Providers
Only providers whose prices we have checked against their own pricing page are listed. Each page links to its sources.
Domains & DNS
Compare domain options- Cloudflare RegistrarSells domains at cost with no markup, so renewals match what the registry charges. Your domain has to use Cloudflare DNS.From $10.46/year
- DynadotA low-cost domain registrar with free WHOIS privacy and a published price list for every domain ending.From $10.88/year
- NamecheapA big, long-running domain registrar with cheap first-year sales and free privacy, but renewals cost noticeably more.From $11.48 first year, then $18.68/year
- PorkbunA low-cost domain registrar with free WHOIS privacy, SSL and email forwarding on every domain.From $11.08/year
Frontend & Static Hosting
Compare frontend hosting options- AWS Amplify HostingGit-based hosting for web apps on AWS, billed purely by usage with no per-seat fees.From Free
- No permanent free plan: AWS Free Tier is a time-limited trial.
- Cloudflare PagesStatic and full-stack hosting on Cloudflare's network. Static files are served free with no bandwidth bill.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Daily cap: Free allows 100K requests per day (function requests).
- NetlifyGit-based hosting for static sites and web apps, with functions, forms and a built-in Postgres option.From Free
- Hard cap: Free pauses at its limits rather than billing more.
- Credit-based billing: Free bills in credits: 300 a month, shared across everything it meters.
- VercelHosting built by the makers of Next.js. Push to GitHub and every branch gets its own preview link.From Free
- SSO costs extra: SAML single sign-on for your team is not on Hobby. Pro teams have to buy the SAML SSO add-on before they can set it up.
- Compliance costs extra: A HIPAA Business Associate Agreement is a paid add-on for Pro teams; Enterprise teams request it from Vercel.
- Non-commercial only: Hobby may only be used for personal, non-commercial projects.
- Hard cap: Hobby stops at its limits rather than billing more.
PaaS & Containers
Compare app hosting options- DigitalOcean App PlatformDeploy a web app from GitHub or a container without managing servers. You pick a container size and DigitalOcean runs it.From Free
- Fly.ioRuns your app in small virtual machines close to your users. Pay as you go, with no platform fee and no free tier.From $2.19/month per instance
- No free bandwidth: Outbound data costs $0.02 per GB in North America and Europe from the first GB, and more in other regions. There is no included allowance.
- RailwayDeploy apps and databases from GitHub with a visual dashboard. You pay a small plan fee plus what your app actually uses.From Free
- Pay for every GB sent out: Service egress costs $0.05 per GB with no free allowance beyond your plan credit. Uploads to Railway buckets also count as egress.
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- RenderDeploy a web app from GitHub without managing servers. You pick an instance size and Render runs, secures and updates it.From Free
- Small bandwidth allowance: The Hobby workspace includes only 5 GB of outbound bandwidth a month, then $0.15 per GB. The Pro workspace includes 25 GB.
- Pauses when idle: Free web service (512 MB RAM) sleeps after 15 minutes without traffic, and takes about a minute to wake on the next request.
- Hard cap: Free web service (512 MB RAM) stops at its limits rather than billing more.
Virtual Private Servers
Compare vps options- DigitalOcean DropletsSimple virtual servers called Droplets, with flat monthly prices. You get a blank Linux machine and run everything yourself.From $4.00/month per instance
- Hetzner CloudLow-cost virtual servers from a German host. You get a blank Linux machine and run everything yourself.From $6.49/month per instance
- Linode (Akamai)Virtual servers from Akamai's cloud (formerly Linode) with flat monthly prices. You get a blank Linux machine and run everything yourself.From $5.00/month per instance
- Vultr Cloud ComputeVirtual servers in many cities worldwide with flat monthly prices. You get a blank Linux machine and run everything yourself.From $3.50/month per instance
Databases
Compare database options- ConvexA reactive backend: database, server functions, file storage and live updates in TypeScript. Free to start, then pay as you go.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Firebase FirestoreGoogle's document database for web and mobile apps, with a daily free quota and pay-per-read and write pricing.From Free
- Hard cap: Spark (free quota) stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Daily cap: Spark (free quota) allows 50K rows per day (database rows read).
