Free Hosting
Getting the most out of free bot hosting — what fits, what doesn't, and when to upgrade.
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Get a Paid Server Almost Free by Referring Your Friends
Our referral program pays you 5% of every payment your friends make, as credit toward your own bill. Here's how it works, how to share your link, and how creators can apply for an even higher rate.
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From Free to Production: A Growth Roadmap for Your Bot
A stage-by-stage roadmap for growing a bot from a free-tier side project into a production service — what to add at each stage and when to spend money.
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Common Free Tier Mistakes That Crash Bots
The mistakes we see most often on free servers — uploading node_modules, hard-coded tokens, JSON databases, unbounded logs, duplicate copies — and how to avoid each one.
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Is Your Free Bot Protected From DDoS Attacks?
Why bots get attacked, what DDoS protection on a free plan actually covers, what it can't do for you, and simple steps to make your bot a harder target.
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Testing Your Bot on Free Hosting Before Going Public
Use a free server as a staging environment — a separate test bot, realistic test data, a pre-launch checklist and load checks before you invite your bot anywhere public.
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Free Hosting FAQ: Straight Answers to Common Questions
Straight answers to the questions people ask most about Kerit Cloud's free hosting — limits, uptime, the catch, data, security, upgrades and what isn't allowed.
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Replit Alternatives for Always-On Bots
Why bots struggle on Replit-style platforms, what to look for in an always-on alternative, and a step-by-step plan for moving a bot from Replit to persistent hosting.
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Deploying Go, Bun and Deno Apps on the Free Tier
Run Go, Bun and Deno bots and services on a free server — building binaries, start commands, permissions, memory tips and when each runtime makes sense.
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Free Hosting for Students and Hobby Projects
How students and hobbyists can use free hosting to learn real deployment skills — project ideas, a sensible workflow, good habits and building a portfolio.
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Using the Shared MySQL Database on the Free Plan
Set up the MySQL database included with the free plan — connection details, pooled connections in Node.js and Python, schema tips and backups.
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Keeping Your Free Server Active: The Reclaim Policy
How Kerit Cloud handles inactive free servers, what keeps yours safe, how you're warned, and how to back up your bot so you never lose work.
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Free Hosting for Telegram Bots: Getting Started
Run a Telegram bot 24/7 for free — what the free plan includes, a minimal bot in three libraries, uploading and starting it, and keeping it within 256 MB.
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When to Upgrade From Free to a Paid Plan
The clear signals that your bot has outgrown free hosting — resource graphs, feature needs and reliability expectations — and how to pick the right first paid plan.
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Free Tier Limits Explained: CPU, RAM, Storage and Bandwidth
What each free-plan limit means in practice — a CPU share, a hard RAM ceiling, NVMe storage and network speed — and how to tell when you're hitting one.
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Reducing Memory Usage in Python Bots
Cut the memory footprint of discord.py and aiogram bots — cache and chunking settings, persistent FSM storage, lazy imports and leak hunting with tracemalloc.
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Reducing Memory Usage in discord.js Bots
Practical techniques to cut a discord.js bot's memory — cache limits, sweepers, intents, partials, avoiding leaks and capping the Node.js heap — with code for v14.
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The Hidden Costs of Free Bot Hosting and How to Spot Them
Free bot hosting can cost you in downtime, lost data, security risks and wasted time. How to recognise the warning signs and choose a free plan you can trust.
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Free Hosting Without Sleep Mode: Why It Matters
Why "sleep mode" on free platforms breaks Discord and Telegram bots, why keep-alive pingers are a fragile workaround, and how to tell whether a host really stays awake.
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What Fits in 256 MB? Running Bots on the Free Tier
Real memory numbers for bots on a 256 MB free plan, what pushes usage up, and concrete techniques to keep Discord and Telegram bots lean enough to fit.
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How to Claim Your Free Kerit Cloud Server in Three Minutes
A step-by-step walkthrough for claiming a free Kerit Cloud server — joining Discord, registering on the panel, creating the server and getting your bot online.
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Free Discord Bot Hosting: What You Actually Get
An honest look at free Discord bot hosting — what a good free tier includes, the limits to expect, what runs well on it, and how to tell a real free plan from a trap.