Audience
Independent developers looking to create fully customized web or mobile applications. Systems integrators looking to run one-off or responsive microservices that help you integrate products or systems. IT teams looking to modernize parts of their applications through the latest serverless architecture. Startups looking to ship software applications fast, at scale.
About Catalyst by Zoho
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.