Top Free Websites to Deploy Your Web Applications

Source: Dev.to

You can create many projects, but the joy of launching a live application is exhilarating. In the past, deploying required many steps, but modern infrastructure lets you launch websites in minutes. Free tiers from hosting providers make it easy to get started, often including analytics, speed insights, and other useful features. Whether you’re building a static portfolio, a dynamic full‑stack app, or the next big thing, these platforms offer a robust, free starting point.

Vercel

Vercel provides developer tools and cloud infrastructure to build, scale, and secure faster, more personalized web experiences. It’s the home of Next.js and also supports Nuxt, SvelteKit, Astro, and other frameworks.

Key Features

• Global Edge Network – Deploys your application to a CDN by default, ensuring fast load times worldwide.
• Analytics – Add analytics with a few lines of code, viewable directly on Vercel.
• Speed Insight – Built‑in speed metrics to help you identify performance bottlenecks.

Vercel is a go‑to platform for deploying front‑end applications.

Netlify

Netlify lets you deploy any modern front‑end stack, from marketing sites to AI apps. It pioneered the Jamstack architecture (JavaScript, APIs, and Markup) and is used by companies like Figma, Nike, and Riot Games, as well as hobby projects.

Key Features

• Continuous Deployment – A CI/CD pipeline that builds and deploys your site on every Git push.
• Netlify Functions – Deploy server‑side code as serverless functions without managing a backend.
• Forms, Identity, and Large Media – Built‑in services for form handling, user authentication, and large file management, each with generous free allowances.

Ideal for static pages, blogs, and portfolios.

Render

Render offers a unified platform to host static sites, backend services, databases, and cron jobs. It’s a solid free alternative to the now‑paid Heroku tier.

Key Features

• Web Services – Host backend APIs and web servers built with Node.js, Python, Go, Ruby, Rust, and more.
• Free PostgreSQL – Provision a free PostgreSQL database, a standout feature among free hosts.
• Static Sites – Lightning‑fast static hosting with a global CDN, unlimited collaborators, and no cost.

The free tier may pause after periods of inactivity; a simple solution is to schedule a regular GET request with a free cron service such as cron‑job.org.

GitHub Pages

GitHub Pages lets you host personal, organization, or project pages directly from a GitHub repository. It’s perfect for beginners and small projects.

Key Features

• Extreme Simplicity – Enable with a few clicks in repository settings; push index.html and the site goes live.
• Direct GitHub Integration – Code, version control, and hosting are all in one place, making it ideal for documentation and developer portfolios.

These platforms cover a range of scenarios. My current go‑to choices are Vercel for front‑end and Render for back‑end, but feel free to explore others and share any additional free hosting options you discover.