🆚 GitHub Pages vs. Netlify

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 GitHub Pages is as popular as Netlify.
🌎 GitHub Pages is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Japan.
🌍 Netlify is more popular in the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.

Type

Deployment platform

About

GitHub Pages is a static site hosting service that takes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files straight from a repository on GitHub.

Netlify is a composable web development platform that enables developers to build, deploy, and host websites and applications.

It offers Git-integrated continuous deployment, automatic build previews for every branch, one-click rollbacks, edge functions, and serverless form handling with automatic form detection.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

pages.github.com

netlify.com #1,419

Pricing

Free version ✔️Soft bandwidth limit of 100 GB per month

Team$4/user/month

Enterprise$21/user/month

Free version ✔️300 credits per month

Personal
(1K credits)$9/month

Pro
(3K credits)$20/user/month

EnterpriseCustom

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The GitHub Pages deployment platform is as popular as Netlify.

Total websites

Market share

Deployment Platforms

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

GitHub Pages is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Japan, while Netlify is more popular in the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

France

Australia

Canada

Japan

Netherlands

India

China

Awards

🥇 Most popular in China in the Deployment Platforms category.
🥇 Most popular in Russia in the Deployment Platforms category.
🥇 Most popular in Malta in the Deployment Platforms category.
🥇 Most popular in Ukraine in the Deployment Platforms category.
🥇 Most popular in Taiwan in the Deployment Platforms category.

🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Deployment Platforms category.
🥈 Second most popular in Australia in the Deployment Platforms category.
🥈 Second most popular in France in the Deployment Platforms category.
🥈 Second most popular in the Netherlands in the Deployment Platforms category.
🥈 Second most popular in India in the Deployment Platforms category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

GitHub Pages is more popular among sites focused on software and hardware, blogs and wiki, and technical information, while Netlify is more commonly used on business, Internet services, and marketing and merchandising sites.

Business

Internet Services

Software/Hardware

Blogs/Wiki

Marketing/Merchandising

Technical Information

Education/Reference

Technical/Business Forums

Entertainment

Games