About
Netlify is a web development platform that helps teams build, deploy, and operate modern websites and applications on a single infrastructure layer. It supports workflows that start from AI prompts, Git repositories, the command line, or drag-and-drop deployment, making it suitable for both developers and non-technical contributors.
The platform combines global hosting with integrated application primitives such as serverless functions, edge delivery, deploy previews, image optimization, identity, storage, and database services. It is designed to streamline the path from prototype to production while keeping deployment, collaboration, and operational tooling in one place.
- Deploy websites and web apps from AI, Git, API, CLI, or drag and drop
- Use deploy previews and rollbacks to review changes safely before release
- Build full-stack experiences with functions, edge capabilities, storage, and database tools
- Serve content through a global CDN with built-in HTTPS and security controls
- Support team workflows with observability, access controls, and collaboration features
Free Tier Value
The pricing page shows a Free plan at $0 forever with 300 credits included per month, so using the required credit conversion ($300 credits ÷ 3) gives a conservative free-tier value of $100/month. The page also states paid plans start at Personal for $9/month and Pro for $20/month, with additional usage-based metering for production deploys, compute, bandwidth, web requests, and AI inference, so pricing is usage-based overall. I set feature parity to 70% because the free tier includes substantial core platform features (deploys, previews, domains, functions, database, CDN) but clearly caps collaboration/observability and some security capabilities.
What's included in the free tier
- Build and deploy free forever with a $0 monthly plan.
- 300 credits included per month.
- Deploy from AI, Git, or API.
- Unlimited deploy previews.
- Build with Agent Runners.
- Add custom domains with SSL.
- Use Functions and AI models.
- Store structured data with Netlify Database.
- Store files and images with Blob storage.
- Use Firewall Traffic Rules and basic rate limiting.
- Access the global CDN.
- One free member on the account.
- Unlimited Git Contributors on public repos.
- 1 concurrent build.
- 1 Preview Server.
- 1-day observability history.
- 1-day web analytics retention.
- 24-hour Functions log history.
- 24-hour Edge Functions log history.
- Code-based rate limiting rules.
- Limited web application firewall access.
See Netlify pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Personal
- credits
- 1,000 / month
- concurrent builds
- 1
- preview servers
- 1
- observability history
- 1 day
- web analytics retention
- 7 days
- functions log retention
- 7 days
- Everything in Free
- Smart secret detection
- 1-day observability
- Priority email support
- 1,000 credits / month
Pro
- credits
- 3,000 / month
- concurrent builds
- 3+
- members
- unlimited
- preview servers
- 1
- observability history
- 7 days
- web analytics retention
- 30 days
- Everything in Personal
- Private organization repos
- Shared env variables
- 3+ concurrent builds
- 30-day analytics & metrics
- 3,000 credits / month
Enterprise
- deploy retention policy
- up to 365 days
- support
- 24/7 dedicated
- sla
- 99.99%
- Everything in Pro
- 99.99% SLA
- Enterprise network tier
- High-performance builds
- SSO & SCIM
- Log drains
- Organization management
- 24/7 dedicated support
Pricing extracted from Netlify's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
