Solo and freelance
Combine filters →A freelancer is a small business. The hosting is priced accordingly, billed on a card, often self-service, documented well enough that nobody has to open a ticket at midnight. Good web hosting providers support freelancers with no sales call, no annual commitments, collaboration features that support to invite a client and some free time to pre-launch a project.
101 providers sell to solo and freelance, listed alphabetically. Mostly shared hosting, virtual private servers and platform as a service, of 15 categories in all. 81 records do not record this field, and cannot appear here either way.
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- 1984 Hosting
Icelandic host founded on a free-speech and privacy position, running on geothermal and hydroelectric power, selling web hosting, VPS and free anycast DNS.
- 20i
British shared host that runs sites across an autoscaling server pool rather than a single machine, administered through its own My20i control panel.
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- Afrihost
South African ISP selling fibre, mobile and VoIP, with shared, cloud and dedicated hosting as one line among many.
- ALL-INKL.COM
Owner-run German shared hosting and managed server provider operating from Friedersdorf in Saxony, with data centres in Dresden.
- Altervista
A free Italian hosting and blogging platform built on WordPress, running since 2000.
- alwaysdata
French managed hosting running a wide set of language runtimes on isolated Debian accounts, with a permanently free tier below the paid plans.
- Antagonist
Dutch host from Enschede, selling shared hosting with SSH, PHP, Python and Node.js on Dutch servers.
- Appwrite
Open-source backend platform sold as a hosted service, running user functions alongside managed databases, authentication, storage and messaging.
- Arsys
Spanish hosting provider offering shared hosting and VPS from ISO-certified datacenters in Logroño, part of the IONOS Group since 2013.
- AZDIGI
Vietnamese host in Ho Chi Minh City, running shared, WordPress and cloud hosting out of two Tier III data centres, with GPU instances alongside.
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- Back4App
Managed Parse Server backend with an auto-generated REST and GraphQL API, plus a container platform that builds and runs Docker images from GitHub.
- Binary Lane
Australian VPS provider selling hourly-billed NVMe cloud servers with independently adjustable memory, storage and transfer, and a public API.
- Blacknight
Irish host and ICANN-accredited registrar in Carlow, running its own data centres and selling everything from shared hosting to dedicated servers.
- bplaced
A German web host offering a permanent free hosting tier alongside paid PHP shared hosting plans.
- Bunny.net
Slovenian edge platform selling CDN, storage, video and DNS, with Edge Scripting and Magic Containers running the customer's own code across its network.
- Byet
iFastNet's free hosting brand, running PHP and MySQL accounts on a control panel it wrote itself.
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- Cherry Servers
Lithuanian provider selling dedicated machines and virtual servers on its own hardware, billed by the hour, by fixed term or as spot capacity.
- Clever Cloud
French platform-as-a-service that detects, builds and runs an application from a git push, with managed databases and storage sold as add-ons.
- Combell
Belgian hosting provider offering shared PHP and Node.js hosting, VPS and OpenStack from data centres in Belgium and the Netherlands.
- cyber_Folks
Polish shared host from Poznań with a per-domain choice of PHP version alongside Node and Python, running on LiteSpeed with DirectAdmin as the panel.
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- Deno DeployOne we like
Serverless hosting for JavaScript and TypeScript built by the Deno team, running the Deno runtime with Node and npm compatibility.
- Dinahosting
Dinahosting is an independent Galician host selling shared hosting, domains and email from its own servers in Spain.
- DonWeb
DonWeb is an Argentine hosting and cloud provider running its own data centres, selling shared hosting, VPS, bare metal and pre-configured application stacks.
- Duda
Duda is a website builder focused on agencies that manage multiple client sites.
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- Fasthosts
Fasthosts is the UK hosting brand of the IONOS group, selling shared hosting, VPS and dedicated servers from UK data centres.
- Firebase
Firebase is Google's application platform, bundling a document database, authentication and storage with hosting that builds framework applications onto Cloud Run.
- Flywheel
Flywheel is a managed WordPress host built for web designers, freelancers and agencies, now run as a WP Engine brand.
- fortrabbitOne we like
Managed hosting platform for developers since 2012, runs on AWS capacity in Ireland and the US.
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- Gandi
Gandi is a French registrar whose Simple Hosting product runs application code in per-customer Linux containers, deployed by git or SFTP.
- Gigalixir
Gigalixir is a platform-as-a-service built around Elixir and Phoenix, keeping hot upgrades, remote observer and distributed clustering intact.
