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The pricing seems a bit weird. I'm dubious about hosting something semi-important on the free tier, but the first paid price point is $45, which seems too high for easier static hosting.


On the free tier you're just hosting static files on Netlify, so they can cache very effectively. Also since you're just hosting a set of static files you're hardly "locked in", so if for whatever reason the free tier stops being appealing you can just move on to a different provider.


I've had a site on the free tier for about a month now and have had zero issues. Page speed is great. It was easy to set up. I don't have a need for any of the paid features anytime soon and don't plan on upgrading. I've been recommending them to anyone who will listen.

It almost seems too good to be true but as other people have pointed out when its just static content their costs are so low. Since I don't use anything special on their platform, if anything ever happens migrating away should be a breeze too.




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