--- url: /pagedrop-alternative title: PageDrop Alternative Without a Forced Expiry priority: P1 keyword: pagedrop alternative secondary_keywords: pagedrop vs display.dev, paste html get link private, share single page html team, html paste hosting no expiry funnel_stage: Decision schema: FAQPage, SoftwareApplication hero_style: routes hero_eyebrow: The PageDrop alternative that does not expire hero_routes: fileLabel: Route 02 – paste or drop it fileHeading: Publish the page you already have. fileBody: One HTML or Markdown file. Anonymous publishing takes up to 50 MB – three times PageDrop's ceiling, and no countdown attached. dropHeadline: Drop your .html file here dropSub: or choose a file foot: Either route returns a URL and a claim link. Claim it and the page stops counting down – it lives in your organization until you delete it. hero_rotator: prefix: - Everything you paste into PageDrop, - without the words: - three-day clock. - public gallery. - 16 MB ceiling. - one-time read. suffix: "" section_layouts: Private, public, and the option neither one is: problem Who can open it: access description: "PageDrop pastes single-page HTML to a link that expires in 3 days. display.dev publishes the same page with no countdown, 50 MB, and a gate you choose." --- # Everything you paste into PageDrop, without the three-day clock. PageDrop is a good version of a small idea: paste HTML, get a link. Private pages expire in three days, public ones in fourteen and land in a browsable Explore gallery. display.dev publishes the same single page with no countdown, a 50 MB ceiling instead of 16 MB, and a real answer to who can open it. [Try display.dev free →](https://app.display.dev) · [See pricing](/pricing) --- ## What PageDrop does PageDrop's fold is two tabs – Paste Code and Upload File – over a textarea, capped at 16 MB, followed by a visibility choice made before you publish. Private means link-only and expires in three days. Public means discoverable by everyone on Explore, expires in fourteen, and can collect likes. Longer retention, 30 to 365 days, is a paid extension from $2.99 after publishing. It also has a public upload API that needs no key, which is a genuinely good fit for agents. That is a sound design for a scratch pad. It is the wrong shape for anything a colleague might need to open next month. Facts about PageDrop are from `pagedrop.io`, captured 10 August 2026. --- ## display.dev vs. PageDrop | | display.dev | PageDrop | | -------------------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | | Publish with no account | ✅ | ✅ | | Paste HTML | ✅ | ✅ | | Upload a file | ✅ | ✅ | | Size ceiling | **50 MB** | 16 MB | | Expiry once claimed | **None** | 3 days private / 14 days public, extendable from $2.99 | | Restrict to named email addresses | ✅ | ❌ | | Google + Microsoft SSO | ✅ (Pro) | ❌ | | Listed in a public gallery | ❌ | Public pages only | | Publish from an agent | ✅ (CLI, API, MCP) | ✅ (public API, no key) | | Inline comments an agent can read back | ✅ | ❌ | | Update in place at the same URL | ✅ | Not verified | | Who viewed it | ✅ | View counts | --- ## When PageDrop is the right tool **A throwaway.** Something you want to look at once and never again. The three-day clock is a feature there – nothing accumulates. **Something you want found.** Explore is a genuine distribution channel if the page is meant for strangers. display.dev has no equivalent, on purpose. **A one-time read.** If a page really should be readable exactly once, PageDrop does that out of the box. --- ## Private, public, and the option neither one is PageDrop's two settings both make sense. The gap is that neither is the one most work needs: readable by specific people, indefinitely. - **"Private" means unlisted** – Anyone with the link opens it. There is no sign-in, so there is no way to say who. - **The clock runs by default** – A private link pasted in Slack on Friday is dead by Monday week, unless you pay from $2.99 to extend it to 30–365 days. - **Public means public** – On Explore, alongside everyone else's pages, findable by anyone browsing. - **No way to remove one reader** – Without identity there is nobody to remove. --- ## Who can open it **Anyone with the link.** An open URL, no sign-in, and it is served with noindex so search engines skip it. **Invited people.** Named email addresses only. Each gets a one-time password by email, so access is per person and revocable per person. **Everyone at your company.** On Pro, anyone signing in with a verified company domain gets in through Google Workspace or Microsoft Entra ID. **And it stays.** A claimed artifact has no expiry. It counts against your plan's storage instead of a countdown. --- ## 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 - **No countdown** – a claimed page lives until you delete it - Named-person access, or your whole company via SSO - First artifact in 15 seconds · No credit card [Publish your first artifact free →](https://app.display.dev) · [See all pricing](/pricing) --- ## FAQ **Does display.dev expire pages too?** Only unclaimed ones. Publish anonymously and the page stays live for 30 days, which is longer than PageDrop's private window by an order of magnitude. Claim it into an organization and there is no expiry at all. **Can I paste HTML instead of uploading a file?** Yes. The web app takes pasted HTML or Markdown as well as a file, and the CLI reads from stdin. **Is my page discoverable by strangers?** No. There is no Explore gallery, and public artifacts are served with noindex so they do not turn up in search results. The only way in is the URL, or an account you allowed. **What if the page is bigger than 16 MB?** Anonymous publishing accepts up to 50 MB, which covers most embedded-data dashboards and rendered notebooks. Once the page belongs to an organization the per-artifact ceiling follows the plan: 10 MB on Free, 50 MB on Solo and above. **Can an agent publish for me?** Yes – one CLI command, one API call, or an MCP tool call from Cursor, Codex, Claude Code or any other agent.