Free Web Dev Tools

Curated directory of services with generous free tiers — hosting, databases, analytics, monitoring, and more.

📈 Analytics5

🔑 Auth & User Management4

🛡️ CDN & Protection3

🔄 CI/CD5

🌐 DNS3

🗄️ Databases5

📧 Email2

📝 Forms2

📊 Monitoring4

🔍 Search2

💾 Storage & Media3

☁️ Web Hosting9

All47

☁️ Web HostingFree Tier

Netlify

Build, deploy, and host static sites with global CDN, serverless functions, form handling, and preview deployments.

🎯 Best for JAMstack static sites and frontend apps that need preview deployments and serverless functions.

300 credits/month (~30GB bandwidth), unlimited sites, SSL, CI/CD

☁️ Web HostingFree Tier

Vercel

Deploy frontend apps with global CDN, serverless functions, edge functions, and automatic SSL.

🎯 Best for Next.js apps and frontend frameworks that need edge rendering and serverless APIs.

100GB bandwidth, 6000 build minutes/month, unlimited sites

☁️ Web HostingFree Tier

Cloudflare Pages

JAMstack hosting with global CDN, unlimited bandwidth, and Cloudflare Workers integration.

🎯 Best for developers who want unlimited bandwidth and tight Workers integration on a global CDN.

Unlimited bandwidth, 500 builds/month, 100 custom domains, SSL

☁️ Web HostingFree Tier

★★★★☆

Render

Unified cloud for static sites, web services, databases, and cron jobs with auto-deploy from Git.

🎯 Best for full-stack apps that need hosting + database in one place with simple Git deploys.

Static sites (free), web services (free tier with limits), PostgreSQL (1GB)

☁️ Web HostingFree Tier

GitHub Pages

Free static site hosting directly from GitHub repositories. Supports custom domains and Jekyll.

🎯 Best for docs sites, personal pages, and project sites that already live in GitHub repos.

Unlimited static sites, 1GB storage, 100GB bandwidth/month

☁️ Web HostingFree Tier

Kinsta Static Hosting

Premium static site hosting with 260+ Cloudflare CDN points, free for up to 100 sites.

🎯 Best for developers who want premium CDN performance without paying for a Pro plan.

100 static sites, 100GB bandwidth/month, custom domains, SSL

☁️ Web HostingFree Tier

Fly.io

Run full-stack apps on edge hardware with global VMs, PostgreSQL, and automatic SSL.

🎯 Best for containerized apps that need global deployment with low-latency edge compute.

3 shared VMs (256MB each), 3GB persistent storage, 160GB outbound

☁️ Web HostingFree Tier

★★★★☆

Oracle Cloud Free Tier

Always-free cloud resources including 2 AMD VMs, 4 ARM cores, 24GB RAM, and 10TB egress.

🎯 Best for developers who want generous always-free compute with real VMs for serious projects.

2 AMD VMs (1GB each), 4 ARM cores (24GB), 10TB egress/month

☁️ Web HostingFree Tier

Hugging Face Spaces

Host ML demos and web apps with Gradio, Streamlit, or static HTML. Free CPU/GPU instances.

🎯 Best for hosting ML demos and AI-powered web apps with free GPU acceleration.

Unlimited spaces, CPU (free), 2x T4 small GPU (free tier)

🌐 DNSFree Tier

★★★★★

Cloudflare DNS

Free DNS hosting with DDoS protection, CDN, SSL, and global anycast network.

🎯 Best for anyone who needs fast, secure DNS with built-in DDoS protection for free.

Unlimited domains, DDoS protection, CDN, SSL, Firewall rules

🛡️ CDN & ProtectionFree Tier

Cloudflare CDN

Global CDN with DDoS protection, SSL, and WAF. Free for unlimited domains.

🎯 Best for anyone who needs a fast, free CDN with enterprise-grade security for their sites.

Unlimited bandwidth, DDoS protection, SSL, 3 page rules, WAF

🔄 CI/CDFree Tier

GitHub Actions

CI/CD automation built into GitHub. Run workflows for build, test, and deploy.

🎯 Best for GitHub-hosted projects that need CI/CD tightly integrated with pull requests and issues.

2000 minutes/month for private repos (free), 500MB storage

🔄 CI/CDFree Tier

Render Blueprint

Infrastructure-as-code for Render. Deploy apps and databases from a single YAML file.

🎯 Best for Render users who want infrastructure-as-code without learning Terraform or Pulumi.

Included with Render free tier (static sites, web services, databases)

🔄 CI/CDFree Tier

★★★★☆

Pulumi

Infrastructure as code using familiar programming languages (TypeScript, Python, Go, C#).

🎯 Best for teams who want real programming languages (not DSLs) for infrastructure management.

50 runs/month, unlimited stacks, state management, secrets

🗄️ DatabasesFree Tier

★★★★☆

Neon

Serverless PostgreSQL with branching, instant cloning, and connection pooling.

