Yes, Packagecloud has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 10 GB bandwidth and 2 GB storage. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $44/mo.
About
Packagecloud is a hosted package registry and package management platform for software artifacts. It supports multiple package formats, including npm, Debian/APT, Maven, RPM/YUM, RubyGems, Python/PyPI, Helm, Alpine, and Docker, and provides repository hosting, package upload and deletion, package moves, signing key management, and API access.
The service is aimed at developers and teams that need private or public package distribution with CI/CD and build tool integrations such as CircleCI, Travis CI, Jenkins, Buildkite, GitHub Actions, Maven, Gradle, Leiningen, and SBT. The pricing page lists a perpetual Free plan with 10 GB bandwidth, 2 GB storage, and unlimited CI/CD minutes, plus paid plans with higher limits and a 14-day trial for paid tiers.
- 10 GB bandwidth on Free plan
- 2 GB storage on Free plan
- Unlimited CI/CD minutes
- Multi-format package repository hosting
- CI integrations for major pipelines
- Build tool integrations for Java and JVM
- API access and CLI management
- Package signing key operations
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a capped but genuinely usable starter offering: it includes 10 GB bandwidth and 2 GB storage, which is about half of the Starter plan’s 20 GB bandwidth and 40% of its 5 GB storage. Since Starter is $89/month, that puts the free tier at roughly $44/month of practical value; the 14-day trial language and the fact that a credit card is not explicitly waived keep it below a full paid plan.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- 10 GB bandwidth.
- 2 GB storage.
- Unlimited CI/CD minutes.
See Packagecloud pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Starter
- bandwidth
- 20 GB
- storage
- 5 GB
- 20 GB bandwidth
- 5 GB storage
- Unlimited CI/CD minutes
- Start Free Trial
Pro
- bandwidth
- 50 GB
- storage
- 15 GB
- 50 GB bandwidth
- 15 GB storage
- Unlimited CI/CD minutes
- Start Free Trial
Enterprise
- bandwidth
- 250 GB
- storage
- 150 GB
- 250 GB bandwidth
- 150 GB storage
- Unlimited CI/CD minutes
- Start Free Trial
Enterprise+
- bandwidth
- CUSTOM
- storage
- CUSTOM
- CUSTOM bandwidth
- CUSTOM storage
- Unlimited CI/CD minutes
- Contact Us
Pricing extracted from Packagecloud's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Packagecloud free forever?
Yes. Packagecloud has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
What happens when you exceed Packagecloud's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Packagecloud's cheapest paid plan is Starter at $89 / month.
What is Packagecloud's free tier worth?
Packagecloud's free tier is worth about $44 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 59/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