- GitHub PagesOne we like
Static sites served from a GitHub repository, built by Actions or from a branch, free on public repositories.
- GoDaddy
GoDaddy is a US shared hosting company and the world's largest ICANN-accredited domain registrar, listed on the NYSE as GDDY.
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- HelioHost
A volunteer-run, donation-funded free web host with a paid tier alongside its free hosting.
- home.pl
One of Poland's largest hosting companies, selling shared web hosting, mailboxes, databases and domains from servers in Poland.
- HOSTAFRICA
Pan-African host with storefronts in five countries, running cPanel and DirectAdmin hosting out of South African facilities.
- HostPinnacle
HostPinnacle is a Kenyan host selling cPanel shared hosting alongside self-managed and cPanel-managed VPS from Nairobi.
- hosttech
Swiss internet service provider from Richterswil that owns and operates its own data centres in Switzerland.
- Hugging Face
Machine-learning hub whose Spaces product hosts running applications — Gradio, Streamlit or an arbitrary Dockerfile — on CPU or rented GPU hardware.
- HyperHost
Ukrainian host trading since 2008, selling shared hosting, VPS and dedicated servers priced in three currencies.
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- InfinityFree
Free PHP and MySQL hosting from a Dutch company, run on iFastNet's platform.
- InterServer
American host selling one shared plan at a price it undertakes not to raise, on DirectAdmin and CloudLinux, alongside VPS, dedicated servers and colocation.
- IONOS
Large European hosting group selling shared webhosting, VPS, dedicated and bare-metal servers and an IaaS cloud, listed on the Frankfurt exchange.
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- KingHost
Brazilian shared, WordPress and VPS hosting brand under LWSA, documenting PHP, Node.js, Python and Java application deployment on shared plans.
- Koyeb
French platform that deploys containers and repositories across global regions with scale-to-zero, per-second billing, GPUs and serverless Postgres.
- KrystalOne we like
British host running PHP, Python, Perl and Ruby on cPanel, powered by certified renewable electricity and operated as a certified B Corp.
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- Leapcell
A serverless platform that runs apps and APIs from a git repository, with an option to switch a service to a fixed-price persistent server.
- Liara
An Iranian cloud platform selling platform-as-a-service, virtual servers and managed databases, priced and billed in Iranian rial.
- Lolipop!
Japanese rental server from GMO Pepabo, selling shared hosting for personal and small-business sites through its own control panel.
- Loopia
Swedish hosting provider and registrar in Västerås offering Linux and Windows shared hosting with SSH, PHP, Python, Perl and ASP.NET.
- lowcloud
A Bielefeld startup that runs an application as a managed container in Germany, or operates Kubernetes inside the customer's own cloud account.
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- manitu
German host from St. Wendel, in its own data centre since 2002, on renewable power since 2008.
- MilesWeb
Indian host from Nashik selling shared hosting on its own mPanel control panel, with SSH and Git on every plan and a stated renewal-price guarantee.
- Mittwald
German managed hosting platform with per-project containers, a control plane called mStudio, an official CLI and a public REST API.
- Modal
Serverless compute platform for Python, where functions are decorated in code and run in containers on CPU or GPU with per-second billing.
- MyDevil.net
Polish shared hosting with SSH on every plan, unlimited sites, mailboxes and databases, and Node.js, Python and Ruby alongside PHP.
- Mythic Beasts
British host selling web and email hosting in a long ladder of graded sizes, with a choice of PHP release per site and MySQL as standard.
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- nazwa.pl
Polish cloud hosting and domain registration provider, part of NetArt Group since 1997, with data centers across Europe, the Americas and Asia.
- NearlyFreeSpeech.NETOne we like
Shared hosting metered by what a site consumes rather than sold by the plan.
- NeocitiesOne we like
Free static site hosting for personal pages, funded by supporters rather than by advertising.
- netcup
Karlsruhe-based provider selling low-priced webhosting, VPS and root servers from European, North American and Asian locations, part of the Anexia group.
- NetlifyOne we like
Platform that builds sites from a git repository and serves them from a global CDN, with serverless functions, edge functions, blob storage and a database.
- Neubox
Mexican registrar and host since 2004, one of the larger .MX registrars, selling cPanel hosting in pesos with OXXO Pay at checkout.
- Nhost
Open-source backend platform built on PostgreSQL, Hasura GraphQL and serverless functions, with a managed container runtime for the customer's own services.
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- o2switch
French shared host selling a single all-inclusive cPanel offer in three sizes, running in its own data centres in Auvergne.