🎯 Best for developers who want Git-like branching for their PostgreSQL database.

500MB storage, 100 compute hours/month, 3 branches

🗄️ DatabasesFree Tier

Supabase

Open-source Firebase alternative with PostgreSQL, auth, realtime subscriptions, and storage.

🎯 Best for apps that need a full backend (DB + auth + storage + realtime) without managing servers.

500MB database, 1GB storage, 50K monthly active users, realtime

🗄️ DatabasesFree Tier

PlanetScale

MySQL-compatible serverless database with branching, deploy requests, and connection pooling.

🎯 Best for MySQL shops that want serverless scaling with Git-style branch workflows.

1GB storage, 1 production branch, 1 billion row reads/month

🗄️ DatabasesFree Tier

★★★★☆

Upstash

Serverless Redis and Kafka with global replication and REST API access.

🎯 Best for serverless apps that need Redis caching or Kafka messaging without managing infrastructure.

10MB Redis, 10K commands/day; 10K messages/day Kafka

🗄️ DatabasesFree Tier

★★★☆☆

Fauna

Serverless document-relational database with native GraphQL and global replication.

🎯 Best for apps that want a serverless database with native GraphQL and no schema migrations.

100MB storage, 100K read ops/day, 50K write ops/day

📊 MonitoringFree Tier

★★★★☆

Better Stack

Uptime monitoring, incident management, on-call scheduling, and status pages.

🎯 Best for small teams who want uptime monitoring with built-in incident management and status pages.

10 monitors, 3-minute checks, status pages, email/Slack alerts

📊 MonitoringFree Tier

★★★★☆

Grafana Cloud

Observability platform with metrics (Prometheus), logs (Loki), and dashboards.

🎯 Best for teams who need production-grade observability with Prometheus metrics and Loki logs.

3 users, 10 dashboards, 10K metric series, 50GB logs

📊 MonitoringFree Tier

UptimeRobot

Free uptime monitoring for hobby projects with HTTP, ping, port, and keyword checks.

🎯 Best for hobbyists and side projects who need simple uptime monitoring at scale.

50 monitors, 5-minute checks, HTTP/ping/port/keyword monitoring

📊 MonitoringFree Tier

★★★★☆

Sentry

Error tracking and performance monitoring for web apps. Supports all major frameworks.

🎯 Best for catching and debugging production errors across all major frameworks and languages.

5K events/month, 1 user, 30-day retention

📈 AnalyticsFree Tier

PostHog

Product analytics suite with event tracking, funnels, heatmaps, session recording, and feature flags.

🎯 Best for startups who want a full product analytics suite (including session recording) on a generous free tier.

1 million tracked events/month, unlimited users, all features

📈 AnalyticsFree Tier

★★★★☆

Plausible

Privacy-friendly, lightweight web analytics without cookies. GDPR compliant by default.

🎯 Best for privacy-conscious site owners who want simple, cookie-free analytics without data collection.

30-day free trial (paid starts at €9/mo)

📈 AnalyticsFree Tier

Umami

Simple, fast, privacy-focused open-source analytics alternative to Google Analytics.

🎯 Best for developers who want to self-host their analytics for free with a simple, clean dashboard.

Self-hosted (free, open-source); Umami Cloud free tier: 10K events/month

🔑 Auth & User ManagementFree Tier

★★★★☆

Clerk

User management and authentication with pre-built UI components for React, Next.js, and more.

🎯 Best for Next.js and React apps that need drop-in auth UI components with minimal setup.

10K monthly active users, 100 organizations, social login

🔑 Auth & User ManagementFree Tier

★★★★☆

Auth0

Identity platform for authentication, authorization, and user management with social login support.

🎯 Best for teams who need enterprise-grade auth with extensive protocol support (OAuth, SAML, OIDC).

7K monthly active users, unlimited logins, 2 social providers

🔑 Auth & User ManagementFree Tier

Kinde

Modern authentication platform with pre-built components, social login, and organization management for B2B and B2C apps.

🎯 Best for early-stage B2B and B2C apps that need modern auth with organizations and social login out of the box.

7,500 monthly active users, social login, email/password, unlimited M2M tokens

🔑 Auth & User ManagementFree Tier

★★★★☆

Logto

Open-source identity platform with sign-in experiences, user management, and social logins for web and mobile apps.

🎯 Best for developers who want generous MAU limits with the option to self-host the open-source version at scale.

50,000 MAU, social login, MFA, email/password, audit logs

📧 EmailFree Tier

★★★★☆

Resend

Email API for developers with SDKs for React, Node.js, and other frameworks.

🎯 Best for developers who want a modern email API with React Email SDK and great deliverability.

100 emails/day, 3K emails total, custom domain, analytics

📧 EmailFree Tier

SendGrid

Email delivery service with APIs for transactional and marketing emails.

