# Cheap Way to Host a Static Website 2023 : R - Author: **reddit.com** - Document Tags: [[create a website]] - [URL link](https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/14bn9gr/best_freecheap_way_to_host_a_static_website_2023/)  ## Highlights - I’ve been using Nextjs, Vercel, and Contentful for a few sites lately. Then the only thing they need to pay for is the domain ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc5fd5db0vry8mcm311pmr8)) (Tags: [[vercel]], [[next.js]], [[contentful]]) --- - Just a regular hosting service (such as OVH) and Cloudflare, works fine for static projects such as jamstack ones ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc589729mvag1mkajyxgyff)) (Tags: [[cloudflare]]) --- - Netlify was great for the beginning, now, seemengly out of nowwhere they want money ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc57gkjrfgz28hg92nvkrt8)) (Tags: [[netlify]]) --- - used cloudflare + static app, very happy with these services. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc66hnqw7nxeew0p9gvwxp2)) (Tags: [[static app]], [[cloudflare]]) --- - headless CMS for data and cloud functions for functionality like sending emails, downloading stuff ect ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc56x06ee2j2zwavdn6tmva)) --- - backend I would simply use AWS ECS instance or Google app engine. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc571xrefntwvbqnj9kcgme)) --- - Render.com has free static pages hosting ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc68ghzjrat47m8j9c9bea5)) --- - AWS S3 bucket is pretty brain dead easy. Buying, registering and setting up a domain can be done all in the same place too. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc6dmkt6wgxe3k7h6y1n1w4)) (Tags: [[amazon simple storage service (s3)]]) --- - CloudFront CDN ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc6dgb3vfa2wn0fd7zkfebh)) (Tags: [[amazon cloudfront]]) --- - +1 to that. I have my pages, domains, DNS settings, and everything in one place. Not to mention built-in analytics, and functions/workers should I need them ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc5cvs5sadpbchjtqrhwcz3)) (Tags: [[cloudflare]]) --- - [ ](https://www.reddit.com/user/Hadr619/) [Hadr619](https://www.reddit.com/user/Hadr619/) • [1y ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/14bn9gr/comment/johohcg/) I’ve been using Nextjs, Vercel, and Contentful for a few sites lately. Then the only thing they need to pay for is the domain ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc5dxswfcv4ghej726vc037)) --- - ing Nextjs, Vercel, and Contentful for a few sites lately. Then the only thing they need to pay for is the domain ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc5e9knpb77kh7443qpp6q7)) --- - S3 buckets provide a brain dead simple http process that has no SSR processing of any kind, static websites only. It’s dirt cheap and rock solid stable, ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc86mmhj5yk3dfx1k17drbk)) (Tags: [[amazon simple storage service (s3)]]) --- - +1 to Firebase. I’m a designer / hobby developer and everything is very intuitive and well documented even beyond static sites. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc888v816zd0aj7pxgw2pve)) (Tags: [[firebase]]) --- - Vercel takes the cake IMO. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc8xq3z4v5t0rqdhtdr7qw6)) (Tags: [[vercel]]) --- - CloudFlare pages and more serious projects on a VPS from [Linode.com](https://Linode.com) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc8w4necaypyy34xqhvns71)) --- - I run 9 websites in production with dbs, lambdas, api gateways, cloudfront, cloudwatch logs, load balancers,cloudformation, pinpoint for emails, an EC2 instance for a registry, etc all for around $22USD/month in total ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc9va8kw9r7mdp069cm9eqf)) --- - Even better, learning AWS infrastructure helped me to get a job in development as a lot of places like cloud infrastructure ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc9ve59kydt75ng5zd7caj0)) --- - [ ](https://www.reddit.com/user/Revexious/) [Revexious](https://www.reddit.com/user/Revexious/) u/Revexious Nov 14, 2015 2,666 Post Karma 19,430 Comment Karma [What is karma?](https://www.reddithelp.com/hc/en-us/articles/204511829) Follow Chat [Revexious](https://www.reddit.com/user/Revexious/) • [1y ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/14bn9gr/comment/joiye7h/) It feels like moving from windows to linux - excessively time consuming to learn, but abundantly positive once you're there ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hyc9w6pf9ycp21dkpsn5zpq7)) ---