I'm writing this review anyway, because most "Tiiny Host reviews" online are either affiliate fluff or copy-pasted feature lists. I've spent a lot of time inside Tiiny Host, reading its docs, testing its free plan, and reading what its actual users say. I know where it shines, because I've had to compete with it.
So here's the deal: I'll tell you where the host is genuinely the better pick. I'll also tell you where it frustrates people. If you finish this and decide the host is right for you, that's a fine outcome. Fair enough?
The short answer
Tiiny Host is genuinely good at one thing: getting a file or folder online in about 30 seconds, with no Git, no build step and no learning curve. If that's all you need, it's hard to beat.
Where it gets less comfortable is the free plan (it's tiny, as the name promises) and the way prices climb once you want a custom domain or password protection.
Pick Tiiny Host if
You mostly share PDFs, client previews, prototypes or one-off pages, and you want password protection, visitor comments or email capture built in.
Look elsewhere if
You're running a real website for months or years, you need more than 3 MB on the free plan, or you want a custom domain without paying $13 a month.
What Tiiny Host actually is
Tiiny Host is a drag-and-drop web host run by Tiiny Labs Ltd, a company registered in England. You sign up, drop in an HTML file, a ZIP, a folder or a PDF, pick a link name, and you get a live URL.
It started as a quick way to share a single file. Over time it has grown into something bigger: it now has an online editor, AI edits on live pages, PHP support, an API, password protection, QR codes and a "feedback mode" where people comment directly on your page.
The pitch hasn't changed, though. Tiiny Host is built for people who don't want to think about hosting. Their own comparison page says it plainly: no Git to learn and no build to configure.
What Tiiny Host does well
I'll be honest: there's a lot to like here, and some of it I wish I'd built first.
- It is genuinely fast to use. Drag, name, upload, done. Their own comparison page puts it at about 30 seconds to a live link, and in my testing that's fair. No repository, no build settings, no DNS homework.
- The same link survives every update. Upload a new version and it replaces the old files at the same URL. Paid plans also keep your last five versions, so you can roll back if a change goes wrong.
- The sharing tools are thoughtful. Every site gets a QR code. Feedback mode lets a client leave comments right on the page, without creating an account. For agencies and freelancers sending previews, that's a real time saver.
- Password protection and email capture exist. If you want to share a client proposal behind a password, or gate a PDF behind an email form, the host does both (on paid plans). Many static hosts, including mine, don't.
- It works well with AI-built pages. A lot of recent reviewers say they built something with ChatGPT or Claude and had it live in a couple of clicks. The host has leaned into this with AI edits on live pages.
- Big files on the top plans. Pro supports uploads up to 10 GB, and Pro Max goes up to 2 TB of storage. If you host large media or downloadable assets, that matters.
Where Tiiny Host falls short
None of these are scandals. They're trade-offs, and whether they bother you depends on what you're building.
- The free plan is really small. 3 MB per project, 0.5 MB for PDFs, one live site, and three uploads a day. A single high-resolution hero image can blow past that. If your upload is too big, the host shows it as a preview link that comes down after an hour.
- Free sites need you to keep logging in. Your free link stays up indefinitely, but only if you log in at least once every three months. Miss that window and the host may remove the account and its projects. That's fine for a demo. It's risky for a site people rely on.
- Custom domains cost $13 a month or more. The cheapest plan, Tiny, removes the banner and adds analytics, but it doesn't include a custom domain and still allows only one live project. To put your own domain on a site you need Solo.
- It's priced for sharing, not for long-running sites. The host is excellent at "here's a link, take a look". It's a more expensive way to run a small business website or blog for years, because the features you need for that sit on the higher plans.
- No builds, no preview deployments. If you use React, Vite or Astro, you upload the already-built folder yourself. That's fine for many people, but developers used to Git-based deploys will miss it.
- Some users report frustrating upgrade flows. One Trustpilot reviewer in January 2026 said that after accepting a paid trial, they couldn't switch back to free without deleting their account. Tiiny Host does now publish a guide to switching to a free account, so this may have been fixed, but read the trial terms before you click.
