Build a 3 column pricing plan layout with CSS flexbox

Pricing components are a common feature on websites that offer different plans with monthly billing.

In this example we’ll be building a responsive 3 panel layout using CSS flexbox.

Let’s get started with the HTML.

Flexbox layouts need a flex container (pricing) and flex items (pricing-plan) to function correctly.

<div class="pricing">
      <div class="pricing-plan">
        <h2>Basic</h2>
        <p><span>$3.95</span> / month</p>
        <ul>
          <li>1 Website</li>
          <li>1GB Storage</li>
          <li>Unlimited Bandwidth</li>
          <li>24/7 Support</li>
        </ul>
        <a href="#">Sign up</a>
      </div>
      <div class="pricing-plan">
        <h2>Premium</h2>
        <p><span>$16.95</span> / month</p>
        <ul>
          <li>10 Websites</li>
          <li>10GB Storage</li>
          <li>Unlimited Bandwidth</li>
          <li>24/7 Support</li>
        </ul>
        <a href="#">Sign up</a>
      </div>      
      <div class="pricing-plan">
        <h2>Advanced</h2>
        <p><span>$27.50</span> / month</p>
        <ul>
          <li>Unlimited Websites</li>
          <li>Unlimited Storage</li>
          <li>Unlimited Bandwidth</li>
          <li>24/7 Support</li>
        </ul>
        <a href="#">Sign up</a>
      </div>
    </div>

Next we’ll add the CSS that’ll give us our 3 column flexible layout.

.pricing {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: space-between;
  max-width: 960px;
  margin: auto;
}
.pricing-plan {
  flex: 1;
  background-color: #1f262c;
  margin: 15px 8px;
  padding: 30px;
  border-radius: 6px;
  color: #fff;
}

So the plans aren’t squished on mobile devices we’ll switch to a single column layout with the following:

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .pricing {
    display: block;
  }
}

You could now add or remove a "pricing-plan" and the layout will adjust accordingly.

Lastly we can add some style so the headings, text and links all look nice.

.pricing-plan h2 {
  margin-top: 0;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
  border-bottom: 2px solid #e30046;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  letter-spacing: 0.07em;
}
.pricing-plan p {
  margin-top: 0;
}
.pricing-plan p span {
  font-size: 33px;
}
.pricing-plan ul {
  margin: 0 0 35px;
  padding-left: 16px;
  list-style: none;
  line-height: 1.8;
  color: #b5b5b5;
}
.pricing-plan ul li::before {
  content: "•";
  color: #e30046;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 20px;
  margin-left: -15px;
  position: relative;
  top: 4px;
  font-size: 26px;
  line-height: 0;
}
.pricing-plan a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #fff;
  padding: 10px 20px;
  text-align: center;
  background: #e30046;
  border: 2px solid #e30046;
  border-radius: 5px;
  letter-spacing: 0.05em;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 15px;
  font-weight: bold;
}
.pricing-plan a:hover {
  background-color: #1f262c;
}

If this was your first time using flexbox hopefully you can now start incorporating it in other components.