Five ways in, all free

The free stack

Take one or all of them. Each card lists what you get and the catch, before you sign 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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Who gets what

Free plan	Who can claim it	How	How long	Limit
Free Web Hosting	Anyone, email + phone verified	Instant after verification	Ongoing, with keep-alive	One per person
Free VPS	Verified students	Instant after verification	Ongoing, with keep-alive	One per person
Free RDP Trial	Verified students	Instant after verification	7 days	One per person
Launchpad VDS	Verified students	Application, reviewed by a person	Up to 30 days	Per approved project
Free domain	Anyone with an annual hosting plan	Added at checkout	First year	One per plan

Verification, not a credit card

Most free plans ask you to prove you're a student instead of adding a card. Use your college email for an instant check, or upload a student ID and a person reviews it, usually within a day.

We keep only what we need to confirm you're eligible. The privacy policy says what's stored and for how long.

How the student program works

College email

Instant, for domains on our academic list (.edu, .ac.in, .ac.uk and more).

Student ID

Upload a photo of a current ID. A person reviews it, usually within 24 hours.

Credit card

Not needed for verified students.

Questions

Can I have more than one free plan?

Yes. You can hold one of each free plan at the same time, for example free web hosting and a free VPS. Each free plan is limited to one per person.

Why do some free plans need student verification?

Servers with root access are the most abused kind of free hosting. Verifying students keeps them available for people learning and building, and replaces the credit card check other hosts use.

What happens if I break a rule?

The server is paused and you get an email naming the exact rule. Most cases are mistakes and can be fixed; deliberate abuse such as phishing or mining ends the account.

Will a free plan ever start charging me?

No. Nothing free turns into a paid plan unless you order one.

Is the free domain completely free?

The first year is free with an annual hosting plan, which pays for it. After that it renews at the normal price, which is always shown next to the first-year price.

Start with the free VPS

The most popular way in: a real Linux server with root access, free for verified students.

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