Hosting Providers with free tiers or credits

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Provider Credits Duration Credit Card Link Comment FAQ/T&C
Linode $100 60 days Required http://linode.com/ssh Promo Code taken from Self Hosting podcast, may expire ToS
Digital Ocean $100 60 days Required, Paypal may work https://www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=74a1c5d63dac Referal code taken from Internet, click on the top banner to redeem ToS
Oracle 30-day Free Trial $300 30 days Required https://www.oracle.com/in/cloud/free/#free-cloud-trial Starting this also start Always Free Tier FAQ at bottom
Oracle Always Free - - Required https://www.oracle.com/in/cloud/free/#always-free Starts with Free Trial subscription, 2 free VMs FAQ at bottom
Microsoft Azure $200 30 days Required https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/ Gives 1 B1S VM for 750 hours/month for 12 months FAQ
Microsoft Azure (Student) $100 365 days No https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students/ Gives 1 B1S VM for 750 hours/month for 12 months FAQ
Amazon Web Services (EC2) - 365 days Required https://aws.amazon.com/free/ Gives 1 t2.micro (EC2) VM for 750/month for 12 months FAQ
Google Cloud Platform $300 90 days Required https://cloud.google.com/free Gives 1 F1-micro (Compute Engine) VM, under limits Free Tier Limits