The Complete Free Hosting Recipe: AllBengal on Vercel + Render + Supabase

• Vercel: Specializes in hosting frontends. Free, fast, global CDN.
• Render: Specializes in backend APIs. Free tier includes free database migration.
• Supabase: PostgreSQL database. Free tier has enough for thousands of users.

Total cost: $0 (unless you want a custom domain, then $10/year)

1. Go to supabase.com
2. Click "Sign Up"
3. Use GitHub login (easiest)
4. Click "New project"
5. Choose a name: allbengal
6. Choose region nearest to you
7. Create a password for postgres user
8. Click "Create new project" (takes 2-3 minutes)

1. In Supabase dashboard, go to "Settings" → "Database"
2. Look for "Connection string"
3. Copy the URL that looks like: postgresql://postgres:[PASSWORD]@[HOST]:5432/postgres?sslmode=require
4. Replace [PASSWORD] with the password you created
5. Save this somewhere safe (you'll need it later)

Use Supabase SQL editor:

1. In Supabase dashboard, click "SQL Editor"
2. Click "New query"
3. Paste your SQL schema (if you have one)
4. Click "Run"

1. Go to render.com
2. Click "Sign Up"
3. Use GitHub login
4. Click "New +" → "Web Service"
5. Click "Build and deploy from a Git repository"
6. Click "Connect account" (authorize GitHub)
7. Select your repository
8. Click "Connect"

Fill in the form:

Before clicking "Create Web Service", scroll to "Environment" and add:

1. Click "Create Web Service"
2. Wait 5-10 minutes
3. You'll see build logs (should say "Build successful")
4. Note the Service URL like https://allbengal-backend.onrender.com
5. Save this URL — you'll need it for the frontend

1. Go to vercel.com
2. Click "Sign Up"
3. Use GitHub login
4. Click "Add new..." → "Project"
5. Select your repository
6. Click "Import"

Scroll to "Environment Variables" and add:

1. Click "Deploy"
2. Wait 2-5 minutes
3. You'll see build logs (should say "Deployment successful")
4. Note the Preview URL like https://allbengal-frontend.vercel.app
5. That's your website! Visit it now.

1. Go back to Render dashboard
2. Select your web service
3. Go to "Settings" → "Environment"
4. Find GOOGLE_REDIRECT_URI
5. Update to: https://allbengal-frontend.vercel.app/login/callback/google
6. Click "Save"
7. Render auto-redeploys (~2 minutes)

1. Visit your frontend: https://allbengal-frontend.vercel.app
2. Click "Sign in with Google"
3. Should redirect to Google, then back to your site
4. You're logged in!

Try writing a post — everything should work!

Success!

You've deployed AllBengal for FREE:

• ✅ Database on Supabase
• ✅ Backend on Render
• ✅ Frontend on Vercel
• ✅ Everything connected and working

Your blog is now live to the world!

Start writing amazing content. You've got a production-quality platform that didn't cost you a single penny.

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