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We use netlify for quite sometime with Hugo and we loved it.

Today, we use firebase hosting which is significantly cheaper and comes with its own CDN and free Google SSL. But I don't get CI from my git repo - I have to compile and push. Which I personally prefer.

But kudos to Netlify - I hope they realise that the value is not in CDN or CI or ssl certificates . But rather in building a CMS for static websites.

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> But rather in building a CMS for static websites

They're working on that https://www.netlifycms.org

Have you checked the pricing recently? I think it's likely to have changed quite dramatically since after you switched to Firebase.

Well the first priced tier is 45$ per month. It's many times what we end up paying to firebase.

Not that I'm saying it's a bad deal - it's great for people on WordPress or Drupal.

Do you need any paid features? The only things you get for $45 are:

- simple password protection (basic auth or single-password-no-login)

- small division of power - not everyone can delete the site and invite contributors.

Everything else is included for free.

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