How Much Does Temps Cost? 2026 Pricing Guide
Free to self-host under Apache 2.0 — you pay only for your own server. Temps Cloud adds queryable telemetry and backups from $29/month. Costs itemised.
The cheapest way to host a Next.js app in 2026 is self-hosting it on Temps — free forever under Apache 2.0 on the server you already run, with no per-seat fees, no bandwidth bills, and analytics, error tracking, and session replay included. That undercuts every other real option: Vercel's free Hobby tier blocks commercial use and its Pro plan starts at $20/seat/month before overages, Cloudflare Pages' generous free tier still requires paid add-ons once you need a database or observability, and Railway bills metered compute and egress that scale with traffic instead of a flat rate.
This guide breaks down every Temps tier, what each one includes, and how the total cost of hosting a Next.js app compares across Temps, Vercel, Cloudflare Pages, Railway, and Coolify.
TL;DR: Self-hosting Temps is $0 forever (Apache 2.0). Teams that need SAML SSO, SCIM, per-project firewall rules or a tamper-evident audit log upgrade to Premium at $399/month per organisation, flat. Temps Cloud, a hosted control plane for your own servers, is coming soon from $29/month. No tier charges per seat or per event. Temps is also the only self-hosted PaaS that bundles deployment, analytics, session replay, error tracking, and uptime monitoring in one binary — deployment-only tools like Coolify or Dokploy still require separately hosting and paying for that stack.
What's the Cheapest Way to Host a Next.js App in 2026?
For a side project or solo developer, the cheapest options are the free tiers: Temps Community (self-hosted, Apache 2.0, $0 forever) and Vercel Hobby (hosted, $0, personal/non-commercial use only). Once you need a commercial deployment, a team, or the observability stack most Next.js apps eventually need, the comparison changes fast:
| Platform | Entry price | Team seats | Bandwidth/egress | Analytics + error tracking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temps (self-hosted) | $0 forever | Unlimited | Whatever your VPS provides | Built in |
| Temps Cloud | $29/mo (coming soon) | Unlimited | Your own servers' bandwidth | Built in, hosted for you |
| Vercel Hobby | $0 (non-commercial only) | 1 (no team) | 1 TB, then overage billing | Paid add-on |
| Vercel Pro | $20/mo per seat | Per-seat billing | 1 TB included, then overage | Paid add-on |
| Cloudflare Pages | $0 (generous free tier) | Limited on free tier | Unmetered on Cloudflare's edge | Not included |
| Railway | Usage-based, no flat free tier | Usage-based | Metered egress | Not included |
Temps wins on total cost of ownership for anything beyond a personal hobby project because it's the only option here where hosting, analytics, error tracking, session replay, and uptime monitoring all ship for free with self-hosted Temps — no separate Plausible, Sentry, or FullStory subscription stacked on top. See the full cost breakdown below for exactly what that includes.
How Much Does Temps Cost?
Community — $0 forever
The Community edition is free forever, open source under Apache 2.0. You run it on any Linux VPS you already own or provision yourself. There are no user limits, no deployment limits, and no usage-based fees.
What's included at no cost:
- Git-push deployments (the same workflow as Vercel or Netlify)
- Built-in analytics: page views, sessions, funnels, custom events (replaces Plausible/GA)
- Error tracking with a Sentry-compatible endpoint (replaces Sentry)
- Session replay (replaces FullStory)
- Uptime monitoring
- Managed PostgreSQL, Redis, and S3-compatible blob storage
- Automatic SSL via Let's Encrypt
- Pingora reverse proxy (Cloudflare-built, open-source)
- WireGuard mesh networking for multi-node clusters
- Health checks every 5 seconds, auto-rollback on 2 consecutive failures
The binary is a single Rust executable. curl https://temps.sh/install.sh | bash is all it takes.
Premium — $399/mo per organisation
Premium is the paid self-hosted edition. You run the Temps Enterprise Edition binary instead of the open-source one, on the same servers, and a license unlocks every Enterprise Edition feature. The price is $399/month per organisation, flat: unlimited users and servers, no usage metering.
Premium includes everything in Community plus:
- Request firewall per project and environment, with versioned rules on path, method, host and IP
- IP allow and deny lists per project and environment, with an instance-wide default
- SAML 2.0 single sign-on, with the option to require SSO and turn off password login
- SCIM 2.0 user provisioning and custom roles
- Approval gates before deployments go out
- Tamper-evident, hash-chained audit log, plus streaming to your SIEM
- Access-review and security-posture reports
- Data retention policies per project
- Secrets from HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager or Infisical
- OpenTelemetry forwarding to Datadog, Honeycomb, New Relic or Grafana Cloud
- White-label console
Teams, project roles, OIDC login, MFA and the searchable audit log are free in Community; you don't need Premium for them. If you need an SLA, invoicing or an annual contract, talk to us. See temps.sh/pricing/premium.
Temps Cloud — coming soon, from $29/mo
Temps Cloud hosts the control plane for you: the console, deploys, error tracking, analytics, backups and history. Your apps and traffic stay on servers you connect, and you pay your hosting provider for those separately. Starter is $29/month with 2 server slots; Team is $99/month with 10. Extra slots are $7/month each. Temps Cloud has not launched yet; see temps.sh/pricing for the full plan details.
What Does Temps Replace?
