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Static Site Hosting

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Definition

A service that hosts websites made of pre-built HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files without needing a traditional server. Like putting up a billboard — the content is ready-made and displayed as-is, making it incredibly fast and cheap to serve.

Real-World Example

A marketing agency uses AWS Amplify Hosting to deploy their React-based portfolio sites, getting automatic HTTPS, global CDN distribution, and continuous deployment from GitHub — all for a fraction of the cost of running EC2 instances.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

All provide hosting for pre-built static assets (HTML/CSS/JS) served via a CDN with HTTPS. AWS Amplify Hosting and Azure Static Web Apps add tight Git-based CI/CD and optional serverless backends. Firebase Hosting is commonly paired with Cloud Functions/Cloud Run for dynamic needs. OCI typically uses Object Storage as the origin and OCI CDN for global delivery, with CI/CD handled via external tools or OCI DevOps.

AWS
AWS Amplify Hosting
AZ
Azure Static Web Apps
GCP
Firebase Hosting
OCI
OCI Object Storage + OCI CDN

Compare Across Cloud Providers

Static Site Hosting is available across all major cloud platforms. Compare equivalent services:

AWS
AWS Amplify Hosting
Azure
Azure Static Web Apps
Google Cloud
Firebase Hosting
Oracle Cloud
OCI Object Storage Static Website

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