A number of websites offer free hosting of blogs. The services they offer are compared below. (This list is limited to services that have their own Wikipedia article.)
Company | Founded | Active | Platform | Storage | Bandwidth | File size limit | FTP upload | Themes | Ad-free | Adv Support | Domain registration | Backup | Plugin | Custom HTML | Custom CSS | Custom JavaScript | Mobile | Scheduled posting | Post categories | Post tags | HTML5 | eCommerce | |
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Blogger | 1999 | Yes | Proprietary | 15 GB (synchronized with Google drive) | Unlimited | None | No | 30 | Yes | Yes - AdSense | Free | Yes (Downloadable XML) | Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
Tumblr | Automattic | 2007 | Yes | Proprietary | Unlimited | Unlimited | Photo size per post is 10 MB | No | ~1000 | No | No | Paid Only | No | Very Limited | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Weebly | Weebly | 2007 | Yes | 500 MB (Free) | ~250 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wix.com | Wix.com | Yes | Proprietary | 500MB (Free) 20GB (Paid Only) |
500MB (Free) Unlimited (Paid Only) |
? | No | Many different | Paid Only | Yes | Paid Only | No | Partial | Inline Only | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
WordPress.com | Automattic | Yes | Modified WordPress | 1GB | Unlimited | ? | No | ~250 | Paid Only | No | Paid Only | Yes[1] | 20 | Yes | Paid Only | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[2] |