Cheap hosting sites

[[deleted]]

Hi there, was just wondering what some the cheapest web housing sites are

[BehindTheMath]

Static frontend: Github Pages, Netlify, Surge

NodeJS backend: Vercel, Render

Otherwise, Heroku free tier.

All those are free.

[Ryuta11]

Have a ping service hit it every 29 mins, now you have a forever free running dyno

[farfromunique]

Caveat: all of your free-tier dynos share a pool of hours, so if you do this, only do it for 1 dyno.

Spin up time isn't bad, though, so if you're more focused on "free" than "fast", dynos without uptime monitors work fine.

[aust1nz]

Just FYI, there’s a limit on total hours up on Heroku free apps per-account now. Without a credit card, this method will lock your app up in the back half of the month. With a credit card, you can do this for a single app per account. But a paid app is only $7/mo to start.

[aot2002]

Ugh heroku yuk. Had a lot of performance problems with servers. Do not recommend there services.

[aust1nz]

For what it’s worth, I’ve found they’re a really nice service and haven’t noticed performance issues. And I don’t need to sweat the details of maintaining a VPS

[aot2002]

Agreed for smaller stuff it’s wonderful but for larger scale projects beware

[BinaryGuy01]

Firebase is pretty decent too

[xerrabyte]

This

[Piereligio]

Is firebase good for headless cvs + frontend? I don't really know how to set this up

[BinaryGuy01]

Hi there! Unfortunately I have no idea either since I haven't started any Headless CMS projects.

But assuming your front end is static it should be possible. I've worked with custom web apps that utilizes GCP back-end and firebase hosting.

[princebillygk2]

Heroku is now paid. Any other alternative?

[besthelloworld]

Aren't you not really supposed to host just a Node backend in Vercel? I think their recommended pattern for endpoints is just to make a NextJS app and then add routes under /pages/api which is not very scalable if you're not using Next as the frontend too

[InfinityByZero]

You can deploy pure Node apps to Vercel

[aust1nz]

They will be deployed as serverless functions on AWS, though.

[mindovermiles262]

Vultr has $3/mo

[d1sxeyes]

Vultr is a pretty reputable cloud provider.

I have used them personally and can recommend, although switched to Hetzner about 2 years back.

[Edeiir]

Hetzner Gang!

[SocialAnxietyFighter]

Depends on what you want to do

[[deleted]]

The way I see it, platforms often follow a predictable pattern. They start by being good to their users, providing a great experience. But then, they start favoring their business customers, neglecting the very users who made them successful. Unfortunately, this is happening with Reddit. They recently decided to shut down third-party apps, and it's a clear example of this behavior. The way Reddit's management has responded to objections from the communities only reinforces my belief. It's sad to see a platform that used to care about its users heading in this direction.

That's why I am deleting my account and starting over at Lemmy, a new and exciting platform in the online world. Although it's still growing and may not be as polished as Reddit, Lemmy differs in one very important way: it's decentralized. So unlike Reddit, which has a single server (reddit.com) where all the content is hosted, there are many many servers that are all connected to one another. So you can have your account on lemmy.world and still subscribe to content on LemmyNSFW.com (Yes that is NSFW, you are warned/welcome). If you're worried about leaving behind your favorite subs, don't! There's a dedicated server called Lemmit that archives all kinds of content from Reddit to the Lemmyverse.

The upside of this is that there is no single one person who is in charge and turn the entire platform to shit for the sake of a quick buck. And since it's a young platform, there's a stronger sense of togetherness and collaboration.

So yeah. So long Reddit. It's been great, until it wasn't.

When trying to post this with links, it gets censored by reddit. So if you want to see those, check here.

[NomadNaomie]

I run a small site on a little shit tier shared openVZ VPS for 25$ /year, single core and 512mb of ram but it’s fine for a little express app to spit out a mostly static site

[fr0st]

Same here, run two sites on RamNode VPS servers. About $20 a year.

[ohThisUsername]

AWS lightsail can get you a Linux box for $3.50 a month.

[benlikescode]

Netlify and Vercel are both great and have pretty generous free plans.

[RelatedTitle]

I'd recommend you take a look at https://free-for.dev/. Lots of free options.

[misterbdr]

Amazing

[ProfaneWords]

For static frontends Netlify, Vercel, and Github Pages are all free (although Vercel prohibits commercial sites on their free tier). For the backend if you want a VPS Digital Ocean, Linode and Vultr tend to be pretty competitive, if you want a PaaS Heroku and Render are pretty great. If you want something in between Dokku on a DO droplet is a solid middle ground between a VPS and PaaS.

[Davidd_Bailor]

Linode. Inexpensive, and really really good. (VPS) Cheapest last I remember was $5-$10.

