Best free Deployment & Hosting for vibe coders
Summary
5 of 6 tracked Deployment & Hosting tools have a free plan. Highest-scoring free option in our agent tests: Vercel (9.4/10). 4 of these free options have been tested so far.
Free-tier limits are copied from each tool's pricing page on the date shown. "Free" means a $0 plan exists, not that it fits every project. Last updated:
Tools with a free plan
| Tool | Free tier (as published) | Agent score | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel | Yes (Hobby): personal non-commercial use, usage caps | 9.4 | 2026-10-16 |
| Railway | Yes: $1/mo usage credit; 30-day trial with $5 | 9 | 2026-10-16 |
| Render | Yes (Hobby): $0 + compute, 1 seat, 25 services, 5 GB bandwidth; free web service/Postgres/Key Value instances | 8.9 | 2026-10-16 |
| Netlify | Yes: 300 credits/mo hard limit | 8.7 | 2026-10-16 |
| Cloudflare Pages & Workers | Yes: 100,000 requests/day | Not yet tested | 2026-10-16 |
No permanent free plan
- Fly.io — No: trial only (2 machine-hours or 7 days)
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