ship.page as a tiiny.host alternative
tiiny.host is the closest thing to ship.page on the market: drag a file or zip in, get a link out. The differences are in the defaults — accounts, caps, branding, and what happens to your link. Here's the honest breakdown.
Competitor facts verified against tiiny.host in September 2026. Where they win, we say so.
Side by side
| tiiny.host | ship.page | |
|---|---|---|
| Account required | Yes — free links live in an account you must log into at least once every 3 months, or they can be removed | No — one curl or one drag-drop, zero signup, link in seconds |
| Free upload limit | 3 MB per project (0.5 MB for PDFs — larger PDFs publish as a 1-hour preview) | 25 MB zips, 100 MB decompressed |
| Free projects | 1 active project | Unlimited drops — each on its own URL |
| Branding on free | tiiny.host banner on your page until Tiny ($5/mo, billed yearly) | A small badge visitors can close; none on Pro ($4/mo) |
| Search engines | Links are public; hiding from search engines needs Solo ($13/mo, billed yearly) | noindex, nofollow on every drop, always — including free |
| URL privacy | You pick a readable link name | Unguessable random subdomains; no public index or listing anywhere |
| Link lifetime on free | Indefinite, as long as the account stays active | 30 days anonymous — claim it to keep it, restore it after expiry, or never expire on Pro ($4/mo) |
| API & automation | API access from Solo ($13/mo, billed yearly) | Full REST API, MCP server for AI agents, and a GitHub Action — free, no account needed |
| Password protection | Solo and above ($13/mo, billed yearly) | Pro ($4/mo) and Team — set at deploy or later, visitors unlock in their browser |
| Custom domains | Solo and above | Vanity subdomains on Team ($19/mo) |
| What you can upload | HTML, zips, PDFs, Office docs, images, PHP (paid plans) | Static HTML/CSS/JS — single files, folders, or zips |
Where tiiny.host wins
- Documents, not just sites: PDFs, Word, PowerPoint and Excel files are hosted as first-class viewable documents. ship.page serves static sites — if your payload is a PDF menu, they're the right tool.
- Their password protection also covers PDFs and Office documents; ours protects static sites. Both are paid — theirs starts at Solo, ours at Pro.
- Free links can live forever if you log in every 3 months. Our anonymous drops expire after 30 days by design.
- PHP hosting on paid plans, and an in-browser editor. We serve static output only.
Where ship.page wins
- No account at all — not 'free account', literally none. Deploy from a browser, a curl, or an AI agent with nothing to sign up for.
- The free upload cap is 8× bigger: 25 MB zips versus 3 MB.
- Our badge is a small pill visitors can close, not a banner across your page, and Pro removes it for $4/mo.
- Privacy is the default, not an upsell: unguessable URLs, noindex on every drop, no public listing — and drops auto-expire unless you claim them.
- Built for automation from day one: REST API, MCP server for agents, GitHub Action. Their API starts at Solo ($13/mo, billed yearly).
- Pro is $4/mo — named drops, password protection, append files to a live drop, restore after expiry, uploads up to 100 MB. Their equivalent starts at Solo ($13/mo, billed yearly).
The short version
If you're sharing a PDF, a Word doc, or a slide deck as a link, use tiiny.host — that's their home turf and they're good at it.
If you are deploying a static site, especially from a terminal, CI, or an AI agent, ship.page removes the account requirement, the 3 MB ceiling, and the banner on free accounts, and adds privacy defaults tiiny.host charges Solo money for.
Questions
Is ship.page really free with no account?
Yes — no signup and no card. The API and MCP deploy with literally nothing; the browser uploader asks for a valid email address so you get a backup link, but creates no account. Either way the URL works immediately and lives for 30 days. An account only enters the picture if you want to keep, restore, or name drops.
tiiny.host's free links stay up forever. Why do yours expire?
Expiry is a feature, not a limitation: most drops are shared once and forgotten, and a link that dies can't leak later. Their 'forever' also has a condition — log in every 3 months or the account and its links can be removed. If you want permanence here, claim the drop or use a paid plan with no TTL.
Can I keep my tiiny.host-style readable link?
Readable names are a paid feature on both sides. On ship.page, Pro ($4/mo) gets you named drops that redeploy in place; Team ($19/mo) adds vanity subdomains.
Do you support PDFs or PHP like tiiny.host?
No. ship.page serves static HTML, CSS and JS. For PDF/document hosting or PHP, tiiny.host is genuinely the better fit.
Judge it in ten seconds
Drop the file here, or keep it in the terminal — either way the URL is live for 30 days.
Drop your page here — get a live link
.zip, folder, or single .html — free, no account, live for 30 days.
or one curl command
curl -X POST https://ship.page/deploy \
-H "content-type: text/html" \
--data-binary @index.html