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Free static hosting: Netlify vs Vercel vs Cloudflare Pages vs GitHub Pages vs Render vs Firebase

The free plan at six static and frontend hosts: bandwidth, builds, limits, domains, functions, commercial use and what happens over the limit

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Por qué comparar estos

Six free plans people pick between to put a site online. The biggest differences are in the rules, not the numbers: Vercel Hobby and GitHub Pages don't allow commercial sites, Netlify pauses every site when the 300 monthly credits run out, and Cloudflare serves static files free and unlimited (its docs now point new projects to Workers). Bandwidth runs from 5 GB a month (Render) to 100 GB (Vercel, and GitHub's soft limit). The table doesn't show real-world speed, uptime or support, and 'not stated' means we couldn't find the number on the provider's own pages. Not a ranking, not a speed test.

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    Netlify

    Netlify hosts static sites and frontend apps from Git, with functions, forms and deploy previews; the Free plan gets 300 credits a month with a hard limit.

    Git-based web hosting with a credit-metered free plan

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    Vercel (Hobby)

    Vercel deploys frontend frameworks and static sites with serverless functions; its free Hobby plan is limited to non-commercial, personal use.

    Frontend cloud from the makers of Next.js, free Hobby tier for personal use

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    Cloudflare Pages

    Cloudflare Pages builds and serves static sites on Cloudflare's network with free unlimited static requests; Cloudflare's docs now say to start new projects...

    Static hosting on Cloudflare's network, now steered toward Workers

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    GitHub Pages

    GitHub Pages publishes static sites from a GitHub repository, public repos only on GitHub Free, with soft limits on size, bandwidth and builds.

    Free static hosting straight from a GitHub repository

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    Render (static sites)

    Render is a cloud platform for web services, databases and static sites; static sites are free to deploy but draw on the workspace's monthly bandwidth and...

    App platform whose static sites deploy free on the Hobby workspace

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    Firebase Hosting

    Firebase Hosting serves static and web app content from Google's CDN; the no-cost Spark plan has storage and transfer quotas, and functions need the...

    Google's hosting for web apps, free on the Spark plan

Compara lado a lado

NetlifyVercel (Hobby)Cloudflare PagesGitHub PagesRender (static sites)Firebase Hosting
Free plan
Free plan name and priceFree, $0/month, 300 credits/month with a hard limit (no recharge)Hobby, freeFree plan (Workers Free); Cloudflare says to start new projects with Workers static assetsIncluded with GitHub Free (public repositories only)Hobby workspace, no monthly fee; static sites free to deploySpark plan, no cost
Bandwidth per monthNo fixed GB: bandwidth costs 20 credits per GB from the 300-credit pool (15 GB if credits go to nothing else)100 GB Fast Data Transfer; 10 GB Fast Origin Transfer; 1,000,000 CDN requestsStatic requests free and unlimited; GB cap not statedSoft limit of 100 GB/month5 GB outbound bandwidth (shared by the workspace); then $0.15/GBPricing page: 360 MB/day; quotas doc: 10 GB/month for non-Blaze projects
Commercial use on free planNo restriction found in the Terms of Use or Self-Serve Subscription AgreementNo: Hobby is non-commercial, personal use only (ads, sales, paid client work all count as commercial)Not statedNo: not allowed to run an online business, e-commerce site or commercial SaaSNot statedNot stated
Team members on free plan1 Team Owner; unlimited Reviewer seatsNo team collaboration features on HobbyNot statedUnlimited collaborators (GitHub Free)1 team memberNot stated
Limits
Sites or projects500 projects200 projects100 projects per account (Workers: 100 per account, separate limit)One user/organization site per account; one project site per repositoryNot statedUp to 36 sites per Firebase project
File count and size limitsNot statedCLI uploads: 15,000 source files, 100 MB static file uploads20,000 files per site; 25 MiB per filePublished site max 1 GB; source repo recommended max 1 GBNot stated10 GB storage; 2 GB max per file; file count not stated
Over the free limitCredits used up: all projects are paused and show a 'Site not available' page; Free can't buy more creditsMust wait until 30 days have passed to use the feature again (no billing on Hobby)Static assets keep serving; functions over 100,000 requests/day get error 1027 (or the Worker is bypassed if fail open)Soft limits: GitHub may stop serving the site or email you (no billing)Bandwidth: billed $0.15/GB, or services spun down until next month without a payment method; builds stop for the monthTransfer: short grace period, then sites disabled until next month; storage full: no new deploys
Builds
Build allowance1 concurrent build; each production deploy costs 15 credits; deploy previews and branch deploys not metered45 min per build, 1 concurrent build, 100 deployments/day; build minutes not capped on the pricing page500 builds/month, 1 concurrent build, 20 min build timeoutSoft limit 10 builds/hour (not for custom Actions workflows); 10 min deploy timeout; Actions free on public repos500 pipeline minutes/month (Starter tier)Not stated (no build service listed on Spark)
Domains and SSL
Custom domainsYes, custom domains with SSL (number not stated)50 domains per project100 custom domains per projectYes, custom domains supported (number not stated)2 custom domains included; extra $0.25/month eachYes, custom domain included (number not stated)
Automatic HTTPSYes, SSL included with custom domainsYes, Let's Encrypt certificates issued and renewed automaticallyYes, Cloudflare issues a certificate for each custom domainYes, automatic for github.io; custom domains get Let's Encrypt certificatesYes, managed TLS certificates, always freeYes, SSL included with custom domains
Functions
Serverless functions on free planYes; compute costs 10 credits per GB-hour; 60 s sync limit, 15 min background limit; 1 GB memoryYes: 1,000,000 invocations, 4 hours Active CPU, 360 GB-hrs memory; max duration 300 sYes, Pages Functions billed as Workers: 100,000 requests/day, 10 ms CPU per requestNone (static hosting only)None for static sitesNo: Cloud Functions need the Blaze plan
Paid plans
Cheapest paid planPersonal $9/month (1,000 credits); Pro from $20/monthPro $20/month (developer seats $20 per user/month)Workers Paid, minimum $5/month per accountGitHub Team $4 per user/month for the first 12 months (Pages from private repos needs a paid plan)Pro $25/month flat, plus computeBlaze pay as you go: $0.15/GB transfer, $0.026/GB storage over the free amounts

