The proposal, the diagnostic, the monthly report: Claude writes them as HTML in minutes. Hostus turns each one into a gated link that looks like your brand, moves like a product, and tells you which section the client read twice.
You send the PDF and wait. Was it opened? Forwarded to the CFO? Did they stop at the price?
Gate the page to the client's domain so their whole team can open it, each identified. See who opened, when, and how long Pricing held them. Follow up on the day they read it, about the section they re-read.
Every month a new PDF, a new email, a new attachment nobody can find in March.
One link per client that you update every month. Version history keeps every edition. Share a whole client folder as a small data room: every report you add later is covered by the same invite.
A 40-page audit in PDF gets skimmed. The insight is in the numbers, and the numbers are static.
Claude writes it as HTML: an ROI calculator the client can move, tabs per department, a before-and-after toggle, embedded video. It behaves like a product, on your brand, and you still see which tab held them.
Discovery questions live in a Google Form that looks nothing like you, and the answers land in a spreadsheet you check on Fridays.
Put the form inside your branded page. Any form with named fields stores its answers: inbox on the doc, email with Reply-To set to the client, CSV. A sign-off form on the proposal page works the same way.
Time per section, anchored to your headings, per reader on gated docs. No IPs stored, no fingerprinting, no creepy pixel. Just what a good salesperson would want to know before calling.
The card from a gated proposal's analytics: 71% of reading time on Pricing, Scope re-read, nobody reached Timeline. You know what to lead with on the call.
Scope, timeline, pricing options. Gated to the client's domain; every reader identified.
Findings plus an interactive ROI or savings calculator the client moves themselves.
Same link every month, previous editions in version history.
Deliverables and acceptance criteria, with an approval form at the end.
Before and after, with the real numbers behind a gate so you know which prospect read it.
Proposal, reports and notes in one shared folder: a data room without the enterprise contract.
Whatever Claude or you can write in HTML: your typography, your colors, your layout. Not a proposal tool's template with your logo pasted in.
Calculators, tabs, toggles, embedded video, expandable detail. The client explores instead of skimming.
Fix the price, add a phased option, correct a date. Same link, new version, and you can revoke access on the next request.
Gate by the client's domain and every person who opens is known. The CFO who read Pricing twice is not a mystery.
Time per section tells you what to lead with on the call and what to cut from the next proposal.
Twenty live docs, every feature, no card. Most solo practices never hit the limit.
Claude reads the reaction through hostus_attention and rewrites through hostus_update. Next month: "update the Acme report with the new numbers" and it does, on the same link.
"Write the Acme proposal as a single HTML page with a pricing table and a phased option." Drop the file on Hostus, or let Claude publish it.
Email gate restricted to @acme.com, or a list of names. Set the link preview they will see in email and WhatsApp. Send the link.
See who opened and what held them. Adjust on the same link. Call the day they read it, about the section they re-read.
Hostus hosts HTML, not PDFs, and does not do e-signatures; put an approval form on the page or keep your signing tool for the contract. The link is acme-proposal.v.hostus.io; custom domains are not available yet. The free plan covers 20 docs, 2 MB of HTML and 100 form responses a month, with every feature included; paid plans lift the limits. The inline editor is desktop-only; viewing works on any device.
No. With the email gate they type an email and the proposal opens. No password, no signup. For a hard-restricted doc, use a private link with invites, which does create a free account on first sign-in.
Yes. Gate by their domain (@acme.com) and anyone at the company can open it, each one identified. Or list specific emails.
Edit the live page and save. The link does not change and the client sees the new version on reload. The previous version stays in history.
Share a folder. One invite link covers every doc inside, including the ones you add later. Read-only for the client.
For HTML deliverables, yes, and it adds section-level reading and forms. It does not do PDFs or e-signatures; see the DocSend alternatives guide for the trade-offs.
Free plan, no card. Gate it to the client's domain and know when to call.
