Hosting subscriptions
One subscription per site puts it on the public internet.
A hosting subscription is what makes a PageFork site publicly reachable. You subscribe once per site and pay monthly or yearly while the site is live.
Why per-site?
Because it makes the pricing predictable and lets you keep unlimited unpublished drafts without paying for them. Pay for what’s live; experiment for free.
Monthly vs yearly
When you subscribe, you pick a billing cycle:
- Monthly — the flexible choice. Cancel any time; your site stays live until the end of the current period.
- Yearly — discounted total. Cancel any time; your site stays live until the end of the year.
You can change the cycle later via the Stripe customer portal — see Managing billing in Stripe.
What the subscription includes
- Custom domain support — connect any domain you own. See Connecting your domain.
- Automatic SSL — Let’s Encrypt on every domain, auto-renewed.
- CDN hosting — global edge caching, fast everywhere.
- Form submissions — unlimited, with email notifications.
- Your
*.pagefork.aisubdomain — stays active while the subscription is.
What it doesn’t include
- AI credits. Credits are separate — see Credits explained.
- Email hosting for your domain. PageFork hosts websites, not mailboxes.
Starting a subscription
- Open a site in the editor.
- Click Subscribe in the toolbar (replaces Publish when you have no active sub).
- Pick monthly or yearly.
- Complete Stripe checkout.
- Back in the app, click Publish.
Managing subscriptions
The Subscriptions tab on the Billing page lists every subscription:
- Status (active, cancelled at period end, etc.).
- Renew / end date.
- Per-subscription payment history.
- A ⋯ menu for cancel, payment history, and portal access.
A Manage All in Stripe link takes you to the portal to manage everything at once (payment method, invoices, cycle).
Cancelling
Cancel via the portal. The site stays live until the end of the current
period, then stops serving — both the custom domain and the *.pagefork.ai
subdomain return a “not found”. Uncancel at any point before the period
ends to keep the site live.
Multiple sites
Each site has its own subscription. You can have many active at once; the portal shows all of them and the “Manage All” view groups invoices for convenient accounting.