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TIINY HOST ALTERNATIVE

Tiiny Host alternative with rollback and expiring links

Tiiny Host does the core job well and has done it longer than we have: drop a file, get a link. The reasons people look for an alternative are what happens after the drop, and what the tier that fixes it costs. That is what this page is about.

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25
publishes a day on the free plan, so you can iterate
96
file types accepted, in 7 groups
40
pages the site import copies from a URL you already have
5,000
visits a month before you pay anything

Who should not switch

Moving a live URL is real work and it carries real risk. If any of these describes you, staying put is the better decision and this page has done its job by saying so.

  • Your Tiiny link works and nothing below describes a problem you actually have. A URL other people already hold is worth more than a feature you will not use.
  • You rely on Tiiny accepting a .php upload for something that has to run. Droply converts a static .php page to HTML at publish time and never executes it, so anything server-side does not come across.
  • You are on Solo or above mostly for the five custom domains it allows on one account. Droply prices domains per plan rather than as a pack, so check the pricing page against your domain count first.

Why people look

Why people look for a Tiiny Host alternative

Every point below is taken from Tiiny Host's own documentation, with the page and the date it was read. Nothing here is a guess about how the product behaves.

  1. Moving a site means finding the original files

    There is no documented way to point Tiiny at a site that is already live and have it copied across. Whatever you move has to still exist as a folder or an archive on a machine you own, which is the part that fails: the site is three years old and the laptop it was built on is not.

    Tiiny Host help center, checked 8 September 2026: no import-from-URL feature is documented.

  2. A password on one preview costs a whole tier

    Password protection starts on Solo, $18 a month or $13 a month billed annually. If the only thing you needed was a password on a single client preview, that is what the password costs.

    Tiiny Host help center, password-protection article, updated 3 September 2026.

  3. There is no self-serve way back to the previous version

    No rollback feature is documented. The recovery path in the help center is contacting support to restore a deleted link, which is a different problem: it gets the address back, not the build you overwrote ten minutes ago.

    Tiiny Host help center, checked 8 September 2026: no rollback article exists, and the documented recovery route is contacting support about a deleted link.

  4. Links that should stop working carry on working

    Expiring links are not a documented feature. A quote, a proof or a salary offer that should have come down after a week stays up until somebody remembers it exists.

    Tiiny Host help center, checked 8 September 2026: no expiring-links feature is documented.

  5. Nothing reads what you just published

    No deploy-time security or secret scan is documented. The most common way a static site leaks something is a whole project folder getting zipped instead of the build output, and from the outside that upload looks exactly like a correct one.

    Tiiny Host help center and product pages, checked 8 September 2026: no deploy-time security or secret scan is documented.

Our answer

How Droply handles each one

One answer per point above, in the same order.

  1. Moving a site means finding the original files

    Site import takes the address of a live site and copies its pages, styles, images and fonts onto a Droply link, up to 40 pages and 600 assets. You need the URL, not the folder, and the original stays exactly where it is.

  2. A password on one preview costs a whole tier

    Password protection starts on Starter, and the check happens at the edge before any file is served. That means the images, the PDF and the JavaScript bundle are behind it too, not just the front page.

  3. There is no self-serve way back to the previous version

    Every upload becomes an immutable version and publishing points the address at one of them. Rolling back to the previous version is one click from Pro upward, with no ticket and no re-upload.

  4. Links that should stop working carry on working

    Auto-expiring links are a setting on the site, from Starter: six hours, a week, or a date you pick. The link stops serving on its own, and publishing to the site again brings it back.

  5. Nothing reads what you just published

    Every publish is read for a committed .env file, a .git directory, a private key, or an API key left in a JavaScript bundle, and the result is written in plain language rather than as a severity score. It is on every plan, free included. See how the check works.

Side by side

Droply and Tiiny Host, row by row

Both directions. Where Tiiny is equal or ahead, the row says so.

  Droply Tiiny Host
Free plan 1 site, 25 MB storage, 5,000 visits and 5 GB a month, no card. 1 site, 3 MB per project (0.5 MB for a PDF), 5,000 visits and 5 GB a month.
Single HTML file, no ZIP Yes, drop the .html on its own. Yes, HTML is accepted.
Single .jsx or .tsx, no build Yes. It is transformed in the visitor browser at the published URL. Not offered.
PDFs and documents Hosted as first-class files, with an in-browser viewer. Yes: PDF, image, document, PowerPoint and Excel formats are accepted.
Security check on every publish Every plan, including free. Not documented.
One-click rollback From Pro. Not documented. Support can restore a deleted link.
Expiring links From Starter: six hours, a week, or a date. Not documented.
Password protection From Starter, checked at the edge before any file is served. From Solo, $18 a month or $13 a month billed annually.
Custom domain From Pro, $15 a month. From Solo, up to 5 domains per account.
Import an existing site from its URL Yes, up to 40 pages and 600 assets copied onto a Droply link. Not documented.
Entry paid price, monthly $5 a month for Starter. $9 a month for Tiny.

Tiiny Host figures come from its own help center, read on 8 September 2026: the pricing-plans article (updated 1 September 2026), the visitor, upload and bandwidth limits article (2 September 2026), the free-plan link duration article (21 August 2026), the password-protection article (3 September 2026) and the custom-domains guide (7 September 2026). Rows marked "not documented" mean the feature does not appear in that help center on that date, not that we tested and it failed. Product plans can change.

