| Host | Entry price | Billing model | Server admin effort |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fly.io | $2.19 per 30 days (256 MB) | Per machine time | Medium |
| Vultr | $5/mo (1 GB); $3.50/mo (0.5 GB) | Fixed monthly | High |
| DigitalOcean | $4/mo (512 MiB); $6/mo (1 GiB) | Fixed monthly | High |
| Railway | Hobby $5/mo incl. $5 of usage; Free plan $1/mo of usage | Usage (RAM, CPU, egress) | Low |
| Render | Free web sleeps after 15 min; worker $7/mo (512 MB) | Fixed per instance | Low |
Prices verified on 2026-10-19 on the providers' official pricing pages. They change: check before you buy.
Hidden costs
- Taxes, bandwidth overage, snapshots and IPv4 add-ons can be extra.
- Usage billing grows with RAM; a leak costs money.
- Your time maintaining a VPS.
Want free instead? See Free hosting for Telegram bots and Free hosting for Discord bots.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest way to run a bot 24/7?
Among the providers we verified, the smallest Fly.io machine and Vultr's 0.5 GB plan had the lowest entry prices; a webhook bot can be free on Cloudflare Workers.
Are promotional credits worth it?
They help you test, but they expire; plan for the regular price.
Why is Hetzner not listed with a price?
We could not verify its current price automatically, so we do not show one.