The point of using a SSG and deploying to a static host is that hosting becomes extremely simple. No need for a database, HTTPS included, deploying is just copy

The point of using a SSG and deploying to a static host is that hosting becomes extremely simple. No need for a database, HTTPS included, deploying is just copying files, CDN is already included, and it's either free or very cheap. If you're ok with editing code files (markdown, html, etc) this is extremely simple to setup. You can even get a template somewhere[1] and just start producing content. Obviously this is only feasible for devs or maybe designers with HTML/CSS skills. I'd like to add that SSGs can also render dynamic data from an API or directly from a DB at build time. [1] https://jekyllthemes.io/ https://jekyllthemes.io/