Free Heroku Alternatives

Heroku shuts down their free plans so here are some free alternatives to deploy your backend applications.

This comparison describes only free tiers of these services.

	fly.io	Railway.app	render.com	glitch.com	Adaptable.io	Cyclic.sh	Zeabur.com
Shutdown for Inactivity	No	No	15 minutes	5 minutes	Yes*	No	No
Credit Card Required	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Free Tier Limits	?	$5*	750 hours	1000 hours	None*	10,000 req/month	$5
RAM	256MB	512MB	512MB	512MB	256MB	1GB	512MB
Disk Space	3GB	1GB		200MB*	1GB	512MB*	1GB
Disk Write Access	Yes		No	Yes	Yes*	Yes*	Yes
Network Bandwidth	160GB	$0.10/GB	100GB	4000 req/hour	100GB
Can use Dockerfile	Yes	Yes	Yes	No (only Node.js)	No*	No	Yes
GitHub Integration	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes

* See information below

fly.io

Pricing | About Free Postgres | Deployment

Up to 3 shared-cpu-1x 256mb VMs
Free Postgres
- single node, 3gb volume (single database)
- 2x1gb volumes (database in two regions, or a primary and replica in the same region)
- 3x1gb volumes (database in three regions)

Railway.app

Pricing | Plans (New!) | Deployment

First month: $5 or 500 hours of usage, credit card is not required
To get free $5/month - credit card is required and you have to be verified:
- very active GitHub account
- active usage on Railway
- no spammy or abusive behaviour detected
Has Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, MySQL
Can't run an app 24/7 at a free tier because it offers only 500 hours of usage per month
Project deploys are stood down if credit limit OR execution hour limit is reached
Need to redeploy projects after the new monthly credit is applied to your account

os.cpus()

[
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":429977550,"nice":4877620,"sys":100221000,"idle":2236262230,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":530307840,"nice":6992540,"sys":104119280,"idle":2159677140,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":531292710,"nice":6954080,"sys":104655000,"idle":2165640630,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":547151450,"nice":7143210,"sys":105376640,"idle":2151592570,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":552904880,"nice":7234820,"sys":105625660,"idle":2147697520,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":572768080,"nice":7805300,"sys":101886850,"idle":1998757280,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":560505030,"nice":6684900,"sys":107260890,"idle":2134275420,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":573149420,"nice":6695010,"sys":107365710,"idle":2128629600,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":566875240,"nice":6857330,"sys":107589550,"idle":2135357390,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":569532820,"nice":6849130,"sys":107298700,"idle":2134912670,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":569806580,"nice":6872870,"sys":107199790,"idle":2134851970,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":574875360,"nice":4793910,"sys":107062680,"idle":2129160960,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":570777860,"nice":4896690,"sys":106414590,"idle":2139333750,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":570867560,"nice":4870710,"sys":107309590,"idle":2135238060,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":582392240,"nice":4899970,"sys":108861520,"idle":2120797550,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":578386010,"nice":4940840,"sys":108575000,"idle":2125157350,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":520093030,"nice":5064300,"sys":105708810,"idle":2185946050,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":443641460,"nice":5138010,"sys":102879030,"idle":2266763470,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":440584160,"nice":5153180,"sys":101942580,"idle":2271730290,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":427817060,"nice":5236540,"sys":101030220,"idle":2285973890,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":424426660,"nice":4804650,"sys":100285420,"idle":2285252450,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":421252000,"nice":5071310,"sys":99151740,"idle":2296282390,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":415649930,"nice":4844940,"sys":100851290,"idle":2293205670,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":414107010,"nice":4704680,"sys":100748620,"idle":2296303770,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":418074100,"nice":4743990,"sys":101072840,"idle":2294456620,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":412244320,"nice":4795740,"sys":100025830,"idle":2300035030,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":407350930,"nice":4870930,"sys":100091520,"idle":2306181050,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":405358380,"nice":4845980,"sys":99191980,"idle":2308132560,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":404763220,"nice":5067500,"sys":107482530,"idle":2256940970,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":404258000,"nice":4938940,"sys":103694880,"idle":2282950000,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":400346480,"nice":4855750,"sys":101393630,"idle":2296042160,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.20GHz","speed":2199,"times":{"user":398576090,"nice":4846670,"sys":100361930,"idle":2304048900,"irq":0}}
]

Render.com

Pricing | Limits for Free Tier | Deployment

Free Redis: 25MB RAM, 50 connections, No persistence
Free DDOS protection to every app using Cloudflare
Free Web Services do not support persistent disks
Free Web Services can be restarted at any time
Free Web Services can use up to 400 free build hours per month, shared with static sites

os.cpus()

