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 excellent. $18/month for the Solo plan. 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 — you can't see who accessed the content or when. There's no domain restriction — a former employee's password still works after they leave. There's no per-user access control — 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.)
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. Access is revoked immediately — no password change required, no communication to other viewers.
No credential sharing: There's nothing to share. Each viewer authenticates with their own account. The URL alone doesn't grant access.
Display vs. Tiiny Host
| Tiiny Host | Display | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | ❌ | ✅ |
The $11/month 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 Teams at $49/month includes Google and Microsoft SSO with unlimited viewers. The next cheapest alternatives are Azure Static Web Apps Standard ($9/app/month for Microsoft-only, no Google) and Cloudflare Access (free for 50 users, then $7/user/month). Display is the only option with both Google and Microsoft SSO at a flat price below $100/month.
Does Display have drag-and-drop upload like Tiiny Host?
Yes. The Display 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 Teams ($49/month flat).