Pricing that grows with your asset workflow
Start free for personal projects and experiments. Upgrade only when you need more assets, projects, bandwidth, requests, team collaboration or production-scale delivery.
Every plan uses the same platform
Every account includes the same optimization pipeline, CDN delivery, and core workflow. Paid plans do not unlock a different product - they simply increase the limits as your projects grow.
- Same optimization pipeline
- Same API
- Same CLI
- Same integrations
- Same asset workflow
Choose the plan that matches your workflow stage
The table confirms the choice. The biggest difference between plans is how much room your projects, traffic and team workflow need.
Free
For learning, prototypes and personal projects.
Starter
For freelancers and small production websites.
Pro
For agencies, teams and production workloads.
Compare limits
Yearly plans include significantly larger request and bandwidth quotas available for the full yearly cycle.
| Plan | Guest | Free | Starter | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ProjectsHow many separate asset workflows you can run. | ||||
| Max projects | 1 | 3 | 25 | 100 |
AssetsHow many files and how large those files can be. | ||||
| Max assets per project | 100 | 500 | 10k | 100k |
| Max size of text asset | 500 KB | 1 MB | 5 MB | 10 MB |
| Max size of image asset | 2 MB | 5 MB | 20 MB | 50 MB |
| Max size of document asset | 2 MB | 5 MB | 20 MB | 50 MB |
| Max size of audio asset | 2 MB | 5 MB | 20 MB | 50 MB |
| Max size of video asset | 10 MB | 25 MB | 50 MB | 100 MB |
| Max size of archive asset | 50 MB | 100 MB | ||
TrafficHow much optimized content is delivered and requested through the CDN. | ||||
| Bandwidth The amount of optimized content delivered through the CDN. | 1 GB | 5 GB | 25 GB Yearly quota: 300 GB | 100 GB Yearly quota: 1.17 TB |
| Requests Each CDN asset request counts toward this limit. | 5k | 20k | 300k Yearly quota: 3.6M | 1.5M Yearly quota: 18M |
OptimizationHow many optimized variants Smooth CDN can prepare for different devices and use cases. | ||||
| Image variants Higher plans generate more optimized image variants for different devices and use cases. | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
HistoryHow long usage and troubleshooting history is retained. | ||||
| Daily usage history retention Higher plans retain usage history longer for reporting and troubleshooting. | 1 days | 30 days | 90 days | 365 days |
| Invalid event logs retention Keeps error history available when debugging blocked or invalid delivery events. | 1 days | 3 days | 7 days | 14 days |
| Invalid event logs limit Controls how many invalid delivery events can be stored for review. | 10 | 100 | 500 | 1000 |
SecurityAccount and delivery controls for production workflows. | ||||
| 2FA | ||||
| Custom subdomain Use a customized shorter CDN URL for production projects. | ||||
| Monthly | $0 | $0 | $5 + taxes | $10 + taxes |
| Yearly | $0 | $0 | $49 + taxes | $99 + taxes |
How limits work
- • Bandwidth and requests are counted per account
- • Free plan limits reset one month after the first CDN request.
- • Monthly plans reset every billing cycle.
- • Yearly plans include the full yearly quota available immediately.
- • Custom subdomains are available in paid plans only
- • After downgrade to the Free plan, assets exceeding plan limits may remain available for up to 60 days before permanent removal.
Why both Guest and Free?
Guest is a special account type for testing dedicated plugins and custom integrations. Free is the regular self-serve plan for personal projects, experiments, and ongoing use.
Every plan follows the same workflow
You are not paying for a different product. You scale the same asset workflow as your projects and traffic grow.
01
Upload
02
Optimize automatically
03
Receive stable CDN URLs
04
Deploy anywhere
What the limits mean
Limits exist so pricing scales with real usage: projects, delivered content, request volume, generated variants and retained history.
Image variants
Higher plans generate more optimized image variants for different devices and use cases.
Bandwidth
Bandwidth represents the amount of optimized content delivered through the CDN.
Requests
Each CDN asset request counts toward this limit.
Daily history
Higher plans retain optimization and usage history longer for troubleshooting and reporting.
When should I upgrade?
Upgrade when your workflow has grown - not because you need a different version of Smooth CDN.
Stay on Free when
- Learning the platform
- Testing websites
- Building personal projects
Upgrade to Starter when
- Deploying production websites
- Using CI/CD regularly
- Serving customer assets
Upgrade to Pro when
- Managing multiple production projects
- Collaborating with teams
- Delivering large traffic volumes
Start building your asset workflow for free
Upload your first assets, generate optimized CDN URLs, and scale only when your projects need higher limits.