Tiiny Host Alternatives With Real Company Auth (Not Shared Passwords)
Tiiny Host gets one thing exactly right: radical simplicity. Drag an HTML file onto the browser, get a URL in seconds. No CLI to install, no git repo to create, no deployment pipeline.
What Tiiny Host does well
Tiiny Host gets one thing exactly right: radical simplicity. Drag an HTML file onto the browser, get a URL in seconds. No CLI to install, no git repo to create, no deployment pipeline.
For freelancers sharing client demos, quick prototypes, and personal projects, the simplicity-to-cost ratio is hard to beat. The Solo plan is $18/month: drag-and-drop, URL, done.
The shared password problem
Tiiny Host's access control is a shared password. Any viewer who receives the URL and password can share both with anyone else. There's no audit trail, so you can't see who accessed the content or when. There's no domain restriction, so a former employee's password still works after they leave. There's no per-user access control, so revoking access means changing the password and notifying everyone else.
For personal use, this is fine. For internal company content (competitive analyses, architecture proposals, anything with confidential data) it isn't.
Shared passwords don't satisfy:
- SOC 2 access control requirements (must be identity-based, not credential-based)
- Basic information hygiene (you can't revoke access without changing the credential for everyone)
- Compliance audit questions (who accessed this document on March 12th? Unknown.)
This is the same reason a password on the file itself isn't real access control. For the full argument, see why a login beats a password.
What identity-aware auth adds
Company SSO ties access to a verified identity: a person's Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 account. This gives you:
Domain restriction: Only @yourco.com email addresses can access. A contractor whose engagement ended can't access after their company email is deprovisioned.
Per-user audit trail: Who accessed what and when, accessible via the dashboard for compliance evidence.
Revocable access: Remove a specific person from the allow-list and access is revoked immediately, with no password change required and no communication to other viewers.
No credential sharing: There's nothing to share. Each viewer authenticates with their own account, and the URL alone doesn't grant access.
display.dev vs. Tiiny Host
| Tiiny Host | display.dev | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $18–38 | €49 |
| Drag-and-drop upload | ✅ | ✅ |
| CLI publish | ❌ | ✅ |
| Auth type | Shared password | Google/Microsoft SSO |
| Identity-aware | ❌ | ✅ |
| Domain restriction | ❌ | ✅ |
| Audit trail | ❌ | ✅ |
| Unlimited viewers | ✅ | ✅ |
| Markdown rendering | ❌ | ✅ |
| CI/CD integration | ❌ | ✅ |
That price difference buys you real identity-based authentication, a CLI for programmatic publishing, and CI/CD integration.
FAQ
Is Tiiny Host safe for internal company content?
For content with no confidentiality requirements (public demos, freelance client work, personal projects) Tiiny Host is fine. For anything with company confidential data, competitive information, or anything that would be a problem if it reached the wrong person, a shared password isn't sufficient access control.
What's the cheapest way to get company SSO for HTML hosting?
display.dev Pro at €49/month includes Google and Microsoft SSO with unlimited viewers. The next cheapest alternatives are Azure Static Web Apps Standard ($9/app/month; Entra built-in, Google requires a custom OIDC provider) and Cloudflare Access (free for 50 users, then $7/user/month). display.dev is the only option with both Google and Microsoft SSO zero-config at a flat €49/month.
Does display.dev have drag-and-drop upload like Tiiny Host?
Yes. The display.dev web interface has a drag-and-drop uploader. Drop an HTML file, get a URL. The CLI is available for engineers who prefer command-line workflows and programmatic publishing.
Free tier. No credit card. One-time password auth for viewers on free, Google + Microsoft SSO on Pro (€49/month flat).