Compare localtunnel and serveo free tiers side by side. Pricing, limits, change history, and risk assessment for developers.

localtunnel vs serveo

Side-by-side free tier comparison. Catalogue dates here run to 2026-11-04.

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Verdict

serveo offers a free tier ("Free"). We are not publishing a free-tier verdict for localtunnel. The page we cite for localtunnel states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-12. We are not comparing the two pricing histories.

A verdict here is not a fixed property of the vendor. A one-off pricing event demotes a vendor while its recorded date falls in the last 180 days and then lapses on its own, with nothing about the vendor having changed; a standing condition — a free tier withdrawn and not restored, a product retired — does not lapse with time. A badge carrying a date states the record it rests on; a badge with no date rests on no record in force.

localtunnel

Risk
CategoryTunneling & Networking
TierFree
Verified2026-08-11
Last read2026-10-12
Changes0 recorded
Expose locally running servers over a tunnel to a public URL. Free hosted version, and [open source](https://github.com/localtunnel/localtunnel).The page we cite for this offer states no amount, tier or rate we can read when we last looked, on 2026-10-12, so we cannot confirm these terms today.

serveo

Riskstable
CategoryTunneling & Networking
TierFree
Verified2026-11-04
Last read2026-11-04
Changes1 recorded
Expose local servers to the internet — Free Plan For hobbyists and testing. Get 3 active tunnels and custom subdomains for $0/month.

Pricing Change History

localtunnel

No recorded pricing changes for localtunnel.

serveo

reduced effective 2026-01-20 medium impact
By January 20, 2026, serveo had a Free Plan of 3 active tunnels, with an interstitial warning page, and a paid Pro plan for unlimited tunnels. On November 17, 2025, serveo.net stated no tunnel limit and asked for donations. Anonymous tunnels still need no account: serveo's docs, read 2026-11-08, say an anonymous tunnel needs no account or key, and that an account key is required for reserved hostnames and paid features. Source ↗

Watch Both Vendors for Pricing Changes

We do not push notifications. Every change we record is readable the moment it lands, and the JSON answer carries an ETag — send it back as If-None-Match and an unchanged answer costs one 304.

curl https://agentdeals.dev/api/changes?vendor=localtunnel curl https://agentdeals.dev/pricing-changes/feed.xml?vendor=localtunnel curl https://agentdeals.dev/api/changes?vendor=serveo curl https://agentdeals.dev/pricing-changes/feed.xml?vendor=serveo

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