Netlify Introduces New Personal Plan at $9/month Amid Major Pricing Restructuring to Credit-Based System
What happened
Between the Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025 captures of Netlify's pricing page, Pulse recorded 4 changes: Free & Starter plan renamed to Free plan; Netlify restructured pricing from usage-based model (100GB bandwidth, 300 build minutes) to credit-based system (300/1,000/3,000 credits per tier); New Personal plan added at $9/month with 1,000 credits/month, positioned between Free and Pro tiers; Pro plan increased from $19/member/month to $20/member/month (5.3% increase). Pulse files it as a pricing change (plan renamed, package change, new plan, price increase) with an upward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 3, 2026) lists Concurrent Builds Add-on at $40, Preview Servers Add-on at $15, Add-on Credits (Pro) at $10 per 1500 credits and Add-on Credits (Personal) at $5 per 500 credits.
Netlify's previous recorded change was "Netlify Introduces Serverless Database for All Plans, Enhancing Build Features" (Q2 2025). Netlify has been tracked since 2023-11-17.
In the same window GitHub, Render, Aws and GitLab also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Starter · PlanRenamedFree & Starter planFree plan
- — · PackagingPackage change
Netlify restructured pricing from usage-based model (100GB bandwidth, 300 build minutes) to credit-based system (300/1,000/3,000 credits per tier)
- New Personal · PlanAddedNo Personal planPersonal plan
- Pro · Price+5%$19/member/month$20/member/month
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Plan | Free & Starter plan | Free plan | Renamed |
| — | Packaging | Netlify restructured pricing from usage-based model (100GB bandwidth, 300 build minutes) to credit-based system (300/1,000/3,000 credits per tier) | Package change | |
| New Personal | Plan | No Personal plan | Personal plan | Added |
| Pro | Price | $19/member/month | $20/member/month | +5% |
Values as written on Netlify's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Netlify's pricing page (netlify.com) from Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025; the change is marked on the page, where pro price reads $19/member/month and then $20/member/month.
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Netlify, the last 90 days
Full history- Apr 24, 2026packagingNetlify Doubles Compute and Bandwidth Credit Rates, Cuts Request Costs
- Apr 3, 2026packagingNetlify slashes free analytics retention from 7 days to 1 day
- Feb 16, 2026improvedNetlify shifts personal plan analytics from 7-day to 1-day observability.
- Q3 2025packagingNetlify Introduces New Personal Plan at $9/month Amid Major Pricing Restructuring to Credit-Based System · this change
- Q2 2025improvedNetlify Introduces Serverless Database for All Plans, Enhancing Build Features
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- GitHubJan 13GitHub Introduces Free Tier for Copilot Add-On: Up to 2,000 Completions and 50 Chat Requests Monthly
- RenderJan 12Render Transitions to Flat Rate Pricing for Individual Plans, Enhancing Accessibility and Simplifying Costs
- AwsJan 11Aws Kendra Expands Free Tier to Include GenAI Enterprise Edition, Offering 750 Hours for First 30 Days
- GitLabJan 10GitLab Reduces Ultimate Plan Trial Period from 60 to 30 Days, Impacting User Access
Questions about this change
Did Netlify raise prices in October 2025?
Yes. Pulse captured Netlify's pricing page on Jul 6, 2025 and again on Oct 5, 2025 and recorded 1 price increase: Pro: $19/member/month → $20/member/month (+5%).
What changed on Netlify's pricing page between Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025?
Starter plan: Free & Starter plan → Free plan, renamed; Netlify restructured pricing from usage-based model (100GB bandwidth, 300 build minutes) to credit-based system (300/1,000/3,000 credits per tier); New Personal plan: No Personal plan → Personal plan, added; Pro price: $19/member/month → $20/member/month (+5%). Pulse compared the captures it took on Jul 6, 2025 and Oct 5, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Netlify change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Netlify in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Netlify Introduces Serverless Database for All Plans, Enhancing Build Features" in Q2 2025; Netlify has been tracked since 2023-11-17.