Netlify's Starter tier is free with 100GB of bandwidth -- enough for real composable projects -- and Pro is $19 per member per month with more build minutes and team features. A composable team can launch at no cost and scale on a predictable per-member model.
Netlify's free Starter tier and low-cost Pro plan win for composable teams.
Netlify's Starter tier is free with 100GB bandwidth, and Pro is $19 per member. Pantheon's CMS tiers cost more. Netlify wins for teams building composable sites affordably.
Pantheon's plans are structured around CMS hosting tiers and cost more, with scopes oriented toward WordPress and Drupal site management. Teams building composable sites pay for CMS infrastructure and a pricing model designed around a different kind of workload.
Route-specific evidence
Netlify Starter is free with 100GB bandwidth, letting composable projects ship and iterate at no cost.
Netlify Pro is \$19 per member per month with more build minutes and team features -- a clear, low step up.
Pantheon's CMS-oriented plans cost more and are scoped around WordPress and Drupal hosting rather than composable sites.
Checks before publishing
Netlify
Confirm composable platform, git-based deploys, instant rollbacks, edge and serverless functions, forms, identity, and current Starter/Pro pricing at netlify.com.
Pantheon
Confirm container-based CMS platform scope, WordPress and Drupal workflow, multi-site governance, and current tiers at pantheon.io.
Buyer fit
Use Netlify when modern static or composable architecture is the primary decision driver for the team.
Exception
Use Pantheon when traditional WordPress or Drupal CMS hosting and governance is the core requirement.