Cheaper Orkestr alternatives
Pricing data as of 2026-10-05 · refreshed weekly
Baseline: a Next.js app with startup-level traffic (~50,000 visits/month) costs $0/month on Orkestr (Starter). Every provider below can run the same workload — ranked by real list price. Cheaper is not always better: a paas platform and a raw VPS differ in how much ops work lands on you.
| Provider | Type | Plan | $/month | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vercel | serverless | Hobby | $0 | Orkestr vs Vercel → |
| DigitalOcean Droplets | vps | Basic 512MB | $4 | Orkestr vs DigitalOcean Droplets → |
| OVHcloud VPS | vps | VPS-1 | $4.54 | Orkestr vs OVHcloud VPS → |
| Vultr | vps | Cloud Compute 1GB | $5 | Orkestr vs Vultr → |
| Railway | paas | Hobby | $5 | Orkestr vs Railway → |
| Linode (Akamai) | vps | Nanode 1GB | $5 | Orkestr vs Linode (Akamai) → |
| AWS Lightsail | vps | $5 bundle | $5 | Orkestr vs AWS Lightsail → |
| Heroku | paas | Eco | $5 | Orkestr vs Heroku → |
| Fly.io | paas | shared-cpu-1x 512MB | $5.17 | Orkestr vs Fly.io → |
| Hostinger VPS | vps | KVM 1 | $6.49 | Orkestr vs Hostinger VPS → |
| Hetzner Cloud | vps | CX23 | $7.09 | Orkestr vs Hetzner Cloud → |
| Scaleway | vps | DEV1-S | $7.1 | Orkestr vs Scaleway → |
| Netcup | vps | VPS 500 G12.5 | $7.79 | Orkestr vs Netcup → |
| Render | paas | 512 MB / 0.5 CPU | $17.35 | Orkestr vs Render → |
| Netlify | serverless | Pro | $20 | Orkestr vs Netlify → |
| Koyeb | paas | eco-micro | $29 | Orkestr vs Koyeb → |
FAQ
What is the cheapest alternative to Orkestr?
For a Next.js app at startup traffic, nothing we track is cheaper: Orkestr is free (Starter) and the lowest-priced alternative, Vercel, is free.
Is there a cheaper PaaS than Orkestr?
Not in our data: no other PaaS fits this workload for less, so the options below are different kinds of platform.
How is this comparison calculated?
Workload: Next.js needing ~512MB RAM for serving, ~50,000 visits and ~74GB of transfer a month. For each provider we take the cheapest plan that fits RAM, bandwidth and visit limits, plus metered egress where the provider charges it. Providers whose largest plan does not fit are left out.
How current are these prices?
They are official list prices as of 2026-10-05, re-checked against each provider's pricing page on a weekly cycle. Intro promos and coupons are not used in totals; taxes are not included unless a plan note says so.