https://randx.tokyo/tags/cloud/ Recent content in Cloud on RANDX Hugo en-US Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0900 https://randx.tokyo/posts/cloud-service-providers-with-always-free-tiers/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0900 https://randx.tokyo/posts/cloud-service-providers-with-always-free-tiers/ <p>🕒 AS OF October, 2026</p> <h2 id="tldr"> TL;DR <a class="heading-link" href="#tldr"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <table> <thead> <tr> <th>Provider</th> <th>Best For</th> <th>Key Always-Free Resource</th> <th>Caveat</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Cloudflare</strong></td> <td>Edge, CDN, Workers</td> <td>100k Workers req/day + free egress R2</td> <td>Strict CPU limits on Workers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Supabase</strong></td> <td>Mobile/web app backends</td> <td>500 MB DB + 50k MAU (2 projects)</td> <td>Pauses after 1 week inactivity</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Firebase</strong></td> <td>Mobile/web app backends</td> <td>Firestore + Auth + Hosting (Spark plan)</td> <td>Quota exceeded incurs service shuts off</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Vercel</strong></td> <td>Next.js / frontend apps</td> <td>100 GB transfer + 1M function invocations</td> <td><strong>Non-commercial / personal use only</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Oracle Cloud</strong></td> <td>Always-on VMs</td> <td>2 OCPU + 12 GB Arm (or 2 AMD micros)</td> <td>Capacity shortages &amp; idle reclaim</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Google Cloud</strong></td> <td>Small permanent VM + serverless</td> <td>1× e2-micro (US regions only)</td> <td>Limited regions &amp; Exceeding limits incurs charges</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>AWS</strong></td> <td>Serverless stacks</td> <td>Lambda 1M req + DynamoDB 25 GB</td> <td>Exceeding limits incurs charges</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Azure</strong></td> <td>Functions + Cosmos DB</td> <td>1M Functions + Cosmos free tier</td> <td>Exceeding limits incurs charges</td> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>IBM Cloud</strong></td> <td>Specific managed services</td> <td>40+ Lite plans</td> <td>Inactivity sleep/deletion</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2 id="1-cloudflare--free-plan"> 1. Cloudflare – Free Plan <a class="heading-link" href="#1-cloudflare--free-plan"> <i class="fa-solid fa-link" aria-hidden="true" title="Link to heading"></i> <span class="sr-only">Link to heading</span> </a> </h2> <p><strong>Best for:</strong></p>