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Cloudflare Sandboxes vs Netlify

Side-by-side free tier comparison. Catalogue dates here run to 2026-08-26.

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Verdict

Netlify offers a free tier ("Free"). We are not publishing a free-tier verdict for Cloudflare Sandboxes. The page we cite for Cloudflare Sandboxes states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02. We are not comparing the two pricing histories.

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Cloudflare Sandboxes

Risk
CategoryCloud Hosting
TierPay-per-use
Verified2026-08-19
Last read2026-09-02
Changes0 recorded
Persistent isolated Linux environments for AI agents — shell, filesystem, background processes. GA April 2026. Built on Containers platform. Features: credential injection, PTY support, persistent code interpreters (Python/JS/TS), filesystem watching, snapshots, preview URLs. Pay-per-use on Workers Paid plan ($5/mo) — only charges for active CPU cycles. Containers included: 25 GiB-hours memory, 375 vCPU-minutes, 200 GB-hours disk per monthThe page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-09-02, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

Netlify

CategoryCloud Hosting
TierFree
Verified2026-08-26
Last read2026-09-07
Changes5 recorded
The Free plan offers 300 credit limit / month, including production deploys (15 credits each), compute (10 credits per GB-hour), bandwidth (20 credits per GB), and web requests (2 credits per 10k requests). Additional credits can be purchased.

Pricing Change History

Cloudflare Sandboxes

No recorded pricing changes for Cloudflare Sandboxes.

Netlify

restructured discovered 2026-09-07 · effective date unknown medium impact
The free tier now offers 300 credits/month. Source ↗
model change effective 2026-04-17 medium impact
Netlify credits-based pricing updated: bandwidth now 20 credits/GB (was 10), compute now 10 credits/GB-hour (was 5), web requests 2 credits/10K (new). Same 300 credits/month allocation but each credit buys less 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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