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Analysis updated 2026-06-24

12,318Audience · developerComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

tl;dr

A curated list of cloud services and developer tools that offer genuinely useful free tiers, organized by category so you can build and run small apps without paying for infrastructure.

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    Categories
      App Hosting
      Databases
      Email Delivery
      Auth Providers
    Services
      Netlify
      Supabase
      Firebase
      Render
    Use Cases
      Side projects
      Early startups
      Open source
    Audience
      Developers
      Founders

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what do people make with this?

VIBE 1

Find a free database host for a side project without comparing dozens of pricing pages.

VIBE 2

Build a complete web app stack using only free tiers for hosting, database, email, and authentication.

VIBE 3

Identify free CI/CD pipeline options for an open-source project.

VIBE 4

Quickly check whether a service like Supabase or Render fits your free-tier needs before signing up.

how it stacks up fr

255kb/stack-on-a-budgetbentoml/openllmrzashakeri/beautify-github-profile
Stars12,31812,32012,316
LanguagePython
Setup difficultyeasyhardeasy
Complexity1/54/51/5
Audiencedeveloperdeveloperdeveloper

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how do i run it?

Difficulty · easy time til it works · 5min

in plain english

Stack on a Budget is a curated reference list of online services that offer meaningful free tiers, aimed at developers who want to build and run applications without paying for every piece of infrastructure. The premise is that many well-known platforms give away enough capacity on their free plans to support small apps, side projects, and even early-stage production systems. The list is organized into roughly 40 categories. App hosting options include Netlify, Vercel, Render, Fly, and Google App Engine. Database hosting covers managed PostgreSQL options like Supabase and Neon, along with MongoDB Atlas, Firebase, Redis Cloud, and several others. There are also sections for email delivery services, continuous integration pipelines, content delivery networks, monitoring and alerting tools, code coverage services, and authentication providers, among many more. Each entry describes what the service does and what its free tier actually includes, so a developer can quickly decide whether a service fits their needs without digging through a provider's pricing page. The stated goal is to include enough detail that a reader can make a decision based on the description alone, without having to visit the service's website first. This is not a software package and contains no runnable code. It is a reference document maintained through community contributions on GitHub, with documented guidelines for what counts as a meaningful free tier before a new entry is accepted. The project is sponsored by Mockoon, a tool for building mock APIs.

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Based on the stack-on-a-budget list, suggest a free hosting plus database plus email combo for a Node.js side project.
prompt 2
I need a free-tier PostgreSQL database for a small web app, which options from stack-on-a-budget should I consider?
prompt 3
Help me pick a free authentication provider for a small app using the stack-on-a-budget reference list.
prompt 4
I want to run a small API server for free, compare Fly.io, Render, and Netlify free tiers for my use case.

Frequently asked questions

what is stack-on-a-budget fr?

A curated list of cloud services and developer tools that offer genuinely useful free tiers, organized by category so you can build and run small apps without paying for infrastructure.

How hard is stack-on-a-budget to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is stack-on-a-budget for?

Mainly developer.

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