RunCloud alternatives · Web Hosting
Free alternatives to RunCloud
RunCloud has no free plan. 34 of the 122 other web hosts in this directory are free or have a free plan.
RunCloud is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly). 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 RunCloud
- Free plan · from $19/mo
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). RunCloud starts at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly).
- GridPane has a free plan. RunCloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- GridPane also covers managed WordPress.
- Free plan · from $10/mo
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). RunCloud starts at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly).
- Ploi has a free plan. RunCloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- RunCloud also covers page speed.
- Free plan · from $23/mo
Cloud 66
Deploy and manage apps on your own servers and cloud accounts
What is free: 1 deployment server and 1 static site, 5 deployments per 24 hours, 1 team member, no card required.
- Cloud 66 starts at $23 per month, billed annually (Developer; $59 billed monthly for Team). RunCloud starts at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly).
- Cloud 66 has a free plan. RunCloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- Cloud 66 also covers databases.
- RunCloud also covers page speed.
- Free
CloudPanel
Free server control panel for PHP, Node.js and Python sites
What is free: Everything. There is no paid plan.
- CloudPanel is free. RunCloud starts at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly).
- CloudPanel has a free plan. RunCloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- CloudPanel is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- CloudPanel also covers managed WordPress.
- Free plan · from $20/mo
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). RunCloud starts at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly).
- Vercel has a free plan. RunCloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- Vercel also covers web analytics.
- Free plan · from $5/mo
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). RunCloud starts at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly).
- Cloudflare Pages has a free plan. RunCloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- Free plan · from $0.026
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). RunCloud starts at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly).
- Firebase Hosting has a free plan. RunCloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- Free plan · from $9/mo
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. RunCloud starts at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly).
- Netlify has a free plan. RunCloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- Netlify also covers AI agents and forms.
- RunCloud also covers page speed.
- Free plan · from $25/mo
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). RunCloud starts at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly).
- Render has a free plan. RunCloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- Render also covers databases and workflow automation.
- RunCloud also covers page speed.
- Free plan · from $4/mo
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. RunCloud starts at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly).
- DigitalOcean has a free plan. RunCloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- DigitalOcean also covers databases.
- RunCloud also covers page speed.
- Free plan · from $42/mo
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. RunCloud starts at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly).
- Pantheon has a free plan. RunCloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- Pantheon also covers managed WordPress.
- Free plan · from $12/mo
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. RunCloud starts at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly).
- Northflank has a free plan. RunCloud does not, though it has a free trial.
- RunCloud also covers page speed.
Common questions
Is there a free alternative to RunCloud?
Yes. GridPane, Ploi, Cloud 66, CloudPanel, Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, Firebase Hosting, Netlify and 26 more are free or have a free plan.
Does RunCloud have a free plan?
RunCloud has no free plan. RunCloud is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $9 per month (Essentials, billed monthly).
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 RunCloud: the alternatives its listing names first, then the tools that share the most features with it.