Free Static Website Hosting

Static sites are fast. People like fast. There are many advantages of static sites. Here are some:

• Static sites are fast to load, so good experience for users.
• Static sites are more secure than dynamic ones.
• Does not require powerful servers as they do not require computing on every request.
• Static sites do not require dependencies like databases.
• The server can be easily set up for static sites.
• Static sites are mostly easy and faster to set up.
• CDN can be used to host complete websites that make them even faster.

Here I am listing completely free static site hosts where you can deploy your website completely free without any credit card submission. 

If you know of any service that is not listed here please let me know in the comments.

Netlify is the leading host that provides free static site hosting. Used by millions and supported by developers from all over the globe.

• Used by big companies.
• Supported by almost all the static site generators.
• A huge user base means you can ask for help from the community.
• Provides 100GB data transfer per month. It is enough for the most common usage.
• You get access to serverless functions.
• Deploys to global edges(CDN) for faster site delivery.
• You can create unlimited websites under free plans.
• Develop locally with netlify-cli and dev server.
• Easy to deploy with netlify cli tool.

Render is another hosting service that hosts your static website for free and provides:

• 100GB bandwidth per month. More than enough for most websites.
• Website delivered via fast CDN service.
• Ability to add your own custom domain with a free SSL certificate.
• Unlimited collaborators
• Automatic continuous deploys from Git
• Native HTTP/2 support
• Custom HTTP headers

Github the leading software version control management website also allows you to host your static website on its infrastructure completely free.

Github pages come with:

• Unlimited bandwidth per month.
• Add your custom domain for free.
• Website delivery using the same CDN that delivers Github's own content.

Surge can also host your static website for free.

Surge provides:

• Bandwidth limitation is not mentioned on Surge's website, so maybe it's unlimited.
• Custom deployment tool to help in website deployment.
• You can add your own custom domain for free.
• Free SSL certificate to deliver your website on HTTPS protocol.

Cloudflare pages is a static website hosting service offered by famous CDN and network security company Cloudflare.

Cloudflare pages provide:

• Unlimited bandwidth for your website
• Unlimited websites under one account
• Unlimited requests
• Website delivery through famous Cloudflare CDN network
• Free SSL to deliver website over HTTPS protocol
• HTTP/3, QUIC, image compression out of the box.
• Unlimited collaborators
• Automated deployment via GitHub
• Dynamic functionality with Cloudflare workers
• Custom deployment tool makes deployment easier

Like GitHub Gitlab also provides hosting for your static websites.

• Unlimited bandwidth
• Can use any custom domain and SSL certificate
• Website delivery via CDN

Trusted by McDonald, Uber, The Washington Post, Facebook, etc. Along with hosting your static website Vercel gives you access to run serverless functions.

• Unlimited bandwidth
• Use custom domain name
• Continuous deployment via Git
• Serverless functions
• Website delivery by fast global CDN
• Analytics
• Logs
• Cron Jobs for serverless functions

and more

• 100 GB outbound bandwidth
• Unlimited inbound bandwidth
• 512 MB RAM
• 1GB disk space
• $5 or 500 hours of usage per month
• Multiple custom domains with SSL
• Deploy from Github repo
• Railway CLI for easy connection and deployment
• Can upgrade anytime
• Supports all the major languages  like NodeJS, PHP, Python, Go, Ruby, Java, .Net and many more.
• Mutiple databases supported like PostgreSQL, Mysql, Redis, MongoDB

Like Github pages and Gitlab pages codeberg also provide static website hosting. 

• Unlimited bandwidth
• Custom domain allowed
• Content delivery via CDN