About
Catalyst by Zoho is a full-stack cloud development platform for building, testing, hosting, deploying, and optimizing applications. It provides platform-as-a-service capabilities together with backend services, serverless functions, data storage, file storage, authentication, AI/ML APIs, and DevOps tools.
The platform includes support for common frameworks and languages such as React.js, Angular, Django, Flask, Spring, Node.js, Python, Java, Kotlin, Swift, Flutter, and web technologies. The free offering includes $250 wallet credits, and the pricing page also states that free services are available every month.
- Platform-as-a-Service application hosting
- Serverless functions and workflow orchestration
- Relational data store and object storage
- Authentication and custom token support
- AI/ML, OCR, and sentiment APIs
- DevOps logs, APM, and testing tools
- $250 wallet credits at signup
- Free services every month
Free Tier Value
The page explicitly states “Free Tier and $250 credits await” and “Try for free with a $250 wallet credits,” so this is a free_credit listing with a concrete credit amount. Per the provided rule for free_credit, the free-tier value is computed as credit_amount / 3 = 250 / 3 = $83.33 per month. No paid plan pricing is shown on the page text, and there is no explicit no-credit-card claim, so no_cc_required is false.
What's included in the free tier
Details aren't itemized for this entry yet - check the pricing page below for the latest.
See Catalyst by Zoho pricing for current limits.
Common questions
Is Catalyst by Zoho free forever?
No. Catalyst by Zoho gives new accounts a one-time signup credit of about $250, spent at normal usage rates, then the account moves to pay-as-you-go.
Does Catalyst by Zoho require a credit card?
Yes. Catalyst by Zoho asks for a card at signup, even for the free tier.
What is Catalyst by Zoho's free tier worth?
We estimate Catalyst by Zoho's free tier is worth about $250 in signup credit. That maps to an FTV score of 58/100. See freetier.co/ftv for how we calculate it.
