# Netlify

Canonical: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/netlify/

Platform for building and deploying web projects from Git to a global CDN, with serverless and edge functions.

## Who it suits

Teams that want Git-driven deploys onto a global CDN with a managed Postgres database built into the same platform. The free tier is 300 credits a month with a hard limit, so spend cannot surprise you.

Consider something else if You need to run containers or long-lived processes — Netlify does not document either.

## Adoption signals

- Detected running on 1,611,431 live sites (BuiltWith, checked 2026-09-12)

## iScore

67 / 100 (80% interval 61–73), rank 2 of 6 in hosting — interval overlaps the next rank, so this is an ordering, not a finding.

inetGeek's own reading, computed from sourced facts against category peers by disclosed rules. Not a provider claim. Intervals are 80%; a provider with few documented facts is pulled toward the category middle rather than scored on what little is known.
Method: https://inetgeek.com/iscore/. Full output with every criterion's basis: https://inetgeek.com/scores.json. Every hosting peer ranked: https://inetgeek.com/hosting/netlify/alternatives/

- Price: 68 (50–86), weight 25%, 4 of 5 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: free_card_required
- Capacity and limits: 50 (44–56), weight 20%, 4 of 8 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: bandwidth_included, cpu_time_limit, pop_count, regions
- Capabilities: 78 (62–95), weight 20%, 6 of 10 criteria scored; scored for peers, not here — undocumented or stated without a number or a yes/limited/no: autoscaling, connection_pooling, persistent_storage, scale_to_zero
- Trust and compliance: 66 (52–79), weight 15%, 10 of 10 criteria scored
- Evidence: 98 (98–98), weight 10%, 4 of 4 criteria scored
- Adoption: 50 (40–60), weight 10%, 1 of 2 criteria scored

## What the documentation says

### Pricing

- Free tier: Yes ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/), read 2026-09-05)
- Kind of free offer: Free tier ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/), read 2026-09-05)
- What the free plan includes: 300 credits a month at $0, with a hard limit and no automatic recharge. ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/), read 2026-09-13)
- When the free offer ends: Never — $0/month forever, with a hard limit of 300 credits a month. ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/), read 2026-09-13)
- Entry paid plan: $9/month for 1,000 credits/month ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/), read 2026-09-05)
- Pricing model: Monthly plan credits are included with your plan each billing cycle and reset at the start of each cycle. ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/), read 2026-09-05)
- Egress over allowance: 20 credits per GB ($0.13 per GB) ([source](https://www.netlify.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-05)
- When you exceed a cap: Suspended: when credits run out every project is paused and visitors see a Site not available page, unless auto recharge is configured. ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/how-credits-work/), read 2026-09-14)

### Limits

- Memory (entry plan): 1024 MB (1 GB) default memory per function; raising it to 4096 MB (4 GB) requires a Credit-based Pro or Enterprise plan. ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/functions/usage-and-billing/), read 2026-09-14)
- Sites or apps included: 500 projects on the Personal plan (same limit on Free and Pro) ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/), read 2026-09-13)
- Monthly visits cap: No visit cap; web requests are metered at 2 credits per 10,000 requests, covering all traffic to the site including edge functions. ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/), read 2026-09-13)
- File, inode or volume limit: No limit on files per deploy, but a hard limit of 54,000 files per directory (platform-wide) ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/deploy/deploy-overview/), read 2026-09-05)
- Concurrent builds: Personal: 1 concurrent build included, purchasable up to a maximum of 3, at $40/month per additional build ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/manage/accounts-and-billing/billing/billing-for-credit-based-plans/credit-based-pricing-plans/), read 2026-09-05)
- Max request duration: 60 seconds (synchronous); 30 seconds (scheduled); 15 minutes (background) ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/functions/configuration/), read 2026-09-14)

### Execution

- CPU time limit: 50 ms of CPU execution time per request for Edge Functions; waiting on resources or responses does not count. ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/edge-functions/limits/), read 2026-09-13)
- Edge function timeout: Response header timeout of 40 s for Edge Functions, alongside the separate 50 ms CPU execution limit. ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/edge-functions/limits/), read 2026-09-13)
- Streaming response limit: Streaming (non-edge) Functions: 60-second execution limit and 20 MB response size limit. Stated without plan differentiation (applies on the cheapest paid plan). ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/functions/api/), read 2026-09-05)

### Deployment

- Git deployment: Supported ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/git-workflows/overview/), read 2026-09-05)
- Scheduled jobs: Supported ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/functions/scheduled-functions/), read 2026-09-05)

### Infrastructure

- Persistent processes: Not supported ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/functions/overview), read 2026-09-05)
- Managed databases: Supported ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/data-and-storage/netlify-db/), read 2026-09-05)
- Edge network: Supported ([source](https://docs.netlify.com/build/edge-functions/overview/), read 2026-09-05)
- Uptime SLA: 99.99% on Enterprise, which is custom-priced. Free, Personal and Pro publish no uptime SLA. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-14)

### Support

- Support on entry paid plan: Priority email support from Personal ($9/month), the entry paid plan; 24/7 dedicated support on Enterprise. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/pricing/), read 2026-09-14)

### Compliance

- SOC 2: AICPA SOC 2 Type 2; enterprise customers can access the attestation in the Trust Center. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/), read 2026-09-14)
- ISO 27001: Certified; certificate viewable online by all customers. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/), read 2026-09-12)
- HIPAA: Listed among the standards Netlify says it meets through annual third-party audits. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/), read 2026-09-14)
- GDPR / data residency: GDPR and CCPA compliance stated, with legal experts engaged to keep products aligned; no data-residency choice is offered on this page. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/), read 2026-09-14)
- PCI DSS: PCI-compliant for SAQ-A requirements, covering Netlify's own credit-card processing rather than a customer's, with a full RoC assessment completed. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/), read 2026-09-14)
- Encryption at rest: AES-256 at rest and in transit, including access tokens. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/), read 2026-09-12)
- Role-based access control: Enterprise Team Management lets admins add and remove users org-wide, and partition teams by role. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/), read 2026-09-14)
- Private networking / VPC: Private Connectivity provides allowlist-friendly IPs for builds and functions to reach a customer backend. ([source](https://www.netlify.com/security/), read 2026-09-12)

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