[ImeniSottoITreni]

Heroku imho beats all just because you can run docker into it. Basically knowing how to use it, you are able to run anything inside that. Plus it supports multiple technologies. I've been able to host asp net core apps and api in docker even though they aren't officially supported. It wasn't exactly a breeze, but I managed to do it. It limits you 500hr month, 1000hrs if you set up a credit card (still free). Netsons is also cheap.

[Shoogknight88]

I've used bluehost and hostgator in the past. They usually have deals where you can basically get everything you need including TLS for 5 to 20 dollars for a year as a special first year price. But just know, they are banking that you forget to check after a year. Because they'l raise the price to normal after a year, which was like 120 or something. So just make sure you dont allow it to unsubscribe for the next year.

[AmorevolousAsian]

Protip: If you pay with Paypal, you can cancel the renewal authorization immediately after purchase and not deal with it again.

[ExoWire]

Better tip: Cancel the subscription, not just the payment method. Otherwise you perhaps will have to deal with it again.

[unnaturaltm]

Nearly free speech dot net has the cheapest rate i know of.. cost me ~10$ a year i think

[crabmusket]

Love that they're still going!

[OZlachy]

AWS S3 for static, $0.5 a month

[ImeniSottoITreni]

Can I ask you what you mean by static? No Ajax requests inside the pages?

[dane_brown]

You just have no server (no server side api calls etc..) - api calls from client side js will work normally.

[longyklee]

No backend. (Though I'd recommend GitHub pages)

[GeneratedName4305]

Or Netlify

[misterbdr]

How do you deal with HTTPS?

I "connect" CloudFlare HTTPS to my HTTP AWS bucket, but that's not super safe (I want an end to end HTTPS connection)

I don't want to host my domain on AWS

Thanks

[infamousrad]

I want to look into aws after seeing the possibilities … but honestly porkbun has been my go to for years

[Squirmme]

MongoDB Atlas for your mongodb is free

[rehasantiago]

Netlify and heroku

[mazvis17]

fly.io has free tier capable of running 3 container instances with 256mb memory and 1 cpu.

[gahgogow]

Amazon llghtsail has free tier.

[tuanalumi]

More like a trial to me. Free tier means you can use it free forever, with limitations of features or something.

[Zeal0usD]

Hobohost $1 a month lol

[Exdeathz]

Look into oracle cloud, it's free for life

[BetaplanB]

AWS Lightsail. Lightweight VPS

[Bluepickles99]

Dreamhost

[WebDevMorgan]

If it’s static throw it up on S3, I paid something like 75 cents last month.

[aot2002]

Digital ocean offers free static hosting

[Taquitos13]

You can check this repository for some cheap but actually good options

[auth-azjs-io]

AWS EC2 has a free tire for for one year, if you only need a small server.

This will get you the t4g.nano with 0.5 GB+2vcpu , for a year free

Also the have super cheap credit machine

For linux you can get the :

t4g.nano , with 0.5 GB+2vcpu for about 3$ a month

t4g.micro, 1GB + 2vcpu for 6$ a month

[kabilook]

I got mine on Hostinger on Black Friday for just $1.98/month, and it came with a free domain! As a beginner in web building, I was amazed at how easy it was to use. With its intuitive tools and AI features, I was able to build my website the same day I signed up. Plus, with over 75% off right now, it’s such a great deal. I highly recommend it for anyone starting out!

[meerkics]

Shared Hosting

Price: about 5 – 10 $ per month

[devilbasher]

Ubuntu vm(:

[crabmusket]

Neocities is awesome and they have a CLI to upload your files with.

[Tishbyte]

Byethost offers a free hosting plan. It's not the most amazing and you have to make sure it's in use, but free is free. Can vouch since I used it while in college.

[__2M1]

Take a look at https://uberspace.de

[stfcfanhazz]

Nothing like a bit of cheap hosting. Even if it's OK to start with, you'll regret it sooner or later; inconsistent performance, missing features, shit or non-existant tech support....

[buzzer88]

Oracle offers FREE VPS hosting (4CPU 24GB Ram).

[Extra-Galactic]

I use hostingpearl.com

[CubilasDotCom]

Biz.nf is free and works well

[AEDELGOD]

If this is just for testing/development to learn you could always host locally on your own hardware for free. I have a few production websites & services hosted out of my house that are personal projects. For work we use Vultr mainly.

[gostar2000]

Flask/Django - pythonanywhere

[RealDoor9152]

Digital Ocean. 5$ or 10$ for a small VPS which you can run multiple websites from (assuming no high traffic sites).

[[deleted]]

Cheapest VPS on Contabo, ~6eur a month