# Anywhere to host free Discourse instance?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/anywhere-to-host-free-discourse-instance/71950
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [12.Октябрь.2017 18:09:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anywhere-to-host-free-discourse-instance/71950 "2017-10-12T18:09:28Z")
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### Author: ![BenM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@BenM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BenM)
#### Post date: [12.Октябрь.2017 18:09:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anywhere-to-host-free-discourse-instance/71950/1 "2017-10-12T18:09:28Z")

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Hello everyone and Discourse team,

I would like to ask whether there is a service or a place, where I can run a mini (100 users, 2 posts a day, 5 replies on each post) Discouse instance. Although, I do know “there ain’t such thing as a free lunch” 😄

Regards, Ben

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### Author: ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [12.Октябрь.2017 18:11:11 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anywhere-to-host-free-discourse-instance/71950/2 "2017-10-12T18:11:11Z")

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Hi there,  
Not really. [See this topic for a similar discussion.](https://meta.discourse.org/t/submit-a-free-plan/71690)

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### Author: ![smaffulli](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/smaffulli/32/120462_2.png) [@smaffulli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/smaffulli)
#### Post date: [12.Октябрь.2017 18:19:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anywhere-to-host-free-discourse-instance/71950/3 "2017-10-12T18:19:00Z")

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I doubt there are hosting providers willing to give you the minimum resources you need for running Discourse.. Maybe if you’re a non-profit organization you may be able to get a discount… I know DreamHost offers free hosting for 501c(3) in US but those plans are not good for Discourse.  
You could explore [Amazon’s Free Tier](https://aws.amazon.com/free/), but I don’t know if that’s going to work at all.

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### Author: ![BenM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3ab097/32.png) [@BenM](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BenM)
#### Post date: [12.Октябрь.2017 18:24:51 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/anywhere-to-host-free-discourse-instance/71950/4 "2017-10-12T18:24:51Z")

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Hey, thank you @HAWK & @smaffulli for your answer.  
I know about Amazon free tier, but it only gives 750h/month and 12 months.