Tiiny.host is the drag-and-drop host most people find first. People look for an alternative once they meet the free plan as tiiny.host lists it today: one active project, 3 MB uploads, a Tiiny banner, and a link that stays up only if you log in once every three months. If the page is going to a client, an investor or a team, Hostus is the alternative we recommend: drop the file, get a link with SSL, edit the live page in place, make it private or email-gated, and any form in it works without a backend. Below, eight hosts with numbers verified on each vendor's own site on September 7, 2026.
Which Tiiny.host alternative should you pick in 2026?
Our answer is Hostus, provided the page is a single HTML file or a folder of HTML with media. The three rightmost columns are the ones no Tiiny.host comparison prints.
| Host | Free plan (verified) | How you publish | Edit after publishing? | Forms work without a backend? | Private or email-gated links? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostus | 20 docs, 2 MB of HTML total, 100 form responses a month, every feature | Drag and drop; from Claude through the connector; REST API | Yes, in the browser on the same link, with version history | Yes, any form with named fields | Yes: public, private (invite-only) or email-gated, switchable anytime |
| Tiiny.host | 1 active project, 3 MB upload, 5 GB bandwidth, Tiiny banner; log in every 3 months to keep the link | Drag and drop (HTML, zip, PDF, PHP) | Editing features listed on Solo ($13 a month) and above | No | Password protection on Solo and above |
| Static.app | 1 site, 50 MB | Drag and drop a zip, desktop app, or GitHub Actions | Yes, HTML, CSS and JS in the browser | Yes with a static-form attribute, on Starter ($5 a month) and above | Password protection is listed on their site; check which plan |
| Netlify Drop | Free plan with 300 credits; drop sites stay on it as long as you like | Drag and drop a file, folder or zip; CLI; git | Re-drag the folder to the Deploys page (account needed) | Yes, with data-netlify="true" and form detection turned on | Password or login offered; check which plan |
| GitHub Pages | Free on public repos; 1 GB site, 100 GB a month soft bandwidth limit | Git push | Commit and push again | No | No (sites are public) |
| Cloudflare Pages | 500 builds a month, 100 projects, 25 MiB per file | Git, dashboard drag and drop (up to 1,000 files), Wrangler CLI | Create a new deployment | No | No |
| host-html.com | Free pages expire after 5 days | Paste code or drop a file, then sign up | Version history on Pro ($12 a month) | No | Password protection on Pro |
| Surge | Unlimited publishing, custom domain, basic SSL | CLI (npm install --global surge, then surge) | Run surge again | No | Password protection on Professional ($30 a month) |
| Neocities | 1 GB storage, 200 GB bandwidth, no ads or watermarks | Browser upload, in-browser editor, CLI | Yes, in-browser HTML editor | No | No |
Sources: each vendor's own pricing or documentation page, September 7, 2026. "Check which plan": advertised on the site, plan not named on the page we verified.
Why do people look for a Tiiny.host alternative?
Its free plan is narrow, and the pricing page says so. As of today it lists 1 active project, 3 MB uploads (0.5 MB for PDFs), 5,000 visits and 5 GB of bandwidth a month, and a Tiiny banner. It also states that free links stay online "as long as you log into your account once every 3 months". Removing the banner starts at $5 a month; editing, custom domains and password protection at $13. The page says nothing about forms inside the file or who gets to open the link; the table above adds both.
How do the alternatives compare one by one?
1. Hostus
Hostus hosts single HTML files and folders of HTML with media, the output of Claude, ChatGPT, v0 and Lovable. Drop the file, confirm the magic link, and the page is live at your-slug.v.hostus.io with SSL. What no other host here does: the owner edits headings, paragraphs, table cells and list items in the browser and the same link serves the new version, with version history; each doc can be public (noindex by default), private with invite-only magic links, or email-gated so you see who opened it and when; and any <form> with named fields stores responses in an inbox on the doc and emails them with Reply-To set to the respondent. Claude can publish and update the page through the connector. Free: 20 docs, 2 MB of HTML, 100 responses a month. Paid: $9.99 a month or $49.99 a year. Pick it if someone who matters will open the page, the page has a form, or you will change it after sending the link.
2. Static.app
The closest like-for-like replacement: drag and drop a zip, get a site, edit HTML, CSS and JS in the browser afterwards. Free is 1 site and 50 MB. Forms (via a static-form attribute), analytics and custom domains start on Starter, $5 a month or $60 a year. Pick it if you want Tiiny's workflow with a bigger free upload.
3. Netlify Drop
Drag a file, folder or zip onto app.netlify.com/drop and it is live. Netlify says dropped projects stay on the free plan (300 credits) as long as you like; Personal is $9 a month. Forms work with data-netlify="true" and form detection on. Pick it if you may outgrow a single file: the same account handles framework builds, custom domains and redirects.
4. GitHub Pages
The right default for developers: push to a repository and the site builds. Free on public repositories; private ones need GitHub Pro or above. GitHub's docs say Pages is not for running a business or SaaS. Pick it if the HTML already lives in a repo and nobody needs a private link.
5. Cloudflare Pages
Git, dashboard drag and drop or the Wrangler CLI; 500 builds a month and 100 custom domains per project free. Cloudflare's get-started page now says to start new projects with Workers. Pick it if you already use Cloudflare for DNS.
6. host-html.com
Paste HTML or drop a file, sign up, get a link. Free pages expire after 5 days; Pro ($12 a month or $120 a year) keeps pages live with analytics, password protection and version history. Pick it if you need a link for a few days.
7. Surge
Two commands: npm install --global surge, then surge. Free includes unlimited publishing, a custom domain by CNAME and basic SSL; Professional is $30 a month for password protection and custom SSL. Pick it if you live in the terminal and want a free custom domain.
8. Neocities
1 GB of storage and 200 GB of bandwidth free, an in-browser HTML editor, a CLI, and no ads or watermarks. Custom domains are for Supporters at $5 a month. Pick it if you are building a personal site by hand.
How do you move a page from Tiiny.host to Hostus?
- Get the original file. If you no longer have it, ask the AI tool that made it for one self-contained HTML file with inline CSS and JS.
- Check the size. The homepage drop takes up to 1 MB; in the app a single HTML file can be up to 5 MB. A page under Tiiny's 3 MB fits as is.
- Drop it on hostus.io and confirm the magic link. No password, no card. Then set the access level: Public, Email-gated or Private.
- Test any form once. If the inputs have
nameattributes, your submission lands in the inbox tagged as a test. - Send the new link, then delete the Tiiny project.
Hostus adds no banner, script or badge to the page. Full steps: how to host an HTML file.
Good to know before you switch
Hostus does not offer custom domains (the link is your-slug.v.hostus.io), hosts single HTML files and folders of HTML with media only (no React or SPA build output, no PDF), has no team seats or co-editing, and the in-place editor is desktop-only. The free plan is 20 docs, 2 MB of HTML in total and 100 form responses a month. Tiiny.host is still the right pick if the file is a PDF or PHP, or for a custom domain on a drag-and-drop host at $13 a month (Static.app: $5). If nothing rides on the page, any free host above, or Claude's own Publish button, is fine. The head-to-head is at Hostus vs Tiiny.host vs Netlify Drop.