# Statichost.eu

17 Hacker News commenters recommended Statichost.eu and 23 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a European static site host with a free plan and short terms. Main caveat: paid tiers seem steep for simple hosting.

## Why people recommend it

- Simple, works without fuss (2 comments): "Some (or maybe even most) people just want something that works, without dealing with the maintenance." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576635)) "the Web site which works without fuss in a calm way" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49574363))
- Cheap paid plan (2 comments): "the difference between free and 9€/month for web hosting is a rounding error" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576204)) "For less than a cup of coffee yeah." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49572607))

## What people warn about

- Paid tiers seem too expensive (5 comments): "pricing tiers seem a bit steep, especially for folks who don't need the build step to happen on the host" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571024)) "How is a 4€/m markup remotely justified for what amounts to setting up an apache server and pointing a domain at it?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49576292)) "What I see is a 9€ ask for a list of promises. That's too much." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49578110))
- Tracking pixel and IP leak (2 comments): "Every page contains a hidden 1px pixel img that collects 15+ parameters" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571443)) "the site uses a third-party service, which obviously sends the IP address" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571637))
- Not true redundancy or CDN (2 comments): "statichost.eu is a CDN, not a single static host. Your VPS is the single point of failure" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571697)) "they don't offer N+2 reliability / they are not present in sufficient geos to actually act as a CDN" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49581420))
- Relies on European branding (3 comments): "it looks like they are trying to appeal to people interested in European digital autonomy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49575613)) "But it's in the EU! Which is obviously extremely important for static hosting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571439)) "It sucks that we got to "European" being used as a main selling point." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49571247))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Vercel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vercel.md): 139 recommend
- [GitHub Pages](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-pages.md): 86 recommend
- [Cloudflare Pages](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-pages.md): 83 recommend
- [Netlify](https://hackerapproved.com/p/netlify.md): 36 recommend
- [Cloudflare Drop](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-drop.md): 19 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.statichost.eu/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Statichost.eu", https://hackerapproved.com/p/statichost-eu/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).