Editorial take
Why it stands out
Astro itself is the free product here. The spend comes from whatever host, database, or edge platform you pair it with, so the catalog should not imply Astro has a native seat-based SaaS tax.
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Tool profile
Web framework for content-rich sites with fast static output and selective client-side hydration.
Documentation and developer marketing sites
Content-first sites with islands: ship mostly static HTML, hydrate only the components that need it.
Astro is released under the MIT license—the CLI, compiler, and core integrations carry no per-seat fee. astro.build/pricing (March 2026) lists paid cloud products (for example Astro DB and team tooling) separately from the framework; production cost otherwise is your host (Netlify, Vercel, Cloudflare, self-hosted Node, etc.) plus CDN egress.
Compare Next.js when you need default SSR and RSC everywhere; compare SvelteKit or Nuxt when you want a different compiler/runtime story with similar content goals.
Quick fit
Editorial take
Astro itself is the free product here. The spend comes from whatever host, database, or edge platform you pair it with, so the catalog should not imply Astro has a native seat-based SaaS tax.
What it does well
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