Tiiny Host Alternatives and Comparisons

Tiiny Host gets a folder or .zip online in about 30 seconds. There's no Git to learn and no build to configure. The table below sets it against six other static hosts, using each provider's published prices and limits.

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How seven hosts compare

Prices are monthly, in USD, from each provider's pricing page. We rechecked them on 5 October 2026.

Tiiny Host compared with 6 other static site hosts
Feature	Start free	Netlify Drop by Netlify Read comparisonCompare	Vercel Drop by Vercel Read comparisonCompare	Cloudflare Pages by Cloudflare Read comparisonCompare	GitHub Pages by GitHub Read comparisonCompare	Azure Static Web Apps by Microsoft	Amazon S3 by AWS S3 alternativesAlternatives
Pricing
Free plan	Yes1 active project	Yes300 credits a month	LimitedHobby, non-commercial use	Yes500 builds a month	YesFrom a public repo	YesNo SLA on Free	LimitedCredits for new accounts
Paid plans from	$5/mo, billed yearly	$9/mo (Personal)	$20 per seat/mo (Pro)	$20/mo, billed yearly (Pro)	$4/mo (GitHub Pro)	$9 per app/mo (Standard)	Pay per use, or $15/mo flat
Publishing
No Git or command line needed	YesDrag and drop	YesDrag and drop	YesDrag and drop	YesDashboard upload, up to 1,000 files	NoRepo push or Actions	NoCI workflow or SWA CLI	YesConsole upload
Publish without an account	NoFree account needed	YesBehind a temporary password	No	No	No	NoNeeds an Azure subscription	NoNeeds AWS billing
Time to a live link	About 30 seconds	About 30 seconds	About a minute, after sign-in	Minutes	Minutes	Minutes to hours the first time	Bucket policy and CDN first
Update a live site	Upload over the old files	Drag the folder in again	Drop a new folder on the project	Git push or a new upload	Commit and push	Commit and re-run the workflow	Re-sync, then clear the CDN cache
Builds framework projects for you	NoUpload the built folder	LimitedOnly when signed in	YesDetects the framework	YesThrough Git	LimitedJekyll built in, others via Actions	YesThrough the CI workflow	No
Free plan limits
Upload size	3 MB (0.5 MB for PDFs)	Under 50 MB per deploy	No published limit	25 MiB per file, 20,000 files	1 GB published site	250 MB per app	Billed per GB stored
Monthly traffic	5,000 visits, 5 GB	300 credits, up to 15 GB	100 GB	Not metered	100 GB, soft limit	100 GB, no overage on Free	$0.09/GB after the first 100 GB
Domains and access
Custom domain	YesFrom Solo ($13/mo)	YesFree after claiming the site	YesFree on Hobby	Yes100 per project, free	Yes1 per site, free	Yes2 per app, free	LimitedHTTPS needs CloudFront
Free SSL certificate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	LimitedThrough CloudFront and ACM
Password protection	YesFrom Solo ($13/mo)	YesFrom Pro ($20/mo)	Add-on$20 per project/mo on Pro	LimitedAccess: email code, 50 users free	NoPublic, except Enterprise Cloud	YesStandard ($9 per app)	NoNot on website endpoints
After launch
Visitor analytics	YesFrom Tiny ($5/mo)	LimitedPaid plans only	Yes50,000 events/mo on Hobby	YesFree Web Analytics	NoAdd your own script	Add-onThrough Application Insights	LimitedLogs or Athena
QR code for every site	YesFrom Tiny	No	No	No	No	No	No
Visitor comments on the page	YesFrom Tiny, no visitor login	LimitedDeploy Previews, Netlify login	LimitedPreviews only, Vercel login	No	No	No	No
Email capture	YesFrom Pro	LimitedBuild it with Netlify Forms	No	No	No	No	No
Edit the live site in a browser	YesFrom Solo, with AI edits	No	No	No	Limitedgithub.dev, then a rebuild	No	No
AI edits on a live site	YesDescribe the change, same URL	NoAgent Runners start new projects	Nov0 builds new apps	NoVibeSDK builds apps	No	NoCopilot skill handles deploys	No
Developer extras
Backend code	LimitedPHP, from Tiny	YesNetlify Functions	YesServerless functions	YesPages Functions	NoStatic only	YesManaged Functions	NoStatic only
Preview deployments	NoKeeps the last 5 versions	YesDeploy Previews	Yes	Yes	No	Yes3 on Free	No

Why Tiiny Host

Built for sites you keep running

Each point below comes with a quote from someone who publishes on it.

