Link in Seconds vs Tiiny Host, side by side

This is where the two tools genuinely compete. Both take a single self-contained .html file and serve it live in the browser, and both now publish a multi-file static site from a ZIP (an index.html plus its CSS, JS and images). Tiiny Host has done ZIP sites for years and it's still its home turf. On Link in Seconds, ZIP sites are a Pro feature: Pro includes 10 sites and Lifetime 25, the index.html is found whether it sits at the root or in a common build folder, relative links between pages and assets just work, and you can add a custom domain, a password or an expiry date. The free plan covers single HTML files but not ZIP sites. So for a plain landing page, a Tailwind export, or a small Jekyll or React build, both tools do the job; the difference is price, limits and what else you share alongside the site.

Tiiny is site-first; everything tends to become a hosted page. Link in Seconds is file-first. A resume PDF, a PNG mockup, an MP4 demo, or a ZIP of deliverables each becomes its own clean link that previews in the browser, the PDF in a real viewer, the video playing inline, no download required to look. And when you have five files to send, an album bundles them into one link (3 albums to try on the free plan, unlimited on Pro, up to 500 MB each) so the recipient scrolls one page instead of chasing five URLs. Tiiny can bundle files too, with its Document Collections, so the real difference is the previews and the size you can send. If your day is mostly sending documents and media rather than publishing sites, this is the bigger difference.

Static hosts often meter bandwidth, file size multiplied by visits, and pause your page when a monthly cap is hit, which is exactly when something you shared is doing well. Link in Seconds has no visit cap and no bandwidth meter, so a link that catches on keeps serving. Nothing is counting down to delete a link either, free or paid. That matters for the thing you posted once and forgot about: a QR on a printed flyer, a resume link in an old email, a demo you linked in a portfolio. It should still resolve a year later without you topping anything up.

Both tools let you name a link and see how it's doing, the question is what's free and how deep it goes. On Link in Seconds, a view counter and QR code come on every link, including the free tier. Custom link names and richer analytics (device and country breakdowns) are Pro. Tiiny puts custom subdomains and analytics on its paid tiers too, and its dashboard is oriented around page traffic. If all you need is 'how many people opened my resume,' the free view counter here covers it; if you want per-country data or a branded name, that's the Pro line on either tool.

A hosted link is only half the job when the audience is in a room, on a poster, or holding a business card. Every Link in Seconds link, file or HTML page, comes with a downloadable QR code, free, so you can drop it on a slide, a flyer, a table tent, or a name badge. Point a phone camera at it and the page opens; no app, no typing a long URL. Tiiny offers QR codes too, but only on its paid plans. So if your distribution is partly physical, a conference booth, a restaurant menu, a print handout, the QR here comes free on every link, even before you pay for anything.

For sharing something semi-private, a proposal, an unreleased cut, a pitch deck, the controls matter more than the hosting. On Pro you can password-protect a link, set an expiry date so it stops resolving after a deadline, and flip a link to view-only, which hides the download button. Be honest about view-only: it deters casual saving, but it can't stop a screenshot, and there's no DRM here. Pro can add a viewer watermark to deter leaks, plus an email gate, a view limit and a notification when someone opens the link, but a screenshot is still possible. Passwords are a Pro feature, so if gated sharing is the whole point, plan on Pro.