Netlify
Web hosting and automation platform for modern web projects with serverless backend.
Cloud Hosting
Free
Overview
Netlify pioneered the Jamstack hosting model. Deploy from Git, get CDN hosting, serverless functions, forms, identity management, and more out of the box.
Strengths
- Generous free tier
- Framework-agnostic — works with any static site generator
- Built-in forms, identity, and serverless functions
- Deploy previews for every branch
Weaknesses
- Build times can be slow
- Serverless functions have cold start issues
- Less integrated than Vercel for Next.js
- Support responsiveness varies by plan
Quick info
- Category
- Cloud Hosting
- Starting price
- Free
- Free tier
- Fully free
- Open source
- No
- Best for
- Any size
- Founded
- 2014
Last updated 2026-04-12
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