Free Web Space and Hosting Services
Welcome to FreebieList.com's free hosting category. In this section we review those services that provide free Web space on the Internet. Before you pay through the teeth for a brand new Web site, be sure to check out our listings below. Producing a Web site is less complicated than people imagine, and with so many services available that automate the process for you, even inexperienced users can produce a site that's worthy of an audience. It may be that you'd like to set up your own blog site to record your thoughts. Alternatively, if you're particularly knowledgeable on a topic, you could do what many people do and produce a site dedicated to your specialist subject. Or perhaps you would like to showcase your photographs in an online album? Whatever your reason for wanting to start a site, the companies below are an excellent starting point for establishing yourself on the Web. If you happen to stumble across an outdated link, we'd very much appreciate it if you could report it. If you would like to suggest a site for inclusion in this category, please submit it here. Thanks for visiting and enjoy your time freebie hunting!
Yola
Yola is offering a free Web site package with 1GB storage space, various site templates and an easy-to-use page builder. Better yet, you'll find no banners or pop-ups here to hamper your efforts. This free version has a 15MB file upload limit. Having said that, the service is great for anyone wanting to gain a simple Web presence. No technical knowledge is needed and you can even use your own domain name (not included). A commercial upgrade is available should you need extra resources.
Humyo
A neat free online storage service, offering 10GB of free Web space. humyo.com allows you to store and backup your files online, which means any files you upload are accessible from any computer with an Internet connection. What's more, you can synchronise the files, so changes you make on one computer are replicated on another. Ditch the USB drive, use this instead!
Webs
This service (formally known as Freewebs) allows you to create a Web site the quick and easy way. Webs is ideally suited to those unfamiliar with the concept of Web site development. Here, you can create your own online blog or picture album, include polls, create online forms and also optimise your site, all free of charge. You can also use their services to create an online shop.
> They also provide a free sub-domain (yourname.webs.com), which ensures your site is easy to access.
> Users can choose from over 300 customisable templates.
> Web.com's free package is an advertisement-supported service.
Freeola Web Space
Register at Freeola for a free Web hosting package with plenty of useful features, including unlimited hosting space with no irritating advertisements. Freeola can also support MySQL databases and includes a range of complementary scripts, ranging from CGI to PHP. Over 500 sub-domains are available, so you can choose the most appropriate one to match your site's content.
Free-space.net
This free site hosting service provides reliable and friendly Web hosting for everyone at no cost. They offer 200MB space, 2GB data transfer per month, 5 e-mail accounts, Awstats (site statistics), an online control panel (cPanel) and also FTP access. In addition, the service supports a variety of popular languages, including PHP, MySQL and CGI/ Perl. You may either use an existing domain name or opt for a free sub-domain.
Host1Free.com
A free hosting provider offering 10GB storage space, 15GB/month data transfer and the ability to utilise up to 5 domain redirects or sub-domains. Features supported here include: PHP, two MySQL databases, ".htaccess", custom error pages and one FTP account. The "free" accounts contain no advertising, but should you wish to upgrade, a commercial package is available.
Web Free Hosting
Offers a free "no ads" hosting service with 300MB Web space and 10GB monthly data transfer (plenty for most personal or small business sites). They also include FTP access, a file manager, POP e-mail accounts, MySQL and PHP support. A free "cz.cc" domain name is offered. Should you require additional resources, for a small fee you can upgrade to a higher package.
uCoz
A neat free service offering a hosted Web site builder. uCoz will be particularly attractive to newbies and features free hosting with unlimited disk space. However, unlike similar services, uCoz goes the extra mile by offering photo albums, blogs, polls, message boards and statistics, all of which can be easily plugged into a site depending on your requirements. You can also use this service with an existing domain name.
WordPress.com
If you'd like to set up a free blog site, you would be hard-pressed to find much better than WordPress.com (a hosted service based on the popular blogging software). The service includes: Web site stats, numerous themes, and a variety of widgets and add-ons, such as those for Twitter. Of course, you are able to add, delete, edit and organise your posts in categories as you see fit.
Weebly
Anyone can create a Web site with Weebly. No technical skills are required and you can be publishing online within minutes. Weebly allows you to create a blog, and re-arrange the content as a series of modules to create the designed look. The number of "drag and drop" elements at this service means it is perhaps the easiest place on the Web to create an online blog site.
21Publish
This site enables you to set up a multi blog/multi user blogging platform with no technical expertise necessary. 21Publish not only allows users to create a community blog site, it also allows members themselves to establish mini blogs themselves. The "free" version has a limit of 100 users with 2MB of space for each account. You may use an existing domain name, or opt for a 21Publish sub-domain instead.
MySite
Offers free Web space and also commercial hosting packages, should you feel the need to upgrade. MySite's free package includes 50MB Web space, 1GB monthly data transfer (with a maximum file size of 0.25 MB). The service is advertisement supported and fails to provide added perks such as FTP access, although an online file manager is available. However, a free counter, form e-mailer, guestbook and online site builder is offered, which makes this perfect for a personal or hobby site.
Hoste
A free Web hosting service offering 1GB storage space and 25GB data transfer per month (enough for the vast majority of Web sites). Hoste includes support for PHP5 and three MySQL databases. A free sub-domain is available here (yourname.hoste.com) or alternatively you can use an existing domain (yourname.com).
Viviti
This free Web site building service makes it easy to set up and maintain your own presence on the Internet. Viviti includes blogging capabilities and also boasts over 100 templates to choose from (so you can customise the look and feel of your pages). The intuitive "point, click, drop" method available here means creating pages is an effortless process.
hPage
A new and up-and-coming Web site creation service. hPage is the easy way to create your own online Web presence (especially if you have limited technical knowledge). Register and you can be creating a site within minutes. The service includes: 300MB storage space, a sub-domain (you.hpage.com), over 250 site templates, online editor, daily backup, and more.