About
Pantheon is a WebOps platform for hosting and operating WordPress, Drupal, and Next.js sites. It provides Dev, Staging, and Production environments, Git-based deployment workflows, built-in version control, backups, logs, a command line interface, and global CDN features for site delivery.
The pricing page shows a free sandbox-only workspace on the Silver plan with a Start free option, plus paid site plans for going live. The free offering is intended for small teams and projects and includes two sandbox sites, high-speed SSD storage, Git-based CI/CD, CLI access, and basic chat support; a paid site plan is required before connecting a domain or taking a site live.
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a real but tightly capped starter workspace: it includes a sandbox, SSD storage, two sandbox sites, CI/CD, CLI access, and basic chat support, but it stops well short of the paid plans’ production and premium workflow features. Since the cheapest paid plan is Silver at $0/month for the workspace-only entry and the first clearly monetized step is Gold at $500/month, the free offering is worth only a small slice of the platform’s practical value—about $3/month for a buyer comparing it to the paid experience. A credit card is not explicitly waived on the page, and the offer is capped rather than unlimited, which keeps the value modest.
What's included in the free tier
- Access to a free sandbox workspace for trying Pantheon.
- High-speed SSD storage for the free workspace.
- Two sandbox sites included in the free tier.
- Git-based CI/CD pipeline included for deployments.
- Command line interface access included.
- Basic chat support included.
See Pantheon pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Silver
- sandbox_sites
- 2
- workspace
- 1
- price
- $0/month
- Workspace with sandbox site only
- High-speed SSD storage
- Two sandbox sites
- Git-based CI/CD pipeline
- Command line interface
- Basic chat support
Gold
- workspace
- 1
- price
- $500/month
- Everything in Silver
- On-demand environments (Multidev)
- Automated updates
- Visual regression testing
- Portfolio management
- 24/7 support
Platinum & Diamond
- visitors
- Up to 100M+
- Everything in Silver and Gold
- Multi-zone failover
- SSO integration
- Elite sites with uptime SLA
- 24x7 priority on-call support
- Advanced CDN with WAF
Pricing extracted from Pantheon's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
