WeWeb Free Plan: Limitations, Pricing, and What You Get in 2026

WeWeb charges separately for two things: (1) Seat plans — what you pay for editor access, features, and AI tokens. This is mandatory. (2) Hosting plans — what you pay for WeWeb to host your app on AWS/CloudFront. This is optional if you self-host. To see your current plans, click your workspace avatar (top-left of editor) → Workspace Settings → Billing. You will see both your active Seat Plan and any Hosting Plan you have added. The total monthly cost formula is: Seat Plan + Hosting Plan (if using WeWeb Cloud) + Backend costs (Supabase, Xano, etc.) + Any other service costs. Never assume the seat plan price covers hosting — it does not.

The Free plan provides more than most users expect. It includes: the full visual editor with drag-and-drop, API and data integration (REST API, Supabase, Xano), the ability to import coded Vue.js components, responsive design builder with all three breakpoints, 1 million AI tokens per month, and free WeWeb Cloud hosting at a weweb.io subdomain with 500 sessions per month. What the Free plan does NOT include: custom domain (you get yourapp.weweb.io only), code export and self-hosting, GitHub sync, daily auto-backups, the ability to add Launch/Grow/Scale hosting plans, and team collaboration (multiple seats). The 500 session limit on Free hosting is the most common reason users upgrade — for any app with real users, 500 monthly sessions depletes quickly.

Essential is the first paid seat tier and unlocks WeWeb's core differentiating features. Upgrading to Essential gives you: code export and self-hosting (deploy your Vue.js app anywhere), GitHub sync for CI/CD pipelines, daily auto-backups with restore capability, 10 million AI tokens per month, and the ability to add paid hosting plans (Launch, Grow, Scale) to your project. Essential is a single-seat plan — it does not include team collaboration (multiple editor seats). Essential is the right upgrade if your primary need is a custom domain, code export, or self-hosting. You can access Essential from your Billing page by clicking Upgrade to Essential.

The Pro plan ($42/seat/month) is built for teams and agencies. It adds unlimited editor seats (each billed at $42/month), hourly auto-backups (vs daily on Essential), unlimited manual backups, and 25 million AI tokens per month per seat. Pro is required when multiple developers need to work on the same WeWeb project simultaneously. The Partner plan ($67/seat/month) adds everything in Pro plus: free WeWeb Cloud hosting with 1,000 sessions/month, staging environments on WeWeb subdomain, the ability to join client workspaces for free, project transfer to clients, a listing in WeWeb's featured partner directory, and a 20% referral commission on referred subscriptions. Partner is designed for agencies managing multiple client projects.

If you want WeWeb to host your app (rather than self-hosting), you add a hosting plan on top of your seat plan. Hosting plans require at least an Essential seat. The tiers are: Free hosting (included with all plans, WeWeb subdomain, 500 sessions/month, WeWeb branding), Launch (~$10-13/month, custom domain, initial traffic allowance), Grow (custom domain, 200GB bandwidth — added after community feedback in February 2025), and Scale (highest tier, up to 250,000 monthly sessions, up to 10GB app size, backups, staging environments, removes WeWeb branding). Navigate to App Settings → Hosting to see hosting options for your current project. Note that session and bandwidth limits are per project, not per account.

AI tokens in WeWeb power the AI assistant in the editor (generating layouts, writing formulas, creating components). Token limits per plan: Free (1 million/month), Essential (10 million/month), Pro (25 million/month), Partner (35 million/month). Tokens reset on your billing cycle date and do not roll over. When tokens are exhausted, the AI assistant stops working until the next billing cycle or until you upgrade. As of February 2025, AI errors no longer consume tokens — only successful AI operations use tokens. To check your remaining tokens, go to Workspace Settings → Billing → AI Usage. Heavy AI users on the Free plan will exhaust their 1 million tokens quickly with complex generation tasks.

WeWeb offers regional pricing discounts for users in specific countries where the standard pricing would be disproportionately expensive. Eligible countries include Brazil, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, and Thailand. Regional pricing is typically applied automatically when you sign up from an eligible country, or you can contact WeWeb support to request it. To check if regional pricing is active on your account, go to Workspace Settings → Billing and compare the prices shown to the standard global prices. Regional pricing applies to all seat plan tiers and typically represents a significant discount — making WeWeb accessible in markets where $42/month for Pro would otherwise be prohibitive.

Use this decision framework to choose the right plan. Stay on Free if: you are prototyping or building a personal project, you do not need a custom domain, and 500 sessions/month is sufficient. Upgrade to Essential if: you need a custom domain, want to self-host on Vercel/Netlify/Cloudflare, need code export for client delivery, or want GitHub sync for your workflow. Upgrade to Pro if: you have a team of 2+ developers working in WeWeb simultaneously, need hourly backups, or need more AI tokens. Upgrade to Partner if: you are an agency managing multiple client WeWeb projects and want to join client workspaces and earn referral commissions. Add a hosting plan (Launch/Grow/Scale) if: you want WeWeb Cloud hosting instead of self-hosting — choose based on your expected monthly sessions.