devsecops-free-storage

name	devsecops-free-storage
description	Find free object storage, databases, and file hosting for DevSecOps infrastructure

Skill: DevSecOps Free Storage

Goal

Identify free object storage, database services, and file hosting suitable for DevSecOps pipelines and infrastructure.

Use This Skill When

• Setting up data storage at zero cost
• Finding free database tiers for development
• Need artifact or backup storage without infrastructure

Do Not Use This Skill When

• Production data with SLA requirements
• Large-scale data workloads

Inputs

• Storage type (object, block, database)
• Data volume requirements
• Query/access patterns
• Backup requirements

Steps

1. Inventory Object Storage

   • AWS S3

     • Free: 5GB storage (12 months)
     • Free: 20K GET, 2K PUT requests

   • Google Cloud Storage

     • Free: 5GB storage
     • Free: 1GB egress/month

   • Azure Blob Storage

     • Free: 5GB LRS (12 months)

   • Cloudflare R2

     • Free: 10GB storage
     • Free: 1M Class A ops, 10M Class B ops
     • No egress fees

   • Backblaze B2

     • Free: 10GB storage
     • Free: 1GB/day download

   • Wasabi

     • No free tier
     • Low-cost storage

   • Supabase Storage

     • Free: 1GB storage
     • Auth integration

   • Firebase Storage

     • Free: 5GB storage
     • Free: 1GB/day download

2. Inventory Databases

   • PostgreSQL

     • Supabase: Free 500MB Postgres
     • Neon: Free 0.5GB Postgres
     • Railway: Free $5 credit/month
     • Render: Free tier Postgres
     • ElephantSQL: Free 20MB (discontinued)

   • MySQL/MariaDB

     • PlanetScale: Free 1 branch, 1B rows read/month
     • Railway: Free tier MySQL

   • MongoDB

     • MongoDB Atlas: Free 512MB
     • Free tier: M0 cluster, no credit card
     • Shared cluster, 1GB

   • Redis

     • Upstash: Free 256MB, 10K commands/day
     • Railway: Free tier Redis

   • SQLite/Serverless

     • Turso: Free libSQL platform
     • Cloudflare D1: Free 5M rows/day read

   • Graph Database

     • Neo4j Aura: Free tier available

   • Key-Value

     • Cloudflare KV: Free 100K reads/day
     • Upstash Redis: Free tier

3. Inventory Block Storage

   • AWS EBS

     • Free: 30GB/month (12 months)

   • GCP Persistent Disk

     • Free: 30GB HDD

   • Azure Disk Storage

     • Free: 2 x 64GB (12 months)

4. Inventory Relational/Analytics

   • BigQuery

     • Free: 1TB queries/month
     • Free: 10GB storage

   • Snowflake

     • Free: 30-day trial
     • Free tier limited

   • Databricks Community

     • Free community edition

5. Inventory File/Backup Storage

   • GitHub Releases

     • Free: 2GB per file
     • Unlimited artifacts for public repos

   • GitLab Package Registry

     • Free: 10GB storage
     • Package hosting

   • Google Drive

     • Free: 15GB personal storage
     • API access for automation

   • Dropbox

     • Free: 2GB storage
     • API access

Output

• Storage provider comparison by type
• Volume and operation limits
• Database tier comparison
• Recommendations by use case

Key Considerations

• Cloudflare R2 has no egress fees
• Free database tiers often have sleep policies
• MongoDB Atlas requires no credit card
• Supabase provides generous Postgres free tier
• Object storage egress costs can surprise - prefer R2/local zones