I’ve just come to the realisation that there currently isn’t one.
Not only do we not fit the new pricing model because we’re a plucky little agency, but the plan inclusions have grown over time such that a higher cost is justifiable.
We came to Netlify via “static sites”, as you were advocates for a simpler web.
It was a place we could easily perform a CI build and host the resulting static output.
It may be a non-starter in todays SSR fixated market, but a “basic plan” that provides only the original core Netlify functionality for “doing a static build, getting it online & keeping it online” would be ideal.
All we need is…
- Build system
- Deploy system
- Redirects
- Rollback (we’d actually be happy for this to reduced, or even not exist)
- Let’s Encrypt SSL integration
- Webhooks (to trigger the deploy & know if it succeeded or failed)
- Environment vars (we don’t need them “shared”, just a secure way to get them into a build)
For anything else we would prefer to either “not do it” to keep things simple, or rely on our own ingenuity and other services to avoid single vendor lock-in and a potential single point of failure.
While all the features are obviously “nice to have”, (and others would consider them “must haves”), the following are features that WE don’t need:
- Live previews/collaboration
- Serverless functions (we’re happy to utilise other providers for this)
- Background functions
- Password-protected sites
- Audit logs
- Slack & email notifications
- SAML single sign-on
- Role-based access control
- Forms
- Identity
- Analytics
- Self hosted repos
- Build prioritization
etc etc
Instead of the current “one size fits all” approach, is there any room for Netlify to provide a “back to basics” static only hosting solution?
Which isn’t to be misinterpreted that such a plan would be “free” - We would prefer a plan that provides a simple service, great dependability and a fair price - no “bells & whistles” required.