Catalyst by Zoho is an agent-ready, full-stack cloud unifying BaaS and PaaS for building, deploying, and scaling apps, microservices, integrations, front-ends, dashboards, and AI features, also completely free for students. It offers Compute, Storage (Stratus Object Storage, Relational Data Store, File Store, Cache), Hosting (Slate, AppSail), Intelligence (QuickML/AutoML, OCR, Object Detection, Face Analytics, Image Moderation, Barcode Scanning, Text Analytics), Automation (SmartBrowz, Pipelines CI/CD), and Platform services (API Gateway, Auth, Mail, Push, Search, APM, Logging, Mobile Analytics, Domain Mapping, Security, Testing). Agent-ready governance includes scoped logins, disabled destructive commands in non-interactive mode, full audit trails (app, platform, MCP logs), decoupled environments, and collaborator access controls. Pricing: $0 free tier with auto-renewing monthly credits forever, $250 credits for the first 6 months on signup subscription, and pay-as-you-go beyond free.