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Deploy CinemaVerse to Koyeb (Free Alternative)

Why Koyeb for Portfolio?

✅ Permanent free tier (no trial expiration) ✅ 2.5M execution seconds/month free ✅ Always-on option (no cold starts) ✅ Global CDN included ✅ GitHub integration ✅ Professional URLs

Free Tier Details

  • Compute: 2.5M execution seconds/month
  • Memory: 512MB RAM
  • Storage: 2.5GB SSD
  • Bandwidth: 100GB/month
  • Databases: Need external (use PlanetScale free tier)

Quick Setup

1. Database Setup (PlanetScale - Free)

# Sign up at https://planetscale.com
# Create database: cinemaverse
# Get connection string

2. Deploy to Koyeb

  1. Go to https://koyeb.com
  2. Sign up with GitHub
  3. Click "Create App"
  4. Select "GitHub repository"
  5. Choose your CinemaVerse repo

3. Configure Build

Build command: curl -sSL https://get.wasp.sh/installer.sh | sh -s -- -v 0.16.0 && export PATH="$HOME/.wasp/bin:$PATH" && wasp build
Run command: cd .wasp/build && npm install && npm run start:server

4. Environment Variables

DATABASE_URL=mysql://your_planetscale_connection
TMDB_API_KEY=your_tmdb_key
WASP_ENV=production
NODE_ENV=production

Advantages

✅ No cold starts (with always-on) ✅ Global performance (CDN) ✅ True free tier (permanent) ✅ Good for interviews (always responsive)

Disadvantages

❌ No built-in database (need external) ❌ Less popular (newer platform) ❌ MySQL only (with PlanetScale)