Koyeb
koyeb.com · 3 records in Compute, Egress and tunnels, Storage · JSON
Records 3
- fails: identityKoyeb (Free Instance)
Computefree tieridentity cardlimit retention-clampedevidence documentedstale on 2026-11-24
- fails: egressKoyeb (free)
Egress and tunnelsfree tieridentity emailno cardlimit volume-quotaevidence documentedstale on 2026-11-23
- fails: quotakoyeb — free starter plan
Storageidentity email?card?evidence reportedstale on 2026-11-05
Koyeb (Free Instance)
Compute- Free allowance
- One Free Instance per organization: 512 MB of RAM, 0.1 vCPU, 2 GB of SSD, in Frankfurt or Washington D.C. only; not usable as a Worker Service, no custom scaling, no volumes.
- Verdict
- fails: identitythe identity required is not reachable without it
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- retention-clampedscales to zero after 1 hour without traffic, not configurable
- Evidence
- documented17 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-24checked 2026-10-24 (live); stale on 2026-11-24
| Free tier | One Free Instance per organization: 512 MB of RAM, 0.1 vCPU, 2 GB of SSD, in Frankfurt or Washington D.C. only; not usable as a Worker Service, no custom scaling, no volumes. unit mixed; metered on wall-clock |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Limits |
Koyeb's startup programme advertises 'up to $30k in credits', which is a separate application, not a signup grant. |
| Binding | retention-clamped one hour of silence and the process is gone; the 0.1 vCPU is second, because it cannot run anything that needs a core. |
| Identity | card card required even for the free Instance; USD 29 pre-authorisation hold, released immediately or within 7 to 21 days depending on the issuer; a prorated Pro charge is taken at the same moment; debit accepted; prepaid is not stated |
| Egress | 100 GB of outbound bandwidth a month free, then USD 0.04 per GB; the vendor says outbound bandwidth is not charged yet and will be announced before it is free allowance: 100 GB price per tb: USD 40 |
| Per-object cap | one Free Instance per organization; 512 MB RAM / 0.1 vCPU / 2 GB SSD |
| Retention | no persistent storage: 'They can't be used with Volumes to add persistent storage to your services' |
| Interface | ssh git deploy, a public HTTPS endpoint, a CLI and an API |
| Tooling | the Koyeb CLI and API, Docker images, git deploy |
| Composes with | a free endpoint that scales to zero after an hour, with volumes disabled on free |
| Reliability | scale-to-zero is silent from the client's side, a request after an hour pays a cold start instead of an error; the pricing page carries the banner 'Koyeb is joining Mistral AI to Build The Future of AI Infrastructure', which puts the free tier's longevity in question |
| Notes | The pricing FAQ read says the opposite, in a section titled 'Why does Koyeb require a credit card?'. The Scale-to-Zero documentation states the feature is 'currently in public preview', which is a second reason not to build a 03:00 job on it without a watchdog. The USD 29 hold, the prorated charge and the debit acceptance are all confirmed verbatim on the vendor's pricing FAQ. This is the largest published hold of the seventeen vendors checked, and it is on the free tier. |
| Evidence note | documented Free Instance shape and the one-hour scale-to-zero quoted from the instances reference today; the card and the USD 29 hold from the pricing FAQ today. |
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Evidence 17
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing | one free web Service with 512 MB RAM, 0.1 vCPU and 2 GB SSD; one free PostgreSQL database with 5 hours of active time |
| 2026-10-22 | www.koyeb.com/docs/run-and-scale/scale-to-zero | the free Instance scales to zero after 1 hour without traffic and the idle period cannot be customized |
| 2026-10-22 | www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing | 100 GB of outbound bandwidth a month free, then USD 0.04 per GB; not charged yet |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/docs/reference/instances | quoted: 'Each Free Instance provides 512MB of RAM, 0.1 vCPU, and 2GB of SSD. Each organization is limited to one Free Instance.' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/docs/reference/instances | quoted: 'They scale down to zero when they don't receive any traffic for 1 hour.' and 'They can't be used with Volumes to add persistent storage' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/pricing | quoted: 'Additional bandwidth EU/US $0.02/GB' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/pricing | quoted: 'Pro $29/mo ... $10 included compute'; 'Scale ... $299/mo ... $100 included compute'; 'Get up to $30k in credits to accelerate your go-to-market'. |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/docs/reference/instances | quoted: 'Each Free Instance provides 512MB of RAM, 0.1 vCPU, and 2GB of SSD. Each organization is limited to one Free Instance' and 'They scale down to zero when they don't receive any traffic for 1 hour' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing | quoted: 'We require a credit card to prevent fraud and abuse. We verify the card you enter by placing a $29 pre-authorization hold and immediately canceling it' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing | quoted: 'Right after we place the $29 pre-authorization hold to verify your card, we also charge you the pro-rated amount for the plan you select' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing | quoted: 'We provide 100GB of outbound bandwidth per month for free, usage after this allowance will cost $0.04 per GB' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/pricing | the page banner reads 'Koyeb is joining Mistral AI to Build The Future of AI Infrastructure. Read More' and the pricing body carries no free-tier block |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing | quoted: 'We verify the card you enter by placing a $29 pre-authorization hold and immediately canceling it' and 'We accept all major credit and debit cards: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners, Discover, and China Union Pay' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/docs/reference/instances | quoted on the reap: 'They scale down to zero when they don't receive any traffic for 1 hour', and on the free shape: 'Each Free Instance provides 512MB of RAM, 0.1 vCPU, and 2GB of SSD. Each organization is limited to one Free Instance.' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing | quoted: 'We verify the card you enter by placing a $29 pre-authorization hold and immediately canceling it. Depending on your card issuer, the hold will disappear immediately, or after between 7 and 21 days.' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing | quoted: 'Yes. Right after we place the $29 pre-authorization hold to verify your card, we also charge you the pro-rated amount for the plan you select.' |
| 2026-10-24 | www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing | quoted: 'We accept all major credit and debit cards: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Diners, Discover, and China Union Pay.' |
More fields 19
| shape | {"vcpu": 0.1,"ram_gib": 0.5,"disk_gib": 2,"gpu_class": null,"gpu_count": null} |
|---|---|
| billing model | free-instance |
| session cap | {"wall_clock_min": null,"idle_reap_s": 3600,"restart_required": false,"note": "scale to zero after 1 hour without traffic; not configurable on a Free Instance"} |
| keep rate | {"value": 0.0,"basis": "a scaled-to-zero service does not bill","source": "https://www.koyeb.com/docs/run-and-scale/scale-to-zero"} |
| persistent storage | {"included_gib": 2,"price_gib_month": "volumes disabled on free","durability": "ephemeral","survives_stop": false,"survives_destroy": false,"max_retention": "the instance lifetime"} |
| network out | {"allow_outbound": true,"allow_inbound_listen": true,"ports": "the service port; TCP and UDP services are supported generally, a Worker Service is not","static_ip": false,"ipv6": false,"per_session_bytes": null} |
| free tier kind | one-free-instance |
| granularity | {"min_billed_s": 0,"rounding_s": null} |
| burst x | 1.0 |
| shape note | 512 MB of RAM and 2 GB of SSD as the vendor states |
| term | none |
| m10h usd | 0.0 |
| m24h usd | 0.0 |
| price arithmetic | no charge while traffic keeps the instance awake; the cost of entry is the USD 29 hold plus the pro-rated Pro plan charge |
| credit usd | 0 |
| plan credit usd | 100 |
| credit hours at shape | 0 |
| credit expiry | monthly, tied to the subscription |
| payment methods | {"card_at_signup": "yes","debit": "accepted","prepaid": "not-stated","virtual": "not-stated","hold_amount": "USD 29","hold_detail": "pre-authorisation released immediately or in 7 to 21 days, plus a prorated Pro charge","identity": "card, plus an account-validation review","source_url": "https://www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing","read_on": "2026-10-24","superseded": "card, verified by a USD 29 pre-authorisation hold"} |
Koyeb (free)
Egress and tunnels- Free allowance
- We provide 100GB of outbound bandwidth per month for free, usage after this allowance will cost $0.04 per GB.
