Real Postgres with auth and storage bolted on, and an escape hatch: if the hosted free tier ever stops fitting, the same stack runs on your own box. Rare combination.
Free projects pause after a week of inactivity — fine for a side project, embarrassing if a demo link goes quiet and then someone clicks it.
| What you get free | 2 active projects, 500 MB database, 1 GB file storage, 5 GB egress, 50,000 monthly active users — free |
| Where the limit sits | Free projects are paused after 1 week of inactivity |
| Credit card to start | No |
| Pricing type | Free tier |
| Last checked | 2026-07-30 · source |
| Run it yourself | Yes — Apache-2.0 · repo |
| Platforms | web, api, linux |
| Category | Data & backend · Code & dev |
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