How much does Cheaploy cost?

Cheaploy charges a monthly platform fee for the managed DevOps automation. Your cloud bill stays $0 because deployments run on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's Always Free tier — 2 ARM Ampere CPUs, 12GB RAM, 200GB block storage, a load balancer and 10TB egress per month, perpetually free with no credit-card charges.

What's the catch with Oracle Cloud's Always Free tier?

Oracle's free tier is genuinely free, but new accounts sometimes see capacity errors in popular regions when launching ARM instances. Cheaploy auto-retries across regions and availability domains until provisioning succeeds.

Do I need DevOps experience?

No. Cheaploy detects your stack (React, Node, Python, Go, Java, etc.), generates an optimized multi-stage Dockerfile, provisions a VCN, ARM compute, load balancer, and SSL certificate, then deploys — all from a single 'Deploy' click.

Can I deploy a Lovable, Bolt, v0, or Cursor app?

Yes. Cheaploy was built for vibe coders shipping AI-generated apps. Upload a ZIP from Lovable, paste a GitHub URL from Cursor or v0, or connect Bolt — Cheaploy handles the rest and gives you a URL on your own cloud.

How is this different from Vercel, Render, or Fly.io?

Vercel, Render, and Fly.io rent you their infrastructure with generous free tiers that get expensive at scale. Cheaploy deploys to your own Oracle Cloud account, so the infrastructure is yours — and Oracle's free tier never expires.

Vercel alternative (2026): managed DevOps, no seat fees

The free Vercel alternative built for commercial side projects

Vercel is fantastic — until you monetize a side project and Hobby's non-commercial rule pushes you onto Pro at $20/seat plus $40 per extra TB. Cheaploy ships the same Next.js, Astro, Remix, or SvelteKit app to your own Oracle Cloud Always Free tier: 2 ARM CPUs, 12GB RAM, 10TB egress, and no seat fees ever.

Side-by-side

Feature	Vercel Hobby / Pro	Cheaploy + Oracle Always Free
Monthly cost	$0 / $20 per seat	$0 forever
Commercial use	Pro only	Allowed on free tier
Bandwidth	100 GB / 1 TB (then $40/TB)	10 TB / mo
Serverless CPU	Metered, cold starts	2 ARM cores, always warm
RAM	1 GB per function	12 GB shared
Team seats	$20 / seat / mo	Unlimited
Vendor lock-in	Vercel-only primitives	Standard Docker + Node

When Vercel still wins

You want zero-ops with a global edge network out of the box and don't mind the bill.
You depend on Vercel-native primitives (Edge Middleware, KV, Postgres) and don't want to swap them out.

When Cheaploy wins

You're monetizing a project and Hobby's commercial ban is a blocker.
You've been surprised by a bandwidth overage bill.
You want a real always-on server for websockets, cron, or long-running jobs — not a 10-second serverless function.

Frequently asked

Does Cheaploy support Next.js App Router, ISR, and Server Actions?+

Yes. Cheaploy builds Next.js in standalone mode and runs the Node server behind an Oracle Cloud load balancer. App Router, RSC, Server Actions, and ISR revalidation all work — the only Vercel-exclusive we don't emulate is Edge Middleware on Vercel's edge network (we run it in-region instead).

What about Vercel's Preview Deployments?+

Cheaploy spins up a preview environment per pull request on the same free instance using isolated subdomains. You get shareable preview URLs without paying per seat.

Can I keep my custom domain?+

Yes. Point your domain's A record at your Oracle load balancer IP and Cheaploy provisions a Let's Encrypt certificate automatically. No proxy fees, no bandwidth billing.

Is commercial use really allowed on the free tier?+

Oracle's Always Free tier explicitly permits commercial workloads — unlike Vercel Hobby. That's the biggest reason indie founders migrate.

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