No repository required

Uploads happen in the browser, and you pick the link name before publishing. Nobody has to set up a repository or wait on a build.

“It took me a couple of hours to build, 30 seconds to host on Tiiny, and a couple of hours later I had the feedback I needed.”

Narain JashanmalIndependent product advisor, ex-Meta and MUBI Read the story

The same URL through every revision

A new upload replaces the old files at the same address, whether it comes from the dashboard or the API. Paid plans keep the last 5 versions in history.

Itineraries built in half the time

“The moment I introduced this whole new process, the feedback I got from the team was literally: this is a game changer.”

LorenBusiness Operations Manager, Raiseaway Read the story

Visitor tools in the dashboard

The Tiny plan adds visitor analytics and QR codes. In feedback mode, reviewers leave comments right on the page without an account, and Solo brings an editor you can steer with AI prompts.

Flat monthly plans

On yearly billing, Tiny works out at $5 a month for 1 project, and Pro covers 15. Pro also lets one more person into the account, with extra seats available as an upgrade.

A year in, his default for client sites

“It's very instant, very quick — and I like that.”

Jacob RichesFounder, Firebound Read the story

Customer stories

In our customers' words

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Case study

Spotlight Entertainment

Same day

from her first upload to a proposal sent to a client

“I sent out a proposal via Tiiny today — and the client loved it.”

Hailey MatthewsFounder, Spotlight Entertainment Read

Case study

Blenda

15 min

for Tim to build a branded interactive page with an LLM before publishing it

“I can create a fully branded HTML in 15 minutes on an LLM and have it live within a few seconds.”

Tim ThompsonFounder, Blenda Read

Case study

Yash Bora

Minutes

between finishing a training write-up and sharing it with the team

“I just uploaded my files and the website was live. And that's what I wanted.”

Yash BoraFinance professional, Berlin Read

“There's no learning curve. It's so easy — you can do everything with one hand. It's ridiculous.”

Francois ProvostFreelance developer

Before you pick

What to check before you choose a host

No host in the table leads on every row. Weigh these against who will publish the site and what it has to do once it's live.

Who publishes the site

When someone outside the dev team keeps it current, a drag-and-drop host lets them publish from a browser tab. Teams that review each change in a pull request get more from GitHub Pages or Cloudflare Pages.

Free plan limits

Test the upload cap against the real project with its images and video. The free Tiiny Host plan takes 3 MB per upload (0.5 MB for PDFs), and Cloudflare Pages allows 25 MiB per file.

Traffic and bandwidth

Bandwidth is roughly visits multiplied by site size, so 20,000 visits to a 2 MB site use about 40 GB a month. The allowance is 5 GB a month on Tiiny Host's free plan and 100 GB on Pro.

Custom domains and HTTPS

Every host here except S3 includes an SSL certificate with a custom domain. S3 website endpoints only serve HTTP, so HTTPS on your own domain needs CloudFront and an ACM certificate.

Password protection

A shared password suits client previews, where you send one link and one code. Cloudflare Access works the other way: each visitor signs in with an email code, which fits a staff-only site.

What's built in

Tiny ($5 a month) adds analytics, QR codes, feedback mode and banner removal to a Tiiny Host site. Neither GitHub Pages nor S3 ships with any of these, so stats come from a script or CloudFront logs.

Builds and backend code

A finished HTML site needs no build step. React and Next.js projects do, and Vercel or Cloudflare will run that build. Built output is all Tiiny Host needs, and PHP runs from the Tiny plan.

