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Render Has a Free Cloud Platform — Static Sites, APIs, Databases, and Cron Jobs
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Render Has a Free Cloud Platform — Static Sites, APIs, Databases, and Cron Jobs

via Dev.to WebdevAlex Spinov3h ago

After Heroku killed its free tier, developers needed alternatives. Render stepped in with a generous free tier and simpler pricing. Render offers free static sites, web services, and PostgreSQL databases. No credit card required. What Render Offers for Free Static Sites - Unlimited free static sites with global CDN Web Services - Free tier for web apps (750 hours/month) PostgreSQL - Free database (256MB, 90-day expiry) Cron Jobs - Scheduled tasks Auto-Deploy - GitHub/GitLab integration Free SSL - Automatic certificates DDoS Protection - Built-in protection Docker Support - Deploy any Dockerfile Quick Start Connect GitHub repo Select branch Render auto-detects framework Click Deploy Website: render.com - Free tier available Need to monitor and scrape data from multiple web services automatically? I build custom scraping solutions. Check out my web scraping toolkit or email me at spinov001@gmail.com for a tailored solution.

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