Free Website Hosting Compared

Four ways to put a website online for $0 — with very different definitions of 'yours.'

	Netlify	GitHub	Wix	WordPress.com
Verdict	Free Forever	Free Forever	Free-ish	Free-ish
Free Score	88/100	86/100	55/100	50/100
Value	8/10	8/10	5/10	5/10
Card needed	No	No	No	No
Account	Required	Required	Required	Required
Limits	Monthly bandwidth and build allowances	Some team/enterprise features paid	Wix ads on your site, wixsite.com subdomain	WordPress ads on your site; no custom domain
You get	Real website hosting with drag-and-drop or Git deploys	Unlimited public and private repositories	The full drag-and-drop site builder	A hosted blog or website with basic themes
Real cost	An account. Generous limits most small sites never hit.	An account. Free covers unlimited public and private repos.	Your site advertises Wix until you pay.	An account. Your site advertises WordPress until you pay.
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Our pick

For a clean site you fully own: Netlify (custom domain, no banner, drag-and-drop deploy). For developer projects and portfolios: GitHub Pages. For a drag-and-drop builder you don't mind wearing a banner: Wix. WordPress.com's free tier is the most restricted. Netlify + a $12 domain is the best free stack.

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