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IMAGE HOSTING
Drag and drop an image and get a direct link in a single step, ready to share anywhere or embed on any website. Start with a 7-day free trial, with SSL and a free subdomain included. On a paid plan, your link stays live until you delete the image.
Drag and drop files to upload.Tap to upload your files.
Upload website file archives, images, documents, or PDFs.
To upload and host images quickly and easily, all you need is a simple drag-and-drop solution or the ability to select any image on your PC or Mac. Need to change the image? Simply replace the previous image with the new one.
Online image management allows you to rename, move, duplicate, and delete files, without ever having to leave your browser tab.
Your image is hosted on a server with its own URL, ready for your website and email newsletter layouts. On a paid plan, the URL is permanent and photos remain active until you delete them.
Drag and drop or choose an image from your computer to import.
Select a subdomain or enter a domain name for your image URL.
Once you've finished the image uploading, it's time to share it with the world!
Drag and drop any common image and get a direct link. Static.app hosts:
Every image is served over HTTPS, with files up to 50 MB on the free trial and up to 1 GB on paid plans. Need to host more than images? Static.app also hosts full static websites, PDFs, video, fonts, and ZIP archives, so your image and your whole website can live in one place.
An SSL certificate is required, and we offer it for free. The image URL will contain the trustable https in the URL.
Every uploaded image gets its own address you can paste straight into a website, an email, or a forum post.
Use Static.app to save images and more (unarchive and host files like videos, docs, Zip files, etc.)
All four give you a free, direct image link over HTTPS, so the honest differences are whether you need an account, whether the page carries ads, how large your files can be, and whether you can host on your own domain and go beyond images.
| Static.app | Imgur | ImgBB | Postimages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free to upload and share | Yes, free for 7 days | Yes, account required | Yes, no account needed | Yes, no account needed |
| Direct, hotlinkable link | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ads on your image page | None | Yes, on the free tier | Yes, on the free tier | Yes, on the free tier |
| Host on your own custom domain | Yes, with free SSL (paid plans) | No | No | No |
| Max file size (free) | 50 MB, up to 1 GB on paid plans | About 20 MB per image | 32 MB | 32 MB |
| Image formats | JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG, ICO | JPG, PNG, GIF (no SVG) | JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP (no SVG) | JPG, PNG, GIF (no SVG) |
| Also hosts a full website and other files | Yes: websites, PDFs, video, ZIP, fonts | No, media only | No, images only | No, images only |
| Link permanence | Permanent on paid plans, with optional expiry on short links | Kept while signed in | Permanent, optional expiry | Permanent, optional expiry |
| Best for | Images plus your whole website, on your own domain, ad-free | Community image and GIF sharing | Fast anonymous links with embed codes | Fast anonymous links for forums |
Competitor details from each service's official help, pricing, and upload pages, verified July 2026. Imgur ended anonymous uploads in 2023, so an account is now required; the free tiers of Imgur, ImgBB, and Postimages are ad-supported per their own pages.
Is Static.app image hosting really free?
For 7 days. The free trial gives you a direct link on a free Static.app subdomain with SSL and needs no credit card. There are no ads and no watermarks. Paid plans from $6 a month keep your links permanent and add your own custom domain, more storage, and larger uploads.
Do I need an account to upload an image?
Yes, a free account, created in the same step as your first upload with just your name, email, and password, and no credit card. Your account is where you manage, replace, or delete your images, and where you can connect a custom domain later.
What image formats can I upload?
Static.app hosts JPG and JPEG, PNG, GIF, WebP, SVG, and ICO files. Because it is a full static host, you can also upload non-image files such as PDFs, video, fonts, and ZIP archives in the same place.
What is the largest image I can host?
Up to 50 MB per file on the free trial, and up to 1 GB per file on paid plans. That is far more headroom than most free image hosts, which often cap free uploads well below that.
Do my image links expire?
During the 7-day trial your direct links are live. On a paid plan they stay live until you delete the image yourself. Static.app does not remove images for inactivity, so a link you paste today keeps working.
On a paid plan you can also point a short stc.ac link at an image and set an expiry on that short link. The direct URL is unaffected.
Can I get a direct, hotlinkable image link?
Yes. You get a direct URL to the image file itself, not a gallery or viewer page, so it works anywhere a public image URL is accepted: forums, Discord, eBay and marketplace listings, email signatures, Notion, and Markdown or HTML on your own website.
Can I host images on my own custom domain?
Yes. On paid plans from $6 a month you can serve your images from your own domain with free SSL. The free trial gives you a free Static.app subdomain, which most image hosts cannot match since they only give you a link on their own domain.
Are there ads or watermarks on my images?
No. Static.app never places ads on your image page or watermarks on your images, so what you upload is exactly what your visitors see.
How do I add a hosted image to my website or Markdown?
Copy the direct URL and drop it into an HTML img tag or a Markdown image such as . Because it is a real link served over HTTPS, it loads reliably anywhere images are supported.
What is an image host, and how is Static.app different from Imgur, ImgBB, or Postimages?
An image host stores your images online and gives you a link to share or embed them. Services like Imgur, ImgBB, and Postimages give you a link on their own domain and are built for images only. Static.app gives you an ad-free direct link, lets you host images on your own custom domain with SSL, keeps links permanent on paid plans, and can host your entire website and other files too, not just images.
Static.app hosts more than images. Explore related ways to put your files online:
Drag and drop an image to get a shareable link, or upload a .zip to host several at once.
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