Netlify
Netlify is a cloud platform from Netlify, Inc. for building, deploying and hosting websites and web apps, with deploy previews, serverless functions, file storage, forms and a built-in Postgres database. Since 4 September 2025 new accounts use credit-based plans: a free plan with 300 credits a month, Personal at $9 a month and Pro from $20 a month.
Facts checked on against the sources listed at the end of this page.
- Pricing
- FreemiumPaid from $9 a month for Personal (1,000 credits)
- Open source
- NoProprietary
- GitHub stars
- 1,933+14 in the last 30 days
- npm downloads a week
- 476kdown 1% on the week before
- Latest release
- v27.15.014 hours ago
- Releases in 90 days
- 10about 3 a month
A good fit for
- Static sites and framework-based sites that need deploy previews for each pull request
- Small projects that fit in 300 credits a month on the free plan
- Teams that want unlimited members on one flat Pro price
- Sites that need forms, file storage and a Postgres database without a separate backend provider
Not a good fit for
- Traffic spikes on the free plan: when the 300 credits run out, metered features stop and you can't buy more
- Estimating cost at a glance: credits are spent across deploys, bandwidth, requests, compute and AI usage
- Long-running servers or containers: compute runs as serverless functions
- Self-hosting: the platform is proprietary
Netlify pricing
New accounts use credit-based plans: Free with 300 credits a month, Personal at $9 a month with 1,000 credits, Pro from $20 a month with 3,000 to 20,000 credits and unlimited members, and custom Enterprise plans. A production deploy costs 15 credits, bandwidth 20 credits per GB and compute 10 credits per GB-hour.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 300 credits a month as a hard limit, unlimited deploy previews, custom domains with SSL, functions, database and blob storage. |
| Personal | $9 a month | 1,000 credits a month, smart secret detection, 1-day observability and priority email support. Extra credits cost $5 for 500. |
| Pro | From $20 a month | 3,000 credits a month at $20, up to 20,000 credits at $126, unlimited members, private organization repos and 30-day analytics. Extra credits cost $10 for 1,500. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom credits, 99.99% SLA, SSO and SCIM, log drains and 24/7 dedicated support. |
Prices in USD, checked on 27 September 2026. Current prices on netlify.com.
Main features
- Deploy previews
- Unlimited deploy previews and branch deploys on every plan, including the free plan.
- Functions
- Serverless functions billed at 10 credits per GB-hour of compute.
- Netlify Database
- Serverless Postgres, generally available since 28 April 2026, provisioned through the @netlify/database package or Agent Runners.
- Agent Runners and AI Gateway
- Build and change sites with AI agents and call AI models through one gateway, billed at 180 credits per $1 of model usage.
- Blobs and forms
- Built-in file storage and HTML form handling. Form submissions don't use credits.
- Netlify CLI
- Deploy drafts or production builds, run a local dev server and run builds locally from the terminal.
About Netlify
Netlify builds and hosts web projects. You deploy from a Git repository, the Netlify CLI, the API, drag and drop, or an AI agent, and Netlify serves the result from its global CDN. Every pull request can get a deploy preview, and branches can be deployed to their own URLs.
Around the hosting, Netlify offers serverless functions, Blobs for file storage, form handling, image optimization and an AI Gateway. Netlify Database, a serverless Postgres database built into the platform, became generally available on 28 April 2026 and is only offered on credit-based plans.
Pricing moved to credits on 4 September 2025. Production deploys, compute, bandwidth, web requests and AI inference each consume credits, while form submissions are free. Accounts created before that date can stay on their legacy Free, Starter or Pro plans; switching to credits can't be undone.
- Made by
- Netlify, Inc.
- Launched
- 2014
- Based in
- San Francisco, California
- Free plan
- Yes: 300 credits a month, with a hard limit and no option to buy more
- Available on
- Git, Netlify CLI, Drag and drop, AI agents
Usage and activity
Weekly npm downloads of netlify-cli, last 12 months.
Recent releases
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Getting started
Install the Netlify CLI.
npm install -g netlify-cliLog in. This opens a browser window to authorize the CLI.
netlify loginDeploy a draft, then deploy to production.
netlify deploy netlify deploy --prod
Questions about Netlify
Is Netlify free?
Yes. The free plan includes 300 credits a month, unlimited deploy previews and custom domains with SSL. It's a hard limit, so metered features stop when the credits run out.
How much does Netlify Pro cost?
Pro starts at $20 a month for 3,000 credits and unlimited members. Larger credit tiers go up to 20,000 credits for $126 a month.
What are Netlify credits?
Credits are the unit of usage on plans created since 4 September 2025. A production deploy costs 15 credits, 1 GB of bandwidth 20 credits, 1 GB-hour of compute 10 credits and 10,000 web requests 2 credits.
Can I keep my old Netlify plan?
Yes. Legacy Free, Starter and Pro plans created before 4 September 2025 remain available to existing accounts. Switching to a credit-based plan is permanent.
Does Netlify have a database?
Yes. Netlify Database is a serverless Postgres database that became generally available on 28 April 2026. It's only available on credit-based plans.
Sources and links
- Netlify pricing
- Credit-based pricing plans, Netlify Docs
- Netlify Database is now generally available, Netlify changelog
- Get started with Netlify CLI, Netlify Docs
- Netlify homepage
- Netlify, Wikipedia
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