- NeonServerless Postgres that scales to zero when idle and lets you branch your database like code.From Free
- Pauses when idle: Free sleeps after 5 minutes without queries and wakes on the next one (this cannot be turned off).
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- PlanetScale PostgresManaged Postgres (and Vitess MySQL) with a single-node option from $5 a month.From $5.00/month per instance
- SupabaseA hosted Postgres database with auth, file storage, realtime and edge functions included.From Free
- SSO costs extra: Single sign-on for your team on the Supabase dashboard is not on Free or Pro; it is on Team and Enterprise (contact sales). SAML sign-in for your own app users starts on Pro: 50 users included, then $0.015 per user.
- Compliance costs extra: HIPAA is not available on Free or Pro. It is a paid add-on on the Team and Enterprise plans.
- Pauses when idle: Free pauses after 1 week of inactivity.
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- TursoHosted SQLite (libSQL) databases that are cheap to create, with generous read allowances.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Upstash RedisServerless Redis you reach over HTTP, good for caching and rate limiting. Free tier, then pay per command or a flat monthly plan.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
Object Storage & CDN
Compare file storage options- Amazon S3The standard in cloud file storage. Cheap to store, but downloads to the internet are billed per gigabyte after 100 GB a month.From Pay as you go
- Egress fees: Past the free 100 GB a month, every gigabyte downloaded from S3 to the internet costs $0.09, so a popular file can cost more to serve than to store. Serving files through a CDN or a storage service with free egress avoids this.
- Backblaze B2Low-cost S3-compatible file storage. The first 10 GB is free and downloads are free up to three times what you store.From Pay as you go
- Egress fees above 3x stored data: Downloads are free up to 3 times the data you store each month, then $0.01 per GB. That limit depends on how much you store, so the estimate shows no download charge. Serving files straight from B2 to a lot of visitors can pass it; downloads through partner CDNs are free.
- Bunny.net Storage + CDNSimple file storage with a fast global CDN in front. You pay for stored gigabytes and for downloads, with a $1 monthly minimum.From $1.00/month
- Cloudflare R2S3-compatible file storage with no charge for download traffic, so popular files do not grow your bill.From Pay as you go
- DigitalOcean SpacesS3-compatible file storage with a built-in CDN. One $5 monthly price covers 250 GiB of storage and 1 TiB of downloads.From $5.00/month
Authentication
Compare auth options- Auth0Hosted login and user management from Okta, with a free plan for up to 25,000 monthly active users.From Free
- SSO costs extra: The Free plan includes 1 enterprise connection (SSO for a business customer). On Essentials and Professional, Auth0 says to move to a B2B plan to keep enterprise connections, self-service SSO and SCIM.
- Compliance costs extra: HIPAA compliance through a Business Associate Agreement is an add-on, not part of the standard plans.
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- ClerkDrop-in sign-up and login components for React and Next.js, with user management included.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Firebase AuthenticationGoogle's sign-in service for web and mobile apps. Free up to 50,000 monthly active users, then billed per user.From Free
- Hard cap: Spark (no-cost) stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- KindeAuth, organizations, feature flags and billing in one service, with 10,500 monthly active users free on every plan.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- WorkOS AuthKitHosted login and user management that is free up to 1 million monthly active users, with enterprise SSO when you need it.From Free
- Card required: User Management needs a payment card to sign up.
Transactional Email
Compare email options- Amazon SESAWS's email-sending service. The cheapest per email at volume, with more setup than developer-focused tools.From Pay as you go
- MailgunAn email API with a small daily free tier and flat monthly plans from $15 that include a monthly email allowance.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Daily cap: Free allows 100 emails per day (emails).
- PostmarkTransactional email known for fast, reliable delivery, with no daily sending limit on paid plans.From Free
- Hard cap: Developer (free) stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- ResendA developer-friendly email API with React Email templates, popular with Next.js apps.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Daily cap: Free allows 100 emails per day (emails).
