Abstract
Netlify is an all-in-one platform for automating modern web projects. Replace your hosting infrastructure, continuous integration, and deployment pipeline with a single workflow. Integrate dynamic functionality like serverless functions, user authentication, and form handling as your projects grow. - https://www.netlify.com/
I am using Netlify to host my personal website so if you are reading this… how was the load time?
Netlify is a PaaS offering hosting and deployment services. Because of the similarity of services Netlify is often compared against Vercel - serverless hosting.
There main thing is speed. They are recommended heavily by the Hugo community as the best place to host your Hugo static site for free. I have found this to be true, although I have not tried alternative. I am impressed with the regular sub 100ms load times I’ve been getting on a 239kb site. In other personal projects with similar builds on other platforms I have seen 300 - 800ms.
Netlify’s deployments run Serverless they also have Edge deployment and Edge Functions.
They have a CLI and a API although I have used neither.
In my experience the Netlify UI is great and very intuitive. I found the build process and error handling enjoyable.
you can check out their docs here