Yes, Skylight has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes 100,000 free traces per month across all apps. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $10/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
Skylight is a smart profiler for Ruby and Rails applications. It collects performance traces from web requests and background jobs, then turns them into endpoint-level views, trends, and deploy comparisons.
The product focuses on identifying slow endpoints, showing where time is spent in endpoint sequences, and highlighting performance changes after redeploys. The pricing page states that every account gets 100,000 free traces per month, and that Skylight is free for open source apps.
- Ruby and Rails application profiling
- 100,000 free traces per month
- Endpoint agony ranking
- Endpoint sequence timing breakdowns
- Deploy comparison graphs
- Open source app support
Free Tier Value
This free tier includes 100,000 traces every month, which is a meaningful capped allowance rather than a tiny trial. Since the cheapest paid tier starts at $20/month, that free allowance is worth about half of the entry plan’s value, so roughly $10/month; open source apps also get free access, and the page says no credit card is required to start.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- 100,000 free traces per month across all apps.
- Free access for open source apps.
See Skylight pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Starter
- free traces
- 100,000/month
- monthly traces
- tier starts above 100,000
- Monthly billing based on traces across all apps
- Automatic tier adjustment by usage
- Volume pricing available by email
Pricing extracted from Skylight's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Skylight free forever?
Yes. Skylight has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
Does Skylight require a credit card?
No. You can start on Skylight's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed Skylight's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Skylight's cheapest paid plan is Starter at $20 / month.
What is Skylight's free tier worth?
Skylight's free tier is worth about $10 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 58/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