- Twilio SendGridA long-established email API from Twilio. No permanent free plan for new accounts, only a 60-day trial, then paid plans from $19.95 a month.From $19.95/month
Payments & Merchant of Record
Compare payments options- CreemA merchant of record for software sellers. One flat fee per sale, with tax collection and invoices handled for you.From Pay as you go
- Dodo PaymentsA merchant of record for software and digital products. It sells in 220+ countries and handles tax and compliance for you.From Pay as you go
- Lemon SqueezyA merchant of record for digital products and SaaS, with checkout, subscriptions, license keys and tax handled.From Pay as you go
- PaddleA merchant of record for software: Paddle sells to your customers and handles sales tax, VAT and billing support.From Pay as you go
- PolarAn open-source merchant of record for developers selling software, subscriptions and digital products.From Pay as you go
- StripeThe standard way to take card payments online. You handle sales tax and VAT yourself, or add Stripe Tax.From Pay as you go
Background Jobs & Queues
Compare background jobs options- Amazon SQSA simple, reliable message queue from AWS. Your code adds jobs and a worker you run picks them up. You pay per API request, with 1 million free each month.From Free
- InngestRuns your background jobs and multi-step workflows as code, with retries and scheduling built in. You are billed per function run and per step.From Free
- Hard cap: Hobby pauses at its limits rather than billing more.
- Trigger.devRuns long background tasks and AI workflows on managed servers, with no timeouts. You pay a small fee per run plus the seconds your task runs.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Upstash QStashA message queue and scheduler that calls your API endpoints over HTTP, with retries and delays. Works well with serverless hosting. Billed per message.From Free
- Daily cap: Free allows 1,000 runs per day (job runs).
Error Tracking & Logs
Compare errors & logs options- GlitchTipOpen-source error tracking that works with Sentry's SDKs, at a much lower price. Hosted or self-hosted.From Free
- HoneybadgerError tracking with uptime checks, cron monitoring and a status page included, and a free plan for one developer.From Free
- Hard cap: Developer stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- SentryError tracking and performance monitoring that tells you which line of code broke and for whom.From Free
- SSO costs extra: SAML single sign-on and SCIM are on the Business plan ($80 a month), not on Team.
- Hard cap: Developer stops at its limits rather than billing more.
Product & Web Analytics
Compare analytics options- Fathom AnalyticsSimple, privacy-first website analytics with no cookie banner needed. Paid only, priced by monthly pageviews across all your sites.From $15.00/month
- Plausible AnalyticsSimple, privacy-friendly website analytics with no cookies. Paid only, with a 30-day free trial, priced by monthly pageviews.From $9.00/month
- PostHogProduct analytics, session replay, feature flags and error tracking in one tool, with a large free tier.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
LLM APIs & Inference
Compare ai models options- Anthropic Claude APIThe Claude models by API, billed per token, with discounts for prompt caching and batch requests.From Pay as you go
- Google Gemini APIGoogle's Gemini models by API, billed per token, with a free tier for the Flash models to try things out.From Pay as you go
- Prices step up soon: Gemini 4 Argon doubles from $2 in / $10 out to $4 in / $20 out per million tokens on December 1, 2026. Gemini 3.8 Flash and 3.6 Flash double from $0.75 / $3.75 to $1.50 / $7.50 on January 1, 2027.
- Groq APIVery fast inference for open models like GPT-OSS, billed per token. Has a rate-limited free tier for trying it out.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Daily cap: Free allows 1,000 requests per day (ai requests).
- Mistral AI APIMistral's models by API, billed per token. Includes small, cheap models and open-weight options.From Pay as you go
- OpenAI APIThe GPT models behind ChatGPT, available by API and billed per token.From Pay as you go
Vector Databases
Compare vector db options- pgvector (Postgres extension)A free Postgres extension that stores embeddings next to your normal data. It runs inside your existing Postgres, so there is no separate service to pay for.From Free
- PineconeA managed vector database for semantic search and AI apps. Has a free plan, a $20 flat plan and a pay-as-you-go plan with a $50 monthly minimum.From Free
- Hard cap: Starter stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Qdrant CloudA managed vector database from the open-source Qdrant engine. A free 1 GB cluster is included, and paid clusters are billed hourly by size.From Free
- Pauses when idle: Free cluster pauses after 1 week unused (suspended), and deleted after 4 weeks of inactivity.
