Platforms for deploying and scaling web applications, APIs and databases, with seat fees, usage-based charges and free tiers recorded separately so the real cost is visible.
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Backend platform built around a dedicated Postgres database per project, with authentication, file storage, realtime, edge functions and vector/AI extensions available through APIs and client libraries.
Free plan available; paid plans from USD 25 per organization per month
Hosting and deployment platform for web apps that deploys from Git, serves them through a CDN and runs server-side code as functions. Also offers an AI SDK and an AI Gateway for calling models through one endpoint.
Free plan available; paid plans from USD 20 per seat per month
To evaluate a software free plan, first decide whether it is a permanent plan, a time-limited trial or a credit grant; then convert its caps into your expected usage, check seat limits, find out what happens when you exceed a limit, review history retention and export, read the terms of use, map security features to tiers and price the first paid tier. This guide applies those steps to free plans recorded from official pages on 24 October 2026, including Firecrawl, Apify, Zapier, Supabase, Vercel, Notion, GitHub Copilot and Cursor.