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November 2026 runTested Nov 15, 2026

HTML hosting, timed and scored

ship.page leads the htmlbench Index at 79/100, ahead of Netlify Drop at 73/100 and Cloudflare Pages at 48/100, with Surge (47/100), GitHub Pages (44/100) and Tiiny Host (36/100) behind. The two leaders are the only hosts we scored that publish with no account: a ship.page link lasts 7 days, or 30 days from the upload date once claimed with a free account, and Pro at $4 a month removes the expiry, while Netlify Drop deletes an unclaimed deploy within 1 hour. In our November 15, 2026 run, ship.page served a 1.5 MB page in a median 3.14 s, against 9.52 s for Cloudflare Pages and 10.11 s for Netlify's anonymous deploy. Surge, GitHub Pages and Tiiny Host were scored but not timed.

See the leaderboardHow we test
10.11 sReal time
ship.page3 runs, median
3.14 s200 OK
Cloudflare Pages3 runs, Wrangler
9.52 s200 OK
Netlify3 runs, anonymous CLI
10.11 s200 OK
Median of 3 runs through two datacenter proxy IPs in Frankfurt, from the upload command to the first HTTP 200 serving the same bytes.Surge, GitHub Pages and Tiiny Host weren't timed in this run.

Six hosts, scored the same way

  • ship.page
  • Netlify Drop
  • Cloudflare Pages
  • Surge
  • GitHub Pages
  • Tiiny Host

At a glance

The three numbers people ask about most, from the November 15, 2026 run.

Payload

htmlbench Index

One score out of 100 for putting HTML online for free. Higher is better.

ship.page 79, Netlify Drop 73, Cloudflare Pages 48, Surge 47, GitHub Pages 44, Tiiny Host 36

Time to a live link

Median seconds until the link served the 1.5 MB page, through the proxy. Lower is better.

ship.page 3.14 s, Cloudflare Pages 9.52 s, Netlify Drop 10.11 s

Network

Free upload limit

Largest upload the free plan accepts, on a log scale. Higher is better.

Netlify Drop No cap, GitHub Pages 1 GB, Surge 450 MB, Cloudflare Pages 25 MiB, ship.page 25 MB, Tiiny Host 3 MB

No published cap

HTML hosting leaderboard

6 hosts people use to put HTML online, scored the same way.

#HostAccountFree link lifetimeZIP
1
ship.page
79
3.14 s3 runs
No account
7 days without an account30 days once claimed into a free account, counted from the upload. No expiry on Pro.
25 MB10 MB HTML, 25 MB ZIP
2
Netlify Dropapp.netlify.com/drop
73
10.11 s3 runs
No account
1 hour to claimNo expiry once claimed into a free account
No capNo published cap
3
Cloudflare Pagespages.cloudflare.com
48
9.52 s3 runs
Account
No expiryWith a free account
25 MiBPer file
4
Surgesurge.sh
47
Not timedAccount in terminal
No expiryWith a free account
450 MBPer site
5
GitHub Pagespages.github.com
44
Not timedAccount and repo
No expiryWith a free account
1 GBPer site
6
Tiiny Hosttiiny.host
36
Not timedAccount
3 monthsBetween logins
3 MBPer project
6 of 6 hostsTested November 15, 2026, updated . Time is the 1.5 MB page median through the proxy.

How long a free link lasts

Counted from the moment you upload, with and without a free account.

Free link lifetime

No accountFree account
ship.page
7 days without an account, 30 days once claimed into a free account (counted from the upload), no expiry on Pro
Netlify Drop
1 hour, no expiry once claimed
Cloudflare Pages
No expiry with an account
Surge
No expiry with an account
GitHub Pages
No expiry with an account
Tiiny Host
3 months between logins

Best host for the job

The pick and the runner-up for the jobs people ask about most.

