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Cut through the enterprise pricing pages. We compare free tiers and low-cost instances across all major cloud providers in plain English - no DevOps degree required.
AWS - Google Cloud - Azure - Oracle
Amazon Web ServicesAWS
Free Tier
12 months
t2.micro or t3.micro (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM) - 750 hrs/mo for 12 months. Also includes 5 GB S3 and 750 hrs RDS.
Common Paid Instances
t3.micro
2 vCPU / 1 GB
$0.0104/hr
~$7.50/mo
t3.small
2 vCPU / 2 GB
$0.0208/hr
~$15/mo
t3.medium
2 vCPU / 4 GB
$0.0416/hr
~$30/mo
Google CloudGCP
Free Tier
Always Free
e2-micro (2 vCPU burst, 1 GB RAM) - 1 instance free per month in select regions. Plus 30 GB standard persistent disk.
Common Paid Instances
e2-small
2 vCPU / 2 GB
$0.0134/hr
~$9.70/mo
e2-medium
2 vCPU / 4 GB
$0.0268/hr
~$19.40/mo
e2-standard-2
2 vCPU / 8 GB
$0.0536/hr
~$38.70/mo
Microsoft AzureAZ
Free Tier
12 months
B1s (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM) - 750 hrs/mo for 12 months. Also includes $200 credit for the first 30 days.
Common Paid Instances
B1s
1 vCPU / 1 GB
$0.0104/hr
~$7.60/mo
B1ms
1 vCPU / 2 GB
$0.0207/hr
~$15/mo
B2s
2 vCPU / 4 GB
$0.0416/hr
~$30/mo
Oracle CloudOCI
Free Tier
Always Free
2x AMD Micro (1 vCPU, 1 GB each) OR up to 4 Arm A1 cores + 24 GB RAM total. Widely considered the most generous always-free tier available.
No always-free tier. New accounts get $200 credit valid for 60 days. Great for testing but plan for paid after the trial.
Common Paid Instances (Droplets)
Basic Droplet
1 vCPU / 1 GB / 25 GB SSD
$0.009/hr
$6/mo
Basic Droplet
1 vCPU / 2 GB / 50 GB SSD
$0.018/hr
$12/mo
Basic Droplet
2 vCPU / 4 GB / 80 GB SSD
$0.036/hr
$24/mo
CloudflareCF
Free Tier
Always Free
Workers: 100,000 requests/day free. Pages: unlimited sites and deploys. Serverless/edge only - not a traditional VM, but very powerful for the right workloads.
Paid Plans
Workers Paid
10M req/mo included
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$5/mo
Workers + R2
Edge compute + storage
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$5+/mo
HetznerHZ
⚠ EU data centers only — not available in the US
Free Tier
Trial credits
No always-free tier. Occasional trial credits for new accounts. Best price-to-performance ratio in Europe. EU-based data centers only.
Common Paid Instances
CX22
2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GB SSD
$0.007/hr
~$4.50/mo
CX32
4 vCPU / 8 GB / 80 GB SSD
$0.013/hr
~$9/mo
CX42
8 vCPU / 16 GB / 160 GB SSD
$0.025/hr
~$18/mo
Linode / AkamaiLN
Free Tier
$100 credit / 60 days
No always-free tier. New accounts get $100 credit for 60 days. Solid mid-tier pricing with good global data center coverage.
Common Paid Instances
Nanode 1 GB
1 vCPU / 1 GB / 25 GB SSD
$0.0075/hr
$5/mo
Linode 2 GB
1 vCPU / 2 GB / 50 GB SSD
$0.015/hr
$10/mo
Linode 4 GB
2 vCPU / 4 GB / 80 GB SSD
$0.030/hr
$20/mo
VultrVU
Free Tier
Trial credits
No always-free tier. Trial credits vary by promotion. Competitive pricing with 32+ global regions.