Verified free-tier limits
Netlify Free Plan: 300-Credit Limits
300 credits per month with a hard spending limit
Yes. Netlify's Free plan costs $0 and includes 300 credits per month. It has a hard limit: automatic recharge is unavailable, so Netlify stops credit-consuming activity when the balance is exhausted rather than billing an overage. Credits reset each month and do not roll over. A production deployment costs 15 credits, while form submissions do not consume credits.
How Netlify's 300-credit allowance is spent
Netlify's current account plans use a shared credit balance across production deployments, bandwidth, compute, web requests, and other metered activity. Free accounts receive 300 credits at the start of each billing cycle. The documentation lists one production deployment at 15 credits, making deployments an important part of the budget even before traffic and compute. The Free plan supports one concurrent build and up to 500 projects. Deploy previews, the global CDN, functions, forms, and other platform features are available, but metered activity must stay inside the same monthly credit balance.
| Monthly allowance | 300 credits |
|---|---|
| Overage behavior | Hard limit; no automatic recharge |
| Production deployment | 15 credits each |
| Build concurrency | 1 concurrent build |
| Project limit | 500 projects |
Where the free limits apply
- The Free plan is available at $0 under Netlify's credit-based account plans.
- All metered activity on the account shares the monthly credit balance.
- A production deployment consumes credits, while form submissions are listed as unlimited and free.
How to start without an accidental bill
- 01 Choose Free from Netlify's official account-plan flow.
- 02 Open the Usage and billing area and confirm the 300-credit cycle balance.
- 03 Estimate deployment, bandwidth, request, and compute consumption before a traffic event.
- 04 Watch the remaining balance because Free cannot auto-recharge after the hard limit is reached.
Limits to know before you choose
- Unused credits do not roll over to the next billing cycle.
- Production deployments consume 15 credits each.
- All metered products draw from one shared 300-credit balance.
- Free accounts have one concurrent build and only current-day analytics access.
Verified alternatives
Only alternatives with a first-party education offer or free tier are listed here.
First-party sources
Offer terms can change. Each citation records exactly what it supports and when CostBench checked it.
- Netlify Docs — Credit-based pricing plans 300-credit allowance, hard limit, no rollover, deployment cost, forms, concurrency, projects, and analytics.
Frequently asked questions
01 How many credits does Netlify Free include?
Netlify Free includes 300 credits per monthly billing cycle.
02 Does Netlify charge overages on the Free plan?
No automatic recharge is available. The Free plan uses a hard limit when the 300-credit balance is exhausted.
03 How many Netlify credits does a deployment use?
Netlify's current documentation lists each production deployment at 15 credits.
04 Do unused Netlify credits roll over?
No. The credit balance resets each month and unused credits do not carry forward.