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Add to SafariWhen comparing Google Cloud Storage vs Surge, the Slant community recommends Surge for most people. In the question“What are the best website hosting providers?” Surge is ranked 15th while Google Cloud Storage is ranked 18th. The most important reason people chose Surge is:
Unlimited projects, deployments, and collaborators in free tier which also includes basic SSL. Pro options for those who need it cost $13/month (or all you can eat top tier at $30/mo) which gives you auto-provisioning SSL certificates on custom domains.
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Pros
Pro Cheap (about $0.01/GB/Month)
Same price a Google Drive, but more flexible as you pay for what you use (Google Drive you have to jump from 100 MB to 1 TB for example). Also supports larger backups.
Pro Optionally supports versioning
Versioning can be enabled at no extra cost so you may retrieve older versions or deleted files.
Pro Works with duplicity
duplicity allows to encrypt data locally using GPG and it supports Google Cloud Storage.
Pro Can be shared with other people
Via the Google Cloud Platform or their CLI tool, you can create publicly accessible URLs to parts of your data.
Pro Free Tier
Unlimited projects, deployments, and collaborators in free tier which also includes basic SSL. Pro options for those who need it cost $13/month (or all you can eat top tier at $30/mo) which gives you auto-provisioning SSL certificates on custom domains.
Pro Automatic Clean URLS
/page resolves /page.html
Pro Custom 404.html files
Catch-all 200.html files.
Pro Six Keystrokes to publish site
Type surge and hit enter in your project directory to deploy.
Pro pushState support for single page apps
Great for front ends like React and Vue.
Pro Automatic Gziping
Auto gzips and sends gziped files.
Pro Supports Jekyll and Grunt and other CIs
Pro Far-future expire headers
Pro Support on Slack
Live Chat Support.
Pro ent (intelligently) about trailing slashes (“/”)
Pro Fully featured CLI tool
Provides a CLI tool to easily deploy using terminal with surge command.
Pro Atomic Deploys
Deployments are fast, instant, and atomic - with zero chance of collisions.
Cons
Con Does not support .pdf by default
Does not support .pdf. To get PDF support you have to add a credit card by running surge card (though no charges apply).
