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.

Is self-hosted n8n free?

n8n's community edition is fair-code licensed and free to self-host. Your infrastructure cost on Oracle Always Free is $0; you pay Cheaploy's platform fee for the managed deploy.

How many executions can it handle?

There is no execution cap when self-hosting — only what the CPU and memory allow.

Can I migrate from n8n cloud?

Yes, export your workflows and credentials and import them into the self-hosted instance.

Deploy n8n on Oracle Cloud Free Tier (2026 guide)

At a glance

Base image	`n8nio/n8n:latest`
Port	`5678`
Start command	`n8n start`
Infrastructure cost	$0 on Oracle Always Free (platform fee for managed DevOps)

Running n8n on Ampere ARM

n8n publishes ARM64 images. Workflow execution is bursty, so the 4 OCPU / 24 GB Ampere allowance is generous — but pin memory limits if you run heavy data nodes.

Steps

Attach a domain first. Webhook nodes need a stable public HTTPS URL, set via WEBHOOK_URL.
Turn on authentication. An open n8n instance is a remote code execution endpoint. Enable basic auth or SSO before exposing it.
Back up the .n8n volume. Credentials and workflows live there; include it in your nightly backup.

Dockerfile for n8n on ARM64

# docker-compose.yml
services:
  n8n:
    image: n8nio/n8n:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      N8N_HOST: automations.yourdomain.com
      N8N_PROTOCOL: https
      WEBHOOK_URL: https://automations.yourdomain.com/
      N8N_BASIC_AUTH_ACTIVE: "true"
      N8N_BASIC_AUTH_USER: ${N8N_USER}
      N8N_BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD: ${N8N_PASSWORD}
    volumes:
      - n8ndata:/home/node/.n8n
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:5678:5678"
volumes:
  n8ndata:

Need one tailored to your repository? The free Dockerfile generator writes an ARM-ready multi-stage build for you.

Common mistakes

Webhook URLs pointing at localhost: Set WEBHOOK_URL to your real domain or external services cannot call back.
SQLite growing unbounded: Prune execution history, or switch n8n's database to Postgres on the same VM.
Unlimited concurrency: Cap EXECUTIONS_PROCESS concurrency so one runaway workflow does not starve the instance.

Deploy n8n on Oracle Cloud's free tier

At a glance

Running n8n on Ampere ARM

Steps

Dockerfile for n8n on ARM64

Common mistakes

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