| 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
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Inventory Object Storage
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AWS S3
- Free: 5GB storage (12 months)
- Free: 20K GET, 2K PUT requests
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Google Cloud Storage
- Free: 5GB storage
- Free: 1GB egress/month
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Azure Blob Storage
- Free: 5GB LRS (12 months)
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Cloudflare R2
- Free: 10GB storage
- Free: 1M Class A ops, 10M Class B ops
- No egress fees
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Backblaze B2
- Free: 10GB storage
- Free: 1GB/day download
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Wasabi
- No free tier
- Low-cost storage
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Supabase Storage
- Free: 1GB storage
- Auth integration
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Firebase Storage
- Free: 5GB storage
- Free: 1GB/day download
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Inventory Databases
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PostgreSQL
- Supabase: Free 500MB Postgres
- Neon: Free 0.5GB Postgres
- Railway: Free $5 credit/month
- Render: Free tier Postgres
- ElephantSQL: Free 20MB (discontinued)
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MySQL/MariaDB
- PlanetScale: Free 1 branch, 1B rows read/month
- Railway: Free tier MySQL
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MongoDB
- MongoDB Atlas: Free 512MB
- Free tier: M0 cluster, no credit card
- Shared cluster, 1GB
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Redis
- Upstash: Free 256MB, 10K commands/day
- Railway: Free tier Redis
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SQLite/Serverless
- Turso: Free libSQL platform
- Cloudflare D1: Free 5M rows/day read
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Graph Database
- Neo4j Aura: Free tier available
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Key-Value
- Cloudflare KV: Free 100K reads/day
- Upstash Redis: Free tier
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Inventory Block Storage
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AWS EBS
- Free: 30GB/month (12 months)
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GCP Persistent Disk
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Azure Disk Storage
- Free: 2 x 64GB (12 months)
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Inventory Relational/Analytics
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BigQuery
- Free: 1TB queries/month
- Free: 10GB storage
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Snowflake
- Free: 30-day trial
- Free tier limited
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Databricks Community
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Inventory File/Backup Storage
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GitHub Releases
- Free: 2GB per file
- Unlimited artifacts for public repos
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GitLab Package Registry
- Free: 10GB storage
- Package hosting
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Google Drive
- Free: 15GB personal storage
- API access for automation
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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