v0 pricing and free plan limits (2026, tested)
v0's plans and free-plan limits, re-read from v0's own pricing page and docs on 18 Oct 2026, next to what one real build used on the free plan in our test.
Short answer: v0's free plan gives 7 messages a day; new sign-ups get a one-time $5 credit (Verified, read 18 Oct 2026). The cheapest paid plan is Plus, $30 per user a month with $30 of credit. In our test (16 Oct 2026), one working multi-user app with login and a database used $3.81 of credit on the free plan (Observed), so the free plan covers one build that size, ever, on a new account (Inferred).
Recent changes and time-limited terms
v0 plans and free-plan limits Verified, read 18 Oct 2026
| Plan | Price | What you get | Limits | AI training default Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Deploy apps to Vercel, Design Mode, GitHub sync. | 7 messages a day. New users get $5 of credit once, and it does not renew; Free users who signed up earlier keep a $5 monthly allowance. v0 lists credit purchases only for Premium, Plus and Business. | May be used; no opt-out on this plan |
| Plus | $30 per user a month (the pricing page shows $90 struck through next to it) | Access to all models, $30 of credit a month per user, $2 of free credit on each daily login, buy more credits, team sharing. Unused monthly credits roll over and expire after 65 days. | Not a free plan. | May be used; no opt-out on this plan |
| Business | $100 per user a month | Everything in Plus, with training opt-out by default. | Not a free plan. | Opt-out by default |
| Enterprise | Custom | SAML SSO, role-based access, priority access; data never used for training. | Not a free plan. | Never used |
| Premium | $20 a month | $20 of credit a month. | Being retired; closed to new users. | May be used; no opt-out on this plan |
Prices in USD before tax. Sources, read 18 Oct 2026: v0 pricing · v0 docs: pricing and credits. Training defaults are from v0's docs, read 17 Oct 2026 (opt-out guide). Where a price says Inferred, it is our arithmetic, not a number v0 publishes.
What the free plan actually got us Observed
- The build: one multi-user to-do app with email login, a database and a public URL, from one fixed prompt, on a fresh free account with default settings (16 Oct 2026). It worked first time: 95/100, about 15 min to a live app, zero fix prompts.
- Used: $3.81 of credit. Billing page went from $5.00 to $1.19 available. After the run it read "a one-time $5 credit. This credit does not renew", with the remaining $1.19 expiring 19 Dec 2026.
- What broke: Lost 5 points on speed: about 15 minutes and a manual Publish. The $5 free credit is one-time for new sign-ups and does not renew.
The same build measured on all four free plans, side by side with time to live and fix prompts: measured cost per working app. Screenshots of the app itself: v0 review.
How many simple apps the free plan covers Inferred
- Builds that size on the free plan: 1, ever (for new accounts). $5 ÷ $3.81 = 1 build, and for new accounts the $5 is one-time. So for a build this size the one-time dollar credit, not the 7-message daily limit, is what caps free building (Inferred).
- Value of our build at the cheapest paid rate: $3.81. Credits are dollars, so face value. That is about 13% of Plus's $30 monthly credit, before the $2 daily login credit. You pay the subscription, not this amount.
- This assumes every build costs what our one clean run did. Real apps are bigger and need fixes, so expect fewer.
When the free plan runs out
- When credits are used up, generation pauses (Verified). v0 lists credit purchases only for Premium, Plus and Business, so on Free a new account's one-time $5 is the whole budget (Verified).
- If you pay for ChatGPT Plus or Pro, v0 can bill eligible responses from supported OpenAI models to that plan, but each request still carries a small platform fee in v0 credits, so you still need a v0 balance (Verified).
- Plan the build before you start: our working app used 76% of the one-time $5 in one go, so there is little left for fixes (Inferred).
- Plus at $30 per user a month gives $30 of credit plus $2 on each daily login; at our usage that is about 7 builds of the same size from the monthly credit alone (Inferred: $30 ÷ $3.81).
Verified = v0's own docs or pricing page, read 18 Oct 2026. Inferred = our reading and arithmetic.
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Comparing before you pay?
- v0 review (tested): what our build looked like and what broke.
- v0 alternatives (tested): the other three on the same prompt.
- Lovable vs Bolt vs Base44 vs v0 · Lovable vs v0 · Bolt vs v0 · Base44 vs v0
- Feature comparison: which plan gets a custom domain, code export, private apps and mobile apps on each tool.
- All four pricing pages · Cost per working app · AI training opt-outs
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FAQ
How much does v0 cost?
v0 has a Free plan; Plus is $30 per user a month with $30 of credit and $2 on each daily login (the page shows $90 struck through next to the $30); Business is $100 per user a month with training opt-out by default; Enterprise is custom. The $20 Premium plan is being retired and is closed to new users (Verified, read 18 Oct 2026).
How many messages does v0's free plan give?
v0's free plan has a limit of 7 messages a day. New users get a one-time $5 credit that does not renew; Free users who signed up earlier keep a $5 monthly allowance. v0 lists credit purchases only for paid plans, and the plan table lists no data opt-out (Verified, v0 pricing page and docs, read 18 Oct 2026).
How many apps can you build on v0's free plan?
In our test (16 Oct 2026, one run), one working multi-user to-do app with login and a database used $3.81 of credit (Observed). At that size the free plan covers 1, ever (for new accounts) (Inferred: $5 ÷ $3.81 = 1 build, and for new accounts the $5 is one-time. So for a build this size the one-time dollar credit, not the 7-message daily limit, is what caps free building (Inferred).) Apps that need fix prompts or more features will use more.
What happens when v0's free plan runs out?
Generation pauses. v0 lists credit purchases only for paid plans, so a new account has the one-time $5 and nothing more until it upgrades. Plus adds $30 of credit a month and $2 on each daily login (Verified, v0 docs, read 18 Oct 2026).
Does v0 use free-plan projects to train AI?
May be used; opt-out only on Business and Enterprise (Reported, vendor docs read 17 Oct 2026). Our AI training opt-out guide has the details and the steps to switch it off where that is possible.
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