Free hosting plans for Astro and EmDash
The best deal for a new Astro site is often free. Our two picks are Spacefast and Cloudflare. Here's what each plan really includes.
| Host | Cost | Good for | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| SpacefastOur pick for most Astro sites | Free plan, no card. Go plan $5 a month | Beginners. Drag your dist folder onto drop.fast, or publish with one command. 20 sites, custom domains and 100 GB a month on the free plan. Made by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com. | New sites start private until you make them public. Sites published without an account are removed after about 33 hours unless you claim them. No EmDash support listed yet. Source |
| CloudflareOur pick for EmDash, and for growing | Free account | Static sites of any size, and EmDash, which Cloudflare made. Requests for static files are free and unlimited. What we use for this site. | Server code on Workers is billed separately once you pass the free tier. Source |
| Netlify | Free plan, paid from $9 a month | Beginners. Custom domains with SSL are included. | The free plan has a limit of 300 credits. Check its terms if your site is commercial. Source |
| Vercel | Free Hobby plan | Personal projects. Includes 100 GB of data transfer. | Hobby is for non-commercial, personal use only. Source |
| GitHub Pages | Included with GitHub | Personal static sites and project pages. | Not allowed for running an online business or store. Soft limit of 100 GB of bandwidth a month. Source |
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