Yes, Squash has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 2 concurrent environments, up to 30 hours per month, and up to 2 GB VM sizes. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $30/mo.
About
Squash is a deployment platform for creating one-click preview environments for each branch of code. It provisions dedicated virtual machines for test, QA, demo, prototyping, and CI workflows, with support for Docker, Kubernetes, and YAML-based deployment rules.
The service includes branch-specific URLs, microservices-friendly routing, SSH/shell access, auto-shutdown policies, deployment cache, and persistent storage. The free plan includes 2 concurrent environments, up to 30 hours per month, VM sizes up to 2 GB, 1 GB of assets storage, and 30 GB of cache.
- 2 concurrent environments
- 30 hours per month
- Up to 2 GB VM sizes
- 1 GB assets storage
- 30 GB deployment cache
- Branch-specific preview URLs
- SSH and shell access
- Docker and Kubernetes deployments
Free Tier Value
This free tier is capped but genuinely usable: it includes two concurrent environments and up to 30 VM-hours a month, plus modest storage and cache allowances. The cheapest paid cloud plan starts at $99/month, and the free allowance is roughly a third of that plan’s practical entry value, so about $30/month is a fair estimate. A credit card requirement is not stated on the page, and the offer does not appear to be unlimited or time-limited.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- 2 concurrent environments.
- Up to 30 hours per month.
- Up to 2 GB VM sizes.
- 1 GB assets storage.
- 30 GB cache.
See Squash pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
STARTUP
- concurrent environments
- 10
- hours/month
- 3,100
- VM size
- Up to 8 GB
- assets storage
- 5 GB
- cache
- 120 GB
- persistent storage
- 120 GB
- 10 concurrent environments
- Up to 3,100 hours/month
- Up to 8 GB VM Sizes
- 5GB Assets Storage
- 120GB Cache
- 120GB Persistent Storage
GROWTH
- concurrent environments
- 20
- hours/month
- 8,300
- VM size
- Up to 16 GB
- assets storage
- 10 GB
- cache
- 240 GB
- persistent storage
- 240 GB
- 20 concurrent environments
- Up to 8,300 hours/month
- Up to 16 GB VM Sizes
- 10GB Assets Storage
- 240GB Cache
- 240GB Persistent Storage
- Priority support
ENTERPRISE
- VM size
- Up to 64 GB
- Scaling concurrency
- Custom hours
- Up to 64 GB VM Sizes
- Custom Assets Storage
- Custom Cache
- Custom Persistent Storage
- Priority support
SELF HOSTED
- seats minimum
- 15
- Available with an annual plan
- 15 seats minimum
- Requires purchase of a support package
- Need more than 100 seats? contact us for custom pricing
Pricing extracted from Squash's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Squash free forever?
Yes. Squash has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
What happens when you exceed Squash's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Squash's cheapest paid plan is SELF HOSTED at $40 / seat / month.
What is Squash's free tier worth?
Squash's free tier is worth about $30 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 56/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
