netlify.app

Domains 7.4/10

Default hostname for Netlify sites.

netlify.app scores 7.4/10 for free value in Domains. The main constraint: Free provider subdomain.

Category Domains Kind Free subdomain Caveats Not branded. Renewal monthly Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

7.4 / 10

Show the math

Overall 7.4/10

value = 7.4/100

weighted_components_v1

Name/DNS value 7.2/10

value = 13 $/yr

fixed_log_v1

API/DDNS fit 7/10

value = 7/100

policy_score_v1

Trust and friction 8.3/10

value = 8.3/100

policy_score_v1

Key metrics

300 Free credits/month ~15 GB bandwidth or ~20 prod deploys; sites pause when exhausted

500 Free domains soft cap, upgradable free

n/a DNS records Netlify DNS

Dynamic DDNS refresh no dynamic DNS

Yes Ad-free

What you get

Free provider subdomain.

Static frontend deployment.

Limitations

Provider subdomain only

The free netlify.app subdomain is a provider-branded hostname, not a custom domain — your site is identifiable as Netlify-hosted.
300 credits/month cap

The free plan includes 300 usage credits per month covering deploys, bandwidth, compute, and web requests; exhausting them pauses all sites until the next cycle.
20 credits per GB bandwidth

Outbound bandwidth is billed at 20 credits per GB, draining the monthly 300-credit pool quickly on traffic-heavy sites.
15 credits per production deploy

Each production deploy costs 15 credits, meaning only about 20 production deploys per month are possible before the free credit pool is exhausted.
Single concurrent build

Free tier allows only 1 concurrent build; simultaneous commits queue rather than building in parallel.
1 free team member seat

The free plan is limited to 1 member; additional paid seats require upgrading to Pro ($20/month for unlimited members).
1-day observability history

Logs, analytics, and observability data are retained for only 24 hours on the free plan, limiting debugging and monitoring capability.
No smart secret detection

Automatic detection and blocking of secrets committed to code is a Personal/Pro feature not available on the free tier.
No private org repo support

Connecting Netlify to GitHub organization-owned private repositories requires a Pro plan or higher.
Limited WAF and firewall

The free plan includes only basic/limited web application firewall and rate limiting (code-based rules only, no UI-based rules).

Sources

"By default, your site deploys are available at a URL using the Netlify subdomain mysitename.netlify.app."
https://docs.netlify.com/manage/domains/domains-fundamentals/understand-domains/
"Free $0 forever — Build and deploy free forever ... Add Custom domains with SSL ... 300 credit limit / month"
https://www.netlify.com/pricing/
"Bandwidth 20 credits per GB ... Web requests 2 credits per 10k requests ... Production deploys 15 credits each ... Compute 10 credits per GB-hour"
https://www.netlify.com/pricing/
"The free plan is always free, with hard monthly limits that cannot be exceeded or incur any costs."
https://www.netlify.com/pricing/
"Exactly on X-mas eve 2025 that number doubled as we crossed 10 million the same year Netlify turned 10 years old."
https://www.netlify.com/blog/10-million-developers/

subdomain static

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