# Neocities review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Free static website hosting with an in-browser editor Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Neocities hosts static HTML, CSS and JavaScript sites for free on a neocities.org subdomain, with an in-browser editor, drag-and-drop uploads, a command-line tool and an API. A $5 a month Supporter plan adds storage, bandwidth and custom domains. The site says it carries no ads and does not sell data for AI training. - **Category:** Web Hosting - **Made by:** Neocities (since 2013) - **Website:** https://neocities.org - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you need server-side code or a database, as hosting is static only. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Neocities has a free plan, and paid plans start at $5 per month (Supporter). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 1 GB storage and 200 GB bandwidth on a neocities.org subdomain with SSL, the site editor, the CLI tool and no ads. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 1 GB storage, 200 GB bandwidth, a free neocities.org subdomain with SSL, one-click backups, the site editor and CLI tool. No custom domains, SFTP or WebDAV. | | Supporter | $5 per month | 50 GB storage, 3000 GB bandwidth, custom domains with SSL certificates, multiple sites, SFTP, WebDAV, site stats history and basic email support. | Read from https://neocities.org/supporter on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Neocities before buying. ## Key features - **In-browser editor:** Pages can be written in an HTML editor in the browser or uploaded by drag and drop. - **Command line tool and API:** A CLI and an API are available on both plans, for deploying a site from a terminal or building developer tools. - **Anycast CDN:** Sites are served from Neocities' own caching CDN in more than a dozen datacenters, with SSL and HTTP/2. - **Custom domains:** Custom domains with SSL certificates, SFTP and WebDAV uploads are Supporter features. - **Community features:** Site tags, a gallery, follows, comments and RSS feeds are included, in the manner of a social network for sites. - **AI blocking control:** Both plans list full control over blocking AI crawlers, and the site says it will not sell data for AI training. ## Good for - Personal sites, portfolios and hobby pages built with plain HTML - People learning HTML and CSS who want a free place to publish - Static sites that need a cheap custom domain ## Worth knowing - Hosting is static only; there is no server-side code or database. - Custom domains, SFTP, WebDAV and multiple sites need the $5 a month Supporter plan. - The free plan restricts which file types can be uploaded and applies a stricter content security policy. - The Free plan caps storage at 1 GB and bandwidth at 200 GB. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Neocities hosts static sites free, with 1 GB of storage and 200 GB of bandwidth. Custom domains, SFTP and extra sites need the $5 a month Supporter plan, and there is no server-side code. - **Value for money: A.** The free plan is substantial for a static site: 1 GB, 200 GB of bandwidth and no ads. Supporter is $5 a month. - **Free plan and trial: B.** A free site with SSL and the editor, enough for a personal page. It has file-type limits and a stricter content security policy. - **Features: C.** In-browser editor, CLI, API, CDN and community features. Static only, with no server code or database, so it does a smaller job. - **Ease of use: C.** The work is building the pages yourself, even though an editor sits in the browser. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with a CLI and API but no apps or listed integrations. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Neocities's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among web hosts - Neocities's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 114 of the 122 other web hosts we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 105 of 122) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $5 a month, against a middle price of $9.69 for the category: 31 of the 107 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 13 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/web-hosting ## Keep it, or make your own? **You could make this.** What Neocities does at its core is plain work, and that is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well. You would give up one thing, listed below, and little else. It costs $60 a year. An AI app builder starts at about $20 a month on our listings, and you only need it while you build. Neocities is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Open source, Public API ## Alternatives - [GitHub Pages](https://toolgpa.com/tools/github-pages): Static site hosting built into GitHub repositories. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/github-pages-vs-neocities) - [Surge](https://toolgpa.com/tools/surge): Static web publishing from the command line. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/neocities-vs-surge) - [Netlify](https://toolgpa.com/tools/netlify): Git-based hosting for sites and web apps, priced by monthly credits. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/neocities-vs-netlify) - [Cloudflare Pages](https://toolgpa.com/tools/cloudflare-pages): Git-based hosting for static sites and full-stack apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/cloudflare-pages-vs-neocities) - [Statichost](https://toolgpa.com/tools/statichost): Static site hosting on European-owned infrastructure. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/neocities-vs-statichost) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://neocities.org - https://neocities.org/supporter - https://neocities.org/about Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/neocities Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).