Yes, Daestro has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes access to 10 concurrent job runs, Link 1 cloud provider account, and access to 2 compute spawns. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $3.00/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
Daestro is a container orchestrator for batch jobs and cron jobs. It exposes a job submit API for running workloads from an application, and it can execute jobs on cloud providers or on self-hosted Docker-based compute.
The free plan includes up to 10 concurrent job runs and one linked cloud provider. The pricing page also lists 2 compute spawns, 1 cloud provider account, 1 container registry auth, 1 day of logs retention, 500 MB of logs and metrics storage, and 1 cron job on the free plan.
- Batch job orchestration
- Cron job scheduling
- 10 concurrent job runs
- 1 linked cloud provider
- 2 compute spawns
- 500 MB logs and metrics storage
- 1 day logs retention
- Self-hosted Docker agent support
Free Tier Value
This free tier is genuinely usable but tightly capped: it includes 10 concurrent job runs, 2 compute spawns, 1 cloud provider account, 1 container registry auth, 1 cron job, and only 1 day of log retention with 500 MB of logs/metrics storage. Compared with the $29 Starter plan, it delivers roughly a small slice of the paid capacity, so a fair buyer-facing estimate is about $3/month. A credit card is not required, which lowers friction, but the plan remains clearly limited rather than unlimited.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Access to 10 concurrent job runs.
- Link 1 cloud provider account.
- Access to 2 compute spawns.
- Access to 1 cloud provider account.
- Access to 1 container registry auth.
- Logs retained for 1 day.
- 500 MB logs and metrics storage limit.
- Access to 1 cron job.
See Daestro pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Starter
- concurrent job runs
- 500
- compute spawns
- 50
- cloud provider accounts
- 10
- container registry auths
- 10
- Upto 500 Concurrent Job Runs
- Upto 50 Compute spawns
- Link 10 Cloud Providers
- 10 Container Registries Auth
Growth
- concurrent job runs
- 5000
- compute spawns
- 500
- cloud provider accounts
- 25
- container registry auths
- 25
- Upto 5000 Concurrent Job Runs
- Upto 500 Compute spawns
- Link 25 Cloud Providers
- 25 Container Registries Auth
Custom
- If mentioned plans don't fit you
- You've special needs/requirements
- We only supports yearly pricing for custom plans
Pricing extracted from Daestro's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Daestro free forever?
Yes. Daestro has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does Daestro require a credit card?
No. You can start on Daestro's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed Daestro's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Daestro's cheapest paid plan is Starter at $29 / month.
What is Daestro's free tier worth?
Daestro's free tier is worth about $3.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 49/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
