# Free Hosting Alternative **URL:** \ **Category:** Informal\ **Created:** [August 25, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/free-hosting-alternative/65415 "2022-08-25T05:56:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![anon9769594](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon9769594/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon9769594](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon9769594)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/free-hosting-alternative/65415/1 "2022-08-25T05:56:17Z")
**InfinityFree** offers 5GB of HDD with its free hosting account plan. I have managed to find that **FreeHosting** are offering 10 GB to its free hosting plan. Is it possible for InfinityFree to compete with this, and offer +5GB, 10GB with its free hosting plans as well? ---
**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/free-hosting-alternative/65415/2 "2022-08-25T06:25:28Z")
> [@anon9769594](#): > > Is it possible for InfinityFree to compete with this, and offer +5GB, 10GB with its free hosting > plans as well? Unlikely to happen. If storage is what you are looking for, please go ahead and switch. SSL is not free though. Had a very bad experience as account was shut without warning. Don’t say I didn’t warn you ---
**Author:** ![Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/admin/32/36437_2.png) [@Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Admin)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/free-hosting-alternative/65415/3 "2022-08-25T12:22:11Z")
How much storage does your website currently use? Are you using more than 5 GB of storage? ---
**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/free-hosting-alternative/65415/4 "2022-08-25T12:58:38Z")
> [@Admin](#): > > How much storage does your website currently use? I believe the answer is here > [@Questions about Plan Upgrading](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/questions-about-plan-upgrading/64898): > > -I have a website which is 12.6 Gigabytes big, before the database export, which is 286 Megabytes big. What plugins could I turn to to reduce the size of my website proper? Is there likely a way I can reduce my (WordPress + Website + Database) total to fit inside 5 GB for a free account? \*\*What is the advice, if I want to try and remain within a free account? Wasn’t InfinityFree originally unlimited storage? Is it possible to ask for more GB of storage for free, say, 50 GB of storage on my ac… ---
**Author:** ![YT\_Xaos](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/yt_xaos/32/45201_2.png) [@YT\_Xaos](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/YT_Xaos)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/free-hosting-alternative/65415/5 "2022-08-25T16:31:51Z")
I’m not sure why you would need more than 5GB of storage for free hosting. ---
**Author:** ![anon32498208](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon32498208/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon32498208](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon32498208)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/free-hosting-alternative/65415/6 "2022-08-25T20:51:24Z")
5GB is the max. Also, `FreeHosting[dot]com` bans Freenom domains and Free Subdomains. ---
**Author:** ![Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/admin/32/36437_2.png) [@Admin](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Admin)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 9:08am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/free-hosting-alternative/65415/7 "2022-08-26T09:08:48Z")
> [@KangJL](#): > > I believe the answer is here Well spotted! So for your site, having more storage would be useful. 5 GB is not enough for your site in the current state. But if you have a 12.6 GB website, then a 10 GB hosting account is not enough either. In either case, you’ll need to remove files or offload them to a specialized file/image/media/document storage/sharing service and link to them from your site. Yes, that doesn’t look as professional as having it integrated in your site. But please consider that you’re using free services. If you want a professional service, you may have to pay professional fees as well. In our experience, 5 GB is plenty for regular website content, and most people never hit this. Most people who do hit it bring large media archives with them, which is not something we want to encourage. ---
**Author:** ![anon9769594](https://forum.infinityfree.com/letter_avatar/anon9769594/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@anon9769594](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/anon9769594)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/free-hosting-alternative/65415/8 "2022-08-26T09:15:04Z")
> SSL is not free though. > Had a very bad experience as account was shut without warning. > Don’t say I didn’t warn you Does thi refer to FreeHosting, or InfinityFree? I was of the view that InfinityFree did offer free SSL https for up to 3 (three) months. Is that still true? ---
**Author:** ![KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/kangjl/32/12130_2.png) [@KangJL](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/KangJL)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/free-hosting-alternative/65415/9 "2022-08-26T09:32:06Z")
> [@anon9769594](#): > > Does thi refer to FreeHosting, or InfinityFree? Of course I am referring to > [@anon9769594](#): > > FreeHosting which charges around 30USD for SSL. No free support as well. If you want support, **pay up** > [@anon9769594](#): > > I was of the view that InfinityFree did offer free SSL https > for up to 3 (three) months. Is that still true? It still stands… ---
**Author:** ![Greenreader9](https://forum.infinityfree.com/user_avatar/forum.infinityfree.com/greenreader9/32/22847_2.png) [@Greenreader9](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/Greenreader9)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/free-hosting-alternative/65415/10 "2022-08-26T12:09:58Z")
And after those three months are up, you can generate another free certificate for another three months. So basically you can always have free SSL here. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://infinityfree-forum-uploads.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/b/0/b024fd3fa88bae093c9576e55c2c94e33f890206.svg) [@system](https://forum.infinityfree.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.infinityfree.com/t/free-hosting-alternative/65415/11 "2022-09-10T12:10:20Z")
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