surge.sh + cloudflare Free static hosting with custom domain support
I'm also a big fan of this combo!
Ask HN: What free or low-cost static site hosting do you use most?
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#72NearlyFreeSpeech - fantastic business, incredibly cheap. My domain costs are more than my hosting costs (I pay roughly $2.50 a month for hosting a forum).
Re: Ask HN: What free or low-cost static site hosting do you use most?
#73Github Pages + cloudflare + travis why: free, cdn, version-controlled, continuous integration, https, custom domains.
+1 for Github Pages + Cloudflare Wish there was a poll option on HN. How are you going to count OP? Will you share the results?
https://news.ycombinator.com/newpoll - I've never seen one in the wild, though. Maybe too few people know about it?
Re: Ask HN: What free or low-cost static site hosting do you use most?
#74For some cheap VPS you can try searching on https://lowendbox.com/ some are like $2/month (usually a year commitment)
Re: Ask HN: What free or low-cost static site hosting do you use most?
#75I use AWS S3, which I put behind a Cloudfront distribution. It's quick to set up, and there are no servers to keep up to date and patched. You also get free SSL for your Cloudfront distribution via AWS certificate manager. For stuff like Contact Us forms, I use AWS Lambda to post the data into my company's CMS. We've had this setup for about a year now and it works quite well. The cost is almost nothing but we don't…
It's worth noting that SSL only works between the browser and Cloudfront servers. Last time I checked there wasn't an option to use SSL with s3.
It's not a deal breaker, but it was enough to make me look for alternatives.
Re: Ask HN: What free or low-cost static site hosting do you use most?
#76I use AWS S3, which I put behind a Cloudfront distribution. It's quick to set up, and there are no servers to keep up to date and patched. You also get free SSL for your Cloudfront distribution via AWS certificate manager. For stuff like Contact Us forms, I use AWS Lambda to post the data into my company's CMS. We've had this setup for about a year now and it works quite well. The cost is almost nothing but we don't…
A quick note on the S3/Cloudfront option - make sure you enable "Compress Objects Automatically"; it's not enabled by default and wasn't provided for a long time. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-gzip-compression-suppor... You'll save a lot on your bandwidth bill.
You can also set your edge usage to "Use Only US, Canada, and Europe" vs. "Use All Edge Locations" to save money, depending on your performance needs in various geographies.
Re: Ask HN: What free or low-cost static site hosting do you use most?
#77For some cheap VPS you can try searching on https://lowendbox.com/ some are like $2/month (usually a year commitment)
Downside of this is that you then have to administer and secure a VPS.
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#78RamNode: 128MB RAM 15GB storage, $15/year. Cheapest I have found yet for a tiny VPS.
Perfect for static pages, but a little bit of PHP might be fine.
Re: Ask HN: What free or low-cost static site hosting do you use most?
#79For some cheap VPS you can try searching on https://lowendbox.com/ some are like $2/month (usually a year commitment)
Downside of this is that you then have to administer and secure a VPS.
that's true. they list some shared hosting providers though which cost $1.50/month and they manage the security etc
Re: Ask HN: What free or low-cost static site hosting do you use most?
#80NearlyFreeSpeech - fantastic business, incredibly cheap. My domain costs are more than my hosting costs (I pay roughly $2.50 a month for hosting a forum).
Yeah, love NearlyFreeSpeech. I think I put in like $20 bucks and it covers me for over half the year. A few single page static sites to host some portfolios.