Get a live link fast

Fastest median for a 1.5 MB page

  1. 1ship.page3.14 s
  2. 2Cloudflare Pages9.52 s
Fastest HTML hosting

Turn a ZIP into a site

25 MB ZIP free, no account

  1. 1ship.page79/100
  2. 2Netlify Drop73/100
ZIP file to website

Publish from a phone

Browser upload, no app or account

  1. 1ship.page79/100
  2. 2Netlify Drop73/100
Host HTML from a phone

Replace Netlify Drop

No account and 7 days instead of 1 hour

  1. 1ship.page79/100
  2. 2Cloudflare Pages48/100
Netlify Drop alternatives

Replace Tiiny Host

10 MB free against Tiiny's 3 MB

  1. 1ship.page79/100
  2. 2Netlify Drop73/100
Tiiny Host alternatives

What the htmlbench Index measures

The htmlbench Index scores each host out of 100 using our published rubric. We upload real files and check that the working link serves the exact page we sent. The score covers publishing without an account, how long the link stays up, browser uploads, free upload size and the cost of keeping the link available.

Publishing without signing up is worth 25 points, and the length of time a link lasts without an account is worth another 30. That puts 55 of the 100 points on what you can do before signing up. That's where most of the points are.

Uploading from a browser is worth 10 points. Free upload size accounts for 15, and the cost of keeping the link up accounts for the remaining 20. We checked vendor prices and limits in November 2026.

Here's how the hosts scored: ship.page earned 79, Netlify Drop 73, Cloudflare Pages 48, Surge 47, GitHub Pages 44 and Tiiny Host 36. Our how we test page has the published rubric and testing method.

We time publishing too, but speed doesn't add or subtract any points.

The November 15 run in short

On November 15, 2026, we tested a 1.5 MB HTML page and a 7.7 MB site containing 24 files, using proxy exits in Frankfurt and reporting the median of 3 runs for each payload. The clock stopped when the link served our exact file, not just when the upload finished.

ship.page took 3.14 s for the page and 5.15 s for the site. Cloudflare Pages took 9.52 s and 9.76 s, respectively (project creation wasn't counted).

Netlify's anonymous deploy took 10.11 s for the page and 9.42 s for the site. One page run took 44.4 s. Those reported results are medians, not a promise that every upload will take the same time.

We scored Surge, GitHub Pages and Tiiny Host, but didn't time them. They need an account, a terminal login or a repository before the first link.

And the timing results stay separate from the Index: ship.page had the shortest median for both payloads in this run, but those seconds aren't part of its 79-point score.

Rankings by job

Which page answers what you're trying to do? Each benchmark below looks at a particular publishing job. ship.page ranks first on all of them; second and third place change with the job.

The hosts in the Index

How we test

Same files, same clock and the same rules for every host we time.

Same files
One HTML file1.5 MB
24-file site7.7 MB
ship.page
Netlify
Cloudflare
Surge
GitHub
Tiiny

Stop the clock

At the first HTTP 200 that serves the exact bytes we uploaded. Timed: ship.page, Netlify Drop and Cloudflare Pages.

Score the free plan

5 criteria, 100 points, the same for every host.

Publish the median

Dated November 15, 2026, with all 43 runs in one CSV.

01

Same files every time

A 1.5 MB HTML page and a 7.7 MB site, 24 files, with a fresh marker in every file on every run.

02

Timed to a working link

The clock stops at the first HTTP 200 that serves the exact bytes we uploaded, checked every 200 ms. We publish the median.

03

Limits from the source

Upload caps, signup rules and link lifetime come from each host's own docs and pricing, checked in November 2026.

04

Dated and downloadable

Every number carries its test date, and all 43 timed uploads are one CSV away.

Read the full method

Every run, as raw data

Every host, payload and round from the test in one file. Rebuild any chart on this page yourself.

$curl -LO htmlbench.org/runs.csv
CSV43 timed uploadsNov 15, 2026

Find the right host for your file

Answer two questions about what you're putting online. Get the hosts that fit, best first.

What are you putting online?
How long should it stay up?
  1. 1ship.page79
  2. 2Netlify Drop73
  3. 3Cloudflare Pages48