How each host charges

Vercel Pro costs $20 per developer seat, so five developers pay $100 a month before add-ons. Azure bills per app, and S3 by the gigabyte.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Tiiny Host alternatives are worth considering?

It depends on why you're looking. Cloudflare Pages handles heavy traffic on a free plan, since it doesn't meter bandwidth. If your code is already on GitHub, GitHub Pages publishes it at no cost. Netlify Drop is the closest drag-and-drop match and works before you sign up, while Vercel builds framework projects that Tiiny Host expects already built. Teams invested in Azure or AWS can stay put with Static Web Apps or S3. Moving away from Tiiny Host mostly costs you the built-in extras, such as ready-made QR codes and comments from visitors who don't have an account.

What is the best free static site hosting?

That depends on what the free plan has to cover. For a busy permanent site, Cloudflare Pages is the most generous: bandwidth isn't metered, and one project can carry 100 custom domains. If the code already lives on GitHub, Pages publishes it free with a 1 GB site limit and a soft 100 GB monthly bandwidth cap. Tiiny Host fits when you want a link quickly without a repository, though its free plan is the smallest of the group at 3 MB per upload.

Which static host is easiest to set up?

The drag-and-drop hosts take the least setup. A dropped folder is live in under a minute on Tiiny Host or Netlify Drop, and Vercel Drop is close behind once you've picked a team and project name. Netlify alone works before you've signed up, with the site password-locked until it's claimed. Azure Static Web Apps and Amazon S3 ask the most: a cloud subscription, then a CI workflow or a bucket policy with a CDN in front.

Which static site hosts offer password protection on the free plan?

None of the seven offer a shared password on a free plan. Azure Static Web Apps keeps it for the $9-per-app Standard plan and Netlify for Pro at $20 a month. Vercel charges $20 per project each month on top of Pro. Sites on GitHub Pages are public (private publishing needs Enterprise Cloud), and an S3 website endpoint can't ask for a password. The closest free option is Cloudflare Access, which gates a Pages site for up to 50 users through an email code or a login provider. Password protection on Tiiny Host starts with Solo, at $13 a month on yearly billing.

What happens when a free static site exceeds its bandwidth limit?

Each host handles it differently. On Azure Static Web Apps the Free plan includes 100 GB a month with no overage option, so Microsoft points busier sites to Standard, which charges $0.20 per extra GB. Netlify counts 20 credits per GB, and once the Free plan's 300 monthly credits run out, that's the cap. GitHub calls its 100 GB a soft limit and may get in touch if a site goes well past it. S3 keeps serving and bills $0.09 per GB after the first 100 GB each month, while Cloudflare Pages doesn't meter free bandwidth at all.

Can you host a static site without using Git?

Yes. Every drag-and-drop host here publishes straight from a browser upload. Cloudflare Pages accepts a dashboard upload of up to 1,000 files, or a Wrangler deploy, next to its Git integration. S3 takes files straight into a bucket. GitHub Pages is built around a repository, and Azure's standard setup commits a GitHub Actions workflow file to one.

Which static site hosts have AI features?

Most of them do, aimed at different stages. Vercel's v0 turns a written prompt into Next.js code, with deployment one step away. Netlify's Agent Runners, available since March 2026, start a project from a prompt at netlify.new using an agent such as Claude Code or Codex. Cloudflare open-sourced VibeSDK so companies can run their own AI coding platform, and Azure has a Copilot skill that configures and deploys Static Web Apps. GitHub retired Spark in August 2026. All of these help before a site is hosted. Tiiny Host's AI edit mode works after launch: it changes a page that's already live, at the same URL, with no rebuild.

Which static host is best for sharing a client preview?

For a client preview you want a password on the link and an easy way for the client to comment. On Tiiny Host, password protection comes with Solo and feedback mode with Tiny, and clients leave comments on the page without making an account. On Standard, Azure Static Web Apps can password-protect staging environments. Netlify and Vercel offer passwords on paid plans only, and their comment tools ask reviewers to sign in.

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