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GitHub vs Netlify

Compare GitHub and Netlify - features, pricing, and which is better for your workflow.

What is GitHub?

Where the world builds software — Git hosting, pull requests, issues, Actions CI/CD, and Copilot, free for public and private repos.

Price: Freemium

  • Unlimited public and private repositories on the free plan
  • Pull requests, code review, and branch protection
  • Issues, Projects, and Discussions for planning and triage
  • Actions for CI/CD, scheduled jobs, and automation
  • Copilot for code completion, chat, and agent-driven pull requests
  • Codespaces for a full dev environment in the browser
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What is Netlify?

Lightning-fast web platform for deploying, hosting, and scaling modern sites — one-click deploys from Git or any modern AI builder.

Price: Freemium

  • One-click deploy from Git, Stitch, Lovable, Bolt, and more
  • Global CDN with instant cache invalidation
  • Custom domains and free SSL
  • Serverless Functions and Edge Functions
  • Built-in forms, identity, and analytics
  • Preview deploys for every PR
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