App platform prices, September 2026.
Prices checked , final for September
In September 2026 the cheapest instance with 1 GB of RAM was eSmall at Koyeb for $5.36 a month, against $8.89 typical, and 5 plans were free, checked 30 Sept.
The month in numbers
Typical instance
$71.10/mo
the middle paid sized instance
Plans
103
from 9 providers
Prices moved
0
0 cheaper · 0 dearer · from 17 Sept
New providers
0
+0 new plans from providers already here
Free tiers
5
plans that cost nothing
Cheapest by memory
The cheapest paid instance with at least that much RAM, and the typical price of instances with exactly that much. Free tiers are counted above, not here.
512 MB RAM or more
eMicro
0.25 vCPU · 512 MB RAM · always on
Koyeb
A typical 512 MB instance costs $5.18/mo, the middle of 10.
1 GB RAM or more
eSmall
0.5 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · always on
Koyeb
A typical 1 GB instance costs $8.89/mo, the middle of 8.
2 GB RAM or more
eMedium
1 vCPU · 2 GB RAM · always on
Koyeb
A typical 2 GB instance costs $15.55/mo, the middle of 9.
4 GB RAM or more
apps-d-1vcpu-4gb · 1 dedicated vCPU
1 vCPU · 4 GB RAM · always on
DigitalOcean App Platform
A typical 4 GB instance costs $49/mo, the middle of 9.
8 GB RAM or more
apps-d-2vcpu-8gb · 2 dedicated vCPU
2 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · always on
DigitalOcean App Platform
A typical 8 GB instance costs $98/mo, the middle of 9.
How we count
This report was written by the last refresh of September 2026, on 30 Sept 2026, and is final: no refresh changes a month once it is over.
A move is a price that ended the month somewhere other than where it started it, in the provider's own currency, so an exchange rate moving is not a move, and a price that went down and back up again is not one either.
Our price record for this section begins on 17 Sept 2026, so this month's moves and new providers are counted from that day, and a provider already here on that day did not join.
The cheapest of a tier is a price that could lead a ranking on the day: the provider shows it as available and its prices were read in the last three days.
Every price is the provider's own monthly price, excluding tax, converted to US dollars at the day's ECB rate. The typical price and the cheapest are over paid sized instances only: a subscription buys a seat with allowances rather than a size, and what a platform meters on top of either is in none of these numbers.
A free tier is a real price of zero. It is counted, and never called the cheapest, because what it gives you is what it should be judged on.
A free tier that starts charging, or a paid plan that becomes free, has no percentage to move by, so it is not one of the month's moves; the changes page lists it on the day. The lists name each provider once.
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