There are alternatives to Blogspot and wordpress to set up a blog, however the alternatives that exist are very good if what you want is to have a blog to write and publish and forget about maintenance, advertising and problems derived from managing or putting your hand on your blog for any change.
These sites are valid for websites, and even if what you think is to make a website you may be interested.
Advantages of the platforms that host blogs for free:
- You do not worry about maintenance or updates.
- You can publish from their editors that are simple and fast.
- You do not need technical knowledge of any kind.
- Some are scalable and you can choose to set up shops within them.
Disadvantages of this type of blogging platform:
- Less customization capacity.
- Pro paid features.
- Small restrictions such as storage, file size…
- They are usually not good for SEO (usually paid)
There are many free alternatives that offer quite a few functionalities and some are even already integrated into a social platform where your blog can be promoted, in others you have to work hard on the promo.
When I wrote “do not switch to wordpress it is a trap” I thought about the number of people who do not write or leave it because they do not want complications with code, plugins, updates… and it is normal we must think that not everyone is a technophile and there are We have to be open to the fact that there are solutions that make life easier for us.
It is normal that you can throw back the idea of writing if you think of WP and blogspot in which the free versions and so to speak without Tuning are very bad, so if you do not want to touch code or worry about these web platforms you will they give everything almost done or with very simple editors.
# 1 Tumblr
Tumblr was born as a blogging platform but with the advantage that you can post whatever you want and even a simple photo, Tumblr blogs have a large community behind them and it is completely free.
# 2 Medium
Medium is a very important blogging platform for the creators of Twitter, in it they write from eminences in different fields to normal people, it is a good platform for those people who write little and would like to reach a specific audience or make known part of your professional profile.
Medium has a very good design, especially for readers, so you can not worry about the design and maintenance part.
It is a good way to create a blog independently and there are even people who use it to promote a blog that already exists, since it will reach a diverse and different audience from other channels.
One tip is to look for good photos because it is something important to be such a minimalist space they will stand out a lot.
# 3 Im Creator
It is a free platform to create a blog in a short time that has very good pre-designed templates, it is responsive and has the option of switching to a paid plan if you need more functionalities.
It is a good alternative for those people who want to have a blog or a free and quite beautiful website, apart from being open source and you can tweak the code and the pro versions are very cheap.
# 4 Jimdo
This platform for blogs within the free ones is my favorite, the free version is very wide and gives plenty to set up a blog, it also has many quite modern pre-designed templates that are quite adequate to what you may like, there is the possibility of making a upgrade to pro for (€ 6.50) that allows you to create aliases (similar to sub-domains and increases storage) in the upper option of 15.95 you can even create a store without complicating your life much. If you don’t want complications, it is a very good option and the price is not that expensive.
# 5 Weebly
Weebly is another very good option, it is one of the free platforms that have been around the longest and has the free version and others that vary from € 4.50 per month.
Apart from the templates, it has a very simple and intuitive drag-and-drop site creator (drag & drop) the best it has for my liking that can be used well to edit both on the phone and on the tablet and that is a point strong in favor of weebly.
# 6 Yola
This platform is great, it even gives a little more space and functions in its free option than the rest since it allows storage of up to 1Giga and a blog or 3 websites with the same account.
It has a template editor and is easy to use and also allows you to set up a store.
It is not a well known way of creating a blog but it is very interesting for those people who do not know how their idea is going to evolve.
# There are not all the ways to create a blog for free, but the ones I like the most
In this list are the free platforms in which you can create a blog, there are more but many are not so good, others that I like such as the well-known Squarespace have been left out because they are paid.
