Any Free Platforms to Practice Forms with SQL Integration?

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Hey everyone,

I’m trying to practice building a basic website with a form that checks against a small SQL file. It’s a super small file, like 5MB tops, and it’s just a simple 20x2 grid of randomly generated fake emails and passwords—no personal data or anything like that.

The idea is to create a form where users can enter an email and password, and it checks whether that email is already on the list. If it is, it would just pop up an error message.

Does anyone know of any free platforms where I can practice this? I’d need something where I can upload HTML/CSS/JS and also the SQL file to make it work. I don’t need a custom domain or anything fancy—this is just for learning purposes. A friend mentioned Webflow, but I’m not sure it can handle something like this.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

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Hey! You can try Glitch or Replit. Both let you write and test code (HTML/CSS/JS) and even work with databases like SQLite. It’s perfect for small-scale stuff like what you’re describing. You don’t even need to mess with server setups since everything’s handled by the platform.

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If you’re looking for a quick and easy solution, Heroku might be worth checking out. You can host small apps for free, and they have PostgreSQL support, which should work for your SQL file. It’s super handy for testing things like this.

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Sounds like a fun project! I’d recommend 000webhost if you’re just looking for a simple place to host both your site and SQL database. They have a free tier and offer PHPMyAdmin, so you could upload and manage the database there.

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If you don’t want to mess with backend code at all, you might want to look into Firebase. It’s not SQL, but it’s free and easy to set up authentication and database rules. It’s more for NoSQL, but could be an alternative worth exploring for small projects.

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IMO…Webflow might be tricky for this since it’s more geared towards front-end design and doesn’t really support backend stuff like SQL. I’d go with something like Vercel + a database like Supabase. Vercel is great for hosting front-end projects, and Supabase gives you a free PostgreSQL database.

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