Hosting Umbraco app

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Hello!

I’m making my own business website in Umbraco. I already bought the domain.. I thought about making a static website, but in the future, I might upgrade it. Also, it’s a good practice project for me. The functionality would be pretty straightforward. I think the most complicated part of the website would be the contact form or maybe a blog. But nothing extra: no registration, etc.

I don’t expect a lot of traffic.

I bought the domain on Cloudflare, but I also need to host it. Could you recommend hosting providers? I looked at Umbraco Cloud pricing, but even the starter kit is too much for my wallet and might be overkill.

I also saw that Cloudflare provides some storage with the free tier. Could that be used to host my Umbraco app in this case?

Thanks for the answers in advance!

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Take a look at UmbHost, see if it fits within your budget.

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You might want to check out xStatic which allows you to generate a static site from your Umbraco install.

If you can swap out the contact form for a mailto link, you could host the output of xStatic on CloudFlare/Vercel etc

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+1 for xStatic!

I used to use it for my personal website when I was on v8 (hosted on Netlify for free), and it worked amazingly well back then!

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If you are going with a static website, another alternative is Cloudflare. Cloudflare can host static files for you:

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Hey @DemeSzabolcs — Paul from uSkinned here :waving_hand:

It might be worth taking a look at our Hosted option. It comes with the latest Umbraco (LTS) and uSkinned Site Builder pre-installed, including auto-upgrades of both. Lots of out of the box features and options, including contact and newsletter forms.

We’ve just published an article to help users weigh up the options between uSkinned Hosted vs. Umbraco Cloud, I’d recommend having a read: Comparison: uSkinned Hosted vs. Umbraco Cloud With our Hosted option, there is no license fee required, just a simple and affordable monthly subscription.

Free trials are available too, so be sure to sign up: Trial Sign up - uSkinned Members Portal

Any questions, just hit reply :slightly_smiling_face:

Cheers!

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Hi, @DemeSzabolcs !
If you’re still looking for a hosting option, we offer ByteEditor Hosting, which is optimized for Umbraco. It provides a reliable and scalable option without the hefty costs. Our hosting makes it easy to start small and grow as your site expands.
You can find more information about our hosting options here.