- Verdict
- fails: egressdata cannot be read back out at a usable rate or price
- Cost
- free tier
- Identity
- emailno card, no phone
- Binding limit
- volume-quota100 GB per month outbound
- Evidence
- documented3 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-23checked 2026-10-23 (live); stale on 2026-11-23
| Free tier | We provide 100GB of outbound bandwidth per month for free, usage after this allowance will cost $0.04 per GB. unit GB; metered on downloaded-bytes |
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| Price | USD 0 |
| Limits |
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| Binding | volume-quota The proxy port itself is free and stable. |
| Identity | email One Free Instance per organization: 512MB RAM, 0.1 vCPU, 2GB SSD; signup by email. |
| Egress | 100GB of outbound bandwidth per month for free; $0.04 per GB after that.; ingress: tcp free allowance: 100GB of outbound bandwidth per month for free; $0.04 per GB after that. |
| Interface | cli, rest "TCP Proxy is available in the Koyeb control panel and the CLI and API." |
| Tooling | Control panel, CLI, and API; enable TCP Proxy per service port. |
| Composes with | Koyeb TCP proxy carries SSH to another host; with no UDP it cannot carry WireGuard. |
| Reliability | Free Instance scales down to zero after 1 hour without traffic; TCP Proxy plus scale-to-zero "may lead to unexpected behavior". |
| Notes | Conflict worth naming: the Free Instance scales to zero after an hour idle, and the TCP Proxy is documented as incompatible with scale-to-zero. A free-tier TCP proxy is therefore expected to work only while something else keeps the service awake. |
| Evidence note | documented UDP absence is stated by the product being named TCP Proxy; a probe would only restate it. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 3
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-23 | www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing | "We provide 100GB of outbound bandwidth per month for free, usage after this allowance will cost $0.04 per GB." |
| 2026-10-23 | www.koyeb.com/docs/reference/instances | Free Instance 512MB RAM, 0.1 vCPU, 2GB SSD, one per organization, scales down to zero after 1 hour without traffic |
| 2026-10-23 | www.koyeb.com/docs/run-and-scale/tcp-proxy | Proxy port persists across deployments unless disabled; "TCP Proxy is not compatible with Scale-to-Zero" |
More fields 7
| wg path | none |
|---|---|
| wg detail | TCP Proxy only: "TCP Proxy lets you expose the TCP ports of your Services to the Internet". No UDP is offered. |
| ingress | tcp |
| volume tib month | 0.0909 |
| volume stated | 100GB of outbound bandwidth per month for free; $0.04 per GB after that. |
| bytes transit | yes |
| transit note | Koyeb provisions a proxy host and port that forward to the service. |
Unknown values 2
- per object cap stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
- retention stated: the field does not apply to this kind of offer
koyeb — free starter plan
Storage- Free allowance
- Their own post: 'The Starter plan will soon be removed and new users will instead need to subscribe to the Pro…
- Verdict
- fails: quotathe free allowance is too small to matter
- Cost
- not stated
- Identity
- email?placeholder, not evidence; card unknown, phone unknown
- Binding limit
- noneno named constraint binds
- Evidence
- reported2 sources; a third party said so
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-05checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-05
| Free tier | Their own post: 'The Starter plan will soon be removed and new users will instead need to subscribe to the Pro… unit none; metered on none |
|---|---|
| Price | none stated |
| Identity | email (placeholder) not published |
| Egress | not recorded |
| Interface | unknown |
| Tooling | not recorded |
Evidence 2
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | www.koyeb.com/blog/koyeb-is-joining-mistral-ai-to-build-the- | Their own post: 'The Starter plan will soon be removed and new users will instead need to subscribe to the Pro, Scal |
| 2026-10-21 | www.koyeb.com/docs/faqs/pricing | Their own post: 'The Starter plan will soon be removed and new users will instead need to subscribe to the Pro, Scal |
More fields 1
| dead end | {"failure_class": "quota","why": "Their own post: 'The Starter plan will soon be removed and new users will instead need to subscribe to the Pro…","retry_when": null,"first_recorded": "2026-10-21"} |
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Unknown values 7
- chaining: no value was recorded for this field
- egress terms: no value was recorded for this field
- interface: the access interface was not established
- per object cap notes: no value was recorded for this field
- per object cap stated: no value was recorded for this field
- retention stated: no value was recorded for this field
- tooling: no value was recorded for this field