Migration

How to move a site from Tiiny Host

Your Tiiny link keeps working throughout. Nothing here needs a support ticket on either side, and the DNS change goes last so there is never a moment where your domain points at nothing.

  1. Download what Tiiny is serving

    Open the project in your Tiiny dashboard and download it. Take the copy Tiiny is serving rather than an older local folder: the live one is the version people are actually looking at.

  2. Or skip the download and paste the address

    Droply Site Importer takes the URL of a site that is already live and copies its pages, styles, images and fonts onto a Droply link, up to 40 pages and 600 assets. It is the faster route when the original folder is long gone.

  3. Drop the folder on Droply

    Sign up, then drag the folder, the ZIP or the single HTML file onto the upload area. Nothing is repackaged and no build runs: the files you upload are the files served.

  4. Check what the security pass found

    Every publish is read for things that should not be public: a committed .env, a .git directory, a private key, an API key in a bundle. Old exports carry these more often than fresh builds do, so read it before you send the link anywhere.

  5. Point your domain at it, if you had one

    From Pro at $15 a month you move the DNS record to Droply and the certificate is issued for you. Change the record last, once the Droply URL already renders what you expect, so there is no window where the domain resolves to nothing.

Price

Pricing compared

This is the clearest section on the page. Paid monthly, Droply is the cheaper of the two; paid annually the two are the same price. List prices only on both sides: Droply runs promotions from time to time and Tiiny attaches a 7-day money-back guarantee to every paid plan, and neither of those is a list price.

  Droply Tiiny Host
Free 1 site, 25 MB, 5,000 visits a month, no card. 1 site, 3 MB per project (0.5 MB for a PDF), 5,000 visits a month.
Entry paid tier, billed monthly $5 a month for Starter. $9 a month for Tiny.
Entry paid tier, billed yearly $60 a year for Starter. $5 a month billed annually, so $60 a year.
First tier with a custom domain Pro, $15 a month. Solo, $18 a month or $13 a month billed annually.
Top published tier See the pricing page for the full ladder. Pro Max, $89 a month or $74 a month billed annually.

Tiiny Host prices from its pricing-plans help article, updated 1 September 2026 and read on 8 September 2026. Droply prices are read live from the plans table on this page, so they cannot go stale here. Product plans can change.

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What you get without paying anything

If you are on a free Tiiny link today, this is the like-for-like list, including the two lines Tiiny has no equivalent for: the security check and site import.

  • 1 live site on a 25 MB account, with no card and no trial clock.
  • Up to 25 MB per upload, and up to 25 publishes a day.
  • 5,000 visits and 5 GB of traffic a month.
  • HTTPS with a real certificate, issued and renewed for you.
  • The same URL on every re-upload, so a link you already sent keeps working.
  • The deploy-time security check, which reads what you published and warns about a stray .env file, a .git folder, a private key or an API key left in your JavaScript.
  • A small Droply badge in the corner of the page. Removing it starts on Starter.
  • Free sites are served noindex, so search engines do not list them. Search visibility starts on Starter.
  • Site import, so an existing link can be copied across without finding the original files.

See every plan and its limits

Frequently asked questions

Is Droply free?
Yes. The free plan is 1 live site with 25 MB of storage, 5,000 visits and 5 GB of traffic a month, HTTPS included, no card. It is a plan in its own right rather than a trial of a paid one.
Is Droply a good Tiiny Host alternative?
It is if the things you want are rollback, expiring links, a security check on every publish, or importing a site straight from its URL, because Tiiny documents none of those, and it is if you pay monthly, where Starter is $5 against $9. It is not if you need PHP to execute or you are already paying for its five-domain allowance.
Can I import my site from Tiiny Host?
Yes. Paste the live Tiiny URL into site import and Droply copies its pages, styles, images and fonts onto a Droply link, up to 40 pages and 600 assets. You do not need the original folder, and your Tiiny link is untouched.
Will my Tiiny link keep working while I move?
Yes. Nothing in the move touches your Tiiny account. Publish on Droply first, check it renders, and only then change the DNS record if you are bringing a custom domain across.
What does Tiiny Host do that Droply does not?
It accepts .php uploads, and its Solo tier allows up to five custom domains on one account. Droply converts a static .php page to HTML at publish time and never runs it, and prices domains per plan rather than as a pack.
How much is Droply compared with Tiiny Host?
Paid monthly, Droply is cheaper: $5 a month for Starter against $9 for Tiny. Paid annually the two match at $60 a year. Custom domains start on Pro here at $15 a month, and on Solo there at $18 a month, which is the row where Tiiny costs more.
Can I password-protect a site on the free plan?
No, on either service. Password protection starts on Starter here and on Solo at Tiiny. The difference is what the password covers: here the check runs at the edge, so assets and documents sit behind it as well as the page.
Does Droply put a badge on my site like Tiiny does?
Yes, on the free plan. A small badge sits in the corner of the page and removing it starts on Starter. Both services do this; neither hides it.
Can I go back to a previous version after a bad upload?
Yes, from Pro. Each upload is kept as its own immutable version and rolling back points the address at an earlier one in a click. Tiiny documents no self-serve equivalent.
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