--- url: /netlify-drop-alternative title: Netlify Drop Alternative with Company Auth priority: P0 keyword: netlify drop alternative secondary_keywords: netlify drop vs display.dev, drag and drop html hosting company auth, netlify drop private, publish ai generated html private, netlify drop password protect funnel_stage: Decision schema: FAQPage, SoftwareApplication hero_style: routes hero_eyebrow: The Netlify Drop alternative without the platform hero_routes: fileLabel: Route 02 – the way you already work fileHeading: Drop the file, same as you do now. fileBody: One HTML or Markdown file. Same seconds to a URL, and the gate is a setting on the page rather than a team plan. dropHeadline: Drop your .html file here dropSub: or choose a file foot: Either route returns a URL and a claim link. Claim it and you decide who opens it – anyone, named people, or your whole company. hero_rotator: prefix: - Everything you drop on Netlify, - without the words: - deploy step. - build step. - Netlify team. - team account. suffix: "" section_layouts: A drop zone is not access control: problem Who can open it: access description: "Netlify Drop is the on-ramp to a deploy platform. display.dev publishes one file to a URL and makes the gate – public, named people, or company SSO – a setting on the page." --- # Everything you drop on Netlify, without the deploy step. Netlify Drop is the fastest way to get a file onto a URL. Drop it, get a link, done. The difference is what happens next. On Netlify the page becomes a project you claim into a team, and who can open it is a plan and team setting. Here it stays one artifact, and the gate is a setting on the page. [Try display.dev free →](https://app.display.dev) · [See pricing](/pricing) --- ## What Netlify Drop does, and where it stops Netlify Drop takes a folder, a zip or a single HTML file and serves it at a generated URL with no account and no build step. Its own hero asks whether you have "files from an AI tool or your own computer" – which is exactly the job display.dev is built for. Where it goes next is a platform. Netlify's own quickstart says a drop made without signing in is protected by a temporary password until you claim it; once claimed, whether it is public depends on your plan and your team's project-visibility setting, and anything finer than that means Password Protection or authentication in the project's code. That is a deploy platform's answer to a sharing problem, and it is a reasonable one if you wanted a deploy platform. display.dev treats the gate as the point: publishing is one drop or one command, and visibility is a per-artifact setting rather than a team-and-plan configuration. Netlify Drop behavior above is from its own page at `app.netlify.com/drop` and the [Netlify Drop quickstart](https://docs.netlify.com/start/quickstarts/netlify-drop-quickstart/), checked 10 August 2026. --- ## display.dev vs. Netlify Drop | | display.dev | Netlify Drop | | -------------------------------------- | ----------------- | -------------------------------- | | Publish with no account | ✅ | ✅ | | Drag-and-drop a single HTML file | ✅ | ✅ | | Publish from an agent, no browser | ✅ (CLI, API, MCP) | ❌ | | Visibility set per page | ✅ | Per project, by plan and team | | Restrict to named email addresses | ✅ | ❌ | | Google Workspace SSO for viewers | ✅ (Pro) | Password protection / team login | | Microsoft 365 SSO for viewers | ✅ (Pro) | Password protection / team login | | A name against each view | ✅ | ❌ | | Inline comments an agent can read back | ✅ | ❌ | | Update in place at the same URL | ✅ | Redeploy | | Multi-file site with a build step | ❌ | ✅ | --- ## When Netlify Drop is the right tool **A public site.** A landing page, a portfolio, a demo you want indexed. Public is the correct answer and Drop gets there fastest. **A multi-file project with a build.** Netlify is a deployment platform with a CDN, build pipeline, functions and redirects. display.dev publishes one file; it is not trying to replace any of that. **Something you will keep and grow.** If the artifact becomes a real site with a repo behind it, that is Netlify's job, not ours. --- ## A drop zone is not access control The speed is real. What Drop gives you is a temporary password and then a project, and neither of those is an answer to "who at my company can read this". - **A shared password is not a person** – One secret, held by everyone told it, revocable for nobody. - **No name against a view** – Without per-person sign-in there is no viewer list to show later. - **Gating means adopting the platform** – Project visibility, Password Protection and team roles are team-and-plan settings on a project you now own. - **The unit is a site, not a document** – A one-file report becomes a deployment with a lifecycle you did not ask for. For an AI-generated report going to leadership, a client analysis or an internal dashboard, the question is which named people can open it. --- ## Who can open it **Anyone with the link.** The same open URL Drop gives you, when the content genuinely is public. **Invited people.** Named email addresses only. Each gets a one-time password by email, so access is per person and you can remove one without touching anyone else. **Everyone at your company.** On Pro, anyone signing in with a verified company domain gets in through Google Workspace or Microsoft Entra ID. Remove them from your identity provider and the page closes to them. **Publishing stays one step.** `dsp publish ./report.html` from the terminal, one sentence to your agent, or drop the file above. The URL comes back either way. --- ## Pricing **Free** – €0. 10 gated artifacts, unlimited public links, one-time password auth, unlimited viewers. **Solo** – €15/mo. Unlimited gated artifacts, 1GB storage, version history. **Pro** – €49/mo. Google + Microsoft SSO, private artifacts, 25GB, audit logs, unlimited viewers. **Enterprise** – from €499/mo. SAML, custom domain, RBAC, 365-day audit, DPA + SLA. [See all pricing →](/pricing) --- ## Try display.dev free - **Same drop-to-URL speed** – with the gate as a setting on the page - Publish from Cursor, Codex, Claude Code or any other agent - First artifact in 15 seconds · No credit card [Publish your first artifact free →](https://app.display.dev) · [See all pricing](/pricing) --- ## FAQ **Is display.dev a Netlify replacement?** No, and it is not trying to be. Netlify deploys sites: builds, CDN, functions, redirects, custom domains. display.dev publishes a finished HTML or Markdown file to a URL you control the audience for. If your artifact is a report, a dashboard, a deck or a spec, this is the smaller and faster tool. If it is a web application, stay on Netlify. **Can I publish without an account, like Netlify Drop?** Yes. Publishing anonymously gives you a URL and a one-time claim link. The page stays live for 30 days; claim it and it moves into your organization, where you set who can open it. **Is a Netlify Drop page public?** Not immediately. Netlify's quickstart says an unsigned drop is protected by a temporary password until you claim it, and that what happens after claiming depends on your plan and your team's project-visibility setting. The distinction that matters is that it is a shared password or a team setting either way, where display.dev gates by identity – a named address, or your company's Google or Microsoft sign-in. **Does interactivity survive?** Yes. Charts, scripts, and interactive HTML all keep working – it is served as a page, not a download. **What about a folder or a zip?** Netlify Drop handles those and display.dev's anonymous flow is single-file. Signed in, `dsp publish ./site/` publishes a directory with its assets.