Porchsite
What it costs to run a Porchsite site, and how to keep it that way
The free plan has no bill, but it has daily limits. Here is what happens if you go over, and what a paid plan changes.
A Porchsite site runs on your own Cloudflare account. Here is what that costs, in plain terms.
The free plan has no bill
Cloudflare’s free limits are account-wide and daily. How many page views a day your site can serve depends on its size. Small sites can serve tens of thousands of views a day. A site with 200 entries can serve about 2,900.
Going over stops the site, with no charge
If you go over a free limit, the site stops until the limits reset at midnight UTC. Nothing is charged. One busy site can stop the other sites on the same account. Visitors see a “temporarily unavailable” page until the reset.
A paid plan removes the limits but has no spending cap
A paid Cloudflare plan lifts the free limits, but it does not cap what you can be billed. Cloudflare’s usage alerts are email only and arrive about a day late. If you upgrade, set a budget alert first.
Self-hosting costs about $5 a month, flat
If you want costs to stay predictable, you can rent a small server for about $5 a month from a range of providers and run Porchsite there. Steps are in the self-hosting guide.
Your assistant never spends your money
Your assistant never spends money or changes your plan without your explicit yes. It tells you all of this before setup.
Cloudflare figures as of October 2026.