Alternatives

    The free Netlify alternative that gives you 10TB bandwidth

    Netlify's free tier is great — until a Reddit post lands and you hit the 100GB bandwidth cap mid-month. Cheaploy deploys your site to your own Oracle Cloud account with 10TB/month egress, 2 ARM CPUs, and 12GB RAM. All free, all yours.

    Side-by-side

    FeatureNetlify (Free)Cheaploy + Oracle Always Free
    Bandwidth100 GB / mo10 TB / mo
    Build minutes300 / moUnmetered
    Serverless invocations125K / moUnlimited (your compute)
    Concurrent builds1Unlimited
    Cold startsYes, on functionsNone
    Team seats1Unlimited
    Owned byNetlifyYou (your OCI account)

    When Netlify still wins

    • Pure static Jamstack sites with no backend and low traffic.
    • You want zero infrastructure surface area and are OK with the caps.

    When Cheaploy wins

    • You've hit — or fear hitting — Netlify's bandwidth cap.
    • You want the same DX for Next.js, Astro, Remix, or SvelteKit apps that also need a real database.
    • You want infrastructure you own, not rent.

    Frequently asked

    Does Cheaploy support Netlify Functions?+

    Yes. Cheaploy generates a serverless-style Node.js runtime that runs your `netlify/functions/*.ts` handlers on your Oracle Cloud instance. No code changes required for most projects.

    What about form submissions and identity?+

    Netlify Forms and Identity are proprietary. Cheaploy recommends swapping in Formspree (free tier) for forms and Supabase Auth (also on Oracle) for identity — both are free at hobby scale.

    Can I keep my Netlify DNS?+

    Yes. Point your existing domain's A record at your Oracle load balancer and Netlify is out of the picture. Cheaploy provisions the SSL cert via Let's Encrypt automatically.

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