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Free alternatives to Krystal

Krystal has no free plan. 34 of the 122 other web hosts in this directory are free or have a free plan.

Krystal is a paid product, starting at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst). 3 of them have no paid plan at all; the rest pair a free plan with paid ones.

34 tools · Listings checked up to Nov 13, 2026 · Where the facts come from

The 12 closest to Krystal

  1. Pantheon

    Managed WordPress, Drupal and Next.js hosting for teams

    What is free: Silver workspace: $0 with two sandbox sites; a site plan is needed before going live or connecting a domain.

    • Pantheon starts at $42 per month, billed annually ($55 billed monthly), for one live site. Krystal starts at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst).
    • Pantheon has a free plan. Krystal does not.
    • Pantheon also covers page speed.
    • Krystal also covers malware protection.
    Pantheon pricing and details

  2. GridPane

    WordPress server control panel with a free core plan

    What is free: Core plan: free forever, up to 25 websites on your own Vultr server or a managed PeakFreq server, with server page caching, Redis object caching, a 7G firewall, SSL certificates and cloning.

    • GridPane starts at $19 per month and up (PeakFreq). Krystal starts at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst).
    • GridPane has a free plan. Krystal does not.
    • GridPane also covers page speed.
    • Krystal also covers malware protection.
    GridPane pricing and details

  3. CloudPanel

    Free server control panel for PHP, Node.js and Python sites

    What is free: Everything. There is no paid plan.

    • CloudPanel is free. Krystal starts at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst).
    • CloudPanel has a free plan. Krystal does not.
    • CloudPanel is self-hostable, according to its own site.
    • Krystal also covers malware protection.
    CloudPanel pricing and details

  4. Netlify

    Git-based hosting for sites and web apps, priced by monthly credits

    What is free: 300 credits a month as a hard limit, one member, custom domains with SSL, functions, database, blob storage and unlimited deploy previews. Sites pause when credits run out.

    • Netlify starts at $9 per month for 1 member. Krystal starts at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst).
    • Netlify has a free plan. Krystal does not.
    • Netlify also covers AI agents and forms.
    • Krystal also covers malware protection and managed WordPress.
    Netlify pricing and details

  5. Vercel

    Git-based hosting for front-end and full-stack web apps

    What is free: Hobby plan: $0 a month, with automatic CI/CD, a global CDN, a web application firewall and DDoS mitigation. Limited to non-commercial, personal use.

    • Vercel starts at $20 per month for 1 deploying seat (Pro). Krystal starts at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst).
    • Vercel has a free plan. Krystal does not.
    • Vercel also covers web analytics and page speed.
    • Krystal also covers malware protection and managed WordPress.
    Vercel pricing and details

  6. Render

    Cloud hosting for web services, databases and workers

    What is free: Hobby workspace: $0 a month, up to 25 services, 5 GB of bandwidth, and free instance types for web services, Postgres and Key Value (limitations apply).

    • Render starts at $25 per month plus compute (Pro workspace). Krystal starts at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst).
    • Render has a free plan. Krystal does not.
    • Render also covers databases and workflow automation.
    • Krystal also covers malware protection and managed WordPress.
    Render pricing and details

  7. DigitalOcean

    Cloud servers, app hosting and managed databases for developers

    What is free: App Platform: 3 apps made only of static sites, with 1GiB of data transfer per app.

    • DigitalOcean starts at $4 per month (Droplet), billed per second. Krystal starts at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst).
    • DigitalOcean has a free plan. Krystal does not.
    • DigitalOcean also covers databases.
    • Krystal also covers malware protection and managed WordPress.
    DigitalOcean pricing and details

  8. Ploi

    Server and site management panel for PHP and Laravel apps

    What is free: 1 server, 1 site and 5 deployments per month.

    • Ploi starts at $10 per month (Basic, up to 5 servers). Krystal starts at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst).
    • Ploi has a free plan. Krystal does not.
    • Krystal also covers malware protection and managed WordPress.
    Ploi pricing and details

  9. Cloudflare Pages

    Git-based hosting for static sites and full-stack apps

    What is free: Unlimited static requests and bandwidth, 500 builds a month, 20,000 files per site, 100 projects, and Functions requests counted against 100,000 a day.

    • Cloudflare Pages starts at $5 per month (Workers Paid, for Pages Functions usage). Krystal starts at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst).
    • Cloudflare Pages has a free plan. Krystal does not.
    • Cloudflare Pages also covers page speed.
    • Krystal also covers malware protection and managed WordPress.
    Cloudflare Pages pricing and details

  10. Firebase Hosting

    Google's CDN hosting for static and single-page web apps

    What is free: Spark plan: 10 GB of storage and 360 MB of data transfer a day, with custom domain, global CDN and SSL included, and no payment method needed.

    • Firebase Hosting starts at $0.026 per GB stored beyond 10 GB (Blaze, pay as you go). Krystal starts at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst).
    • Firebase Hosting has a free plan. Krystal does not.
    • Firebase Hosting also covers page speed.
    • Krystal also covers malware protection and managed WordPress.
    Firebase Hosting pricing and details

  11. Northflank

    Container platform for services, jobs, databases and GPUs

    What is free: Sandbox: free, no card needed, with 2 services, 2 jobs and 1 database, up to $20 a month of resources on Northflank Cloud, and 1 bring-your-own-cloud cluster up to 12 vCPU and 48 GB.

    • Northflank starts at $12 per month for 0.5 vCPU and 1 GB, billed by the second. Krystal starts at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst).
    • Northflank has a free plan. Krystal does not.
    • Krystal also covers malware protection and managed WordPress.
    Northflank pricing and details

  12. GitHub Pages

    Static site hosting built into GitHub repositories

    What is free: Included with GitHub Free for sites built from public repositories, within the usage limits in GitHub's documentation.

    • GitHub Pages starts at $0 on GitHub Free for public repositories; $4 per user / month on GitHub Team. Krystal starts at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst).
    • GitHub Pages has a free plan. Krystal does not.
    • GitHub Pages also covers workflow automation.
    • Krystal also covers malware protection and managed WordPress.
    GitHub Pages pricing and details

22 more that are free or have a free plan

All 34 in one table

Common questions

Is there a free alternative to Krystal?

Yes. Pantheon, GridPane, CloudPanel, Netlify, Vercel, Render, DigitalOcean, Ploi and 26 more are free or have a free plan.

Does Krystal have a free plan?

Krystal has no free plan. Krystal is a paid product, starting at £7 per month, billed monthly (Amethyst).

When was this checked?

Each listing shows its own date. On this page they run from Oct 18, 2026 to Nov 13, 2026. Vendors change prices and plans without notice, so confirm on their site before you buy.

This page is built from the listings. A tool is here because its listing says so, and the order is how close each is to Krystal: the alternatives its listing names first, then the tools that share the most features with it.