2026 custom domain comparison
Only a few hosts connect your own domain for $0: Google Sites (up to 5 per site), GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages (up to 100 per project) and Netlify. You still buy the domain from a registrar. Heya, which we make, connects 1 custom domain on Pro Standard at $6 a month, and its Pro Plus ($15 a month) ZIP of plain HTML and CSS uploads straight to those hosts.
Heya is ours, so read its row with that in mind. Every other number comes from each company's own pages, checked on October 26, 2026.
The first 4 connect a domain on a free plan. The rest are the cheapest paid builders that do.
| Option | Custom domain on free | Visual editor | Free limits | Watch out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Sites | Yes, up to 5 per site | Yes | Not stated | The site must be public |
| GitHub Pages | Yes | No, you bring the files | 1 GB site, 100 GB/month soft bandwidth | No business or e-commerce sites |
| Cloudflare Pages | Yes, up to 100 per project | No, Git or direct upload | 500 builds/month, 20,000 files | 25 MiB per file |
| Netlify | Yes, with SSL | No | 300 credits | A deploy uses 15 credits, 1 GB uses 20 |
| Neocities | No, Supporter at $5/mo | No, code editor | 1 GB storage, 200 GB bandwidth | Domains need Supporter |
| Carrd | No, Pro Standard at $19/yr | Yes | 3 sites, 50 elements each | One page per site |
| WordPress.com | No, Personal at $4/mo yearly | Yes | 1 GB storage | Ads on free |
| Wix | No, Light at $17/mo yearly | Yes | 500 MB storage, 1 GB bandwidth | Banner ad on free |
| Heya | Pro Standard, $6/mo | Yes | 3 sites, 5 pages each | Free sites use name.heya.bio |
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Prices are in US dollars. You buy the domain itself from a registrar in every case, except where a plan includes a first-year domain. The Wix price was last confirmed on October 23, 2026.
Google Sites lets you connect up to 5 domains you own per site on any Google account, and you don't need a Workspace plan. Your site has to be public. You'll verify the domain in Search Console using TXT and CNAME records, which can take up to 48 hours.
GitHub Pages hosts static HTML, CSS and JavaScript from a public repository on GitHub Free. You can connect a custom domain on an apex, www or subdomain with Let's Encrypt HTTPS. Sites go up to 1 GB, with 10 builds an hour and a soft limit of 100 GB monthly bandwidth.
On its free plan, Cloudflare Pages connects up to 100 custom domains per project across up to 100 projects. You get 500 builds a month, up to 20,000 files, and files up to 25 MiB. You can deploy with Git or just upload your files directly.
Netlify's free plan connects custom domains with SSL and gives you 300 credits. Each deploy takes 15 credits, and each GB of bandwidth uses 20. If you move to a paid plan, Personal costs $9 a month and Pro is $20 a month.
Neocities gives you 1 GB of storage and 200 GB of bandwidth for free, though it doesn't include a custom domain. Their Supporter plan is $5 a month and adds custom domains with SSL, 50 GB storage, 3,000 GB bandwidth and up to 30 sites.
Carrd doesn't have custom domains on its free plan. If you upgrade to Pro Standard for $19 a year, you can connect custom domains with Let's Encrypt SSL, and you also get forms and embeds across up to 10 sites.
WordPress.com doesn't include a custom domain on the free plan. Their Personal plan is $4 a month billed yearly, coming out to $48 a year. If you get an annual plan, they include a free domain for the first year.
Ours connects 1 domain you own on Pro Standard at $6 a month, or up to 10 on Pro Plus at $15 a month, with HTTPS set up for you. Free sites publish at name.heya.bio with HTTPS. Pro Plus also lets you download your site as a ZIP of plain HTML, CSS, fonts and images to host anywhere.
With Heya, you can download your site as plain HTML, CSS, fonts and images on Pro Plus at $15 a month. Once you have those files, Cloudflare Pages lets you upload them directly without using Git, and its free plan connects up to 100 custom domains per project. You can also put those same files in a public repository on GitHub Pages, which hosts them and connects a custom domain for free with HTTPS from Let's Encrypt.
There's a trade-off to doing it this way. Every time you make a change to your site in Heya, you'll have to download the files and upload them to your host again.
Read more about custom domains on Heya and the HTML download.
If you're looking at paid builders, the cheapest plans that let you use your own domain start with Carrd Pro Standard at $19 a year, WordPress.com Personal at $4 a month billed yearly, Neocities Supporter at $5 a month, and Heya Pro Standard at $6 a month. Going up from there, you have Framer Basic at $10 a month, Webflow Basic at $15 a month, Wix Light at $17 a month and Squarespace Basic at $19 a month, all billed yearly.
A few of these bundle the domain registration in at the start. WordPress.com, Wix and Squarespace include a free domain for the first year when you pick an annual plan, and after that first year you pay for the renewal.
We checked each host and builder on October 26, 2026 from a US connection, using their pricing pages and help docs for domain rules. Wix shows its prices only after the page runs in a browser, so we kept the Wix price we confirmed on October 23, 2026. The facts come from Google Sites Help, GitHub Pages docs, Cloudflare Pages limits, netlify.com/pricing, neocities.org/supporter, carrd.co/pro, wordpress.com/pricing, wix.com/plans.
Plans change often. If a number here is out of date, email hello@heya.page and we'll fix it.
Yes. Google Sites lets you connect up to 5 domains you own per site for free, as long as your site is public. GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages and Netlify also connect custom domains on their free plans, though you'll upload your own files instead of using a visual editor. Whatever route you pick, you still pay a registrar for the domain itself.
Among the visual builders that charge, Carrd Pro Standard is the cheapest at $19 a year, with custom domains and SSL across up to 10 one-page sites. WordPress.com Personal is next at $4 a month billed yearly ($48 a year), which also gives you a free domain for the first year. Heya Pro Standard is $6 a month and includes 1 custom domain with HTTPS.
Yes: Pro Standard ($6 a month) includes 1 custom domain per account, and Pro Plus ($15 a month) includes up to 10, with HTTPS set up for you. Pro Plus also lets you download any Heya site as a ZIP of plain HTML, CSS, fonts and images to host on Cloudflare Pages or GitHub Pages.
Yes, if you're using a free host. Google Sites, GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages and Netlify all connect a domain that you already own. Paid builders like WordPress.com, Wix and Squarespace include a free domain for the first year on their annual plans, and then you pay the renewal after that.
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