To create a free account, navigate to theNetlifywebsite and click theSign upbutton in the upper-right corner. You should be redirected to a page that includes the following options to create an account:

For the purpose of this article, theEmailsign up option will be used. However, you can create an account using any of the OAuth methods (in fact, signing up withGitHubmay save you time later on).

After clicking theEmailoption, you’ll be asked to enter the email and password that you want to use for your Netlify account:

After you sign up and verify your email, you’ll have access to your new personal dashboard. Your dashboard won’t have any projects yet and should look similar to:

It’s that simple to create an account! You’re ready to deploy websites through Netlify, but let’s first learn more about the various services and plans that are available.

Plans and Services

Netlify offers many plans and services to fit each project’s needs and empower developers like you to effortlessly share them with the world.

What’s more, Netlify provides a generous free “Starter” plan, which is perfect for personal projects, hobby sites, or experiments. When you create an account by following the steps above, you’re automatically enrolled in this plan. Specifically, you’ll have access to the following services with the “Starter” plan:

• Automated builds from Git so that your sites auto-publish when you push commits on GitHub (built-in Continuous Deployment).
• Deploy to the globalEdgenetwork, an extremely fast and resilient network for handling complex tasks and running custom logic.
• Site previews for every push to test and verify changes before putting them into production.
• Instant rollbacks to any version so that you can easily reverse any changes.
• Deploy static assets anddynamic serverless functions, which provides greater flexibility when building and scaling sites.
• And so muchmore!

However, if you need even more functionality, you can look into thepaid plans.

Even More Capabilities

As you work more with Netlify, you’ll find that it hasso many other servicesto offer, such as:

• Various ways to monitor your websites through real-time logs, notifications, and analytics that provide trends of in site activity.
• The ability to easily add custom domains and set up HTTPS for free.
• Pre-built form handling, which eliminates the need for implementing APIs or extraJavaScriptto create forms on your websites.
• Visitor access mechanisms that enable you to control which parts of your website are public and even authenticate users.

Wrapping Up

You’ve created an account and learned about some of the capabilities of Netlify, along with seeing how it can be incorporated into your development process. However, these are just the basics — you’ll soon learn how to deploy websites right from your Netlify account.

If you wish, you can get a head start and explore the various tools that you now have access to in your Netlify dashboard! Head over toNetlify’s documentationto learn more about deploying websites, or click “Next” to follow our tutorial.

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