How to Get Free App Hosting and PostgreSQL With Prisma

Looking for somewhere to host a side project without handing over a card number? Prisma runs a free tier for app hosting and a PostgreSQL database, and you can get into it in a few minutes.

The free plan covers 1 million requests a month, 360 GB-hours of memory, 4 vCPU-hours of compute and 10 GB of outbound bandwidth. The database side gives you 200,000 operations a month, 1.01 GB of storage, up to 50 databases and unlimited data transfer.

Tutorial

1. Open https://prisma.io/pricing. That page lays out what each plan includes, so you can see the free limits before you commit to anything.
2. Click Start for free and create your account. No credit card is needed for the free tier.
3. Follow the deployment guide to deploy your TypeScript app and connect the database. It covers both halves: getting the app running and wiring it to a Prisma Postgres database.
4. Monitor your usage through the Prisma Console. This is where you see how much of each monthly limit you have burned through.

Wrapping Up

One thing to keep in mind: the compute resources are monthly usage limits, not a permanent allowance. If you go past them, the app can pause until the next period starts, or you can upgrade to a paid plan. Idle apps scale to zero, so a quiet project will not eat into that budget while nobody is using it.