Comparison
Glitch vs Oracle Always Free
Anything you shipped there needs a new home with a persistent process.
What Glitch gives you today
Glitch retired its always-on free hosting; projects are for editing and sharing rather than production.
Typical spend: n/a — the free hosting product is gone
Side by side
| Feature | Glitch | Oracle Always Free + Cheaploy |
|---|---|---|
| Compute | Shared, short-lived containers | Up to 4 ARM OCPUs and 24 GB RAM (Oracle Always Free), yours alone |
| Sleeping / cold starts | Projects sleep after inactivity | None — a long-running VM you own |
| Bandwidth | Not intended for production traffic | 10 TB/month outbound included by Oracle |
| Database | SQLite on ephemeral disk | Self-hosted Postgres, MySQL or Oracle Autonomous Database at $0 |
| Background jobs & cron | Usually a paid add-on | Just another container on the same VM |
| Who owns the infrastructure | The provider | Your own Oracle Cloud tenancy |
| What you pay | Per plan, per seat, per bandwidth overage | $0 infrastructure + a flat Cheaploy platform fee |
Stay on Glitch if
- You only use it for quick demos and remixes
Switch if
- You had a bot, webhook receiver or small API that needs to stay online
- You want a persistent filesystem and a real database
- You want a custom domain with automatic HTTPS
Related
Frequently asked
How do I move a Glitch project?+
Export it to GitHub, add a Dockerfile (the generator writes one for you), then connect the repo.
Will my project sleep on Oracle?+
No. The VM runs continuously.
Is there a free option that behaves like old Glitch?+
An Always Free ARM instance is the closest equivalent, and it does not sleep.
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