When comparing Hostman vs GitLab Pages, the Slant community recommends GitLab Pages for most people. In the question“What are the best hosting solutions for personal websites/blogs?” GitLab Pages is ranked 7th while Hostman is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose GitLab Pages is:
Gitlab pages are quick and simple to setup, with [documentation](http://doc.gitlab.com/ee/pages/) that's short and fast to read through.
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Pros
Pro Has a permanent storage, so no need to join additional forces with AWS or other storage services
Pro Has a built in CI/CD tool that is very easy to set up
Pro 22 languages and frameworks require no additional configuration (not even the config-files)
Pro Has CDN and is free for Front-end apps
Pro Gives a free SSL certificate to all users and websites
Pro Easy to setup
Gitlab pages are quick and simple to setup, with documentation that's short and fast to read through.
Pro Regular updates
GitLab is being constantly worked on and has a new release every month.
Pro Free private repositories
On gitlab.com you can have free private repositories.
Pro Open Source
Unlike BitBucket or GitHub, GitLab itself is Open Source. Even EE (which is needed for pages, but is free on Gitlab.com) is "source available".