For blogs that are “small” and/or expect low traffic, if someone doesn’t want to use free services, my recommendation would be a static site generator that pushes content to a site on Nearly Free Speech (nearlyfreespeech.net). It has a very simple way to create (and continuously renew) a letsencrypt TLS certificate. The cost would be USD 1.5 a month (or a bit higher than that) for what’s classified as a “production site” there.
One drawback with NFSN is that it requires people to be somewhat tech savvy and know how to manage sites, probably use ssh, etc. If you’re someone who can use S3 or this solution, then you’ll find NFSN easier and cheaper for this use case.
One drawback with NFSN is that it requires people to be somewhat tech savvy and know how to manage sites, probably use ssh, etc. If you’re someone who can use S3 or this solution, then you’ll find NFSN easier and cheaper for this use case.