🎯 Best for developers who need a battle-tested email API with template management and analytics.

100 emails/day, 2K contacts, email APIs, analytics

💾 Storage & MediaFree Tier

Cloudflare R2

S3-compatible object storage with no egress fees. Store and serve files globally.

🎯 Best for developers who want S3-compatible storage without surprise egress fees.

10GB storage, 1M class A ops/month, 10M class B ops/month

💾 Storage & MediaFree Tier

★★★★☆

Cloudinary

Image and video management with CDN, transformations, optimization, and AI-powered editing.

🎯 Best for apps that need on-the-fly image transformations and CDN delivery with minimal setup.

25GB storage, 25GB bandwidth/month, 1000 transformations

💾 Storage & MediaFree Tier

TinyPNG

Smart PNG and JPEG compression that reduces file sizes by up to 80% while preserving quality.

🎯 Best for developers who need automated image compression in their build pipeline or CI/CD.

500 images/month via API, unlimited via web interface

🔍 SearchFree Tier

★★★★☆

Algolia

Hosted search API with typo-tolerance, faceting, and real-time indexing.

🎯 Best for sites that need typo-tolerant, instant search with faceted filtering and good UX.

10K records, 10K search requests/month, 100K operations/month

🔍 SearchFree Tier

Typesense Cloud

Open-source search engine with typo-tolerance, faceted search, and instant results.

🎯 Best for developers who want open-source search with Algolia-like performance but more control.

30-day free trial (self-hosted: free, open-source)

📝 FormsFree Tier

★★★★☆

Web3Forms

Form backend service that forwards form submissions to your email. No server-side code needed.

🎯 Best for static sites that need a contact form without setting up a backend or serverless function.

100 submissions/month, unlimited forms, spam filtering, reCAPTCHA

📝 FormsFree Tier

Formspree

Form backend for static sites. Submit forms directly from HTML without server code.

🎯 Best for simple contact forms on personal sites and landing pages.

50 submissions/month, 2 forms, spam protection

📈 AnalyticsFree Tier

Microsoft Clarity

Free user behavior analytics tool with session recordings, heatmaps, and rage clicks. No traffic limits, no data caps.

🎯 Best for any website owner who wants free, unlimited session recordings and heatmaps without a paid plan.

Completely free: unlimited pageviews, unlimited sessions, unlimited websites. No paid tiers.

📈 AnalyticsFree Tier

★★★★☆

Matomo

Open-source web analytics platform that gives you 100% data ownership. Self-host for free or use their cloud with a free trial.

🎯 Best for organizations that need full data ownership and control, with no external data sharing.

Self-hosted on-premise is free forever (open source); Cloud has 21-day free trial (paid from €19/mo)

🛡️ CDN & ProtectionFree Tier

★★★★☆

Gcore CDN

Global CDN with 210+ PoPs, DDoS protection, and Web Application Firewall. Free plan includes 1TB traffic with no trial period or credit card required.

🎯 Best for developers who want a free CDN with enterprise DDoS protection and a generous 1TB traffic cap.

1TB traffic/month, DDoS protection, WAF, no credit card required, no time limit

🛡️ CDN & ProtectionFree Tier

★★★★☆

CacheFly

High-performance CDN with 19 core PoPs, 5TB free monthly traffic, and Universal SSL for developers and side projects.

🎯 Best for developers with media-heavy side projects who need 5TB of free monthly CDN bandwidth.

5TB data/month, 1 domain, Universal SSL, 19 PoPs, email support

🔄 CI/CDFree Tier

CircleCI

Cloud-native CI/CD platform with fast parallel builds, Docker layer caching, and cache-based workflows supporting GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket repos.

🎯 Best for small teams who need fast parallel CI pipelines with Docker caching and multiple OS support.

6,000 credits/month, Linux/Windows runners, 1 concurrent job

🔄 CI/CDFree Tier

GitLab CI

Built-in CI/CD for GitLab repositories with Auto DevOps, container registry, review apps, and integrated Pages hosting.

🎯 Best for teams already on GitLab who want integrated CI/CD without setting up a separate service or managing runners.

400 CI minutes/month, 10GB storage, 5 users per group

🌐 DNSFree Tier

Hurricane Electric DNS

Free, no-limits DNS hosting with IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack support, dynamic DNS, and secondary DNS services.

🎯 Best for developers who need truly unlimited free DNS with strong IPv6 support and don't mind a no-frills interface.

Unlimited domains, unlimited records, IPv6 native, dynamic DNS, secondary DNS

🌐 DNSFree Tier

★★★★☆

Bunny DNS

Free DNS hosting for up to 500 domains with global anycast network, smart routing, and no query fees.

🎯 Best for developers and agencies who need free anycast DNS with smart routing and modern dashboard UX.

500 DNS zones, unlimited queries, anycast network, smart routing

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