Netlify Drop makes publishing a website extremely simple, as you simply drag and drop your HTML, CSS and js files, and they take care of hosting, caching and all those technical details. You don't even need to create a user account to create a temporary live site.

Netlify is easy to set up and good for static websites with small to medium user bases. It has many plugins which you can inject into your website to get faster performance analytics etc.

As of May 2023 I am still impressed with how much you can get from Netlify for free. They integrate well with frameworks like next.js, supporting most/all features as they are released. Netlify functions are flexible, powerful, and available without the hassle of setting up AWS lambdas (which they end up running as IIRC). Edge functions, background functions, and ISR-style on-demand builder functions give me the tools I need to optimize our API and build performance. I can craft an enterprise-grade solution in place for $0 - I don't even think they have my credit card. This makes things so much simpler and easier to try out, throw away, and eventually scale up. Netlify's out-of-the-box experience, full feature set, and generous free tier make it my go-to for starting new projects. --- Netlify is easy to set up and works well with a lot of frameworks out of the box. Sites start out free which makes learning the platform easy and fun. They release new features regularly, keeping up with the current state of the web. Features like edge functions and (well cached) on-demand builders help to increase the performance and capabilities of the apps we build on the platform.