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Replit pricing, free-tier limits & public-vs-private — the fine print

Detail page for Replit. The highest-staleness claims — tiers, the public-only free tier, the public-means-open trade, and the unresolved compute limits — dated and sourced.

Last verified: 2026-06-07 · checked against docs.replit.com + replit.com/pricing.

The free tier is public-only

Starter (free) gives 1 free published app. [confirmed] Private apps and multiplayer (live co-editing) are both paid — so a free account ends up able to share only in the public state. [estimate] (Replit's own docs don't spell out the private/multiplayer cutoff in one line; it's read from the pricing page plus the absence of those features on Starter — checked 2026-06-07.)

Both unlock on a paid plan: Core ≈ $20–25/mo (up to 5 collaborators) or Pro ≈ $95–100/mo (up to 15). [confirmed] Re-check live at replit.com/pricing before counting on a figure.

Public means open, not just unlisted

A public project is MIT-licensed for anyone to copy, and may be used to train Replit's models. [confirmed] There's no licence toggle — going private (paid) is the only off switch. The private-is-untrained read comes from the Terms scoping the training clause to public Apps, not from a stated promise about private ones. [estimate]

So decide public-vs-private before you put real data in. Whatever the running app stores lives on Replit's US servers alongside the code. → Replit's entry in Can you trust the company?

Collaborators need a free account; viewers don't

Editing or remixing needs a free Replit account (~3 min once). Viewing and running a public app needs none. [confirmed]

Compute / sleep limits are unclear

Whether a free app sleeps after inactivity, and the exact monthly compute cap, aren't stated cleanly in Replit's docs — the plan pages describe credits, not a fixed sleep rule. [unclear] (checked 2026-06-07)

Sources

  • Remix an app — "A Remix is a new Replit App you create from an app that you currently have access to"; copies the whole environment, choose public/private
  • Multiplayer / Invite teammates — "Replit lets multiple people work in the same project at the same time"; invite by username/email
  • Starter (free) plan — "1 free published app"; more require Core/Pro
  • Pricing — Starter (free), Core ($20–25/mo, 5 collaborators), Pro ($95–100/mo, 15 collaborators)
  • Private deployments — public apps need no sign-in; private prompt the visitor to sign in