Leapcell
Serverless app platform that deploys Next.js, Python, Go, Rust and more with a managed Postgres, Redis, custom domains and global CDN.
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Leapcell scores 3.8/10 for free value in Apps. The main constraint: Hobby plan ($0): up to 20 projects (3 vCPU / 4 GB RAM each), 100,000 serverless invocations and 3 GB-hours compute per month, 1 free PostgreSQL database, 100K Redis commands/mo, 2 GB egress/mo, 60 build min/mo, plus custom domains with free TLS and global CDN.
Free value score
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What you get
20 projects free with up to 3 vCPU / 4 GB RAM each across Next.js, Python, Go, Rust and more
Bundled managed services: 1 free PostgreSQL database and 100K Redis commands/mo
100,000 serverless invocations and 3 GB-hours compute per month
Custom domains with free Let's Encrypt TLS, global automated CDN and traffic analytics
Gotchas
- 100,000 serverless invocations/mo
Hobby includes 100,000 serverless invocations per month; the free tier has no paid overage and returns a 429 once exhausted.
- 3 GB-hours compute/mo
Serverless duration is capped at 3 GB-hours of compute time per month on the free Hobby plan.
- 2 GB egress/mo
Outbound data transfer from the edge network is limited to 2 GB per month; overage pricing ($0.30/GB) requires adding a payment card.
- 10 GB inbound large payloads/mo
Inbound payloads >= 64KB (ingress) are limited to 10 GB/mo; smaller payloads are free.
- 100,000 Redis commands/mo
Redis is capped at 100,000 commands per month (each write counts as 10 commands) with 1 GB of Redis bandwidth/mo.
- 10,000 async invocations/mo
Background async task invocations are limited to 10,000 per month on the free plan.
- 60 build minutes/mo
Build and deploy compute is limited to 60 minutes per month; overage starts at $0.02/min.
- 100 MB log ingestion/mo
Log ingestion and storage is limited to 100 MB per month on the free plan.
- 3 vCPU / 4 GB RAM per project
Each of the 20 projects is capped at up to 3 vCPUs and 4 GB RAM on the Hobby plan.
- 20 projects max
The Hobby plan allows deploying a maximum of 20 projects/services.
- Serverless scale-to-zero cold starts
Hobby workloads run as serverless functions (no persistent always-on servers), so idle services scale to zero and incur cold starts; persistent servers require a paid plan.
- Redis 200 read / 100 write per second
Free-tier Redis is throttled to a maximum of 200 read and 100 write commands per second.
- Multi-tenant shared Postgres only
The free PostgreSQL database is multi-tenant (shared), intended for development/testing/hobby use; single-tenant dedicated Postgres requires a paid plan.
- 900s invocation timeout / 100 MB payload
A single serverless invocation is capped at 900 seconds and a maximum request payload of 100 MB; max build duration per image is 10 minutes.
- 3-day log / 7-day metrics retention
Function logs are retained 3 days and system metrics 7 days on the Hobby plan; Redis records have a 30-day max TTL.
Sources
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"100,000 / month included ... 3 GB-hours / month included ... 2 GB / month included ... 60 Min / month included"
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"20 Projects (Services) ... Up to 3 vCPUs per project (3 vCPUs, 4GB RAM) ... 1 Free PostgreSQL database ... Custom domains & SSL ... Global, automated CDN"
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"Commands ... 100,000 / month included ... Max Commands Per Second | Read: 200, Write: 100 ... Invocation Timeout ... 900 Seconds ... We will response you a 429 status code and exception message."
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"Deploy up to 20 Python websites or services for free (included in our free tier)"
https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1nnh6g0/we_just_launched_leapcell_deploy_20_python/
