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Best place to host a Nuxt App for free.

by Vitukov

As per the title, it would be a static site. I know there are several options(Vercel,Github, Github pages, Netlify,etc,)but let's say my goal is to be in the free tier as long as possible, which one could allow me to handle more traffic with good speed and reliability? This would be a static site with lots of text, but just a few images and no video. Can I plan long-term to be on the free tier without any issue?

Any advice or experience would be highly appreciated it.

Vitukov's avatarVitukov
on May 15, 2022
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    I think Vercel is one of the best platforms for deploying a static Nuxt site. I have used Vercel on small side projects and larger sites for work.

    I like using Firebase with Nuxt too but it's a pay-as-you-go plan, it takes a little more setup, and wouldn't really be necessary for a static site.

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    All of them have bandwidth limits of 100gb/mo on the free tier. So there’s no real difference between them on that front.

    Once you break that limit, you’ll pay more money (except GitHub will ask you to migrate elsewhere).

    You may be interested in Cloudflare + Backblaze B2 for purely static content. I think it’s more scalable than the other options.

    However, Vercel and other hosts provide hosting and features outside of purely static content that you may enjoy using. By the time you reach that limit, hopefully you would have clients / income to offset the cost.

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      Thanks a lot. After posting here I started researching and that is indeed the case, 100 GB/month is pretty generous (although the prices afterwards are eye popping).
      The Cloudflare+BB option is a very interesting one, I know Backblaze has very good prices for backup.

      My site would be informational, maybe in the future I'll add ads and offer digital products (e-books), stuff like that. I was reading that for Github pages that is a no-no, I dont know if that would be a problem in the other hosting platforms. It will be 100% normal content (nothing related to gambling, porn or god forbid, crypto).

      Vitukov's avatar Vitukov
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        although the prices afterwards are eye popping

        Exactly

        I'll add ads and offer digital products

        GitHub pages is not for you

        Cloudflare+BB option is a very interesting one

        So long as you don’t use large files like video, I agree

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