- Hard cap: Free cluster stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- turbopufferA vector and full-text search database built on cheap object storage. No free tier: you pay at least $16 a month, then for what you store and query.From $16.00/month
AI Gateways & Sandboxes
Compare ai gateway options- Cloudflare AI GatewayA proxy in front of your AI model calls that adds caching, rate limits and analytics. Core features are free. Paying through Cloudflare adds a 5% credit fee.From Free
- Hard cap: Core (your own provider keys) stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- OpenRouterOne API for hundreds of AI models from many providers. Model prices match the provider. OpenRouter charges a fee when you buy credits.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Daily cap: Free allows 50 requests per day (ai requests).
- Vercel AI GatewayOne API key for many AI models, with budgets and fallbacks. Vercel adds no markup on tokens, and every team gets $5 of free credit each month.From Free
- Hard cap: Free tier stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- No permanent free plan: Free tier is a one-off credit.
Search Engines
Compare search options- AlgoliaA hosted search service with typo tolerance and ready-made UI libraries. You pay per search request and per stored record. Has a free plan.From Free
- Pauses when idle: Free pauses after 2 months with no searches, indexing or setting changes, then deleted.
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Meilisearch CloudManaged hosting for the open-source Meilisearch engine, with fast typo-tolerant search. The Build plan has a flat base fee plus extra for heavy use.From $30.00/month
- Typesense CloudManaged hosting for the open-source Typesense search engine. You rent a dedicated cluster sized by memory, with no limit on records or searches.From $21.60/month per instance
CI/CD Pipelines
Compare ci/cd options- CircleCIHosted CI/CD that bills in credits. The free plan gives 30,000 credits a month, which is about 3,000 minutes on a medium Docker runner.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Credit-based billing: Free bills in credits: 30,000 a month, shared across everything it meters.
- GitHub ActionsRuns tests and deploys from the same place as your code. Free for public repositories; private repositories get monthly free minutes.From Free
- Recent price change: GitHub cut hosted-runner prices by up to 39% on January 1, 2026 and folded a new $0.002 per minute platform charge into the new rates. A planned March 2026 charge on self-hosted runners was postponed. Guides written before 2026 quote higher prices.
- Hard cap: GitHub Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- GitLab CI/CDPipelines built into GitLab. The free plan includes 400 compute minutes a month on GitLab's shared runners.From Free
- Hard cap: GitLab Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Card required: GitLab Free needs a payment card to sign up.
Serverless Compute
Compare serverless options- AWS LambdaRuns a function when something calls it and bills per request and per second of memory used. Every account gets a free monthly allowance.From Pay as you go
- Cloudflare WorkersRuns your code on Cloudflare's network, close to visitors. Starts instantly and has no charge for bandwidth.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Daily cap: Free allows 100K requests per day (function requests).
- Google Cloud RunRuns a container you provide and scales it to zero when idle. Billed per request, memory-second and CPU-second while it handles traffic.From Pay as you go
Headless CMS
Compare cms options- PrismicA headless CMS built around a visual page builder with reusable slices. Free for one user; paid plans are a flat price per repository, set mostly by team size.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- SanityA headless CMS with a customisable editing studio and real-time content API. Generous free plan for up to 20 people; paid plans are per seat with pay-as-you-go usage.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- StoryblokA headless CMS with a visual editor that shows changes on the live page. Free for one or two people; paid plans are a flat monthly price with optional add-ons.From Free
- Hard cap: Starter stops at its limits rather than billing more.
