Test domain
Combine filters →Something like myapp.provider.app, given out with the account and working immediately. It matters more than it sounds: it means a deploy can be checked, shared and reviewed before anyone touches a nameserver, and it is how most platforms show a pull request to the person who opened it. Free wherever it exists at all, which is why this field has no add-on answer.
29 providers hand out a test URL to deploy to, listed alphabetically. Mostly Platform as a Service, static hosting and Containers as a Service, of 13 categories in all. 101 records do not record this field, and cannot appear here either way.
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ByetiFastNet's free hosting brand, running PHP and MySQL accounts on a control panel it wrote itself.
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CodeRed CloudCodeRed Cloud is a managed hosting platform for Django and Wagtail sites, run on Microsoft Azure by a Cleveland web development firm.
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Deno DeployOne we likeServerless hosting for JavaScript and TypeScript built by the Deno team, running the Deno runtime with Node and npm compatibility.
DigitalOceanOne we likeDigitalOcean is a publicly listed cloud provider best known for Droplets, its VPS product, alongside managed databases, Kubernetes and an app platform.
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Fly.ioFly.io runs applications as Firecracker microVMs on hardware it operates itself, deployed from a Dockerfile through the flyctl CLI and billed by usage.
fortrabbitOne we likeManaged hosting platform for developers since 2012, runs on AWS capacity in Ireland and the US.
FramerA visual website builder that hosts and publishes what it designs, with a built-in content model.
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here.nowStatic hosting that turns an agent's files into a live URL, with no account needed for a temporary one.
HerokuHeroku is a polyglot PaaS — the original "git push to deploy" platform, now a business unit of Salesforce.
HostimOne we likeHostim is a Docker-first platform-as-a-service from Germany, deploying container images, Git repositories and Compose files onto bare metal in the EU.
Hosting.comHosting.com is the American web host formerly known as A2 Hosting, renamed in 2025 when World Host Group consolidated its brands under one name.
Hugging FaceMachine-learning hub whose Spaces product hosts running applications — Gradio, Streamlit or an arbitrary Dockerfile — on CPU or rented GPU hardware.
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InfinityFreeFree PHP and MySQL hosting from a Dutch company, run on iFastNet's platform.
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Laravel CloudLaravel Cloud is the official platform by Laravel Holdings — managed, scale-to-zero hosting for Laravel and Symfony applications, billed by subscription plus usage.
LeapcellA serverless platform that runs apps and APIs from a git repository, with an option to switch a service to a fixed-price persistent server.
lowcloudA Bielefeld startup that runs an application as a managed container in Germany, or operates Kubernetes inside the customer's own cloud account.
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mittwaldGerman managed hosting platform with per-project containers, a control plane called mStudio, an official CLI and a public REST API.
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NeocitiesOne we likeFree static site hosting for personal pages, funded by supporters rather than by advertising.
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PythonAnywhereBrowser-based Python hosting with in-browser consoles, scheduled tasks and managed web apps, sold by CPU-seconds, web workers and disk.
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RenderPlatform-as-a-service that builds services from a git repository, with native runtimes for several languages, a Docker runtime for the rest, and managed Postgres.
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ScalingoFrench platform-as-a-service with git-push deploys, buildpacks, managed databases and review apps, running only in French regions.
SevallaSevalla is a polyglot cloud hosting platform covering application hosting, database hosting, static sites, and object storage.
SliplaneGerman Docker hosting that bills for the server rather than the container, so unlimited services can share one machine, with managed Postgres and S3 storage.
statichost.euSwedish static site host that clones any git repository, builds it in a Docker image of your choosing and serves the output from European infrastructure without logging visitors.
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VercelOne we likeVercel is a frontend platform for Javascript people. It's formerly known as Zeit and venture backed and high on the AI wave.
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WebsliceNew Zealand host that sells a container platform on virtual machines at a fixed monthly price and a metered serverless PHP platform built on AWS.
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ZeaburContainer platform that reads a git repository, works out what kind of project it is and deploys it without a configuration file.
Which of these providers is best?
Hard to say without knowing the project. A free tier matters for a side project and barely at all for a shop that loses money every minute it is down. Read a few records side by side; the guide says where to start.

