About
Prefect Cloud is a managed orchestration platform for deploying, scheduling, and monitoring Python workflows. It supports hybrid execution, where workers run in the user’s infrastructure and poll Prefect Cloud’s API, as well as managed execution and serverless workers for fully hosted runs.
The free Hobby tier includes 2 users, 1 workspace, 5 deployments, 500 serverless credits per month, 5 automations, 7 days of run retention, and a 625 requests per minute API rate limit. It is aimed at developers who want workflow orchestration with SSO, RBAC, audit logs, and lineage features available in higher tiers.
- Hybrid execution with no inbound connections
- Managed serverless workers and scale-to-zero
- 2 users and 1 workspace
- 5 deployments on Hobby tier
- 500 serverless minutes per month
- 5 automations included
- 7 days of run retention
- 625 requests per minute API limit
Free Tier Value
This free tier is a genuinely usable starter offering rather than a throwaway trial: it includes a small team, one workspace, a handful of deployments and automations, plus ongoing monthly serverless capacity. Using the page’s own pricing framing of pay-per-user, a small paid plan would likely be worth roughly $15/month for comparable practical access, while the caps on seats, deployments, and credits keep it well below a full paid tier. A credit card is not called out as required, and the offer is perpetual but clearly capped.
What's included in the free tier
- Up to 2 users.
- 1 workspace included.
- Up to 5 deployments.
- 500 serverless credits per month.
- 5 automations included.
- API rate limit of 625 requests per minute.
- Run retention for 7 days.
- Community support channel included.
See Prefect Cloud pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Starter
- Managed orchestration
- SSO and autoscale
- Zero maintenance
- Enterprise-grade control plane
Team
- Team-oriented plan
- Startup credits available for eligible startups
- Managed execution options
- Governance and collaboration features
Pro
- Enterprise features
- SSO
- SCIM
- Audit logs
Enterprise
- Enterprise governance
- IP allowlisting
- PrivateLink
- Sandbox environment
Customer Managed
- Customer-managed execution
- Hybrid architecture
- Workspace isolation
- Role-based access
Pricing extracted from Prefect Cloud's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
