Static website hosting: metered by pages, one free forever
Overview & Key Takeaways
Static hosting is the default: pre-built files served over a CDN, no server and no database. It is metered by page count — one page is free forever.
Static hosting serves pre-built HTML, CSS and JavaScript from a CDN, with no server-side processing and no database behind it. That is the whole mechanism, and it is why the tier can be genuinely free forever: a static site costs what it costs to build, and nothing at all to serve.
Every provider on that page sells the same mechanism, and almost none of them says how the bill is computed. Ours is metered by page count rather than by traffic, and it is the only genuinely free-forever tier here.
Metered by pages, not requests
Static tiers are metered by page count, because that is what a static site actually costs us to build and serve. Requests are not metered on any static tier — a page that goes viral does not cost you anything.
| Tier | Pages per site | Sites |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 1 | 1 |
| Start | 25 | 3 |
| Build | 250 | 10 |
| Studio | Unlimited | Unlimited |
The free tier is a single landing page: enough to be online, not enough to run a business on. That is the point — it is a real product, not a trial.
What is always included
Custom domain, automatic HTTPS, instant rollbacks, and global caching on every tier including free.
What is not static
Dynamic sites the engine builds run on managed hosting, which is a paid product. Its free first year is available by invitation and requires a domain registered with us; it is not a permanent giveaway.
Experience edge-native speed on your domain
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