Hosting & SecurityNetlify review
Push-to-deploy hosting for modern sites and apps: connect a repo, and it's live on the edge.
Is Netlify right for you?
Netlify is hosting built for how modern sites and apps are shipped. Connect a git repository, and every push builds and deploys itself, served from a global edge network, with a preview URL for each change so work can be checked before it’s live. If that sounds like Vercel, it’s because the two occupy the same ground.
The pitch is how little stands between a repo and a running site. There’s no server to provision or patch, no deployment ritual beyond merging a branch, and the first deploy of a static site or small app is close to a single button. For a small team, or one person shipping a client site, that’s a great deal of operational work that never appears.
Two honest cautions. Pricing is usage-based, so a site that gets popular can move from free to a real bill on build minutes, bandwidth, and function calls; understand the meter before you need to. And it isn’t a general-purpose host: if your site is WordPress, managed WordPress hosting will serve you far better. Against Vercel, there’s no wrong answer; pick whichever you find easier to work in.
Questions about Netlify
What people usually want to know before committing, answered the way we'd answer them on a call.
Netlify or Vercel?
For most sites, you'd be happy on either. Both deploy straight from git, serve from a global edge, and spare you a server to patch. They're close enough that the right answer is usually whichever one you (or your developer) find faster to work in. Lately, Netlify has been our quicker path to a push-button launch, which is why it sits beside Vercel, not instead of it.
Read the Vercel reviewWhere does it get expensive?
Usage, not a sticker price. The metered lines are build minutes, bandwidth, and serverless function calls, so the bill tracks how busy and build-heavy the site is, not a flat monthly figure. A brochure site can live on the free tier indefinitely; a busy app with frequent deploys moves you onto a paid plan. Know which you're building before the traffic arrives.
Still deciding?
Not sure if Netlify is the right call?
The tool is rarely the hard part; fitting it to what you've already got is. Five minutes with the concierge: honest fit, no pressure, and a real person follows up.
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VercelDisclosure: the link to Netlify on this page is an affiliate link. If you buy through it, Peaceful Media may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. It never changes what we recommend, and you'll notice we tell you who should skip each tool.