Domain & Hosting Options — From Free to Self-Managed

Domains

Porkbun — My Pick

Best price-to-renewal registrar I’ve found. Been using them for years. No fluff, no tricks — honest pricing that doesn’t spike at renewal. Free WHOIS privacy, DNS, DNSSEC included for life. If you’re registering domains, start here.

Alternatives
Cloudflare Registrar	At-cost pricing, locked to Cloudflare DNS
Dynadot	Same price register/renew/transfer — no bait-and-switch
Namecheap	24/7 chat support, lots of TLDs
Spaceship	Modern UI, flat renewal pricing

Skip GoDaddy — highest renewal prices, aggressive upsells, dark patterns.

Hosting

Free — Astro & Static Sites

Cloudflare Workers — more than perfect for Astro and static sites. No servers to manage, global edge network, zero cost for most personal projects.

Best VPS Value — Self-Managed

Hetzner — the standout pick. ~€4.50/mo gets you 2 vCPU, 4GB RAM, 40GB NVMe, 20TB bandwidth. Unbeatable price-to-performance in 2026. The catch: email-only support, no managed services. If you know your way around Linux, this is the obvious choice.

Alternatives
OVHcloud	DDoS protection, unmetered bandwidth, EU largest	~$3.50/mo
Vultr	Global reach, 32 locations, best API tooling	$6/mo
Linode (Akamai)	Phone support safety net, long-term stability	$5/mo
Oracle Cloud	Free ARM64 forever	Free

WordPress Without Shared Hosting Chaos

MUSOSOFT EPYC — Secure and fast AMD EPYC, LiteSpeed, LSCache, Redis, LSPHP 8.5, daily backups. Budget-friendly for my customers. Host WordPress project with muso.sk

Alternatives
CloudWays	managed cloud WordPress on Vultr or DigitalOcean.	~$14/mo

Docker, Containers, Automation

MUSOSOFT COMPOSE ARM64 Docker multihost, custom containers. Host Docker project with muso.sk

Alternatives
Oracle Cloud	Free ARM64 forever	4 OCPU/24GB Always Free
Vultr	API-driven, global reach	Best CLI tooling, 32 locations
DigitalOcean	Managed Kubernetes (DOKS)	Industry-leading docs
AWS	Full ecosystem when you need it	Overkill for most