Free static hosting, compared
ship.page vs GitHub Pages, Netlify Drop, Cloudflare Pages and tiiny.host
One page per free host, checked against its own docs: what you need, upload limits, expiry, custom domains and price. Where they win, we say so.
All seven free hosts in one table- tiiny.hostship.page as a tiiny.host alternativeThe closest product to ours. Same drag-drop idea — but their free tier needs an account, caps uploads at 3 MB, and puts a banner on your page.The comparison
- Netlify DropNetlify Drop vs ship.page: an honest comparisonNetlify's drag-drop deploy is the original — but it's an on-ramp to the Netlify platform. Ours is just the deploy.The comparison
- GitHub PagesGitHub Pages vs ship.page: free HTML hosting with or without a repoFree and permanent with a custom domain, if you have a GitHub account and a repository, public on the free plan.The comparison
- Cloudflare PagesCloudflare Pages vs ship.page: an honest comparisonGenerous and permanent with free custom domains, but it needs a Cloudflare account, and Cloudflare now points new projects to Workers.The comparison
- VercelVercel vs ship.page: an honest comparisonVercel is built for framework apps like Next.js, and Vercel Drop lets you drag static files in with a countdown to claim them. ship.page is free forever with no account and no commercial restrictions.The comparison
- SurgeSurge vs ship.page: an honest comparisonClassic CLI static host with free custom domains and no expiry, but it requires Node.js, an npm install and an account before your first upload.The comparison
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