Tiiny Host pricing in 2026
The host has a free plan and four paid plans. Here's what each one costs and what you actually get, taken from their own help center (pricing, updated 20 Oct 2026; plan limits, updated 13 Oct 2026).
| Plan | Monthly | Yearly (per month) | Live projects | Upload limit | Visits / month | Bandwidth / month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 1 | 3 MB (0.5 MB PDFs) | 5,000 | 5 GB |
| Tiny | $9 | $5 | 1 | 25 MB per project | 10,000 | 10 GB |
| Solo | $18 | $13 | 5 | 75 MB per project | 100,000 | 50 GB |
| Pro | $38 | $31 | 15 | 10 GB per account | 500,000 | 100 GB |
| Pro Max | $89 | $74 | Unlimited | 2 TB per account | 1,000,000 | 200 GB |
A few things worth knowing before you buy:
- Custom domains start at Solo. If you want your own .com, the real starting price is $13 a month billed yearly ($156 up front), or $18 month to month.
- Password protection also starts at Solo. Same $13 a month floor.
- The free plan allows 3 uploads per day. Every update counts, and it resets at midnight UTC.
- Bandwidth runs out before visits on bigger sites. Tiiny Host's own example: a 20 MB project uses the free 5 GB after just 250 visits.
- There's a 7-day money-back guarantee on every paid plan.
What real Tiiny Host users say
I went through the public reviews on Trustpilot and G2 so you don't have to. Here's the honest pattern, paraphrased.
The praise is consistent, and it's about simplicity. On Trustpilot, where the host has around 18 reviews and a rating of about 4.4, almost every five-star review says the same thing: it was easy. People mention getting an AI-built page live in a couple of clicks, or setting up a site for a non-technical family member without needing to help them.
Long-time users stick around. Several reviewers say they've used it for years. On G2, where it scores 4.9 from seven reviews, a marketer describes using it for anything that needs to be shared outside the company, and others praise the support team for being quick and human.
The complaints are about money, not the product. The negative reviews I found weren't about downtime or speed. They were about billing: trials, upgrades and getting back to the free plan.
One caution: the review counts are small. Seven reviews on G2 and under twenty on Trustpilot is not a big sample for a service that says it has over 2 million users. Treat ratings as a hint, not proof.
Tiiny Host vs Fylo.Host: the honest side-by-side
Here's where my bias comes in, so I'll keep it to facts. Fylo.Host is built for a different job: running a small static website for the long haul, cheaply, with your own domain. Tiiny Host is built for sharing.
| Tiiny Host | Fylo.Host | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan storage | 3 MB per project | 10 MB |
| Free plan visits | 5,000 / month | 1,000 / month |
| Cheapest plan with a custom domain | Solo: $18/mo, or $13/mo yearly | Starter: $6.99/mo, or $4.66/mo yearly |
| Live sites on that plan | 5 | 6 |
| Storage on that plan | 75 MB per project | 500 MB |
| Password-protected sites | Yes, from Solo | No |
| Visitor comments | Yes, on any page | Yes, on blog posts |
| Email capture / gated PDFs | Yes, Pro | No |
| PDF and document hosting | Yes | No, static websites only |
| Built-in blog you can write in | No | Yes |
| Contact forms | No | Yes, from Pro |
| Global CDN | Not published | Yes, all plans (Cloudflare, 330+ cities) |
| Time to first byte (avg) | ~310 ms | ~100 ms (edge cache, paid plans) |
| Speed optimization | No | Yes, all plans (automatic on paid plans) |
| SEO + AEO engine (auto sitemap, schema, llms.txt, broken-link checker) | Not listed | Yes |
| Publish from AI agents (API / MCP) | API | API and MCP server |
| Very large files (10 GB+) | Yes, Pro and Pro Max | No |
Where Tiiny Host clearly wins: password protection, client feedback on any page, email capture, PDFs and huge files. It also gives you five times more free monthly visits than Fylo does. If those are what you need, use Tiiny Host. I mean that.
Where Fylo.Host wins: price per custom domain, storage, speed and features for running an actual website. Pages reach visitors about three times faster to the first byte. You get your own domain for less than half the price, a built-in blog, contact forms and speed optimization on every plan, which runs automatically on paid plans. There's also an SEO + AEO engine that writes your sitemap and llms.txt and checks for broken links on its own, so Google and AI answer engines can find and trust your pages without extra setup.
Speed: CDN and time to first byte
TTFB (time to first byte) is how long a visitor, or Google's crawler, waits before your page starts arriving. It's the part of speed you can't fix in your HTML: it depends on where the host serves your files from.