Feature Flags
Compare feature flags options- ConfigCatFeature flags billed only by how often your apps download the flag file, with unlimited seats and users on every plan, including the free one.From Free
- Hard cap: Forever Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- FlagsmithOpen-source feature flags and remote config, billed by API requests and team members. Can also be self-hosted.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- GrowthBookOpen-source feature flags and A/B testing priced per seat, with unlimited flags and traffic on every cloud plan.From Free
- Hard cap: Starter stops at its limits rather than billing more.
Text Messages (SMS)
Compare sms options- PlivoAn SMS API with lower per-message prices than Twilio and a cheaper monthly number.From $0.50/month
- TelnyxAn SMS API on its own network with the lowest published per-message rate of the three, and no platform fee.From $1.00/month
- TwilioThe best-known SMS API. Pay per message plus carrier fees and a monthly number; widest feature set and docs.From $1.15/month
Video Hosting
Compare video options- Bunny StreamLow-cost video hosting from bunny.net: free encoding and player, and you pay only for storage and CDN traffic by the GB.From $1.00/month
- Cloudflare StreamVideo storage, encoding and delivery billed on just two things: minutes stored and minutes watched. Bandwidth and encoding are free.From $5.00/month
- MuxA video API that encodes, stores and streams video with analytics and a player included. Priced per minute stored and watched.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
Form Handling
Compare forms options- BasinA form backend with spam filtering and integrations that keeps accepting submissions past your plan, billing the extra instead of cutting you off.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- FormspreePoint an HTML form at Formspree and submissions arrive by email and in a dashboard. Plans set the monthly submission count.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- TallyA form builder whose free plan has unlimited forms and submissions. Paid plans add branding removal, custom domains and team features.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
Realtime Messaging
Compare realtime options- AblyRealtime messaging with a free tier and a low base price plus usage, built for large numbers of connections.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- PubNubRealtime messaging priced only by monthly active users: messages, connections and channels are included.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Pusher ChannelsHosted WebSockets for live updates and chat, sold as fixed plans by daily messages and peak connections.From Free
- Hard cap: Sandbox stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- Daily cap: Sandbox allows 200K messages per day (realtime messages).
iPhone & iPad Apps
Compare iphone apps optionsAndroid Apps
Compare android apps optionsMobile App Builds
Compare app builds options- BitriseA mobile CI/CD platform with flat monthly plans, unlimited build usage and managed Mac machines.From $99.00/month
- CodemagicCI/CD for mobile apps (Flutter, React Native, native) on Mac build machines, priced per build minute.From Free
- Expo Application ServicesCloud builds, app store submission and over-the-air updates for React Native and Expo apps, from the team behind Expo.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
Push Notifications
Compare push options- Expo Push NotificationsA free push service for apps built with Expo. One API for iPhone and Android that hands messages to Apple and Google for you.From Free
- Firebase Cloud MessagingGoogle's free push service for Android, iPhone and the web, used under the hood by many other push tools.From Free
- OneSignalPush notifications with a dashboard for campaigns, segments and automated messages, plus email and in-app messages.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
In-app Subscriptions
Compare in-app purchases options- AdaptyIn-app subscriptions with a paywall builder and A/B tests, free until your app makes $5K a month.From Free
- QonversionIn-app subscriptions, analytics and paywalls with the lowest percentage of the three and the highest free threshold.From Free
- RevenueCatThe most widely used in-app subscription SDK: purchases, paywalls and revenue charts across iPhone, Android and the web.From Free
Business Email
Compare business email options- FastmailPrivate, ad-free email at your own domain with calendars and contacts, and standard IMAP and SMTP for any mail app.From $4.00/month per seat
- Google WorkspaceGmail at your own domain, with Calendar, Drive, Docs and Meet. Priced per user.From $8.40/month per seat
- Zoho MailLow-cost email at your own domain, with a free plan for up to five people.From Free
- Hard cap: Forever Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
Newsletters
Compare newsletter options- ButtondownA simple newsletter tool for writers and developers, with Markdown, an API and custom domains. Priced by subscriber count.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.
- KitEmail marketing for creators (formerly ConvertKit), with a free plan for up to 10,000 subscribers and automations on paid plans.From Free
- Hard cap: Free stops at its limits rather than billing more.