Hey there, if you are a developer and at some point you have a great idea that you want to develop and showcase to other people, but lack a place where you can host your application.
In this article, I will share some resources/providers where you can get free servers with RAM ranging from 1 GB to 24 GB to showcase your creations to the world.
So without any more bullshit, lets begin.
AWS (Amazon Web Service)
The great old sage of cloud computing, AWS, offers a free 1 GB server for a year. It's not much, but it's sufficient to run your applications. I have used this personally to host my projects during the development period.
Here are the specifications of the server -
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 1 |
| Memory (GiB) | 1.0 |
| Memory per vCPU (GiB) | 1.0 |
| Physical Processor | Intel Xeon Family |
| Clock Speed (GHz) | 3.3 |
| CPU Architecture | i386 |
| GPU | 0 |
| GPU Architecture | none |
| Video Memory (GiB) | 0 |
| GPU Compute Capability | 0 |
| FPGA | 0 |
For more specification-related details check the reference site -
Also, here's the link to AWS Free Tier -
Azure
To be honest, I have not used Azure much; I have used it only a small number of times. But you can get the same capacity of server from Azure as well, which is 1 GB of RAM for 1 Year.
Here's the specification of the server -
| Compute | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 1 |
| Memory (GiB) | 1.0 |
| Memory per vCPU (GiB) | 1.0 |
| CPU Architecture | x64 |
| GPU | 0 |
| Capacity Support | True |
| VM Generations Supported | V1,V2 |
| Low Priority | False |
| vCPUs per Physical Core | 1 |
| VM Deployment Method | IaaS |
For more specification-related details check the reference site -
Also, here's the link to Azure Free Tier -
GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
Again, I have not used much GCP; I am an AWS boy. However, it also offers the same capacity as the other two mentioned before 1 GB of RAM for 1 Year. As of writing this article, it offers that free server for LifeTime. So, this might be what you wanted for your small project.
Here's the specification of the server -
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Instance Type | e2-micro |
| Details | Cost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments. e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities 2 – Generation micro – 0.5x RAM/CPU ratio |
| Instance Family | Cost optimized |
| Description | Efficient Instance, 2 vCPU (1/8 shared physical core) and 1 GB RAM |
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Memory | 1 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan |
| Shared CPU | yes |
| GPU | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no |
For more specification-related details check the reference site -
Also here's the link to GCP Free Tier -
Alibaba Cloud
I have hardly used it once, about 2-3 years ago. You can give it a try. It also offers a 1GB RAM server for about 12 months.
Here's the specification of the server -
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| vCPUs | 2 |
| Memory | 1 GiB |
| CPU Architecture | x86_64 |
| Processor | Intel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan |
| Shared CPU | yes |
| GPU | no |
| Sustained Discounts (SUDs) | no |
For more specification-related details check the reference site -
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Also here's the link to Alibaba Free Tier -
Oracle Cloud
Oracle provides an exceptional free tier that I highly recommend. I've been using it since I discovered it. They offer two AMD-based servers with 1GB of RAM each, or Arm-based servers with up to 24GB. You can choose to use them as one or up to four separate servers—it's a fantastic deal.
You can see more details about it here -
https://www.oracle.com/in/cloud/free/
Also If you don't believe me just see it yourself -
As promised, I've shared the Top 5 Free Server Providers. If you have any side or small projects to showcase, go ahead and share the link in the comment section.
