List of services for hosting static websites

• https://www.netlify.com
  • both command-line tools and web-based UI
  • can integrate with GitHub, publish automatically when git repository changes
  • free for unlimited basic websites
  • paid for advanced features (functions to execute server side code, identity/login service, form submissions with more than 100 submissions, team collaboration)
• https://firebase.google.com/products/hosting/
  • command-line tools for deployment
  • can use auth and functions for more functionaly
  • free tier: $1 GB of stored data, $10 GB of bandwidth. Pay per use after that.
• https://surge.sh
  • command-line tools
  • Took off when Heroku changed their pricing to make static site hosting unviable
  • free for basic website, $13/mo per project for more advanced features (custom redirects, password protection)
• https://neocities.org
  • command-line tools
  • free, accepts donations
  • Open source
  • Made mostly by one dev, with contributors helping out
• https://pages.github.com
  • driven by a git branch in GitHub repository
  • Limited to Jekyll static site generator
  • free
• https://pages.gitlab.io
  • GitLab CI builds/pipelines integration
  • free
• https://zeit.co/blog/now-static
  • Delightful design, very clever details
  • Auto-detects static sites
  • Requires framework-specific tooling for SPA
• https://aws.amazon.com/s3/
  • pay for use
  • complicated to use
• https://commons.host
  • Based on Node.js native HTTP/2
  • Aimed at next-gen static frontend development: server push, manifests, etc
• https://www.bitballoon.com
  • Friendly to beginners
  • Drag and drop site building
  • Demo on the homepage is the actual workflow
  • Mini GUI dashboard to set password, change domain name
• https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/
  • Seems to just give an SSH account with a special directory for the static files?
• https://www.aerobatic.com
  • Atlassian/Bitbucket integration
• https://www.paperplane.io/
  • DropBox or GitHub ⇒ website
  • free tier: up to 3 websites, no custom domains
  • $9/mo for unlimited everything