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Netlify

Netlify builds, deploys and hosts websites and web apps; Free is $0 with 300 credits a month and paid plans are $9 a month and up.

Our take: Netlify's pricing page makes the entry point easy to read: Free is $0 with a hard 300-credit limit, Personal is $9 and Pro is $20 a month for 3,000 credits.

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ReviewedNov 2026Freemium

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Try Netlify$0 (Free); $9/mo (Personal); $20/mo (Pro)

Netlify is a web platform from Netlify, Inc. that builds, deploys and hosts websites and web apps from Git, the command line, an API, an AI agent or drag and drop, on a global CDN. Its plans are credit-based: Free is $0 with 300 credits a month as a hard limit, Personal is $9 a month with 1,000 credits, and Pro is $20 a month with 3,000 credits and unlimited team members, rising to $126 a month for 20,000 credits. Enterprise is custom (US dollars as printed on Netlify's pricing page, checked 5 November 2026).

The bottom line

$0 for Free with 300 credits a month; $9 a month for Personal and $20 a month and up for Pro, with usage metered in credits and projects paused when they run out.

Our score

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What it is, and why we rate it

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What it really isA platform from Netlify, Inc. for building, deploying and hosting websites and web apps, sold as credit-based Free, Personal, Pro and Enterprise plans with usage metered from one monthly credit balance.

Our takeNetlify's pricing page makes the entry point easy to read: Free is $0 with a hard 300-credit limit, Personal is $9 and Pro is $20 a month for 3,000 credits.

The harder part is translating credits into traffic, and the published rates (15 credits per production deploy, 20 per GB of bandwidth, 2 per 10,000 web requests) make that possible. The decision points are whether the monthly credits cover your traffic and whether a pause when they run out is acceptable.

Why we rate itWide feature coverage and an easy start, with a Free plan that cannot incur costs, held back on value and support by credit metering that pauses projects when credits run out and by email-only support on self-serve plans.

The catchWhen a team uses its monthly credits, every project is paused until the next cycle unless it upgrades or enables auto recharge; Free and Personal cannot add members; no free trial of paid plans; self-serve plans are paid monthly.

Best / not good for

Best for

Solo builders and small projects on the Free plan
Teams that want unlimited members on Pro
Developers who deploy from Git, a CLI or an AI agent

Not good for

Anyone who needs a fixed price with no usage metering
Teams that want to prepay a year on a self-serve plan
Free-plan sites that cannot tolerate being paused at the credit limit

Trade-offs

Friction report

Trade-offs to know before signing up.

Time to value
Sign-in works with Google, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or email, and the home page says drag and drop deploys a project folder in seconds; new projects stay private until you publish.
Scale breakpoint
The monthly credit limit: Free stops at 300 credits and pauses projects, while Personal's 1,000 and Pro's 3,000 credits can be topped up with auto recharge or credit packs.
Walled garden
Password protection, shared environment variables, audit logs and private organization repos are Pro features; SSO, SCIM, a 99.99% SLA and 24/7 support are Enterprise.

Still a fit?

If none of these block you, start on the free plan.

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Netlify plan prices in US dollars, billed monthly

Plan	Price	Monthly credits	What changes at this step
Free	$0	300 credits, hard limit	No charges and no option to buy more credits; standard email support
Personal	$9/mo	1,000 credits	Adds smart secret detection, priority email support and an auto recharge option
Pro (3,000 credits)	$20/mo	3,000 credits	Unlimited team members, private organization repos, shared environment variables, 3 concurrent builds, 30-day analytics
Pro (5,000 credits)	$33/mo	5,000 credits	Unused monthly credits roll over for one billing cycle
Pro (10,000 credits)	$63/mo	10,000 credits	Same Pro features, with rollover
Pro (15,000 credits)	$95/mo	15,000 credits	Same Pro features, with rollover
Pro (20,000 credits)	$126/mo	20,000 credits	Same Pro features, with rollover
Enterprise	Custom (contact sales)	Set by contract	99.99% SLA, SSO and SCIM, log drains, 24/7 dedicated support; ACH or wire payment

From netlify.com/pricing, read on 5 November 2026 with the Pro credit-tier selector set to each option. The page prints $ with no region selector, and its structured data lists USD, so figures are shown as US dollars and none is converted. Netlify's docs say self-serve plans are billed monthly and that you cannot pay a year in advance unless you have an Enterprise plan. Accounts created before 4 September 2025 can keep a legacy plan, which this page does not cover.

