Free Stuff

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Free Stuff For Developers

Hosting

• Netlify

  • Features
    • Static Site Hosting
    • Cloud Functions
    • Global CDN
    • Netlify CMS Support with Identity (Authentication)
    • Easy form support
    • Unlimited Sites
  • Limitations
    • Identity has a limit of 5 invite only users or 1,000 normal users
    • 1 Team member allowed
    • 1 concurent build
    • 300 build minutes/month
    • 100gb bandwidth/month

• Zeit Now

  • Features
    • Static Site Hosting
    • Serverless Functions
    • Automatic SSL
    • Each commit deploys to seperate URL for collaboration
    • Extremely fast
    • Zero config for most web frameworks
    • Instant static deploys
    • Server side rendering support
    • Smart CDN
  • Limitations
    • 100 sites
    • 1 Concurent build
  • Extra Benefits
    • The people behind zeit.co are the same who made next.js

• Surge

  • Features
    • Unlimited publishing
    • Custom domain
    • Basic SSL
    • "Six keystroke deploy"
    • Custom 404 page
    • Easy Grunt integration
    • pushState support for single page apps
  • Limitations
    • Limited project count (limit not clear)
    • Few server-side features
    • Limited to only static sites

• Gitlab Pages

  • Features
    • Static site generator support
    • CI/CD
    • Free SSL Certificate (Let's Encrypt)
    • 404 Pages
  • Limitations
    • Limited to only static sites

• Firebase Hosting

  • Features
  • Limitations

Static Site Hosting

Websites that are made to host and deploy your static website

• Netlify

• ZEIT Now

• Surge

• Gitlab Pages

• Firebase Hosting

Sites with cloud functions

Static site hosts that also have support for serverless cloud functions

• Netlify
• ZEIT Now

Sites with full backend hosting

Sites capable of hosting backend code

• KintoHub
• Heroku
• glitch
• cloudnode
• Render
• Sandstorm

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