CLOUDFLARE DROP ALTERNATIVE: 25 MB ZIPS, 100 FILES

Cloudflare Drop alternative without the 60-minute claim

Cloudflare Drop publishes without an account to a workers.dev address, and you have 60 minutes to claim it with a Cloudflare account or it is gone, while ship.page publishes free forever with no signup and no 60-minute claim. Drop an HTML file up to 10 MB, a ZIP up to 25 MB (100 MB unpacked) or a folder with up to 100 files and get a live HTTPS link in seconds.

Ready to ship

A file. A folder. A fresh start.

Your static site, one link away.

No account needed

Uploading publishes your file. The link is public but unlisted, not password-protected, so leave out secrets and confidential content.

Cloudflare Drop claim timer before an upload is gone: 60 min
Free ZIP upload on ship.page (100 MB unpacked): 25 MB
Single HTML file limit on every ship.page plan: 10 MB
Files per free upload on ship.page (10,000 on Pro): 100 files

Publish without an account or a 60-minute timer

Prepare your HTML file, folder or ZIP
Name your entry file index.html so it loads as the homepage. You can upload one .html file up to 10 MB, a folder with up to 100 static files, or a .zip up to 25 MB (100 MB unpacked).
Drop it on ship.page in your browser
Drag your file, folder or ZIP onto the page, pick it from your computer, or paste raw HTML. No account, no credit card, and no 60-minute claim countdown.
Share the live HTTPS link or QR code
Your site is live in seconds on its own subdomain over HTTPS, and the success screen includes a downloadable PNG QR code. If you want a dashboard later, claim the upload with a free account using Google or an email link.

How ship.page compares with Cloudflare Drop and Cloudflare Pages

Tool	Account	Claim deadline	Address
ship.page	None to publish; optional free account	No 60-minute claim timer	Its own subdomain (or yourname.ship.place on Pro)
Cloudflare Drop	None to start; Cloudflare account within 60 min	Must claim within 60 minutes or it is gone	workers.dev
Cloudflare Pages	Cloudflare account required before upload	None (already inside your account)	name.pages.dev or up to 100 custom domains

What happens when a Cloudflare Drop link hits 60 minutes

Cloudflare Drop (cloudflare.com/drop) accepts a folder, ZIP or single HTML file with no account to start and deploys it on Cloudflare Workers at a workers.dev address. You must claim the deployment within 60 minutes with a Cloudflare account to keep it online.

That flow is really an onboarding step for Cloudflare Workers rather than true no-account drag and drop website hosting. If you sent the link to a client or classmate and closed the tab without signing up, the link stops working an hour later.

How ship.page works without a 60-minute claim

On ship.page, you publish in the browser without an account and there is no 60-minute sign-up deadline. You can optionally claim the page with a free account (sign in with Google or an email link, no card) to manage it from a dashboard.

The free plan is free forever with unlimited uploads, no bandwidth limits and no ads. It accepts single HTML files up to 10 MB, ZIP files up to 25 MB (100 MB unpacked), and up to 100 files per upload at 10 deploys a minute. Folder uploads go up as one encoded request of at most 10 MB (roughly 7 MB of files), so zip larger folders first.

If you need pages that stay online as long as you subscribe (or a custom expiry from 60 seconds for temporary website hosting), Pro is $4 a month, billed monthly, cancel anytime. Pro lets you update a page and keep the same link, add password protection, upload ZIPs up to 100 MB (400 MB unpacked) with 10,000 files, and claim up to 5 custom subdomains like yourname.ship.place.

When Cloudflare Pages or Workers is the better pick

If you are happy to make a Cloudflare account up front, Cloudflare Pages is the stronger long-term home for a full production website. Its free plan gives you 20,000 files per site, 25 MiB per file, 500 builds a month, no bandwidth quota, sites at name.pages.dev, and up to 100 custom domains per project.

Cloudflare Pages Direct Upload lets you drag and drop up to 1,000 files of 25 MiB each in the dashboard, or push up to 20,000 files with the wrangler command line. Note that Cloudflare's docs now suggest starting new projects on Workers, which is the platform Cloudflare Drop uses under the hood.

Pick ship.page when you want a live link in seconds with no account and no 60-minute claim timer.
Pick ship.page Pro ($4/month) when you want to re-upload to the same link, password-protect a page, or use a yourname.ship.place address.
Pick Cloudflare Pages when you already have a Cloudflare account and need custom domains or up to 20,000 files.
Pick Cloudflare Drop only when you plan to sign in to Cloudflare within the hour to claim the Workers deployment.

Tip: ship.page serves static files only (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, fonts, audio, video, WebAssembly and JSON) and adds a noindex header so search engines do not list your upload.

Questions

Why did my Cloudflare Drop link expire after an hour?

Cloudflare Drop lets you upload a folder, ZIP or HTML file without signing in first, but you must claim the deployment with a Cloudflare account within 60 minutes. If you do not claim it in that window, the deployment on workers.dev is removed.

Can I use ship.page without creating an account?

Yes. You can drag and drop an HTML file, a ZIP or a folder in your browser and get a live HTTPS link in seconds without an account or credit card. If you want to manage the upload from a dashboard, you can claim it with a free account using Google or an email link.

What are the file size limits on ship.page compared to Cloudflare?

ship.page free takes a single HTML file up to 10 MB, a ZIP up to 25 MB (100 MB unpacked) and up to 100 files per upload, while Pro ($4 a month) raises ZIPs to 100 MB (400 MB unpacked) and 10,000 files. Cloudflare Pages Direct Upload requires an account and takes up to 1,000 files in the dashboard (20,000 with the wrangler CLI) at 25 MiB per file.

Can I update my page on ship.page without changing the URL?

On the free plan, a page cannot be updated in place, so uploading a new version creates a new link. On the Pro plan ($4 a month), pages don't expire while you're on Pro and you can re-upload or edit a page while keeping the exact same link.

Does ship.page support custom domains like Cloudflare Pages?

No plan on ship.page offers custom domains; Pro includes up to 5 custom subdomains like yourname.ship.place that you can point at any of your pages. If you need your own domain name, Cloudflare Pages supports up to 100 custom domains per project on its free plan once you create a Cloudflare account.

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