Netlify moved to credits and shrank its free plan
New accounts moved to credit-based plans: the free plan went from 100 GB of bandwidth to 300 credits (about 15 GB), and Pro's monthly credits were later cut from 5,000 to 3,000.
What changed
- Free tier cut, Sep 5, 2025
- Before: Starter free with 100 GB bandwidth; Pro $19 per member
- After: Free 300 credits; Personal $9; Pro $20 with 3,000 credits
- Existing customers: grandfathered
Cheaper alternatives to Netlify
At the entry plan, Netlify costs $9/mo. 6 hosting platforms cost less:
- Fly.io: $2.19/mo (Smallest Machine, 256 MB)
- Railway: $5/mo (Hobby: $5 incl. $5 usage)
- Heroku: $5/mo (Eco: $5 for 1,000 dyno hours)
- Cloudflare Workers: $5/mo (Workers Paid, $5 minimum)
- DigitalOcean Apps: $5/mo (512 MiB shared container)
- Hetzner Cloud: $7.49/mo (CPX02: 1 vCPU, 1 GB (EU))
Netlify alternatives: 6 cheaper hosting platforms compared, at every size.
Sources
Every price and change for Netlify: Netlify.