Fylo.Host copies every site to Cloudflare's network in 330+ cities, so each visitor is served from the one nearest them. Paid plans add an edge cache that holds your HTML at those locations. Tiiny Host doesn't publish details of its CDN or caching setup, so I measured instead.
Roughly three times faster to the first byte matters most for visitors far from a single origin server, and for crawlers deciding how much of your site to fetch. You don't have to take my word for it: run both URLs through our website speed checker or Google PageSpeed and compare. If you're already on Fylo, this guide covers the rest of the speed settings.
If you want the full feature-by-feature breakdown, I keep an updated Tiiny Host alternative comparison on our site.
So which one should you pick?
Ask yourself one question: is this a link I'm sharing, or a website I'm running?
Choose Tiiny Host if
- You share client proposals, mockups or previews and want them behind a password
- You want clients to leave comments directly on the page
- You host PDFs, decks or lead magnets behind an email form
- You need to upload files bigger than a few hundred megabytes
- You want the most free traffic and don't mind logging in every few months
Choose Fylo.Host if
- You're running a portfolio, landing page, small business site or school site for the long term
- You want your own domain without paying $13 or more a month
- You want to write blog posts on the same site without installing anything
- You need a working contact form on a static site
- You want pages served fast from the edge, wherever your visitors are
- You want your site found on Google and in AI answers, without hand-writing a sitemap or llms.txt
- You build pages with ChatGPT, Claude or an AI agent and want to publish straight from it
Choose neither if your project needs a database, user logins or server code. A static host is the wrong tool for that, and a platform like Vercel or a small VPS will serve you better.
Frequently asked questions
Is Tiiny Host legit?
Yes. It's run by Tiiny Labs Ltd, a registered UK company, it has been around since 2020, and its reviews are largely positive. The complaints I found are about billing flows, not about sites disappearing or being unsafe.
Is Tiiny Host really free?
The free plan is real, but small: one site, 3 MB, 5,000 visits a month, a Tiiny Host banner, and you must log in at least once every three months to keep it.
How much does Tiiny Host cost per month?
Paid plans run from $9 a month (Tiny) to $89 a month (Pro Max). Billed yearly, that drops to $5 to $74 a month.
Can I use a custom domain on Tiiny Host?
Yes, from the Solo plan, which is $18 a month or $13 a month billed yearly.
Will my Tiiny Host site be deleted?
Paid sites stay up while you pay. Free sites stay up as long as you log in at least once every three months.
Does Tiiny Host support PHP or React?
PHP runs on paid plans from Tiny upward. React, Vite and similar apps work if you upload the built folder, because Tiiny Host doesn't run builds for you.
Is Tiiny Host fast?
For sharing a link, it feels fast. For first-byte speed, our measurements averaged about 310 ms on Tiiny Host versus about 100 ms on Fylo.Host with the edge cache on. Run your own URL through a speed checker to see where you stand.
What's the best Tiiny Host alternative?
It depends on the job. For running a small site with your own domain on a budget, I'd suggest Fylo.Host (yes, I'm biased). For Git-based developer workflows, Cloudflare Pages or Netlify. For a free site from a GitHub repo, GitHub Pages.
My final take
Tiiny Host is a good product made by people who clearly care about keeping things simple. If you share files and previews for a living, it might be the best tool for you, and I'd rather you use it than struggle with something that doesn't fit.
But if what you really want is a website with your own name on it, that runs for years without a $13-a-month bill, give Fylo.Host a try. The free plan needs no card. And right now your first month on any paid plan is just $1, so you can put your own domain on it and see how it feels before you commit.
If you've used Tiiny Host, Fylo or both, I'd genuinely like to hear what worked and what didn't. You can reach me directly at ravi@fylo.host.
— Ravi, founder of Fylo.Host
Sources
- Tiiny Host pricing plans, help center (updated 20 Oct 2026)
- Tiiny Host plan limits explained, help center (updated 13 Oct 2026)
- How long will my link be online on the free plan? (updated 13 Oct 2026)
- Tiiny Host alternatives and comparisons (prices rechecked 5 Oct 2026)
- Tiiny Host reviews on Trustpilot
- Tiiny Host reviews on G2
- Tiiny Host vs Static.app, written by Tiiny Host on DEV