NOTE: GOOGLE HAVE CHANGED THEIR FREE TIER FROM F1-MICRO TO E2-MICRO. PLEASE USE E2-MICRO TO GET A FREE SERVER. YOU CAN UPGRADE YOUR CURRENT INSTAN...
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Oracle also gives free VDS instances.
oracle.com/cloud/free/#always-free
Each have 1Gb RAM, 1/8 of CPU core and 50 Gb of storage (witch is rather cool). The biggest limitation of those is bandwidth limit of 10 Mbps,still suitable for lots of tasks. I host some demo web sites and proxy on those.
Thanks. I didn't know this! Seems better specs than Google Cloud too! Will try it out.
Seems like they've updated the bandwidth throttle to 50 Mbps. Awesome! Maybe I'll have to write up another DEV article :)
Likewise, Azure and AWS give also give you some free instances for 12 months (I know, it's not forever but it's something). From Azure you get a B1S instance, from a AWS a t2.micro or a t3.micro.
Yeah that's true. It's for 90 days $300 not forever. This post is confusing the people by using the word forever.
Actually AWS charges you like hell without any notice if you consume your free tier.
You can usually negotiate with them. They charged me for not terminating the instances. But when I told them that I didn't know I needed to terminate unused instances, I got a full refund.
AWS also charged me without notice about my db excess and didn't know we can negotiate with them. Thanks for this.
Nope this is not a trial period. Google Cloud free tier is indeed forever (or at least until they shut it down).
Like Google Photos :)
Nothing lasts forever 😔
thenextweb.com/plugged/2020/11/12/...
Nice one mate, very handy.
Any idea why your screenshot shows a $4.28 estimate for the month? It says the first 744 hours are free (aka 31 days), so it's odd it would show that estimate.
744 hours is for every month :)
for exaple you can have 10 instances funning 74,4 hours each. fore every next hour you'll pay
About showing the amount charged this is how Google billing works it shows you much resources you used and then subsidizes it at the end of billing period so you would know using same resources after consuming your free tier you have an idea how much you will be charged.
Yeah I'm assuming that's just how much it would cost if it wasn't on the free tier 🤷 but it's definitely free. I've been running it for a few months.
Here's a list of resources that are free or have a free tier: github.com/ripienaar/free-for-dev
Great share, thank you.
didn't get the PayPal option.
And, on the page it says "Put Google Cloud to work with $300 in credit to spend over the next 90 days."
It might give you some "free" forever small service or something but they ask for credit card...
"don't worry we won't charge you"
AHEM
THEN Why the fuck are you asking for CC, Google? Can't you verify I'm a human with a classic captcha?
F* Google :)
Probably to avoid abuse, opening tons of multiple free accounts
You should mention that you get only 1GB of free egress bandwith, you will be charged for additional egress traffic.
Thanks for the post will look out for the more detailed guide. Maybe it would be an option.
I know it's more work. But why not to consider the raspberry pi. It's perfect for small scripts/personal project or even some prototyping/testing work. Been using it for a while it's not perfect but helps to get things done.
Yeah actually I have a raspberry for that purpose but it's not for everything. I'm used to set up everything with docker containers and some images are not available for ARM. Never had this problem with AMD64 VPS.
You mentioned adding 30GB of disk. Where can I do that? Is that done in the Management Security Disk Networking Sole Tenancy section?
I'm just trying to avoid paying for something I don't really need.
Thanks
You'll find the setting under boot disk (if I remember correctly). Change the size (GB) from 10 to 30.
It would be great to have this explanation in the article.
For those curious about billing and pricing, GCP has a pretty good page here:
cloud.google.com/free/docs/gcp-fre...
$4.28 monthly estimate as written in your screenshot does not mean "free forever"...
dev.to/phocks/comment/17lo9
Firebase also allows free setup with no credit card. The Spark plan. You don't get a "server" but you can run cloud functions for free. The Cloud functions do have some limitations. Depending on what you're looking for, like just running queries against a database, this could be an option.
Yeah, That's true. But I never got into any trouble because of that (unless you want to run a server 24X7 ). When you ping to the server it will wake up in few seconds. At least that's what you can expect from free web hosting. No one will give you a full-featured server free of cost. All free hostings have their own limitations. I hosted a Telegram Bot on Heroku so far it's going well without any troubles and at 0$ cost :)
The issue I have with GCP is it requires a CC, prepaid doesn't work, and it seems Privacy cards make them want to ask you to verify your identity, which normally i'd do but I need to get a replacement ID.
It’s all nice and comfy until google does this to you, when you least expect it. I don’t trust google at this moment.
They are locking people out of their account, and careless to even give an explanation 😏
Try Heroku. it's easiest and free forever with 5 apps per 1 account without any credit cards or debit cards. Tho it will not give you database hosting for free but you can find other free services online where you can host your small DBs for personal projects.
Does this only work for US instances?
Yes I believe free tier is for US server only for now. But this may change in the future.
Oracle offers more regions here:
dev.to/phocks/how-to-get-2x-oracle...
Good article!
By the way, heroku also provides 500mb?
Is this server better?
Heroku is for runtimes, not offer ssh and custom scripts if needed
i see. thank you
Awesome, thanks a lot. ✌️
It's not ' forever'
No longer true, using an external IP to access ANY service (including SSH) will result on charges (including Free Tier)
Thanks this is great information.
When I signed up, I had to accept the $300 credit offer.
Series F2 is not available in my account. E2 is the smallest.
Will that still be free forever?
Only the f1-micro is free I believe. Good luck!
What a click bait. At least tell people about the free usage limits