Edit 2025-04-08: This may be outdated. I wrote this in 2022 trying my best to understand the ToS of Netlify as much as possible because, at the time, I used it for static site hosting. I am unsure if I interpreted right, but this is what I understood from it. Take everything here herein with a grain of salt.
i hate how long toses are, so, lets take netlifys tos and shorten it a bit so you wouldnt get banned :)
also, this might not be 100% accurate, you can always reach me at ari.web.xyz@gmail.com or CaO if you find any inaccuracies, if you decide to let me know what is inaccurate please provide a quote where the information is inaccurate and where is the correct information (including another quote), all of my sources are linked in # sources
# general tl;dr
be reasonable and dont be scared to ask and you probably wont be violating any of these rules, dont forget to pay your bills and in the case you do try to pay them as fast as you can, if you cannot or you think it was a mistake, contact netlify or their support team
# tl;dr of the tos, sssa and privacy
- by using netlify you agree to the terms of services
- you are bound to self-serve subscription agreement and data protection agreement
- by creating an account you agree to this agreement
- a valid account may only be created and maintained by a person who has provided accurate information to netlify at the sign up process
- you are responsible for everything in your account
- protecting usernames and passwords
- following the ToS
- using netlify DNS or functions on sites only deployed on netlify
- although it is allowed to have DNS records pointing to external resources
- this part may not apply if you have a separate enterprise subscription agreement with netlify
- for free tier customers netlify is allowed to terminate your account immediately upon notice without cause, so can you
- for paid tier customers, you have the right to terminate your account via the admin pannel or via a notice to netlify support addresses, all fees paid are non-refundable, if you terminate your account via the admin panel, note that you have to do it 1 day prior to your billing period to avoid charges for the renewal term
- any termination not completed by the admin panel must be done 10 days prior to the billing perior to avoid charges for the renewal term
- all fees are non-cancelable and non-refundable, you may pay the fees for the plan they signed up for
- netlify has the right to change or add fees to your plan with a notice
- if you use netlify with a free tier, netlify reserves all rights to change terms and conditions of your netlify plan, or even discontinue it, although they will try their best to give you a notice about it
- netlify reserves the right to remove or terminate any of your sites on the free tier if the netlify team decides to without reason or notice, the same applies to sites or projects that are unfairly on netlify free plan, are causing performance issues due to an attack on a website or similar
- you have the right to the information collected by netlify, but they also are allowed to use, analyze, distribute and disclose your data for improvement and customisation of netlify products
- what may your data be used for
- provide services to improve the quality of netlify and its services
- provide you with statistics
- manage and bill your account
- inform you about changes or additions to netlify services or availability of new ones
- carry out marketing activities
- enforce privacy policy
- respond to claims of violation of rights of any third parties
- respond to requests for customer services
- protect the rights, property and personal safety of everyone
- provide information to authorities if needed
- people who live in california have their data in compliance of CCPA, netlify does not sell, rent or share any personal information with third parties or use your data for any direct selling purposes
- people in europe have the choice to opt out of the following if you drop them an email at
privacy@netlify.com - data disclosure to a 3rd party
- data usage for a purpose that is materially different from the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected or subsequently authorized by you
- netlify will only share your information with 3rd parities in accordance with your instructions or as necessary to provide you with a specific service or otherwise in accordance with applicable privacy legislation
- generally netlify wont sell, rent, share or disclose your information without your permission
- netlify may use your data stripped out of anything personal ("aggregated data") to provide generalized and anonymous statistics
- netlify is not responsible for any privacy of links in your site, read their privacy statements
- netlify is allowed to use cookies and log files to collect information about what you clicked, if you have seen a certain page variant and to monitor traffic, patterns and popularity of its services
- netlify is going to handle all data transfer in accordance to data privacy laws in case of changed ownership or business transition
- netlify tries to guarantee maximum security, although if you want it to be fully secure you must take a part in it as you are responsible for all actions in your account
- netlify disclaims all warranties of its provided services
- you shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Netlify and its officers, directors and employees
- netlify is not liable for any lost profits and consequential, indirect, punitive, exemplary or special damages
- you may not use the Services to export or re-export any information or technology to any country
- sssa (self serve subscription agreement) shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the state of california
- netlify has no obligation to monitor your use of their services, although netlify may do so and may prohibit any use of the services if its in violation
- you may not be liable for violation of sssa if you have experienced an event out of your control, for example major power grid failure, war, natural disaster, epidemic, terrorism and similar
- you consent to receiving certain electronic communications from netlify and you agree that it satisfies any legal communication requirements for communication
- you allow netlify to use your company name and logo as a reference for marketing or promotional purposes on netlify and in other public materials subject to standard trademark usage guidelines
- netlify has the right to modify sssa with a notice if any of the following conditions are met
- new services procured after the modifications
- continuing services for any renewal term(s) starting after notice of such modifications was provided
- netlify is going to follow all laws for data collection
- to use netlify you must be at least 13 years of age
- netlify must only be accessed from a device controlled by you at all times
- you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of usernames and passwords associated with your account
- you are allowed to copy or store any parts of netlify on any computer or other device
- netlify shall own and retain all right, title and interest in and to its website(s) and related software
- by posting content on netlify you represent and warrant that your content does not infringe, violate or misappropriate any third-party right, for example any intellectual property or proprietary right
- netlify does not allow the following content to be published
- content of an illegal nature (including stolen copyrighted material)
- pirated software sites, including cracking programs or cracking program archives
- content with the purpose of causing harm or inciting hate, or that could be reasonably considered as slanderous or libelous
- violating content terms you will get a notice through your email with normally a grace period of 48 hours (2 days) to take action to fix the issues given to you, but you also risk losing your account if netlify deems it necessary
- netlify has the right to collect and analyze all data you upload to netlify to improve administer and develop its products and services
- netlify does not allow the following usage of its services and products
- send unsolicited messages
- use netlify PURELY as a remote storage server
- sell, rent, lease or loan access to any netlify site
- reverse engineer or assemble any of netlify products
- use netlify exploitative-ly
- use netlify in a way you begin to disturb its services, products or networks
- introduce automated scripts into the netlify website in order to produce multiple accounts, generate automated searches, requests or queries, or to strip or mine content or data from netlify
- perform any benchmark or analysis tests relating to netlify or its services without permission from netlify
- except the netlify API, access the netlify website using computer code
- you may not impersonate any person using netlify or its network resources
- use netlify as an open proxy or in any manner resembling an open proxy
- try to exploit netlify or gain unauthorised access
- use netlify for anything illegal
- netlify decides if your account is in violation of these clauses
- you are prohibited from using netlify for the propagation, distribution, housing, processing, storing, or otherwise handling any material in any way which netlify deems to be objectionable, this includes links or any other connection to such materials
- your site can contain links to other websites, such linked websites are not under netlifys control and netlify is not responsible for their content
- you shall follow all netlifys published policies and all applicable laws and regulations
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