Where should I host a (simple) personal academic webpage? I've finally decided to stop putting off creating an academic webpage for myself... both for the purposes of a job search and more generally to communicate what I'm about research-wise. But - where shall I put it? 

The options seem to be:


My institution's personal webpages facility
My own web server at home
Some for-pay general-purpose webpage/website hosting service
Some gratis general-purpose webpage/website hosting service
Using one of the specialty academic-webpage platforms (which apparently exist)


What are noteworthy pros and cons of these options, in your view, that are worth considering might not be immediately obvious?

Notes:


I'm a post-doc with a contract ending in several months, which may affect the choices, but feel free to answer this question for other stages in one's academic career as well.
I'm not interested in "Why I think provider XYZ is best"-type answers, although if you describe your experience and what you opted for, and provide a link I think that should be fine.
The page is not intended to store any content such as copies of my papers, zipped source code etc - but it will have links to those. We're talking about a vanilla "about me and what I do and some links" kind of a thing.
Relevant question covering one aspect of my concerns: Institution domain or domain of my own for two of the possible options. Related but not-so-relevant question: Self-hosting vs Wordpress hosting for your collection of articles and blog.
This doesn't sound like your website will have special requirements that an all-purpose CMS couldn't handle. My advice is to go for one of those "all included" packages by a mainstream provider with something like Wordpress, and find a nice-looking template. This is the easiest choice, it will guarantee up-time, and you don't have to spend valuable time to administrate or design the site. It is also not very expensive: Perhaps around 5-10 USD/month, plus a one-time expense for the template (5 USD and up). Two alternatives might be attractive as well:


Nerdy option: If you are familiar with GitHub, you can use GitHub pages to self-host a static website with Hugo, like so. Once it's set up, it's a breeze to update. Here's an example.
Thrifty option: Use google sites.


Details:


  My institution's personal webpages facility


Pro: Demonstrates academic credentials and shows your affiliation. Con: Not much leeway. Will you be able to use it after you leave the institution?


  My own web server at home


Pro: All the control you need. Con: Way too much overhead; perhaps you can't implement what you need after all.


  Some for-pay general-purpose webpage/website hosting service


Good balance between control and ease of use.


  Some gratis general-purpose webpage/website hosting service


Free comes at a price. Perhaps you'll have up-time issues, ads or no own domain, certainly less control.


  Using one of the specialty academic-webpage platforms (which apparently exist)


See here.