Free Hosting LimitsNetlify Free plan credits
Netlify now meters usage in credits. The Free plan has a monthly credit limit.
Read on 14 November 2026. Limits change: check the source before you decide.
What the pricing page says
On Netlify's pricing page, the Free plan is $0 and includes custom domains with SSL, functions, a global CDN and unlimited deploy previews, with a 300 credit limit per month. The Personal plan includes 1,000 credits a month and the Pro plan starts with 3,000. Usage is metered like this:
| Usage | Credits |
|---|---|
| Production deploy | 15 each |
| Web bandwidth | 20 per GB |
| Web requests | 2 per 10,000 requests |
| Compute (functions) | 10 per GB-hour |
The page says that web requests include page views, requests to functions, asset requests, redirects and edge functions, and that new projects start private by default on new credit-based accounts and become public when you publish.
Worked examples
The examples count only bandwidth, requests and production deploys. Real sites may also use compute and other metered items.
| Visits a month | Page weight | Requests per visit | Production deploys | Bandwidth | Credits | Free limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,000 | 800 KB | 10 | 10 | 4.0 GB | 240 | within 300 |
| 20,000 | 800 KB | 10 | 10 | 16.0 GB | 510 | over 300 |
| 20,000 | 2000 KB | 25 | 30 | 40.0 GB | 1350 | over 300 |
| 100,000 | 500 KB | 8 | 20 | 50.0 GB | 1460 | over 300 |
How to read it
- Bandwidth is page weight times visits: 20,000 visits of 800 KB is 16 GB, which costs 320 credits by itself, over the limit.
- Requests count every file, so a page that loads 25 files costs more than one that loads 8.
- Light pages go further: 5,000 visits of 800 KB with ten requests each use 240 credits in the first row, of which 150 are the ten production deploys.
- Check your dashboard for the real figures: this is arithmetic from the published rates.
What happens at 300 credits?
We did not read what Netlify does when the limit is reached. Check its documentation before you rely on the Free plan.
Is it cheaper than the others?
For small sites all three are free. The difference shows at higher traffic, where the units differ.
Sources
- Netlify: Pricing (netlify.com/pricing), read on 14 November 2026
Read on 14 November 2026.
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