Publish Markdown 2 vs Static Site Hosting by Kinsta

Kinsta’s static site hosting provides edge deployment, not programmatic markdown management.

Side by side

What it is: Publish Markdown 2:Publish Markdown lets you create, edit, and share markdown files instantly via a simple REST API.; Static Site Hosting by Kinsta:Static Site Hosting by Kinsta lets you push a Git repo and automatically builds and deploys your static site to a global edge network.
Best for: Publish Markdown 2:One-click markdown publishing via API; Static Site Hosting by Kinsta:Edge-deployed static sites from Git
Who it’s for: Publish Markdown 2:Developers who need programmatic publishing of markdown content.; Static Site Hosting by Kinsta:Developers who want hassle-free static site deployment without managing CDNs or pipelines
Pricing: Publish Markdown 2:Free; Static Site Hosting by Kinsta:Freemium
Works with: Publish Markdown 2:—; Static Site Hosting by Kinsta:GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
DevHunt upvotes: Publish Markdown 2:1; Static Site Hosting by Kinsta:35
Launched on DevHunt: Publish Markdown 2:Aug 2026; Static Site Hosting by Kinsta:Jan 2023

Create Markdown. POST /markdown to create a document with optional identifier, password and expiration.
Retrieve Markdown. GET /markdown or /markdown/{identifier} to fetch documents, with pagination support.
Update Markdown. PUT /markdown/{identifier} to modify content, identifier, password or expiration.
Delete Markdown. DELETE /markdown/{identifier} to permanently remove a document.
Password Protection. Add a plain-text password to restrict access to a markdown page.
Expiration Dates. Set an ISO-8601 expiration to auto-expire published markdown.

Git-based deployments. Push to GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket and Kinsta builds and deploys on every commit.
Automatic framework detection. Sevalla detects the site’s framework or static generator and runs the build without scripts.
Live preview environments. Each pull request creates a production-like preview URL for review before merge.
Global edge network. Sites are served from 260+ PoPs, automatically distributed close to visitors.
Usage limits with scaling. Free tier includes 100 sites, 600 build minutes and 100 GB bandwidth; excess usage scales billing automatically.

Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.