Replit Pricing: Plans, Free Mode and Real Monthly Costs
Replit pricing in October 2026: Starter, Core and Pro plans, how Free Mode and effort-based Agent billing work, hosting prices and real monthly cost examples.
By AI Tool Verdicts Editorial Team · Published
Bottom line: Core at $20/month for most solo builders thanks to Free Mode; Pro at $100/month only for teams or parallel agents. Set a usage limit on either.
Replit pricing starts at $0 for the Starter plan. Paid plans are Core at $20 a month ($18 billed yearly) and Pro at $100 a month ($90 billed yearly), as of October 2026, and each includes the same dollar amount in monthly credits. Enterprise is custom.
Since August 2026, Core and Pro also get Free Mode, which runs everyday Agent work without using credits, up to a usage limit. Credits pay for the stronger models, hosting and databases.
How we researched this: Replit's pricing page, billing docs and the Free Mode announcement, as of October 2026. The monthly cost examples are our own math from Replit's published hosting prices.
Replit pricing by plan
| Plan | Price | Monthly credits | Key limits and extras |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $0 | Daily Agent credits up to a monthly cap | 1 published app (offline after 30 days), Lite build only, no Plan Mode |
| Core | $20/mo, or $18/mo billed yearly | $20, no rollover | Free Mode, Plan Mode, unlimited published apps, up to 5 builders, 1 background task |
| Pro | $100/mo, or $90/mo billed yearly | $100, rolls over for 2 months | More Free Mode use, 10 parallel agents, 15 collaborators, 50 viewers, 28-day database rollback |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | SSO, SCIM, audit logs, private networking |
Details for Starter and Core come from the Starter and Core plan docs. Replit doesn't publish Starter's credit amounts.
Credit rules differ by plan, per Replit's pricing and plans help page. Core credits reset each billing cycle and don't roll over. Pro credits carry over for two months before they expire.
What is Replit Free Mode?
Free Mode lets Core and Pro subscribers run everyday Agent work without spending credits. Replit announced it on August 18, 2026, powered by OpenAI's GPT-5.6 Luna model.
How it works:
- Everyday tasks such as planning, brainstorming and routine building don't use credits.
- Core includes up to 30 hours of Free Mode chat and up to 60 Free Mode projects a month.
- The allowance resets every five hours, with a weekly cap. Pro gets higher limits than Core.
- Replit picks the model for you in Free Mode. You can't choose it.
When you need more power, you switch to a paid mode. Power Mode uses cost-optimized models for everyday work, and Max Mode uses stronger models for complex jobs. Both bill your credits, and Replit asks you to confirm before paid work starts.
Replit doesn't publish the exact five-hour or weekly limits, so you'll learn your real allowance by using it.
How does Replit charge for Agent work?
Paid Agent work uses effort-based pricing, per Replit's AI billing docs. Each request becomes one checkpoint, priced by how complex it was. A small bug fix usually costs less than a big new feature, and a complex build is bundled into one checkpoint that reflects all the work.
Three things catch people out:
- Replit doesn't publish a price per checkpoint. You see the cost after the fact by hovering the usage icon in the Agent tab.
- Plan Mode can charge for reasoning even when it doesn't change any code.
- When your app uses Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini features, Replit bills them at the provider's public API rate from your credits.
That's why surprise bills are the most common complaint in our Replit review. Free Mode helps a lot here, as long as you stay in it.
How much does Replit hosting cost?
Hosting comes out of the same credits as Agent work. Replit's deployment pricing as of October 2026:
| Deployment | Base price | Usage price |
|---|---|---|
| Static | Free | $0.05 per GB of data transfer |
| Autoscale | $2/mo | $0.60 per million compute units, $0.40 per million requests |
| Scheduled | $2/mo | $0.60 per million compute units |
| Reserved VM, 0.5 vCPU / 2GB (shared) | $15/mo | |
| Reserved VM, 1 vCPU / 4GB | $35/mo | |
| Reserved VM, 2 vCPU / 8GB | $50/mo | |
| Reserved VM, 4 vCPU / 16GB | $130/mo |
Compute units are counted as 2 per RAM-second and 18 per CPU-second, per Replit's usage billing docs. Core includes 100 GiB of outbound data transfer a month. Development databases are free; production databases bill for the hours they're active and the storage they use, up to 100 GiB on paid plans and 1 GiB on Starter.
What does a Replit app really cost per month?
These estimates use Replit's published hosting prices. Agent work is assumed to stay in Free Mode, because paid checkpoint prices aren't published.
A personal web app on Core. Autoscale hosting is $2 a month plus usage. A low-traffic app usually uses a few dollars of compute, so most of your $20 credit is left for stronger models. Total: $20 a month.
A Discord bot or always-on API on Core. It needs a Reserved VM, and the smallest one is $15 a month. That uses most of your $20 credit before you spend any on Agent work. Total: $20 a month, with little left for paid models.
A small team app on Pro. Ten parallel agents and up to 15 collaborators, with a 1 vCPU Reserved VM at $35 a month. That leaves $65 of the $100 credit for paid Agent work, and unused credit rolls over for two months. Total: $100 a month.
The pattern: hosting an always-on app eats into the same credit that pays for stronger models. If your app needs a Reserved VM, plan for Core's credit to cover hosting and little else.
What happens when Replit credits run out?
Replit bills you for extra usage beyond your credits, monthly or whenever the extra costs build up. To cap that, set a usage limit under Settings, per Replit's spend management docs. When you hit the limit, usage-based services stop until the next billing cycle or until you raise the limit.
You can also buy credit packs ahead of time:
| Pack | Price |
|---|---|
| $100 of credit | $100 |
| $300 of credit | $290 |
| $500 of credit | $480 |
| $1,000 of credit | $950 |
Packs cover Agent work, hosting, storage and other usage. To spend only what you've prepaid, Replit suggests setting your usage limit to $0.01. Auto-reload can buy a new pack when your balance runs low.
Set a usage limit on day one. It's the simplest way to avoid the surprise charges that top the complaints on Trustpilot.
Is Replit free?
Yes, the Starter plan is free, but it's limited. You get daily Agent credits up to a monthly cap, Lite builds only, and one published app that goes offline after 30 days. Starter has no Plan Mode and no background tasks.
It's enough to try Replit Agent on a small project. For anything you want to keep online, you'll need Core.
Is Replit worth the price?
Core at $20 a month is fair value for solo builders, mostly because Free Mode covers everyday Agent work. Pro at $100 makes sense for teams that need collaborators and parallel agents, or anyone who wants credits that roll over.
If unpredictable costs worry you, compare the alternatives first. Lovable and Base44 charge for building in a way that's easier to track, and our Replit alternatives guide sorts the options by why people leave. For direct match-ups, see Replit vs Lovable and Base44 vs Replit.
FAQ
How much is Replit per month?
Replit Core costs $20 a month, or $18 a month billed yearly. Pro costs $100 a month, or $90 billed yearly. Each includes the same amount in monthly credits, as of October 2026.
Is Replit Agent free?
Partly. Starter includes limited daily Agent credits, and Core and Pro include Free Mode for everyday Agent work. Stronger models and bigger jobs cost credits.
Do Replit credits roll over?
Core credits don't roll over; they reset each billing cycle. Pro credits roll over for two months before they expire.
Why is Replit so expensive?
Usually because Agent work on stronger models and always-on hosting both come out of the same credits. Staying in Free Mode, using Autoscale instead of a Reserved VM, and setting a usage limit keep costs down.