- omg.lol
A personal internet address bundling a profile page, email forwarding and a handful of small web tools for one flat yearly price.
- one.com
Danish mass-market host selling shared hosting, managed WordPress, email and domains across most of Europe.
- Opalstack
Developer-owned US host running PHP-FPM, Node, Python and Ruby stacks with full SSH on every plan, plus VPS and bare-metal tiers.
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- Papaki
Greek domain registrar and shared-hosting provider, part of the European team.blue group.
- PlanetHoster
Franco-Canadian host with data centres in Paris, Lausanne and Montreal, letting a customer pick the location per project.
- Pressable
Managed WordPress hosting owned by Automattic, sold in fixed tiers metered by number of installs, monthly visits and storage.
- PythonAnywhere
Browser-based Python hosting with in-browser consoles, scheduled tasks and managed web apps, sold by CPU-seconds, web workers and disk.
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- Qoddi
Managed application platform deploying Node, Java, Go, Ruby, PHP, Python and Docker workloads with per-second billing and managed databases alongside.
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- RailwayOne we like
Railway is a polyglot deployment platform with subscription plus usage billing, four regions and a build system that detects most common languages.
- Raiola Networks
Spanish shared host from Lugo, running cPanel on servers it assembles itself and operates in Tier III facilities in Madrid.
- Replit
Browser-based development environment with hosting attached, sold around an AI agent that writes, runs and publishes the application.
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- Sakura Internet
A Japanese cloud and infrastructure provider selling shared hosting, virtual servers and dedicated machines.
- Servebolt
Norwegian managed hosting platform for WordPress, Drupal, Laravel, and other PHP applications.
- Simply.com
Danish shared hosting provider selling bundles of web space, mail and a website builder, with a documented public API alongside.
- SiteGround
Independently owned managed hosting running on Google Cloud, aimed at WordPress and WooCommerce, with its own control panel.
- Sliplane
German Docker hosting that bills for the server rather than the container, so unlimited services can share one machine, with managed Postgres and S3 storage.
- statichost.eu
Swedish static site host that clones any git repository, builds it in a Docker image of your choosing and serves the output from European infrastructure without logging visitors.
- STRATO
Berlin-based mass-market webhosting brand owned by IONOS, selling shared hosting, WordPress hosting, virtual and dedicated servers.
- Supabase
Open-source backend built on PostgreSQL, with authentication, storage, realtime and Edge Functions that run the customer's own TypeScript on Deno.
- SurgeOne we like
Static publishing from one command, free for the basics, running since 2014 with no visible change in ambition.
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- Umbler
Brazilian host selling per-application PHP hosting billed by the hour from account credit, with git deploys and one-click CMS installs.
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- VentraIP
Australian domain registrar and hosting provider selling cPanel shared hosting, WordPress hosting and VPS, operated by Nexigen Digital.
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- Webdock
Danish VPS provider selling virtual servers with a web control panel, prepared stacks and WordPress plans, from a single facility in Denmark.
- Webempresa
Spanish-language WordPress host trading since 1999, now part of team.blue, with SSH access and a choice of EU or US data centres.
- Webslice
New Zealand host that sells a container platform on virtual machines at a fixed monthly price and a metered serverless PHP platform built on AWS.
- WebSupport
Slovakia's largest domain registrar, selling shared hosting and a website builder across Slovakia, Czechia and Hungary from its own data centre.
- World4You
Austrian hosting provider from Linz, a subsidiary of United Internet, selling shared webhosting, WordPress hosting, email and servers.
- WPServeur
French host that accepts WordPress and nothing else, with SSH, WP-CLI and git, metered by sites, storage and visits.
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- xneelo
South African host, formerly Hetzner South Africa, selling shared hosting, managed and self-managed servers and colocation with a choice of ZA or DE servers.
- Xserver
Japanese rental server company selling managed shared hosting, with WordPress tooling, automatic backups and free SSL included across the range.
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- Zeabur
Container platform that reads a git repository, works out what kind of project it is and deploys it without a configuration file.
- ZeropsOne we like
Czech container platform running applications and managed services on rented infrastructure in Prague, billed by resources consumed rather than by plan tier.
- Zone Media
Estonian hosting provider and domain registrar, selling shared hosting and cloud servers from northern European locations.
Who is the best host for solo and freelance?
Hard to say without knowing the project. A free tier matters for a side project and barely at all for a shop that loses money every minute it is down. Read a few records side by side; the guide says where to start.