Cheapest app platform.
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eMicro · 0.25 vCPU · 512 MB at Koyeb leads 44 plans at $2.68 a month, checked .
Top 10
all 62 plans- 1
eMicro
Koyeb · 0.25 vCPU · 512 MB RAM · always on$2.68/mo - 2
shared-cpu-1x
Fly.io · 1 vCPU · 512 MB RAM · always on$3.69/mo - 3
Eco
Heroku · 512 MB RAM · sleeps when idle$5/mo - 4
apps-s-1vcpu-0.5gb · 1 shared vCPU
DigitalOcean App Platform · 1 vCPU · 512 MB RAM · always on$5/mo - 5
eSmall
Koyeb · 0.5 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on$5.36/mo - 6
Micro
Koyeb · 0.5 vCPU · 512 MB RAM · always on$5.36/mo - 7
shared-cpu-1x
Fly.io · 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on$6.70/mo - 8
0.5c-512mb
Render · 0.5 vCPU · 512 MB RAM · always on$7/mo - 9
Basic
Heroku · 512 MB RAM · always on$7/mo - 10
apps-s-1vcpu-1gb-fixed · 1 shared vCPU
DigitalOcean App Platform · 1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on$10/mo
How we count
The cheapest way to have a platform run your app for you, where the price buys a runtime of a stated size rather than a seat. 44 instances of 512 MB of memory or more qualify, from $2.68/mo against a typical $49/mo for a paid instance. Free tiers have a list of their own, because a price of zero cannot be compared with a size, and a subscription tier is not on this page at all: 14 of the 62 rows in the index buy an account rather than a server. 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 app platform instances right now?
- eMicro · 0.25 vCPU · 512 MB at Koyeb, $2.68/mo. Read on 1 Nov 2026.
- Which platform shows up most in this ranking?
- Koyeb holds 3 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.