$24 Medium (4 GB RAM, 4 TB transfer) plus the $15 managed MySQL/PostgreSQL bundle.
- Free option
- 90-day free trial (750 hours/month) on the $5–$12 Linux bundles and the $15 database. New AWS accounts get $100 in credits immediately and can earn another $100. The Free plan lasts up to six months.
- Why it fits
- Projects that want predictable AWS — a fixed-price server with a clear upgrade path into the wider AWS ecosystem.
- How deploys work
- Pick a blueprint (WordPress, LAMP, Node.js, plain Linux), get SSH in the browser or your terminal, and manage it like any VPS.
- The tradeoff
- Costs more per spec than the European VPS crowd, and stopped instances keep billing.
- The managed database bills on top of this estimate.
~$65 Premium P0v3 (1 vCPU, 4 GB, autoscale and slots) plus ~$19 for managed PostgreSQL.
- Free option
- F1 Free tier: 1 GB RAM, 60 CPU-minutes/day, no custom domain or SLA. Plus a $200/30-day new-account credit.
- Why it fits
- Teams in the Microsoft ecosystem — .NET shops, enterprise-adjacent projects, or anyone whose employer already pays for Azure.
- How deploys work
- Connect GitHub Actions from the portal, push to a local git remote, or run `az webapp up` — runtime stacks for Node, Python, .NET, PHP, and Java are built in.
- The tradeoff
- Capable and git-friendly, but you pay PaaS prices per plan and navigate the most complicated tier system here.
- The managed database bills on top of this estimate.
~€40.20 instance (4 shared vCPU, 8 GB RAM) + €3.65 IPv4 + ~€1.90 block storage.
- Why it fits
- EU projects that want real cloud ergonomics — hourly billing, CLI, Terraform, managed databases — without a US hyperscaler.
- How deploys work
- Spin up an instance from the console or the scw CLI, then manage it like any VPS; Terraform and cloud-init are first-class.
- The tradeoff
- À la carte pricing makes the real cost higher than the sticker, and account verification can be painful.
- The managed database bills on top of this estimate.
