# Free hosts to install Discourse
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosts-to-install-discourse/159639
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** hosting
**Created:** [August 3, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosts-to-install-discourse/159639 "2020-08-03T06:49:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@CorruptBlu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CorruptBlu)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosts-to-install-discourse/159639/1 "2020-08-03T06:49:38Z")
I know about self-hosting, but are there any other ways to host the Discourse install?
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### Author:  [@Mevo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mevo)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2020, 9:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosts-to-install-discourse/159639/2 "2020-08-03T09:08:08Z")
> [@Self hosting for free (with caveats!) with Oracle Cloud](https://meta.discourse.org/t/self-hosting-for-free-with-oracle-cloud/139184):
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> [https://blogs.oracle.com/developers/install-run-discourse-for-free-in-the-oracle-cloud](https://blogs.oracle.com/developers/install-run-discourse-for-free-in-the-oracle-cloud) This blog post is from last year. I didn’t see any mention here; I think Oracle as a hosting company is off the radar for most people. So, before I posted I decided to try it myself to see if it’s really viable. I created a demo site: [https://www.opendiscussion.pw](https://www.opendiscussion.pw) I signed up for an account on Oracle Cloud. It said it would take 15 minutes to validate the account but I had to wait two days because of a pro…
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### Author:  [@CorruptBlu](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CorruptBlu)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosts-to-install-discourse/159639/3 "2020-08-04T16:37:39Z")
Alright, I tried that, but the problem is that I don’t have a credit card. Is there a work around?
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### Author:  [@jakedev](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jakedev)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosts-to-install-discourse/159639/4 "2020-08-04T18:34:10Z")
Yes, there is a free option.
> **[Free Plans](https://www.discourse.org/free)**
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> Free plan for everyone. Pro plan at no cost for qualifying open source projects.
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### Author:  [@Bill](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Bill)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosts-to-install-discourse/159639/5 "2020-08-04T19:29:43Z")
You could try something like x10Hosting, but I wouldn’t. Don’t expect good performance and reliable uptime from a free host. If you take your project seriously, pay for a reliable VPS like DigitalOcean’s 5$ monthly droplet. Maybe use a free host just to test it out and get a feel, then use real hosting before you open your website to the public but then you have to transfer everything over.
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosts-to-install-discourse/159639/6 "2020-08-04T20:07:00Z")
There is an eligibility criteria associated to that, It’s not for everyone.
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [August 4, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/free-hosts-to-install-discourse/159639/7 "2020-08-04T20:09:00Z")
There are no workarounds to a credit card. You’ll have to dig in yourself and find a provider that offers a payment method of your choice. There is no Good free host for anything. Particularly in the case of Discourse, free hosts won’t even offer the minimum hardware resources required to get started with discourse.