[
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2542,"times":{"user":174236890,"nice":41690,"sys":94674930,"idle":476275030,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2547,"times":{"user":186440240,"nice":52690,"sys":102817790,"idle":472428170,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2200,"times":{"user":184893690,"nice":59310,"sys":101664400,"idle":471043630,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2200,"times":{"user":185885080,"nice":54210,"sys":102281640,"idle":473727850,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2200,"times":{"user":191267210,"nice":61690,"sys":105612430,"idle":465391730,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2547,"times":{"user":184773470,"nice":61930,"sys":101221800,"idle":472552340,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2200,"times":{"user":186733720,"nice":70410,"sys":102413860,"idle":472580080,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7571","speed":2547,"times":{"user":186168680,"nice":80780,"sys":102599080,"idle":469537790,"irq":0}}
]

Glitch

Pricing | Free Tier Restrictions | Persistence | Github Action

Apps are limited to 4000 requests per hour (subsequent requests will return a 429 "Too Many Requests" response).
Apps have a limit of 200MB of disk space in the container. The contents of your apps's /tmp directory currently don't count towards that total. Those files are removed when the app restarts.
By default your node.js modules don't count towards that total - there's a separate 1GB limit for node modules.
There's an additional 512MB of assets storage space. The maximum file size per upload is limited to 256MB.

os.cpus()

[
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8259CL CPU @ 2.50GHz","speed":2499,"times":{"user":392954400,"nice":760542130,"sys":397252320,"idle":2252573240,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8259CL CPU @ 2.50GHz","speed":2499,"times":{"user":329321660,"nice":756776420,"sys":456550360,"idle":2255211520,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8259CL CPU @ 2.50GHz","speed":2499,"times":{"user":382870720,"nice":787021250,"sys":372660160,"idle":2265251340,"irq":0}}
]

Adaptable.io

Pricing | Deployment | App requirements

Adaptable is currently in beta.
Free managed Postgres or MongoDB is included with each app (MS SQL available as add-on).
Web services do not support persistent disks. Apps can write to local disk, but files will be lost when the app is scaled down or updated.
Web services cannot perform background tasks (HTTP request processing only). App CPU allocation is set to zero when your app is not processing a network request.
Web services can be restarted at any time.
Apps may be paused for abusive use.
Dockerfile support is not yet released.

Cyclic.sh

Pricing | Limits | Deploy

Websockets are currently not supported in Cyclic apps.
There are no servers, no containers, no images, no hours to count. Each app is deployed entirely on serverless cloud infrastructure.
Apps do not have to sleep, wake up, spin up or recycle. All front-ends and back-ends are ready on-demand, immediately and at all times.
Storage
- 1GB of AWS S3 file object storage
- 1GB AWS DynamoDB NoSQL database.
- 512MB of ephemeral disk space mounted at /tmp. The data will persist between invokes but there is no guarantee that any further invocations will use the same instance and thus can not be relied on to store persistent data.
No streaming of requests or responses
5 API requests per second steady state (for free tier)
10 API requests per second in a burst (for free tier)

os.cpus()

[
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor @ 2.50GHz","speed":2500,"times":{"user":260,"nice":0,"sys":380,"idle":488800,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor @ 2.50GHz","speed":2500,"times":{"user":490,"nice":0,"sys":480,"idle":488540,"irq":0}}
]

Zeabur.com

Pricing | Pricing Model | Deployment

Has Postgres, Redis, MongoDB, MySQL and other databases
Should use about 20% CPU and 100MB RAM to run an app 24/7 at a free tier.
Include a US$ 5 free credits every month
Apps do not have to sleep, wake up, spin up or recycle. All front-ends and back-ends are ready on-demand, immediately and at all times.
Can deploy from pre-built services and templates

os.cpus()

[
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7B12","speed":2249,"times":{"user":1079889550,"nice":0,"sys":517413340,"idle":1440992040,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7B12","speed":2249,"times":{"user":1098516910,"nice":0,"sys":511087310,"idle":1445546250,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7B12","speed":2249,"times":{"user":1090612360,"nice":0,"sys":512215370,"idle":1480410470,"irq":0}},
  {"model":"AMD EPYC 7B12","speed":2249,"times":{"user":1027847790,"nice":10,"sys":516513570,"idle":1232710880,"irq":0}}
]

DmitryScaletta/free-heroku-alternatives

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Free Heroku Alternatives

fly.io

Railway.app

Render.com

Glitch

Adaptable.io

Cyclic.sh

Zeabur.com

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