Your hosting options

A blog or content site · database managed for me · steady traffic · as close to free as possible · start over

Nothing matched your budget for this workload, so the closest options are shown with their real prices.

Top match App platform Over your budget

Render

≈$7/mo Starter

Move to Standard ($25, 1 CPU / 2 GB) if 512 MB gets tight; a managed database adds more.

Why it fits: Apps and APIs that want git-push deploys with a fixed, understandable instance price.
How deploys work: Connect the Git repo; Render builds and deploys on push, with Docker support and instant rollbacks.
The tradeoff: The workspace-plus-services model means several line items, and bandwidth overage is pricey.

The managed database bills on top of this estimate.

Option 2 App platform Over your budget

DigitalOcean App Platform

≈$12/mo 1 shared vCPU / 1 GiB

Includes 150 GiB of transfer; a managed database adds more.

Why it fits: Apps that want git-push deploys inside a provider they can grow with.
How deploys work: Connect the Git repo or a container image; App Platform builds, deploys, and scales it.
The tradeoff: Weaker compute per dollar than a Droplet — the convenience premium is real.

The managed database bills on top of this estimate.

Ranked by ease of deploy for your stack, then by monthly cost — never by commissions. Estimates come from hand-checked public prices; the linked provider pages show every number and its caveats.