Temps ships with six observability tools built in. Teams running all of them on SaaS platforms typically pay:
| Tool replaced | Typical SaaS cost | With Temps |
|---|---|---|
| Vercel / Netlify | $20–$100+/mo | $0 (self-host) |
| Plausible Analytics | $9–$19/mo | $0 (built in) |
| Sentry | $26–$80+/mo | $0 (built in) |
| FullStory | $250+/mo | $0 (built in) |
| Pingdom / BetterUptime | $15–$50+/mo | $0 (built in) |
| RDS / managed DB | $15–$100+/mo | $0 (built in) |
| Total | ~$335–$500+/mo | $0 (self-hosted) |
How Does Temps Pricing Compare to Alternatives?
Temps vs Vercel
| Feature | Vercel Pro | Temps Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $20/mo per seat | $29/mo, no seats (coming soon) |
| Bandwidth limit | 1 TB included | Your own servers' bandwidth |
| Analytics | Paid add-on | Built in |
| Error tracking | Not included | Built in (Sentry-compat) |
| Session replay | Not included | Built in |
| Self-host option | No | Yes, free (Apache 2.0) |
| Data ownership | Vercel's infrastructure | Your VPS |
Vercel Pro charges $20/seat/month plus bandwidth overages and separate analytics billing. For a 3-person team using Vercel Analytics and a managed database, the monthly bill typically exceeds $100 before factoring in bandwidth.
Temps vs Railway
Railway charges by resource usage (CPU, RAM, egress). See Railway's pricing page for current rates. Self-hosted Temps has no egress fees or usage-based billing — bandwidth is whatever your own VPS provides.
Temps vs Cloudflare Pages
Cloudflare Pages has a generous free tier for static and edge-rendered Next.js output, and Cloudflare's edge bandwidth is effectively unmetered. What it doesn't include is a managed database, built-in analytics, error tracking, or session replay — you're still assembling those from other vendors, and Next.js apps that rely on Node.js APIs outside the edge runtime typically need an adapter layer (such as OpenNext) to deploy there at all. Temps runs any Next.js app (Node runtime included, no adapter required) and bundles the observability stack for free with self-hosted Temps.
Temps vs Coolify
Coolify Community is also free and open source, but it does not include built-in analytics, error tracking, session replay, or uptime monitoring. You would need to run and maintain those tools separately. Temps includes them in the same binary.
Is There a Free Trial for Temps Cloud?
Yes. When Temps Cloud launches, every new account starts with 14 days of Starter, no card required. You don't need a trial to evaluate Temps itself, though: curl https://temps.sh/install.sh | bash runs the full platform on any server or your own machine at no cost.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the cheapest way to host a Next.js app in 2026?
Self-hosting Temps on a VPS you already own is $0 forever (Apache 2.0), and it's the cheapest option that includes analytics, error tracking, session replay, and uptime monitoring alongside deployment. Temps Cloud, a hosted control plane for your own servers, is coming soon from $29/month. Compare that to Vercel Pro at $20/seat/month, Cloudflare Pages' free tier (which needs an adapter for non-edge Next.js features and doesn't include a database or observability), or Railway's usage-based billing that scales with traffic — Temps is the only one of these where self-hosting is free and still covers hosting and the full observability stack.
How much does Temps cost for a solo developer?
Zero. Deploy on any VPS you already have using the free Community edition (Apache 2.0). Temps Cloud, an upcoming hosted control plane, will start at $29/month. There are no per-user fees at any tier.
Does Temps charge per deployment or per event?
No. There are no per-deployment fees, no per-event analytics charges, and no usage-based billing. On self-host you pay only for your server; Temps Cloud is a flat plan price plus $7 per extra server slot, with usage overages off until you set a hard spend cap. Analytics events, error events, and session replays are all unlimited.
What is included in Temps Premium?
Premium runs the Temps Enterprise Edition binary on your own servers for $399/month per organisation, with no seat caps. It unlocks per-project firewall and IP access rules, SAML SSO with password login turned off, SCIM, custom roles, deployment approval gates, a tamper-evident audit log with SIEM streaming, compliance reports, retention policies, secrets-manager integrations, OpenTelemetry forwarding and white-labelling.
Can I switch from Cloud to self-host?
Yes. Temps Cloud runs the same open-source Temps as self-hosting, and your apps already live on your own servers. Your data, deployments, and configuration are portable. There is no lock-in.
What license is Temps released under?
The Community edition is Apache 2.0. You may use, modify, and distribute it freely, including for commercial deployments — unlike Vercel Hobby, which is free but blocks commercial use.
Does Temps have per-seat pricing?
No tier charges per seat. Community is free for unlimited users. Premium is $399/month per organisation regardless of how many team members you add.
Summary
| Tier | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Community | $0 forever | Solo devs, open-source projects |
| Premium | $399/mo per org | SAML SSO, SCIM, firewall, tamper-evident audit |
| Temps Cloud | From $29/mo (coming soon) | A hosted console and offsite history for your servers |
Self-hosting is free, open source, and includes analytics, error tracking, session replay, uptime monitoring, and managed databases — all in a single Rust binary. Premium adds security and compliance controls for $399/month per organisation, and Temps Cloud, a hosted control plane for your own servers, is coming soon from $29/month.
Get started at temps.sh or run the installer on any Linux server:
curl https://temps.sh/install.sh | bash
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