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A Home for Your Ideas

Side projects. Weekend experiments. That app you've been meaning to build. Nexlayer starts free and grows with you — if your idea takes off, we're ready.

Your Ideas Deserve Better Than "Free Tier"

You've got ideas. A SaaS you want to test. A tool you want to build. Something you want to learn. But every platform makes you choose: pay up front, or deal with frustrating limitations.

  • Cold starts that make your app feel slow
  • Apps that sleep after 30 minutes of inactivity
  • Arbitrary limits on requests, bandwidth, or build minutes
  • Framework lock-in that limits what you can build

Build Without Limits

Nexlayer's free tier isn't a trap — it's a real environment where you can build real things. No cold starts. No sleep timeouts. No "upgrade to unlock" features.

When your side project becomes your main project, pricing scales smoothly. You'll never get a surprise bill, and you'll never be forced to migrate off because you outgrew the free tier.

Why Builders Love Nexlayer

Start Free, Scale Later

No credit card required to get started. Build and deploy for free. Only pay when your project takes off.

No Limitations

Unlike free tiers that throttle you, Nexlayer gives you real infrastructure. No cold starts, no sleep timeouts.

Go Live in Minutes

From idea to live URL in minutes. Your AI assistant handles the boring infrastructure stuff.

Learn by Building

Want to try Kubernetes? Experiment with new frameworks? Your personal cluster is your playground.

What Will You Build?

Your cluster, your rules. Deploy anything you can dream up:

That SaaS idea you've been thinking about
A weekend hackathon project
Learning a new framework or language
An API for your personal tools
A bot or automation you've been meaning to build
Your portfolio site
A tool to solve your own problem
Something just for fun

From Side Project to Startup

The best companies started as side projects. When yours takes off, you won't need to re-architect or migrate. Nexlayer scales with you:

  • Add team members to your workspace
  • Scale up resources as traffic grows
  • Add custom domains when you're ready to go public
  • Same infrastructure, same AI assistant, just bigger

Start Building Today

No credit card required. Deploy your first project in minutes.