Free Vercel alternatives
Vercel's Hobby plan deploys from Git with CI/CD, a CDN, firewall, DDoS mitigation and fluid compute, but it is for personal, non-commercial use only. If that rule or a Hobby limit is in your way, the free plans below each cover part of what Vercel does. Every figure comes from the vendor's own pricing or limits page as listed on this site.
8 listings · facts checked on official pages, latest 2026-11-02. Plans change; confirm on the vendor's site.
| Plan | Main free allowance | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel Hobby | Git deploys with CI/CD, CDN, firewall, DDoS mitigation and fluid compute | Personal, non-commercial use only |
| Netlify | 300 credits a month | 300 credit monthly limit |
| Cloudflare Pages | 500 builds a month, up to 20,000 files per site | Builds run one at a time and time out after 20 minutes |
| Sevalla | Up to 100 static sites, 600 build minutes and 100GB bandwidth a month | Each site at most 1GB, 1 build at a time |
| Cloudflare Workers | Limited usage of Workers, Pages Functions, Workers KV and Hyperdrive | Durable Objects and higher limits need the $5/month Paid plan |
| Deno Deploy | 1M requests and 20 GiB egress a month, 5 custom domains | Meant for personal use and smaller projects |
| Render | 750 instance hours a month plus a 1 GB Postgres database | Spins down after 15 minutes idle; free Postgres expires after 30 days |
| Northflank | 2 services, 2 jobs and 1 database, up to $20 a month of resources | Usage beyond the Sandbox is pay as you go |
| Leapcell | Up to 20 projects and 100,000 serverless invocations a month | Persistent servers and dedicated PostgreSQL are paid |
01NetlifyDev Hosting
From the official page · checked Oct 29, 2026
Pick this if: You want the closest match to Vercel's workflow: Git deploys, deploy previews, custom domains with SSL and functions, within 300 credits a month.
02Cloudflare PagesDev Hosting
From the official page · checked Nov 2, 2026
Pick this if: You ship a static or Jamstack site and want 500 builds a month on Cloudflare's network.
03SevallaDev Hosting
From the official page · checked Oct 25, 2026
Pick this if: You host many static sites from GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket and want preview deploys for pull requests.
04Cloudflare WorkersDev Hosting
From the official page · checked Oct 29, 2026
Pick this if: Your app is mostly API routes or edge functions rather than a full server.
05Deno DeployDev Hosting
From the official page · checked Oct 31, 2026
Pick this if: You write JavaScript or TypeScript and want serverless hosting with 1M requests a month.
06RenderDev Hosting
From the official page · checked Oct 28, 2026
Pick this if: You need a real web service and a Postgres database, and can accept cold starts.
07NorthflankDev Hosting
From the official page · checked Oct 28, 2026
Pick this if: You want always-on services with no sleeping, plus a database, inside a $20 monthly allowance.
08LeapcellDev Hosting
From the official page · checked Oct 26, 2026
Pick this if: You deploy Next.js, Python, Go or Rust projects and want up to 20 of them on one free account.
Questions
Can I use Vercel's free plan for a commercial site?
No. This site's Vercel listing records that Hobby is for personal, non-commercial use only (checked 2026-10-23).
Which free Vercel alternative is closest?
Netlify lists deploys, deploy previews, custom domains with SSL, functions, a database, blob storage and a CDN, within 300 credits a month.
Which free host does not sleep?
Northflank's free Sandbox says services are always on with no sleeping. Render's free web services spin down after 15 minutes without traffic.
Do I need a credit card?
Northflank's pricing page says no card is needed, and says entering a card only verifies it. The other hosts here do not say either way.