What the credits are spent on

Meter	Credits used (Netlify)	Free, 300 credits (our arithmetic)	Personal, 1,000 credits (our arithmetic)	Pro, 3,000 credits (our arithmetic)
Production deploys	15 credits each	20 deploys	66 deploys	200 deploys
Bandwidth	20 credits per GB	15 GB	50 GB	150 GB
Compute	10 credits per GB-hour	30 GB-hours	100 GB-hours	300 GB-hours
Web requests	2 credits per 10,000 requests	1,500,000 requests	5,000,000 requests	15,000,000 requests
AI inference	$1 USD of AI model usage costs 180 credits.	$1.67 of usage (rounded)	$5.56 of usage (rounded)	$16.67 of usage (rounded)
Form submissions, deploy previews, branch deploys, rollbacks	No credits	Not metered	Not metered	Not metered

Credit rates from Netlify's pricing page and its Billing FAQ for credit-based plans, read on 5 November 2026. The three plan columns are Conversion Gems arithmetic (monthly credits divided by the rate, rounded down for deploys), showing what each plan's credits would cover if spent on that one meter alone. Real projects mix meters, so these are ceilings, not Netlify figures.

Plan limits Netlify documents

Limit	Free	Personal	Pro
Team Owners	1	1	Unlimited
Team members	Cannot add members	Cannot add members	Unlimited, included in plan
Projects per team	Up to 500	Up to 500	Up to 500
Concurrent builds	1	1 included; $40/mo for each extra build	3 included; $40/mo for each extra build
Buying more credits	Not possible (hard limit)	Auto recharge or credit packs (500 credits for $5)	Auto recharge or credit packs (1,500 credits for $10)
Unused credits	Do not roll over	Do not roll over	Roll over for one cycle at 5,000 credits or more
Analytics and monitoring window	Current and past day	Past 24 hours	Past 30 days
Netlify Database	3 databases, 20 active branches, 7-day backups	5 databases, 100 active branches, 7-day backups	50 databases, 300 active branches, 30-day backups
Password protection and audit logs	Not available	Not available	Included (audit logs with 7-day history)
Support	Standard email	Priority email	Priority email

From Netlify's docs page "Credit-based pricing plans" (last updated 30 October 2026) and its Billing FAQ, read on 5 November 2026. The same page gives two different maximums for Personal concurrent builds (limited to 3 in one table, no limit in another), so only the included build and the $40 add-on price are shown. When a team uses all its credits, every project on the team is paused until the next billing cycle, unless the team upgrades or has turned on auto recharge (off by default).

Who makes Netlify and what changed in 2025

Netlify's terms of use say the website is offered by Netlify, Inc., and its About page says the company was founded in 2014, is venture-backed and is headquartered in San Francisco. The About page names Mathias Biilmann as co-founder and CEO and Christian Bach as co-founder.

Netlify's docs say that from 4 September 2025 all new accounts use the credit-based plans shown above. Accounts created earlier are on legacy plans, which they can keep or leave for a credit-based plan; the move cannot be reversed. Older articles that quote bandwidth or build-minute allowances for the free tier describe the legacy model. Netlify also lists an Open Source plan for qualifying projects, with its own monthly credits.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Netlify used for?

Netlify is used to publish websites and web apps and keep them online. Its home page lists marketing sites, AI apps, SaaS apps, ecommerce and internal tools as use cases, and four ways to start: an AI agent, a Git repository, the terminal CLI or drag and drop. Every change can get a private preview URL before it goes live, and Netlify's docs say it supports many frameworks and is not locked to a single one.

Is Netlify free?

Yes, up to a limit. Netlify's pricing page calls the $0 Free plan free forever, with 300 credits a month as a hard limit that cannot incur costs. Netlify's docs say there is no free trial of the paid plans, and that when a Free project uses up its credits it is paused until the next billing cycle or you upgrade. Accounts created before 4 September 2025 can keep their legacy plan (checked 5 November 2026).

How much does Netlify cost?

Free is $0, Personal is $9 a month with 1,000 credits, and Pro is $20 a month with 3,000 credits and unlimited team members. Pro has higher credit tiers at $33 (5,000 credits), $63 (10,000), $95 (15,000) and $126 (20,000) a month, and Enterprise is custom. Netlify's docs say self-serve plans are paid monthly by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and extra concurrent builds are $40 a month each. Prices are in US dollars as printed on the pricing page (checked 5 November 2026).

What are the downsides of using Netlify?

The main downside in Netlify's own docs is credit metering: when a team uses up its monthly credits, all its projects are paused until the next cycle unless you upgrade or turn on auto recharge, which is off by default. Netlify does not publish a list of downsides, so this answer is limited to limits its docs state. Free and Personal plans cannot add team members, Netlify says you cannot pay a year in advance unless you are on Enterprise, and switching from a legacy plan to a credit-based plan cannot be reversed. Whether these matter depends on your traffic and team (checked 5 November 2026).

Is Netlify safe to use?

Netlify's security page lists SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27018, PCI DSS and HIPAA among its certifications, says traffic is encrypted with TLS 1.2 or higher, and says every deployed domain gets a free HTTPS certificate from Let's Encrypt. It also says customers are responsible for the security of their own applications, such as authentication and data handling, and its pricing page says new projects are private until you publish. These are Netlify's own statements, read on 5 November 2026, and not a security or legal recommendation from Conversion Gems.

How do I log in to Netlify?

Conversion Gems is a review site and cannot sign anyone in. Netlify's login page is https://app.netlify.com/login, and it offers sign-in with Google, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, email or SSO, with a Sign up link for new accounts.