Best free app platforms with no credit card (2026)
Every platform below has a renewable free tier you can deploy to without entering a credit card. They are ranked by our free-value score, which weighs compute and bandwidth allowances against the limits attached. We only list platforms whose no-card free access is confirmed in our data.
How these scores work
No credit card required
Ranked by free-value score. Every tier here renews rather than expiring.
| # | Service | Main constraint | Score |
|---|
| 1 |  Tencent EdgeOne PagesServerless static and full-stack web/app hosting on Tencent's global edge network with edge + cloud functions, KV storage, and Git/CLI/template deploys. | Acceleration traffic quota | 6.1/10 |
| 2 |  Appwrite CloudOpen-source BaaS providing databases, auth, storage, functions, and realtime, with a free cloud tier and no credit card. | 5 GB bandwidth/month | 4.6/10 |
| 3 |  Hugging Face SpacesPython/Gradio/Docker app host that can expose APIs and demos. | Sleeps after inactivity | 4.1/10 |
| 4 |  ConvexReactive backend hosting a document database with ACID transactions, serverless functions, and websockets for live updates. | 1M function calls/month | 3.9/10 |
| 5 |  Back4AppManaged Parse Server backend (database, auth, cloud code, real-time queries) plus Docker container hosting, both with no-card free tiers. | 25,000 requests/month | 3.8/10 |
| 6 |  LeapcellServerless app platform that deploys Next.js, Python, Go, Rust and more with a managed Postgres, Redis, custom domains and global CDN. | 100,000 serverless invocations/mo | 3.8/10 |
| 7 |  NhostServerless backend for web/mobile with PostgreSQL, Hasura GraphQL, auth, storage, and serverless functions on a free Starter plan. | Paused after 1 week idle | 4.2/10 |
| 8 |  RenderRuns normal web services and background workers. | Web services sleep when idle | 4.0/10 |
| 9 |  ZeaburZeabur is a deploy-from-Git PaaS whose free Serverless plan ships GitHub-based serverless services on a global edge network with no card required. | Auto-sleep when idle | 3.9/10 |
| 10 |  Upstash | BoxDurable container runtime for AI agents with shell, filesystem, git, schedules, snapshots, and built-in Claude Code / Codex harnesses. | 5 CPU hours/month | 3.6/10 |
| 11 |  NorthflankNorthflank is a developer platform for deploying services, jobs and databases, with an always-on free tier that notably does not sleep. | 2 services max | 3.4/10 |
| 12 |  Encore CloudBuilt-in development cloud for Encore backends, free for dev and limited-scale commercial apps with no card and no per-seat fee. | 100,000 requests/day | 2.9/10 |
One-time credits & programs
Kept separate from the ranking above: these are trial credits or eligibility-gated programs that eventually run out or require qualification, not renewable free tiers.
SevallaGit-push static site and app hosting on a 260+ edge-location network, with a genuinely free static tier plus usage-based apps and databases.
RailwaySimple deploys for backend services, databases, and workers.