NudgeHost vs Tiiny.host in 2026, where the free plan decides it

This is the widest gap between the two. A 3MB ceiling turns away a zipped site, a brand guide or a pitch deck before you start, and 25MB takes them. Ten live links against one project decides whether you can keep more than one thing online at a time.

The gap shows again at the first upload. NudgeHost hands you a working link before it asks who you are. Tiiny.host wants an account and a verified email address before anything goes live, and the free link it gives you carries a banner.

Both services serve a zipped folder as a website, so this section is level. NudgeHost unpacks the ZIP at its own subdomain and keeps client-side routing working, which is what decides whether a React build opens its second page or returns a 404.

The difference is what the other person sees when you send a single file. A NudgeHost link opens a PDF, a Word file, a CSV or a JSON file in the browser, and HTML a model hands you can be pasted in and published without saving a file. When the model gives you a folder, you can host a ZIP as a site instead.

One limit sits outside the pricing page. Above 100MB a ZIP is not unpacked and a Word file is not converted, so a site archive past that size arrives as a download, on Studio as well.

Tiiny.host costs less at the first paid step. What that step buys is banner removal, QR codes and analytics. On NudgeHost the first two come with the free plan, and every plan counts opens.

Every Tiiny.host plan carries a monthly view limit, the top one included. No NudgeHost plan does, so upgrading buys bigger files, unlimited links, passwords and custom domains rather than a bigger view allowance.

Most of the NudgeHost column works on the free plan. Expiry, QR codes, open counts and replacing a file at its existing link cost nothing, and passwords and custom domains arrive together on Pro.

On Tiiny.host, QR codes and analytics start on Tiny and passwords wait for Solo, so the control that decides who can open a document sits on its second paid plan.

Expiry is the row to read twice. A link that stops working on a date you choose is how a shared file stops being shared, and NudgeHost lets you set one on the free plan. The glossary explains expiring share links.

Moving is a file job rather than a migration. Start from the files on your own machine, whether that is the ZIP you uploaded, the build folder it came from or a single HTML file, and drop them into NudgeHost. A folder goes up as a ZIP and serves at its own subdomain, up to 25MB on the free plan.

Plan the address before you switch. A NudgeHost link gets a new slug, so if the old URL is printed somewhere you can't change, put the site on a subdomain of your own domain and point that subdomain at NudgeHost. Custom domains are on Pro. Keep the old link running until the new one answers.

NudgeHost is the pick for sharing files and pages. Its free plan holds 10 links at 25MB each, with no banner, no visitor cap and API access included, and a link works before you sign up. Tiiny.host suits a team that wants a shared account or a page that collects email addresses, and both of those sit on its paid plans.

Try it with a real file. Host an HTML file or put a PDF up on the free plan and see how far it goes before it asks you for anything. When you need more, the paid plans add bigger files, passwords and custom domains.