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Best static sites & jamstack hosting in 2026

Static frontends are the cheapest hosting problem there is — the interesting decisions are build minutes, bandwidth, and how much PaaS you actually need.

What actually matters

  • • Free tier generosity
  • • Build minutes included
  • • Global CDN
  • • Preview deployments

  1. #1Render

    Free

    Heroku-style PaaS with a real free tier · 4 regions · monthly billing

    • + Free static sites + web services
    • + Managed Postgres/Redis
    • + Zero-config deploys
    • − Free instances sleep (cold starts)
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  2. #2Railway

    $5/mo

    Deploy-from-repo PaaS with usage-based pricing · 4 regions · usage billing

    • + Git-push deploys in seconds
    • + Usage-based billing
    • + Great DX + templates
    • − Costs scale unpredictably vs VPS
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  3. #3Fly.io

    $1.94/mo

    Run apps close to users — microVMs on a global anycast network · 35 regions · usage billing

    • + True edge deployment model
    • + Anycast + WireGuard private nets
    • + GPU regions
    • − Operational complexity vs typical PaaS
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  4. #4DigitalOcean

    $4/mo

    Developer-first droplets with managed DB/K8s/App Platform · 15 regions · hourly billing

    • + Best-in-class docs + tutorials
    • + Managed DB/K8s/App Platform
    • + Predictable pricing
    • − Premium managed services price steeply
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