[REALLY] Free Hosts for Websites – Reviewed and Compared

Listed here, are reliable free hosts for websites that you can build using WordPress or any other platform that you are keen on.

Not nearly free. Not almost free.

Completely free. Totally free. Really, really free hosting.

We’ve also listed features which might be important to you and are excluded from the free plans, so that you can make an informed decision.

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Best Free Hosts for Websites- Features Compared

Feature	WordPress.com	000webhost	InfinityFree	FreeHosting
Free Forever	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bandwidth	Unlimited	3 GB	Unlimited	Unlimited
Storage	1 GB	300 MB	5GB	10 GB
Ads free	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Email Account	0	0	1	1
Limitations	– No e-commerce or membership sites – can’t install premium themes & plugins	Limited Disk space and bandwidth	Daily limit of 50K hits	No sub-domains

WordPress.com – Hosted WordPress by Automattic

The first provider on this list is WordPress.com by Automattic, suits those who are looking for free hosting on WordPress specifically.

If you want to create a simple hobby blog or an informational website, this free plan is sufficient for you to get started. While WordPress.com’s free hosting plan can help kick-start and launch your website for free, there are some features that are only included in the paid plans.

What’s good

• No limits for the number of pages or user accounts
• No time limit, you can stay on the free plan for ever if you want to
• No limit on your website traffic

What’s not

Here are some of the features that are not included in the free plan, that might make you consider opting for the paid plans instead.

• No access to premium themes. You can only install free WordPress.org Themes
• No Support via email and live chat
• Can’t install any plugins and themes of your choice
• No real-time backup or single-click restore options
• No Web Application Firewall to prevent hacking attacks
• Ads will be displayed on your website
• Social shares per month limited to 30
• Can’t create an e-commerce website (if you want to buy or sell products via your website, you will need a paid Business plan)
• No in-built site search
• Can’t create a paid membership website

000webhost – Free Hosting powered by Hostinger

000WebHost.com is a Cyprus-based company. It offers reliable web hosting for WordPress websites (and other platforms too) and is powered by Hostinger.

What’s good

• No time limit, you can use the free plan for as long as you like
• Can create a blog, an e-commerce store, a membership website
• Can install WordPress themes and plugins of your choice
• No limits for the number of pages or user accounts
• Nameservers protected by Cloudflare
• Instant Backups

What’s not

Here are some of the features that are not included in the free plan, that might make you consider opting for the paid plans instead.

• No Support via email and live chat. Only forums
• No daily or weekly backups
• 300MB Storage Limit (you might run out of it pretty soon)
• 3 GB Bandwidth Limit (you will need to upgrade when your website’s traffic outgrows this limit)

InfinityFree – powered by iFastNet

InfinityFree offers free web hosting that is powered by iFastNet, a UK-based premium hosting solutions company.

What’s good

• No time limit, you can use the free plan for as long as you like
• Can create any website – a blog, store etc.
• No restrictions on themes, plugins
• No limit on the number of pages or users
• 5 GB Storage Limit
• Unlimited Bandwidth
• Can use the Softaculous installer to install over 400 tools, software scripts or CMS
• Free SSL

What’s not

Here are some of the features that are not included in the free plan, that might make you consider opting for the paid plans instead.

• No Support via email and live chat. Only forums
• No automated, scheduled backups (you need to take your own backups)

FreeHosting – Data Centers in Europe

FreeHosting is run by an organization based in Prague, with data centers located in Germany and France.

What’s good

• No time limit, you can use the free plan for as long as you like
• Can create any website – a blog, store etc.
• No ads on your website
• No restrictions on themes, plugins
• No limit on the number of pages or users
• 10 GB Storage Limit
• Unlimited Bandwidth
• 1 Email Account, MySQL Database
• Can use the Softaculous installer to install over 400 tools, software scripts or CMS
• In-built Site Builder to help you kickstart your website
• CPanel to help you manage your files easily
• Support via ticket-based HelpDesk
• Can handle 30000 daily visitors on a PHP-based website, or nearly unlimited daily visitors on a pure HTML website.

What’s not

Here are some of the features that are not included in the free plan, that might make you consider opting for the paid plans instead.

• No automated, scheduled backups (you need to take your own backups)
• Not available for users from Brazil, Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Syria, Vietnam
• No sub-domains

In Conclusion

These are some of the best companies that provide completely free hosting solutions that are good enough for new websites with a limited budget. In our view though, InfinityFree seems to offer the most generous free hosting plan on this list.

There are some other hosting providers like WebFlow too, that offer free hosting but are extremely limited in terms of features included in the free plan, which is why we haven’t listed those here.

We hope you are able to successfully host free WordPress websites with these reliable hosting providers. Are there any free hosts for websites that you know of that we’ve missed? Leave a comment and let us know.

Wish you loads of success!