Hello Everyone, Do you want to host a static website? We will discuss about top 5 hoating providers. First understand what is static website hosting?
Static website means you don’t use any server side programming language such as PHP, Python etc. You only use html, css, javascripts and assets such as images, videos. For example, you can host ReactJs on static hosting.
There are the following top 5 static site hosting providers.
1. Netlify
Netlify is the fastest way to build the fastest sites. Used by 800,000 web developers and businesses, the Netlify platform provides modern build workflows, serverless functions and a global Application Delivery Network to deliver the most performant, secure and scalable websites and applications.
Netlify comes with 100 GB free bandthwidth limit which is enough to host any website. Netlify providers lots of features which you can use in your static website. For example, Serverless functions, Form submissions, identitiy etc.
Free features :-
- Custom domain
- SSL
- Add Members
- Add websites (limit 500)
- Serverless functions
- Forms submissions
- Identity
- Large Media Transformation
2. Vercel
Vercel is similar to Netlify. But some features are available only for paid users. For example, Serverless functions can’t be used in vercel free version. Like Netlify, Form submissions are not available on Vercel.
Free features :-
- Custom domain
- SSL
- Serverless functions
3. Cloudflare Pages
In 21 April 2021, Cloudflare in a blog post informs the users that Cloudflare Pages is now available for anyone. The good thing is that Cloudflare doesn’t limit on bandwidth, sites and requests. So you can enjoy unlimited bandthwidth with cloudflare pages.
Free features :-
- Custom domain
- SSL
- Unlimited sites
- Unlimited requests
- Unlimited bandwidth
4. Render
With static sites, render.com also provides some extra features for free.
Free features :-
- Custom domain
- SSL
- Services
- PostgreSQL and
- Redis
These features makes your static sites more powerful.
5. Github Pages
You can use github pages to host static sites. Your monthly bandthwidth limit will be 10 GB. Your subdomain will be your username. However you can also use your custom domain for github pages.
Free features :-
Custom domain
SSL