Cheapest 1 GB app instance.
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eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB at Koyeb leads 35 plans at $5.36 a month, checked .
Top 10
all 62 plans- 1
eSmall
Koyeb · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on$5.36/mo - 2
shared-cpu-1x
Fly.io · 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on$6.70/mo - 3
apps-s-1vcpu-1gb-fixed · 1 shared vCPU
DigitalOcean App Platform · 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on$10/mo - 4
eMedium
Koyeb · 1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · always on$10.71/mo - 5
apps-s-1vcpu-1gb · 1 shared vCPU
price from , a change is being checkedDigitalOcean App Platform · 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on$12/mo - 6
shared-cpu-2x
Fly.io · 2 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · always on$13.39/mo - 7
1c-2g
Render · 1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · always on$25/mo - 8
apps-s-1vcpu-2gb · 1 shared vCPU
DigitalOcean App Platform · 1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · always on$25/mo - 9
performance-1x
Fly.io · 1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · always on$33/mo - 10
apps-d-1vcpu-1gb · 1 dedicated vCPU
DigitalOcean App Platform · 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on$34/mo
How we count
A gigabyte is the size most real applications settle at: enough for a framework, a runtime and one request's worth of work at the same time. 35 instances clear it, from $5.36/mo. Below a gigabyte a process under load is killed rather than slowed, which is why this is the floor worth pricing separately from the cheap end of the market. Prices are what one month costs in each provider's own currency converted to dollars, excluding tax. Outbound transfer, build minutes, disks and members are metered on top wherever the provider says so, and the provider page carries those rates.
The number beside each plan is what one month costs. Transfer, build minutes, disks and members are metered on top wherever a platform says so, and the platform's own page carries those rates.
Frequently asked
- What is the cheapest of the instances with a gigabyte of memory right now?
- eSmall · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB at Koyeb, $5.36/mo. Read on 1 Nov 2026.
- Which platform shows up most in this ranking?
- DigitalOcean App Platform holds 4 of the top 10 places here.
- What does the price actually cover?
- One month of the plan, in the provider's own currency converted to dollars, excluding tax. Outbound transfer, build minutes, persistent disks and extra members are metered on top wherever the provider says so, and none of those rates is folded into the figure on the row: each platform's page carries them under "What the invoice adds".
- How is this ranked, and how current is it?
- Prices are read every 3 days from 9 platforms' own public pages and keyless APIs, and this list recomputes with them. A plan whose provider was last read more than three days ago, or that the provider shows as unavailable, keeps its place but cannot be first. Last refresh: 1 Nov 2026.