Where to host static websites today

I did a short investigation of where it is easiest and cheapest to host a static website today. I also need easy email access.

Simply.com

• Tech: httpd, php, asp.net
• Price: $10/year first, then $110.
• Email: yes

I know this from before. Have to use either apache httpd and php or asp.net. Comes with a mysql database and usually roundcube email. Price currently at $10 for the first year and then $110 for the following. Expensive! But you do get a full setup and they monitor your website for unusual activity etc. But for a simple static website? I think this is too much.

AWS

• Tech: static files only
• Price: $6-18/year
• Email: +$48/year

AWS has also made this really easy with AWS Amplify. It’s only static websites and no databases, emails etc, but it has nice git integration. Price is at $6-18/year. Then add an email, and it’s +$48/year. So total $60-80/year. Better. But AWS is american. I want to keep the data in the EU.

OVH webhotel

• Tech: apache httpd, php
• Price: $19/year
• Email: yes

They do both webhotels (like simply.com) and cloud. Their webhotel is only $14/year? If so, that’s definitely the cheapest. I don’t think their cloud can compare in cost - cloud is for quickly scalable things, this isn’t supposed to scale. It’s actually $19/year. Setting up email and ssl is a little annoying, but easier once I realized that I needed to add the dns of my domain to it.

Github pages

• Tech: static files only
• Price: free
• Email: no

Github pages are free, if the repository is public, which is fine here.