Stack Bill

For indie hackers and students picking a stack

Know the free tier before the invoice arrives.

Stack Bill tracks what stays free, whether a card is required, and whether you can keep data in the EU. 39 tools, each checked against the official pricing page on 2026-10-19.

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Hosting / deploy Checked 2026-10-19

Vercel

Hobby is $0/month for a web app or personal project. Pro is $20/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$20/month
Hosting / deploy Checked 2026-10-19

Netlify

Free is $0 forever with a 300 credit monthly limit. Personal is $9/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$9/month
Hosting / deploy Checked 2026-10-19

Cloudflare Pages

Free plan: 500 builds/month, 1 build at a time. Higher limits need a paid Cloudflare plan.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
unknown
Hosting / deploy Checked 2026-10-19

Cloudflare Workers

Free is 100,000 requests/day. Paid is a $5/month minimum.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Yes
First paid
$5/month minimum
Hosting / deploy Checked 2026-10-19

Render

Hobby workspace is $0/month plus compute. A free instance type exists; the smallest paid instance listed is $7/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$7/month instance, or Pro workspace $25/month + compute
Hosting / deploy Checked 2026-10-19

Railway

Free starts with a 30-day trial, then $1/month. No credit card required to start.

Stays free
No
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$5/month minimum usage
Hosting / deploy Checked 2026-10-19

Fly.io

No free tier. Trial only, then pay-as-you-go from about $2.19/month.

Stays free
No
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Yes
First paid
from $2.19/month
Hosting / deploy Checked 2026-10-19

DigitalOcean App Platform

Free Tier is $0/month for static sites. Paid containers start at $5/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$5/month
Hosting / deploy Checked 2026-10-19

Koyeb

A $0 instance is listed with 5 free hours. Pro platform plan is $29/month plus compute.

Stays free
No
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Yes
First paid
$29/month + compute
Database Checked 2026-10-19

Supabase

Free is $0/month with 50,000 MAU. Projects pause after a week. Pro is $25/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$25/month
Database Checked 2026-10-19

Neon

Free Postgres with no time limit and no credit card. Launch is usage-based.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Unknown
First paid
Usage-based, $0.106 per CU-hour
Database Checked 2026-10-19

PlanetScale

No $0 plan on the page. Single-node databases start at $5/month.

Stays free
No
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Yes
First paid
Starting at $5/month
Database Checked 2026-10-19

Turso

Free is $0/month and does not need a card. Developer is $4.99/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$4.99/month
Database Checked 2026-10-19

MongoDB Atlas

Free cluster is $0 forever (512 MB). Flex is the first paid, about $8 to $30/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Yes
First paid
$8 to $30 per month of usage
Database Checked 2026-10-19

Firebase

Spark is no-cost with quotas. Blaze is pay as you go and keeps the no-cost quotas.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
Pay as you go (no flat price shown)
Database Checked 2026-10-19

Upstash

Free Redis: 250 MB and 500K commands/month. Pay as you go starts at $0.20 per 100K commands.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$0.20 per 100K commands
Auth Checked 2026-10-19

Clerk

Hobby is free, no card. Pro is $25/month ($20/month billed annually).

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$25/month ($20/month billed annually)
Auth Checked 2026-10-19

Auth0

Free, no card, up to 25,000 MAU. Essentials is $35/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$35/month
Auth Checked 2026-10-19

Supabase Auth

Auth ships with Supabase. Free includes 50,000 MAU. Pro is $25/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$25/month
Auth Checked 2026-10-19

WorkOS

First 1 million active users free. No card until you go to production. SSO connections are $125 each.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$125 each
Auth Checked 2026-10-19

Kinde

Free is $0 with 10,500 MAU and no card. Pro is $25/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$25/month
Email Checked 2026-10-19

Resend

Free is 3,000 emails/month and 100/day. Pro is $20/month for 50,000.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$20/month
Email Checked 2026-10-19

Postmark

Developer plan is free forever at 100 emails/month. No card. Next plan is $15/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$15/month
Email Checked 2026-10-19

SendGrid

The public pricing page no longer lists plan numbers. It points at Twilio.

Stays free
Unknown
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Unknown
First paid
unknown
Email Checked 2026-10-19

Brevo

Free forever, no card, 5,000 emails/month. Starter is €7/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Unknown
First paid
€7/month (€6/month yearly, -10%)
Email Checked 2026-10-19

Loops

Free includes 4,000 sends per 30 days. First paid plan shown is $49/month. No card to start.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$49/month
Payments / MoR Checked 2026-10-19

Stripe

No monthly platform fee on the standard card rate. EEA cards shown at 1.4% + €0.10.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Yes
First paid
1.4% + €0.10 (EEA cards)
Payments / MoR Checked 2026-10-19

Paddle

No monthly fee. Merchant-of-record rate on the page is 5% + 50¢.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
5% + $0.50
Payments / MoR Checked 2026-10-19

Lemon Squeezy

Free to start, no card. 5% + 50¢ per transaction. No monthly fee.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Yes
First paid
5% + $0.50
Payments / MoR Checked 2026-10-19

Polar

Starter is free at 5% + 50¢. Pro is $20/month at a lower rate.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Yes
First paid
$20/month
Analytics Checked 2026-10-19

Plausible

No free forever cloud plan. 30-day trial, no card. Starter is €9/month.

Stays free
No
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Yes
First paid
€9/month
Analytics Checked 2026-10-19

PostHog

Free monthly allowances, not a trial. No card until you want higher limits. 1M events/month free.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Yes
First paid
Usage after the free allowance
Analytics Checked 2026-10-19

Umami

Hobby cloud is $0 for 100K events/month. Pro is $20/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Yes
First paid
$20/month
Analytics Checked 2026-10-19

Simple Analytics

Free forever for hobby sites, no card. Paid plan shown at €20/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Yes
First paid
€20/month
AI builders Checked 2026-10-19

Lovable

Free is €0, no card. Pro is €25/month with 100 credits.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Not required
EU region
Yes
First paid
€25/month
AI builders Checked 2026-10-19

Bolt

Free is $0 with 1M tokens/month. Pro is $25/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$25/month
AI builders Checked 2026-10-19

v0

Free is $0 plus $5 of one-time credits. Paid usage shown at $30/user/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$30/user/month
AI builders Checked 2026-10-19

Replit

Free Mode includes limited chat hours and projects. A $20/month plan is the first price shown.

Stays free
Unknown
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$20/month ($18/month billed annually)
AI builders Checked 2026-10-19

Cursor

Free is $0 with limited AI usage. The first paid plan on the page is Plus at $8/month.

Stays free
Yes
Card for free
Unknown
EU region
Unknown
First paid
$8/month