Website Plans
Planted 02019-12-19
As with most things digital there are near infinite ways of creating a website. Generally there are a two things you’ll want to consider:
- Hosting provider
- Content Management System (CMS)
See large list of content management systems here
See more about hosting here
Listed are common ways and technologies for you to look into if you don’t know where to start.
The Free ($0)
Pro: It’s free.
Con: More technical setup required, site limits, scale limits.
Hosting:
- GitHub Pages
- Zeit
- Heroku
- Netlify
CMS:
- Jekyll
- Hugo
- Eleventy
- Netlify CMS
- Gatsbys
The Done-For-You ($4-74+ a month)
Pro: Easy to setup and use, no hosting setup, you know what you’re paying.
Con: Custom design limits (more templates).
Hosting & CMS:
- Wordpress.com ($4-45+)
- Duda ($14-74)
- Squarespace ($12-40)
- Wix ($13-40)
The All-In-One
Pro: Amazing no-code site customizability with options for code, no hosting setup, you know what you’re paying.
Con: No more excuses for not having things done except the fact you haven’t put the time in.
Hosting & CMS:
- Webflow ($12-36)
The Integration King ($10-300+ a month)
Pro: The most popular platform on the web, if there’s integrations you’ll have it, if you want to do something there’s plugind and tutorials for it.
Con: You’ll pay for it. And the costs will only go up.
Hosting:
- Kinsta ($30-∞)
- WP Engine ($30-∞)
- Siteground ($12-35)
CMS:
- Wordpress.org (Free — But plugins will take you to ∞)