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Cloudflare Pages vs Netlify

Side-by-side free tier comparison. Catalogue dates here run to 2026-09-22.

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Verdict

Netlify offers a free tier ("Free"). We are not publishing a free-tier verdict for Cloudflare Pages. When we last read the page we cite for Cloudflare Pages, on 2026-09-17, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish for it. We are not comparing the two pricing histories.

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Cloudflare Pages

Risk
CategoryCloud Hosting
TierFree
Verified2026-08-12
Last read2026-09-17
Changes0 recorded
Up to 100 sites (soft limit), unlimited bandwidth, 500 builds/month, 100 custom domains per projectWhen we last read the page we cite for this offer, on 2026-09-17, we found a change we could not reconcile with the terms we publish, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Netlify

Riskcaution 2026-04-14 model change
CategoryCloud Hosting
TierFree
Verified2026-09-22
Last read2026-09-22
Changes4 recorded
The Free plan is $0 with a limit of 300 credits per month, covering production deploys (15 credits each), compute (10 credits per GB-hour), bandwidth (20 credits per GB) and web requests (2 credits per 10k requests). Netlify says the Free plan is always free, with hard monthly limits that cannot be exceeded or incur costs; extra credits need a paid plan. Personal is $9 a month with 1,000 credits.

Pricing Change History

Cloudflare Pages

No recorded pricing changes for Cloudflare Pages.

Netlify

model change effective 2026-04-14 medium impact
Netlify changed its credit rates: bandwidth went from 10 to 20 credits per GB and compute from 5 to 10 credits per GB-hour, while web requests went from 3 to 2 credits per 10,000. The Free plan keeps 300 credits a month, so each credit buys half as much bandwidth and compute. Source ↗
increased effective 2026-04-14 medium impact
Form submissions are now free across all Credit plans (including the Credit Free tier) — previously each form submission cost 1 credit. Credit Pro also gained unlimited team seats (was $20/seat per Git contributor), which effectively removes the prior CMS/Identity 'every committer becomes a $19 Pro seat' gotcha for free-tier users who ever upgrade. Source ↗
restricted effective 2026-03-01 high impact
No longer in force (2026-04-14). Every repo committer is now charged as a full Pro seat ($19/mo) when using Netlify CMS or Identity with a private repo. Previously only users who logged into the Netlify dashboard counted as seats Reversed 2026-04-14: Netlify's pricing page now states that as of April 14th, credit-based Pro plans no longer charge for any seat. The per-committer charge described here is no longer in force. Source ↗
restructured effective 2025-09-04 medium impact
Restructured to credit-based pricing; sites pause on credit exhaustion Source ↗

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