A Netlify Drop alternative for sending work to clients
Netlify Drop is a fast, free way to put a folder on the web, with a whole platform behind it. QuickHost does one narrower job: put a finished deliverable in front of a client behind a password or a named link, show you who opened it, and take their comments back. Choose Netlify if you’re shipping a website; choose QuickHost if you’re sending one.
Checked 17 September 2026 against Netlify Drop’s own pricing and documentation — sources.
At a glance
How does QuickHost compare to Netlify Drop?
Netlify hosts websites and grows into a full platform. QuickHost is for handing a finished piece of work to a client and seeing what happens next.
| What you need | Netlify Drop | QuickHost |
|---|---|---|
| Publish without a repo or a build step | YesDrag a folder onto Netlify Drop | YesDrag and drop, the qh CLI, or your agent |
| Multi-file sites — CSS, JS, images, sub-pages | Yes | YesA zip or a folder, served as uploaded |
| PDFs, spreadsheets, markdown and video, each in a viewer | NoFiles are served as they are | YesPDF, markdown, CSV, JSON, images and video |
| A password on the link | PartlyPro plan, $20 a month | YesOn every plan, including the $8 one |
| A separate link per recipient, revocable on its own | No | YesNamed links, each revoked on its own |
| Who opened it, per recipient | No | YesOpens, first and last seen, per person |
| An expiry date on the link | No | YesAny project, every plan |
| Comments from your client, no account needed | No | YesPinned to a sentence, a PDF page or a video moment |
| Your AI agent can publish it and read the feedback | PartlyAn MCP server for deploys; no feedback to read | YesMCP server with 17 tools, CLI and REST API |
| Nothing of the host's on your client's page | Yes | YesOnly the password and expiry screens name QuickHost |
| Your own domain | Yes | NoNot yet — links are <name>.quickhost.ing |
| A free plan | Yes300 credits a month, then every site pauses | NoA 7-day trial, then from $8 a month |
Fair is fair
When is Netlify Drop the better choice?
If what you’re publishing is a website meant for the public — a product, a portfolio, a launch page — Netlify is the better tool. It has a free plan, your own domain, forms, functions and a build pipeline, none of which QuickHost offers.
Choose Netlify Drop if
- You’re shipping a public website, not sending a deliverable
- You need your own domain today
- You need server-side functions, forms or a build step
- Your traffic fits comfortably inside the free credits
Choose QuickHost if
- Each client should get a password or a link of their own
- You want to know which person opened it, and get an email when they do
- Clients should comment on the page, and your agent should read it
- Nothing should pause because a usage meter ran out
The difference
Where does Netlify Drop fall short for client work?
Netlify was built to ship websites, so the things a client deliverable needs are either on the Pro plan or not there at all.
Passwords are Pro-only
Password protection needs the Pro plan at $20 a month. On Free and Personal the only private option is a project that nobody but the team owner can see — which isn’t much use for a client.
A meter can take every site down
Free and Personal spend monthly credits on deploys, bandwidth and requests. When they run out, every project on the account pauses and shows “Site not available” — including the proposal your client is about to open.
No way to know who opened it
There’s no link per recipient, so there’s no telling which client opened it, when, or whether they have at all.
Feedback happens somewhere else
A client can’t comment on the live page, so notes arrive by email and someone has to carry them back to whoever — or whatever — made the change.
Pricing
How does Netlify Drop’s pricing compare?
Netlify’s Free plan costs nothing until its 300 monthly credits run out; Personal is $9 a month, and Pro — the plan with password protection — is $20 a month with unlimited members. QuickHost has no free plan: $8 a month for one person or $39 for a team of five, with passwords on both.
Netlify Drop
- Free$0
- 300 credits a month; can’t buy more, so sites pause
- Personal$9/mo
- 1,000 credits a month
- Pro$20/mo
- Unlimited members, password protection
QuickHost
- Starter$8/mo
- 1 member · 10 active projects
- Studio$39/mo
- 5 members, flat — then $5 each ($50 a year) · 100 active projects
- Agency$79/mo
- 15 members, flat — then $5 each ($50 a year) · 500 active projects
QuickHost prices are per workspace, not per person, and the same on every page of this site. Access is invite-only while billing is being finished; these are the plans it opens with.
Switching
How do I move from Netlify Drop to QuickHost?
It’s the same folder. Whatever Netlify is serving today, QuickHost can serve in about a minute — with no build settings to carry over, because there is no build.
- 1Take the folder or zip you dropped on Netlify — the built output, not the source code.
- 2Drag it onto the QuickHost dashboard, or run qh publish from inside it.
- 3Name the link, then choose a password or a named link for each client.
- 4Send the new link, and keep the Netlify site up until your client has switched over.
Questions
What else do people ask about Netlify Drop and QuickHost?
The questions that come up when someone is deciding between the two, answered plainly.
Is Netlify Drop free?
Yes, within the Free plan’s 300 credits a month. Deploys, bandwidth and requests all spend credits, and when they’re gone every project on the account pauses until the next month, because the Free plan can’t buy more.
Can I password-protect a Netlify Drop site?
Only on the Pro plan, at $20 a month. QuickHost includes passwords on every plan, including the $8 one.
Does QuickHost run builds or functions like Netlify?
No. It serves static files exactly as uploaded. That’s deliberate — nothing can fail to build after you’ve sent the link — but it means QuickHost isn’t a replacement for Netlify as an application platform.
Sources
Where do these facts come from?
Netlify Drop’s own pages, read on 17 September 2026. Prices and plans change — if anything here has gone out of date, email [email protected] and it will be corrected.