The Azure Static Web Apps alternative

Everything you share with Azure Static Web Apps,
without the ARM template.

Azure Static Web Apps is built for deploying web applications in the Azure ecosystem. Using it to share HTML files with company auth means wiring up Azure AD, GitHub Actions, and ARM templates – for a file you want to share in the next 15 minutes. display.dev gives you company SSO on any HTML file. No Azure account. No infrastructure.

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The demo shows an agent publishing a doc to display.dev – from a chat or a terminal – then the team opening its URL, commenting, the agent publishing v2 at the same URL, and the doc being shared with someone outside the company.

Works with your agents

Cursor, Codex, Claude Code – any agent that writes a file. Switch agents anytime – your URLs, versions and comments stay put.

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display.dev vs. Azure Static Web Apps

display.devAzure SWA
Monthly price (100 viewers)€49 flat$9/app + Azure AD costs
Setup time15 seconds1–2 days
Google Workspace SSO✅ Included❌ (Azure AD only)
Microsoft 365 SSO✅ Included✅ (Azure AD)
File upload (no git project)✅❌ (requires git/pipeline)
CLI publish✅ (dsp publish)❌ (Azure CLI + SWA CLI)
Non-Azure viewers✅⚠️ Requires Azure AD guest accounts
Unlimited viewers flat price✅❌ (per-seat at scale)
MCP for Claude Desktop✅❌
Requires Azure subscription❌✅
Requires DevOps knowledge❌✅

The Azure auth problem

Auth means Azure AD
Azure SWA Standard is $9/app/month, but its authentication is built around Azure AD – so every viewer has to be in your tenant before they can open the page.
Google Workspace companies pay twice
Your people aren't in Azure AD by default. You either invite each viewer as a B2B guest or configure a custom OpenID Connect provider. That's IT work, and it repeats for every new reader.
display.dev Pro includes both
Google Workspace SSO and Microsoft 365 SSO, at €49/month flat. Google companies sign in with Google, Microsoft companies with Microsoft. Neither needs Azure.

Azure SWA is excellent – for Azure-native deployments

Production single-page apps
React, Angular or Vue deployed as real infrastructure, with Azure Functions behind them.
Microsoft-shop pipelines
Azure DevOps CI/CD and Azure AD already run your identity and your deploys.
Long-lived deployments
For permanent infrastructure in an Azure estate, SWA is well-integrated and cost-effective.
The problem

The overhead for sharing internal HTML files

Sharing one HTML file through Azure SWA is a 1–2 day project before anybody reads it, and every artifact after that either shares the repo or needs a new SWA resource.

With display.dev, dsp publish ./proposal.html returns the URL in about 15 seconds.

  • ✗
    An Azure subscription
    Step zero if your team doesn't already have one.
  • ✗
    A Static Web App resource
    Created through the Azure Portal or an ARM template.
  • ✗
    A connected repository
    GitHub or Azure DevOps, plus the build and deploy workflow.
  • ✗
    Authentication configured in the Portal
    Separately from the deployment itself.
  • ✗
    Viewers provisioned in Azure AD
    Or B2B guest invites, one per reader.
  • ✗
    A CI run for every change
    Push to the repo and wait.
How it works

display.dev: publish anything, no infrastructure

01
Publish the file
dsp publish ./proposal.html --name q1-architecture
The URL comes back in about 15 seconds – https://acme.dsp.so/0kzNYG7O-q1-architecture. No git repo, no CI, no subscription.
02
Google Workspace companies
Viewers sign in with their @yourcompany.com Google account. One click, no Azure AD, no guest provisioning.
03
Microsoft 365 companies
The same experience with Microsoft sign-in, and no Azure AD configuration beyond the M365 tenant you already run.
Pricing

Pricing

2 months free
Free

Try it. No credit card.

€0
  • Included: 10 gated artifacts
  • Included: Unlimited public artifacts*
  • Included: 50MB storage
  • Not included: Version history
  • Not included: Google + Microsoft SSO
  • Not included: Audit logs

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Solo

Individuals. Unlimited gated sharing.

€15/mo
  • Included: Unlimited gated artifacts
  • Included: Unlimited public artifacts
  • Included: 1GB storage
  • Included: 10 versions
  • Not included: Google + Microsoft SSO
  • Not included: Audit logs
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ProMost popular

For teams that need company auth.

€49/mo
  • Included: Unlimited gated artifacts
  • Included: Unlimited public artifacts
  • Included: 25GB storage
  • Included: 50 versions
  • Included: Google + Microsoft SSO
  • Included: 90 days audit logs
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Enterprise

For compliance-driven organizations.

Contact us

From €499/mo

  • Included: Unlimited gated artifacts
  • Included: Unlimited public artifacts
  • Included: Custom storage
  • Included: Unlimited versions
  • Included: Google + Microsoft SSO
  • Included: 365 days audit logs
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Azure SWA Standard starts at $9/app/month – but authentication setup, Azure AD costs, and engineering time make the true cost significantly higher for the first internal sharing use case.

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  • €49/month flat – no Azure subscription, no Azure AD provisioning
  • Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 SSO both included
  • First artifact in 15 seconds · No credit card
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Features

Features

Authentication

Viewers click a link and sign in with their Google or Microsoft account, or a one-time password. No app to install. No account to create. No IT ticket.

Comments

Inline comments on every artifact. Your agent reads them via MCP, fetches the current version, republishes with short_id and base_version, and resolves the thread. The artifact stays the current version at the same URL, not a one-shot screenshot.

Publish in 15 seconds

dsp publish ./file.html from your terminal, or one sentence in Claude Desktop. No git repo, no deploy pipeline, no project to configure.

A URL that never changes

Every artifact gets a URL that keeps working. Share in Slack, link in Notion, paste in email. It still works six months later.

Unlimited viewers

No per-seat pricing at any tier. Share with your PM, exec, legal team, or designer for the same flat price.

Any agent

Cursor, Codex, and Claude Code all work, along with any agent that creates HTML or Markdown output.

FAQ

Common questions.

Does display.dev work if our company uses Microsoft 365?+

Yes. display.dev Pro includes Microsoft 365 SSO – viewers sign in with their @yourcompany.com Microsoft account. No Azure AD configuration required beyond what's already in your M365 tenant.

What if we already have Azure SWA deployed for our app – can we use display.dev alongside it?+

Absolutely. Azure SWA for your production application, display.dev for sharing internal HTML artifacts. They're complementary, not competing.

Can display.dev replace our existing SWA setup?+

For published web applications with CI/CD and backend functions – no, keep SWA. For sharing internal HTML files, reports, and artifacts with company auth – display.dev is significantly simpler.

Is display.dev SOC 2 compliant?+

SOC 2 Type II audit is on our roadmap. Cloudflare R2 (storage) and Postgres (metadata) are both SOC 2 certified. A DPA is available for Enterprise customers. See security for details.

What about on-premises or Azure Government?+

display.dev is hosted only – there's no on-premises or self-hosted deployment. For stricter compliance, Enterprise adds SAML, a signed DPA, and 365-day audit retention. If your requirement is that the vendor never holds the data, display.dev isn't the fit.

Publish your first artifact in 15 seconds.

Free tier. No credit card. One-time password auth on free, Google + Microsoft SSO on Pro (€49/month flat).

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