2026 Report

HTML Static Hosting
Cloudflare Wrangler

A pragmatic verdict on where to deploy plain HTML in 2026 — and why the free tier still wins.

TL;DR

HTML static hosting = Cloudflare Pages — unlimited bandwidth, free tier wins decisively against Vercel and Netlify (both capped at 100 GB egress).
2026 shift: Pages is consolidating into Workers Static Assets. New projects should deploy via wrangler deploy.
Paid plan = $5/mo flat — unlocks shared quotas across Workers, Pages, D1, R2, KV, and Queues in one bundle.

Verdict for Plain HTML

✓ Highly Suitable

Free, unmetered bandwidth, HTTPS, custom domains, global edge — all included on the free tier. If you only need to serve static HTML, this is effectively free forever.

Free Tier Comparison

Provider	Bandwidth	Builds	Custom Domain + HTTPS	Pricing Beyond Free
Cloudflare Pages	Unlimited	500/month	Included	$5/mo bundle
Vercel	100 GB	6,000 min/mo	Included	$20/mo Pro
Netlify	100 GB	300 min/mo	Included	$19/mo Pro
GitHub Pages	100 GB soft	Unlimited	Included	N/A (no paid)

The 2026 Migration: Pages → Workers Static Assets

Cloudflare is folding Pages into Workers. The new mental model: every static site is a Worker with bound static assets, optionally with edge logic on top.

Old way (still works)

wrangler pages deploy ./dist

Pages-style deploy. Continues to be supported, but no new features.

2026 recommended

wrangler deploy

Workers Static Assets via wrangler.toml with an [assets] block. Same edge, more capability.

5-Minute Quickstart

Install: npm i -g wrangler
Login: wrangler login
Create index.html in an empty folder
Deploy: wrangler pages deploy . --project-name my-site
Your site is live at https://my-site.pages.dev

When the $5 Plan Pays Off

You hit 500 builds/month on a busy monorepo.
You want D1, R2, or Queues on the same account — the $5 unlocks all of them.
You need higher Workers CPU time (50 ms → 30 s) for dynamic edge logic.
For pure static HTML, you almost never need to pay. Stay on free.