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Your first server is free. Seriously.

A free VPS, free web hosting, a 7-day Windows RDP trial, VDS for hackathons and a free domain with annual plans. Every limit is printed before you sign up.

  • No card for verified students
  • Real Netpool hardware
  • Renewal price always shown

Free VPS

Student-verified

$0.00/ free

The CPU is shared. Fine for bots and learning, not for heavy compute.

  • 1 vCPU (shared)CPU
  • 1 GBMemory
  • 15 GB NVMeStorage
  • 250 GB / monthTransfer

37 left right now

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The free stack

Five ways in. Each card lists exactly what you get and what you don't, so you never find the catch after signing up.

Student-verified

Free VPS

Learn Linux, keep a bot online, ship a side project.

$0.00for verified students · 37 left

1 vCPU (shared)1 GB15 GB NVMe250 GB / month
The catch (5 rules)
  • The CPU is shared. Fine for bots and learning, not for heavy compute.
  • No dedicated IPv4. You get IPv6 plus 20 forwarded IPv4 ports.
  • Click Keep alive once every 30 days or the server pauses.
  • No crypto mining, mail servers or public proxies.
  • One free VPS per verified student.
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Free

Free Web Hosting

One real website with PHP, MySQL and SSL. No ads injected.

$0.00email + phone verified

1 website1 GB NVMe10 GB / month1 MySQL
The catch (4 rules)
  • One free site per person.
  • Log in once every 60 days or the site is archived.
  • No file-hosting, download or streaming sites.
  • Free subdomains live on a separate domain from ours.
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7-day trial

Free RDP Trial

$0.007 days · 12 left

2 vCPU4 GB60 GB NVMeWindows Server 2022
The catch (4 rules)
  • It's a trial. The server is deleted after 7 days unless you upgrade.
  • One trial per person, ever.
  • Verified students only.
  • No mining, automation farms or mail sending.
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Student-verified

Launchpad VDS

$0.00Up to 30 days

4 dedicated cores8 GB160 GB NVMe2 TB / month
The catch (4 rules)
  • Applications are reviewed by a person, within 5 working days.
  • For hackathons, student clubs and open-source projects.
  • Up to 30 days per approved application.
  • Same Acceptable Use Policy as every server.
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Year one

Free domain

$0.00first year

.com.xyz.site.dev
The catch (2 rules)
  • Comes with an annual hosting plan, which pays for it.
  • Renews at the normal price after year one.
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Find your project's name

We check six endings at once. Every result shows two prices: what you pay today and what it renews at. The first year of .com, .xyz, .site, .dev or .in is free with annual hosting.

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From zero to SSH in 3 steps

No credit card. No sales call. Most free servers are ready in minutes.

  1. Pick a free plan

    Read its catch first. Every limit is on the page before you sign up.

  2. Verify you’re a student

    College email for an instant check, or upload a student ID for a quick review.

  3. Deploy

    Choose Ubuntu, Debian or AlmaLinux, and log in with the details in your inbox.

Billing cycle

VPS Start

Always-on for bots, APIs and small apps.

$4.49 /mo

Billed $4.49 every month. Renews at $4.49.

  • CPU: 1 vCPU
  • Memory: 2 GB
  • Storage: 40 GB NVMe
  • Transfer: 2 TB / month
  • Network: 1 IPv4 + IPv6 /64
  • Backups: Weekly
  • Dedicated IPv4
  • Weekly backups
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VPS Plus

Our pick

Room for a database, a few services and real traffic.

$7.99 /mo

Billed $7.99 every month. Renews at $7.99.

  • CPU: 2 vCPU
  • Memory: 4 GB
  • Storage: 80 GB NVMe
  • Transfer: 4 TB / month
  • Network: 1 IPv4 + IPv6 /64
  • Backups: Weekly
  • Everything in Start
  • Twice the CPU and memory
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VPS Pro

Production apps with headroom.

$14.99 /mo

Billed $14.99 every month. Renews at $14.99.

  • CPU: 4 vCPU
  • Memory: 8 GB
  • Storage: 160 GB NVMe
  • Transfer: 6 TB / month
  • Network: 1 IPv4 + IPv6 /64
  • Backups: Daily
  • Everything in Plus
  • Daily backups
Deploy VPS Pro

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Why free has limits

We'd rather tell you up front than hide it in the terms.

Shared CPU on the free VPS

Most servers sit idle most of the time, so sharing cores is how we can give one to every student.

RDP is a 7-day trial

Each Windows server carries a licence fee. Free forever would lose money on every single user.

Domains need an annual plan

Every domain has a yearly registry cost. The annual hosting plan pays for your first year.

Strict rules on free servers

No mining, spam or proxies, so the free tier stays fast and our IP addresses stay clean.

Guides for what you'll build

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Questions

Is TheUltraHost really free?

Every service has a free way in: free web hosting, a free VPS, a 7-day RDP trial, Launchpad VDS for approved student projects, and a free first-year domain with annual hosting. Nothing free turns into a paid plan unless you choose to upgrade.

Do I need a credit card?

No, if you verify as a student with a college email or a student ID. Verification replaces the card as our trust check. Free web hosting needs only a verified email and phone number.

What is the catch?

Each free plan lists its limits on its own page, under "The catch". The short version: shared resources, a keep-alive click every 30 days on the free VPS, and a strict acceptable use policy.

Who runs TheUltraHost?

TheUltraHost is a brand of Netpool Datacenter. The servers are Netpool’s own hardware in its own facility, not capacity resold from another provider.

Can I upgrade later without starting over?

Yes. Paid plans are ordered from the same client area, and every free plan’s page shows the upgrade path.

Which currencies can I pay in?

Prices are shown in USD and INR. We pick one from your time zone, and you can switch at any time.

Your first server is on us.

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