Do You Actually Need Web Hosting?

Hosting is the delivery layer, not necessarily a separate product

Hosting is the infrastructure that makes a site available on the internet. The important purchasing question is whether the tool that builds your site already includes that delivery layer.

Cloudflare Pages, for example, deploys a project to its global network. GitHub Pages also publishes sites from a repository and can serve a custom domain. Both are hosting services even though neither is sold as traditional shared hosting.

Sources: Cloudflare Pages overview, About custom domains and GitHub Pages

When you do not need a separate hosting account

Do not add a second hosting subscription if your chosen builder or commerce platform already publishes and serves the finished site. Duplicating services adds a bill and another account without solving a problem.

A code-based static site also does not need a conventional shared-hosting package when you deploy it through a service such as Cloudflare Pages, GitHub Pages, or a business-appropriate Vercel plan.

• Confirm where the site will be deployed before buying anything.
• Confirm that the service can connect the domain you own.
• Keep the domain registration and the website host as separate decisions, even if one company offers both.

Sources: Cloudflare Pages overview, About custom domains and GitHub Pages, Vercel pricing and plan eligibility

When you need to choose hosting deliberately

Choose a host or deployment platform when you are building a static site from code, need server-side features, or are responsible for publishing files yourself. At that point, compare the limits that matter to your site rather than shopping by a vague hosting label.

For a simple brochure site, deployment method, custom-domain support, build limits, file limits, and whether the plan permits commercial use are more useful checks than storage space alone.

Sources: Cloudflare Pages limits, GitHub Pages limits, Vercel pricing and plan eligibility