# Tiiny Host vs Netlify: which to use in 2026 · Stacktree Source: https://stacktr.ee/compare/tiiny-host-vs-netlify [Skip to content](#main) PFrom Product Hunt? Your first pages are free, no card. Code `PRODUCTHUNT` takes 50% off your first month of Studio.[Start free →](https://app.stacktr.ee/?join=1&from=producthunt) × A Stacktree customer sent you. Your first month is 50% off on any plan, taken off at checkout. [Start free →](https://app.stacktr.ee/?join=1&from=referral) × [Stacktree](/)[Developers](/developers)[Agents](/agents)[Docs](/docs)[Use cases](/use-cases)[Pricing](/pricing)[Blog](/blog)[Dashboard](https://app.stacktr.ee)[Sign in →](https://app.stacktr.ee) By [ Steve Smith ](/about) · Founder, Stacktree · Last updated July 19, 2026 comparison # Tiiny Host vs Netlify: which to use in 2026. Tiiny Host is drag-and-drop static hosting with instant links. Netlify is a Git-driven platform with build pipelines, forms, and functions. They solve different problems. Here is a fair comparison, who each is for, and a third option shaped for agent-emitted HTML. [ Get started free ](https://app.stacktr.ee/?join=1&from=seo_compare_tiiny_host_vs_netlify) install npx stacktree-install Copy No card · 3 pages free · about a minute ## Should I use Tiiny Host or Netlify? Use Tiiny Host when you already have built files and want a live link in seconds with no Git, no build, and no config. Use Netlify when your site is generated from source you commit, and you want every push to build and deploy automatically, with forms and serverless functions alongside it. One is for instant sharing, the other for a continuous deploy workflow. ## Two different publish models The core split is how content arrives. Tiiny Host is upload-first: you drag a zip or folder into the browser and a live URL comes back in seconds, no account required for a first publish. There is no build step, because Tiiny Host serves exactly what you uploaded. That makes it the fastest path from "I have HTML" to "here is a link." Netlify is Git-first: you connect a repository, Netlify runs your build command on every push, and the output is deployed to its CDN with a deploy preview for each pull request. The build step is the point. If your site is a static-site generator project (Astro, Hugo, Next export, Eleventy), Netlify turns a commit into a deploy with no manual upload, and gives you rollbacks, branch deploys, and atomic releases for free. ## Where Tiiny Host genuinely wins - Speed to first link. Drag-and-drop a folder and you have a URL before a Git provider would finish authorizing. No repo, no pipeline, no YAML. - No build knowledge required. If your output is already HTML, CSS, and JS, you never touch a build command. Designers and non-developers can ship without learning CI. - One-off and short-lived sharing. A client preview, a slide export, a PDF, a single landing page. Tiiny Host is built for the "share this artifact now" job. - In-browser editing and extras. Tiiny Host includes a built-in code editor, analytics, QR codes, and one-click download of your site as a zip. That is a friendlier surface for a human iterating by hand. ## Where Netlify genuinely wins - Build pipeline. Source in, built site out, automatically, on every push. This is the whole reason to choose Netlify, and Tiiny Host has no equivalent. - Forms and functions. Built-in form handling and serverless functions let a static front end gain dynamic behavior without a separate backend. Tiiny Host is static serving only. - Deploy previews and rollbacks. Every pull request gets a preview URL, and any past deploy can be restored atomically. This is a real workflow advantage for teams. - Scale and integrations. A global CDN, edge functions, and a large integration ecosystem suit production sites that need to grow. ## Pricing models compared Netlify has a free plan, then Personal at $9 per month and Pro at $20 per month, with Enterprise priced on request. As of 2026 these plans run on a credit system: production deploys, bandwidth, and build activity draw from a monthly credit allowance rather than a flat feature checklist, so heavy build or traffic usage can push you up a tier. Tiiny Host uses a simpler tiered subscription. As of 2026 it runs a free tier (one site, a small upload limit, published to a tiiny.site subdomain) plus paid plans (Solo around $18 per month and Pro around $38 per month), with custom domains and password protection on paid tiers and larger upload allowances higher up. Confirm the current Tiiny Host numbers on its pricing page before quoting a figure, since the tiers move. ## Side by side Stacktree is in the third column for context. It is not a Tiiny Host or Netlify replacement for general web hosting; it is a narrower, agent-shaped tool covered in the next section. Criterion Tiiny Host Netlify Stacktree Publish workflow Drag-and-drop zip or folder upload Git push triggers a build and deploy MCP tool call from an AI agent Build step None, serves what you upload Yes, runs your build command per push None, agent emits final HTML Access control Password on paid plans; public by default Site password on higher tiers; public by default Unguessable URL by default on every plan, plus an optional password and email-domain gate from $19/mo Custom domains Yes, on paid plans Yes, free with SSL on every tier Yes, from $19/mo (Cloudflare for SaaS) Forms and functions No, static serving only Yes, built-in forms and serverless functions No, static HTML only In-browser editor Yes, built-in code editor No, edit source in your repo No, agent emits the HTML Retention / expiry Free site is time-limited; paid sites persist Deploys persist until removed or rolled back Free pages last 7 days, or once someone else opens one, 30 days after their latest visit, up to 90 days in total; paid pages are permanent, with optional per-link expiry. Anonymous first publish lives 24h Pricing model Free tier plus paid plans (Solo ~$18/mo, Pro ~$38/mo) Free, Personal $9/mo, Pro $20/mo, Enterprise custom (credit-based) Flat $19 / $79 / $249, never per-seat Best for Instant sharing of already-built files Git-driven sites with build, forms, and functions Private-by-default HTML an agent publishes and revises ## The third option: agent-emitted HTML There is a job neither product is shaped for. When an AI agent produces HTML (a spec, a PR writeup, a status report, a custom one-off editor), you want it published the moment it exists, private until you choose to share, and updated in place as the agent iterates. Tiiny Host expects a human to drag a file into a browser. Netlify expects a project, a repo, and a build. An agent in a loop has neither a hand on the mouse nor a commit-and-rebuild cadence that fits a per-iteration output. Stacktree is built around that one primitive. The agent calls `publish_html` and gets back an unguessable URL where the link itself is the credential; see [how agents publish HTML over MCP](/mcp-publish-html). It calls `update_site` to replace the content in place, so the URL you shared yesterday shows today's version with no new link, the [agent-loop hosting](/agent-loop-hosting) pattern. Gating is layered and optional: the unguessable URL, a shared password, an email-domain gate verified by magic link, or end-to-end encryption where the server only ever stores ciphertext, covered in full under [private HTML hosting](/private-html-hosting). The agent can set each of these as its own tool call. Stacktree is deliberately narrow. There is no build pipeline like Netlify's, no forms or serverless functions, and no in-browser editor for hand-tweaking a page. It hosts static HTML on Cloudflare Workers, R2, and D1, with flat workspace [pricing](/pricing) ($19, $79, $249, never per-seat) and a source-available [self-host](/self-host) option on your own Cloudflare. If you are hand-building a marketing site that should rank in search, use Netlify or Tiiny Host. If an agent is the author and the output should be private by default, that is the gap Stacktree fills; the [Tiiny Host alternative](/tiiny-host-alternative) page runs that head-to-head directly. FAQ ## Frequent questions What is the difference between Tiiny Host and Netlify? + Tiiny Host is drag-and-drop hosting: you drop a zip or folder and get a live link in seconds, no Git or build step. Netlify is a Git-driven platform that builds your site from a repo on every push and adds forms, serverless functions, and deploy previews. One optimizes for instant sharing, the other for a CI/CD workflow. Is Tiiny Host or Netlify better for a quick one-off page? + Tiiny Host. If you already have built HTML and just want a shareable URL in under a minute, drag-and-drop upload beats wiring a repo to a build pipeline. Netlify pays off when the site is generated from source you commit, and you want every push to rebuild and deploy automatically. Does Netlify have a free tier and what does it cost above that? + Yes. Netlify has a free plan, then Personal at $9 per month and Pro at $20 per month, with Enterprise priced on request. Plans run on a credit system where deploys, bandwidth, and build minutes draw down a monthly credit allowance rather than a fixed feature list. Can Tiiny Host password-protect a site? + Yes, on its paid plans. Tiiny Host also offers custom domains on paid tiers and a free tier that publishes one site to a public tiiny.site subdomain for a limited window. Access control is plan-gated rather than the default state of every link. Can an AI agent publish to Tiiny Host or Netlify automatically? + Not natively as a first-class tool call. Tiiny Host is built around a human dragging a file into the browser; Netlify is built around a human committing to a Git repo that triggers a build. An agent can script either with extra glue, but neither exposes a publish primitive an agent calls directly. What is a private-by-default alternative for agent-made HTML? + Stacktree. It hosts static HTML where every URL is unguessable by default, agents publish via an MCP tool call instead of a drag or a commit, and the same URL replaces in place across iterations. It is narrower than both: no build pipeline, no forms, no in-browser editor. Keep reading ## Related guides - [ Our homepage publishes for you now We put a WebMCP publish tool on the public site. ](/blog/agent-publishes-from-the-browser) - [ Vercel Drop vs Netlify Drop The 2026 sequel: both giants now do drag-and-drop. The honest difference table. ](/compare/vercel-drop-vs-netlify-drop) - [ The MCP publish tool How an agent publishes, updates, gates, and expires a site in one call each. ](/mcp-publish-html) - [ Tiiny Host alternative The drag-and-drop host compared directly with Stacktree. ](/tiiny-host-alternative) - [ Private HTML hosting Why every link is unguessable by default and what the gating layers do. ](/private-html-hosting) - [ Agent-loop hosting Why replace-in-place beats a new link per run. ](/agent-loop-hosting) - [ All hosting alternatives The full set of static-host comparisons in one place. ](/alternatives) - [ GitHub Pages vs Vercel GitHub Pages is free static hosting from a repo; Vercel is a full app platform with build pipelines and serverless. ](/compare/github-pages-vs-vercel) References ## Sources and further reading - [ Netlify pricing ↗ Source for the free, Personal $9/mo, Pro $20/mo, and Enterprise tiers and the credit-based model. ](https://www.netlify.com/pricing/) - [ Tiiny Host ↗ The drag-and-drop static host this page compares; check its pricing page for current tier numbers. ](https://tiiny.host/) - [ Netlify Functions docs ↗ Confirms the serverless functions capability cited as a Netlify advantage. ](https://docs.netlify.com/functions/overview/) - [ Model Context Protocol ↗ The protocol agents use to call publish_html directly on Stacktree. ](https://modelcontextprotocol.io) ## Publishing agent HTML, not hand-built sites? 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