Cómo se mide

Read from each provider's own pricing pages, limits docs and terms on the date in the references. Free plan only, prices in US dollars as the pages show them. Where two official pages disagree (Firebase transfer) both figures are given; anything not on an official page is marked 'not stated'.

Referencias

  1. Curated: static hosting free tiers (official pricing and limits pages), shortlist20 research (facts from official pages). Checked 2026-10-22 08:49 UTC.
  2. Netlify pricing, Netlify, checked 2026-10-22.
  3. Netlify credit-based pricing plans, Netlify, checked 2026-10-22.
  4. Netlify: how credits work, Netlify, checked 2026-10-22.
  5. Netlify Functions configuration, Netlify, checked 2026-10-22.
  6. Netlify Functions usage and billing, Netlify, checked 2026-10-22.
  7. Netlify Self-Serve Subscription Agreement, Netlify, checked 2026-10-22.
  8. Netlify Terms of Use, Netlify, checked 2026-10-22.
  9. Vercel Hobby plan, Vercel, checked 2026-10-22.
  10. Vercel pricing, Vercel, checked 2026-10-22.
  11. Vercel fair use guidelines, Vercel, checked 2026-10-22.
  12. Vercel limits, Vercel, checked 2026-10-22.
  13. Vercel: working with SSL certificates, Vercel, checked 2026-10-22.
  14. Cloudflare Pages overview, Cloudflare, checked 2026-10-22.
  15. Cloudflare Pages limits, Cloudflare, checked 2026-10-22.
  16. Cloudflare Pages Functions pricing, Cloudflare, checked 2026-10-22.
  17. Cloudflare Pages custom domains, Cloudflare, checked 2026-10-22.
  18. Cloudflare Workers pricing, Cloudflare, checked 2026-10-22.
  19. Cloudflare Workers limits, Cloudflare, checked 2026-10-22.
  20. GitHub Pages limits, GitHub, checked 2026-10-22.
  21. What is GitHub Pages?, GitHub, checked 2026-10-22.
  22. Creating a GitHub Pages site, GitHub, checked 2026-10-22.
  23. Securing your GitHub Pages site with HTTPS, GitHub, checked 2026-10-22.
  24. GitHub's plans, GitHub, checked 2026-10-22.
  25. GitHub pricing, GitHub, checked 2026-10-22.
  26. Render: deploy for free, Render, checked 2026-10-22.
  27. Render static sites, Render, checked 2026-10-22.
  28. Render outbound bandwidth, Render, checked 2026-10-22.
  29. Render build pipeline, Render, checked 2026-10-22.
  30. Render platform features by plan, Render, checked 2026-10-22.
  31. Render changelog: updated plans for workspaces, Render, checked 2026-10-22.
  32. Firebase pricing, Google Firebase, checked 2026-10-22.
  33. Firebase Hosting usage, quotas and pricing, Google Firebase, checked 2026-10-22.
  34. Firebase Hosting multisites, Google Firebase, checked 2026-10-22.
  35. Cloud Functions for Firebase, Google Firebase, checked 2026-10-22.

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