for small managed-backend projects that need auth, storage, and functions in one place. Compared with Koyeb, it is stronger on built-in backend primitives and user management. It falls short on available web-service capacity because the free tier is limited to one project and modest database and storage quotas. Switch if you want a managed backend with authentication baked in.

• Beats Koyeb: Unlimited auth users and stronger built-in backend services
• Falls short: Only one free project and very limited database and file storage
• Who should switch: Switch here if you need a managed backend with auth, storage, and functions rather than a small container host.

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Render's free tier is aimed at personal projects and prototypes. It includes a Hobby workspace at $0/month, up to 25 services, 5 GB bandwidth per month, single-service previews, global regions and CDN, custom domains, firewall and DDoS mitigation, database point-in-time recovery, email support, 1 team seat, 1 workspace, 1 project with 2 environments, 500 build minutes, 7 days of log retention, SSH access, health checks, service metrics, notifications, automatic builds, Docker builds, auto-deploys, zero-downtime deploys, private networking, HTTPS only, and free web services with 512 MB RAM and 0.1 CPU. It also includes free Postgres and Key Value options. Compared with Koyeb, it is much broader on platform features and service count. It falls short mainly on the size of the free bandwidth allowance. Switch if you want a more complete app platform around a similar small web-service footprint.

• Beats Koyeb: More platform features and far more services per workspace
• Falls short: Lower free bandwidth than Koyeb's outbound monthly allowance
• Who should switch: Switch here if you want a fuller app platform for prototypes and small deployments.

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Cloud 66's free tier is centered on deployment management rather than hosted runtime capacity. It includes 1 deployment server, 1 static site, up to 5 deployments per 24 hours, 50 build minutes, 1 GB of free static site traffic, 1 team member, 100 MB of managed backup storage, daily backups, 1 hour of metrics retention, and Slack support. It is useful if you already control your own cloud provider or servers and want a lightweight deployment layer on top. Compared with Koyeb, it gives less direct hosting capacity but more explicit deployment-control tooling. It falls short if you want built-in managed app and database hosting. Switch if your main need is deployment automation for infrastructure you already own.

• Beats Koyeb: Deployment management for your own servers or cloud account
• Falls short: No free managed app and database hosting like Koyeb's web service plus Postgres bundle
• Who should switch: Switch here if you deploy onto your own infrastructure and want a simple control layer.

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Azure Container Apps offers recurring free usage each month: the first 180,000 vCPU-seconds, 360,000 GiB-seconds, and 2 million requests per subscription are free. That makes it a strong option for containerized workloads that can fit within metered monthly usage rather than a small fixed instance size. Compared with Koyeb, it gives much more room before you pay if your workload is spiky or request-driven. It falls short on simplicity because the free tier is usage-metered and the pricing model is more infrastructure-like than a small always-on free service. Switch if your containers are event-driven and you want the most free usage headroom.

• Beats Koyeb: Much larger metered monthly usage headroom
• Falls short: Less straightforward for an always-on tiny service and no built-in free Postgres in the provided items
• Who should switch: Switch here if you run request-driven containers and want the most free compute before paying.

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