ngrok

What it is for

ngrok is a hosted Traffic Inspector desk: you open a request list, and Free is $0 ($5 of one-time included usage). Use it when the job is HTTP you inspect at a public $, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is ngrok’s official Traffic Inspector (April 27, 2025 9:28 PM, 79.30.154.156, GET /favicon.ico and GET /, 200, 267ms / 333ms, df00-e.app / .ngrok-free) from the docs still — not a pricing card. The rows themselves are ops of Traffic Inspector.

Key features

• Traffic Inspector — a request list you filter by status, method, and path (cover still; docs). One desk. Cover GET /favicon.ico / 200 / 267ms sit here.
• Endpoints — HTTP, TCP, and TLS listeners you bring online (pricing; docs). A listener, not a log row. Free / Hobbyist cap at 3 online endpoints.
• Traffic Policy — rules you attach to an endpoint (docs). A policy, not the Inspector table. Traffic blocked by policy does not count toward usage.
• Event Stream — a stream of observability events next to Inspector (docs). A stream, not a request row.
• Domains — assigned .ngrok-free / branded / custom hostnames on the endpoint (pricing). A name, not a GET row. Cover .ngrok-free sits here.

Live / Pause / Filter on the cover are CTAs (not desks). Free / Hobbyist / Pay-as-you-go tiles are the meter. Usage credits and $0.01 per active domain hour are the extra meter, not a desk we fold into Traffic Inspector.

Who it's for

Best fit: developers who will burn the Free $5 one-time credit at $0 while they open a first Traffic Inspector, then Hobbyist at $10/month of included usage when the credit is gone — not Pay-as-you-go $20 unless they need overflow billing.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from ngrok.com/pricing. Figures below are the printed USD tiles we fetched.

• Free — $0. $5 of one-time included usage. No overflow. Up to 3 online endpoints. Up to 1 GB data transfer. Up to 20k HTTP/S requests. Interstitial on HTTP/S. Assigned dev domain. 1 team member. Traffic Inspector retention 24 hours.
• Hobbyist — $10/month of included usage. No overflow (endpoints stop when the credit resets). Up to 3 online endpoints. 5 GB transfer included. 100k HTTP/S requests. ngrok-branded domains. 1 team member. Inspector retention 72 hours. Annual billing prints save $24.
• Pay-as-you-go — $20/month of included usage, then additional usage billed monthly. Unlimited online endpoints. Unlimited transfer (5 GB included). Unlimited HTTP/S requests. Unlimited team members (3 included). Inspector retention 72 hours (add-on for more).
• Custom / talk to us — contracts, compliance, scale. Invoicing / POs from $10,000/year. Confirm the live quote.

Usage examples on the same page: endpoint hours $0.02/hour; domain $0.01 per active hour. Confirm checkout; taxes follow your location.

Limitations / costs

• Hobbyist hard-stops when the monthly credit is gone. Overflow without a stall is Pay-as-you-go.
• Free Inspector keeps 24 hours. Longer retention is Hobbyist+ (72 hours) or a paid add-on.
• A Traffic Inspector desk, not Cloudflare’s Security Analytics. For that sampled-log desk see Cloudflare.

Alternatives

• Cloudflare — Security Analytics when you want Cloudflare’s Free $0 / Pro $20, not ngrok’s Inspector list.
• Fly.io — a hosted app when you want Fly’s public $, not a local endpoint you inspect.
• DigitalOcean — a droplet when you want DigitalOcean’s public $, not $5 of one-time tunnel credit.

Official tutorial

Official ngrok channel video: This is ngrok in 2026 (oEmbed author: ngrok). First-party 2026 product film; the Traffic Inspector still is the cover. The film is a second desk, not generate-on-Inspector. @ngrok resolved to an unrelated channel named fourtytwo — the official handle we oEmbedded is @ngrokHQ.

Written path: ngrok.com/pricing plus the Traffic Inspector still.

Website

https://ngrok.com

Repository

https://github.com/ngrok

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is ngrok’s official Traffic Inspector still (GET /favicon.ico + GET / + 200 + .ngrok-free). Dollars checked on ngrok.com/pricing (Free $0 / $5 one-time credit; Hobbyist $10; Pay-as-you-go $20). Tutorial oEmbed author: ngrok.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.