Platforms
Cloudflare
Cloudflare lets you run your site and backend on global edge nodes — a generous free tier and speed make it the top pick for a $0 start.
Beginner-friendly4/5Fly.io
Fly.io lets you deploy 'containers' to multiple regions worldwide — especially good for backends needing long-lived connections.
Beginner-friendly3/5Vercel
Vercel is the platform with the smoothest frontend and Next.js deploy experience — one push and your code goes live.
Beginner-friendly5/5Railway
Railway lets you spin up a backend and database together in a few clicks — ideal for fast prototyping.
Beginner-friendly5/5AWS
AWS is the most complete, largest cloud leader — it can do anything, but it's the hardest for beginners to start with.
Beginner-friendly1/5GCP
GCP is Google's cloud platform, especially strong in data analytics and AI services, suited to large-scale needs.
Beginner-friendly2/5