Statichost.eu
Ranked 6 of 7 static site hosts by recommenders
Recommended as a European static site host with a free plan and short terms. Main caveat: paid tiers seem steep for simple hosting.
Recommended as a European static site host with a free plan and short terms. Main caveat: paid tiers seem steep for simple hosting.
40 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 17
- criticize it
- 23
- approval share
- 43%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 17 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Simple, works without fuss
“Some (or maybe even most) people just want something that works, without dealing with the maintenance.”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting” “the Web site which works without fuss in a calm way”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting” Cheap paid plan
“the difference between free and 9€/month for web hosting is a rounding error”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting” “For less than a cup of coffee yeah.”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Paid tiers seem too expensive
“pricing tiers seem a bit steep, especially for folks who don't need the build step to happen on the host”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting” “How is a 4€/m markup remotely justified for what amounts to setting up an apache server and pointing a domain at it?”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting” “What I see is a 9€ ask for a list of promises. That's too much.”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting” - Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting”
- Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting”
Tracking pixel and IP leak
“Every page contains a hidden 1px pixel img that collects 15+ parameters”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting” “the site uses a third-party service, which obviously sends the IP address”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting” Not true redundancy or CDN
“statichost.eu is a CDN, not a single static host. Your VPS is the single point of failure”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting” “they don't offer N+2 reliability / they are not present in sufficient geos to actually act as a CDN”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting” Relies on European branding
“it looks like they are trying to appeal to people interested in European digital autonomy”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting” “But it's in the EU! Which is obviously extremely important for static hosting.”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting” “It sucks that we got to "European" being used as a main selling point.”
Comment from 4 Sep 2026 in “Statichost.eu – European static site hosting”
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The four most recommended other static site hosts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Vercel | 139 | 238 | 37% | 12 | 1 yr5 owners | — |
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| Cloudflare Pages | 83 | 18 | 82% | 12 | 2 mo3 owners | Approved |
| Netlify | 36 | 22 | 62% | 12 | — | — |
| Statichost.euThis page | 17 | 23 | 43% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
40 of the 46 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Please contact support in order to”
“they don't offer N+2 reliability / they are not present in sufficient geos to actually act as a CDN”
“What I see is a 9€ ask for a list of promises. That's too much.”
“this has one massive drawback: Unpredictable cost”
“Some (or maybe even most) people just want something that works, without dealing with the maintenance.”
“How is a 4€/m markup remotely justified for what amounts to setting up an apache server and pointing a domain at it?”
“the difference between free and 9€/month for web hosting is a rounding error”
“there was no authentication on rebuild trigger, so anyone who knows your site url can start build and deploy”
“it looks like they are trying to appeal to people interested in European digital autonomy”
“Especially when it's hosted in the UK.”
“Was waiting for the physics simulation to either fully settle or explode, but really neither of those happened.”
“I don't trust anything governed by the EU government, they will censor/take down anything that's even mildly inconvenient for them.”
“All this to say that 9€/month is way too expensive.”
“If the whole selling point is that you're gluten free you can't have grain flour on your fliers.”
“the Web site which works without fuss in a calm way”
“Certificate is not european.”
“The product says "100% European static website hosting" it does not make any promise about the actual marketing website”
“am super happy with the free plan and the support I got from Eric”
“Significantly too expensive for most users.”
“the first paid tier is a bit far out of reach or not worthy”
“For less than a cup of coffee yeah.”
“would rather pay 9 euros/month”
“Immediately blocked for half year until they think if you can have that site.”
“statichost.eu is a CDN, not a single static host. Your VPS is the single point of failure”
“the site uses a third-party service, which obviously sends the IP address”
“Every page contains a hidden 1px pixel img that collects 15+ parameters”
“But it's in the EU! Which is obviously extremely important for static hosting.”
“I love love LOVE the record-short terms.”
“It sucks that we got to "European" being used as a main selling point.”
“The pricing is bananas. Why on earth is the bandwidth metered?”
“Everything about this site looks cheap and unconsidered.”
“pricing tiers seem a bit steep, especially for folks who don't need the build step to happen on the host”
“their IPv6 /128 allocation is horrendous”
“Doesn't say anything about how much of storage is offered for any plan.”
“The 9€/mo price point seems weird, considering its”
“Looked cool at first, but that FreeSewing logo scared me away.”
“No /cgi-bin/ directory? I am disappointed.”
“Er, what? A static site has no build on server.”
“it assumes you version a website in a Git repository”
“if you're into digital sovereignty tou should totally check out statichost.eu”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.