Comparison

host0 vs Vercel: private links for anyone you invite, not only Vercel users

host0 vs Vercel for sharing what your agent made: private by default with email invites and shared data, or a full web platform with git, functions and domains.

Checked Oct 28, 2026Sources

The short answer

Choose host0 if you want to share something your agent made — a page, a deck, a PDF, a small team app — privately with specific people by email, with shared data and no server or database to set up, and you may use it for work on the free plan. Choose Vercel if you're building a production web app: git deploys, preview URLs, Next.js, serverless functions, custom domains and a marketplace of databases. Free plan, no card. Pro is $19 a month.

Choose host0 if

Recommended

You want every new link private until you share it, and to invite anyone by email — no Vercel account, team seat or password needed on their side.
Your agent built a small app — a tracker, a todo list, a sign-up sheet — and the people you invite should read and write the same data, with no server code or keys.
You share PDFs, images, video or Markdown as well as pages, and want them to open in a viewer with a Download button.
You publish from Claude (claude.ai included), Claude Code, Cursor or Codex and want the agent to do it in one sentence, with nothing personal typed into the chat.
It's for work or a client, and you want to stay on a free plan that allows commercial use.

Choose Vercel if

You're shipping a production app with a framework like Next.js, built from a git repository, with a preview URL and comments on every pull request.
You need server code: serverless functions, middleware, cron jobs, or a Postgres or Redis database from the Vercel Marketplace.
You need a custom domain today (on every plan, Hobby included).
You want a link before you make an account: Vercel Drop and the CLI publish a static site with no account, to claim later.
Your team already works on Vercel, and v0 publishes there directly.

At a glance

host0 is better on 5 of 13 topics, and Vercel on 4.

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How you publish

host0

The host0 skill or CLI from your agent, a drop on the dashboard, or the REST API. No build step and no git: host0 serves the files you give it.

Vercel

Better: Git integration with a deploy on every push, the Vercel CLI, Vercel Drop in the browser, the REST API and v0. Frameworks are detected and built for you.

From your agent

host0

A skill and a CLI publish from Claude (claude.ai included), Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or any agent with a shell. Device login: nothing personal typed into the chat. The MCP server manages apps but doesn't deploy.

Vercel

The CLI, agent skills, a plugin for Claude Code and Cursor, and an OAuth MCP server that can deploy, supported in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex and more.

Account and sign-in

host0

An account first, by email code or Google. Every link has an owner from the start.

Vercel

Better: Vercel Drop and vercel deploy --temporary publish a static site with no account. It expires unless you claim it.

Who can open it

host0

Better: Private by default on every plan. Only you can open a new link until you invite people, open it to anyone with the link, or make it public.

Vercel

Preview URLs are protected by default; the production URL is public until you protect all deployments, which is free on every plan.

Sharing with a team

host0

Better: Invite anyone by email. They sign in with an email code or Google; removing someone cuts access on their next request. No seats.

Vercel

Viewers need a Vercel account with access. Hobby allows one external user and one shareable link per account; Pro adds free viewer seats. A password is $20 a month per project, Pro only.

Shared data

host0

Better: Shared records your app reads and writes on its own URL, with rules for who can read, add or change them. No server code, no keys.

Vercel

Blob storage, Global Config and Marketplace databases (Neon, Supabase, Upstash…). Credentials arrive as environment variables for your own code.

Server code

host0

None yet. host0 serves the files you give it; shared records cover most small apps.

Vercel

Better: Serverless functions in Node.js, Python and more, plus middleware, cron jobs and queues.

What it hosts

host0

Sites and folders, HTML, PDFs, images, video, audio, Markdown and text, with a viewer for files opened on their own.

Vercel

Any static files, and whatever your framework builds. Drop takes a file, a folder or a zip.

Versions and undo

host0

Every deploy is a numbered version; restore any one in a click. 30 days of version history on Pro, the live version on Free.

Vercel

Every deployment keeps its own URL. Instant Rollback goes back to the previous production deployment on Hobby, any earlier one on Pro.

Search engines

host0

Better: Never indexed unless you make an app public on the web. A link anyone can open stays out of search.

Vercel

An unprotected production URL is public and can be indexed. Preview URLs are kept out of search.

Custom domains

host0

Not yet. Custom domains are coming to Pro.

Vercel

Better: On every plan: 50 per project on Hobby, unlimited on Pro.

Commercial use on the free plan

host0

Better: Allowed. The terms don't limit the free plan to personal use, and you can use host0 for an organisation.

Vercel

Not allowed. Hobby is for personal, non-commercial use, including a site a paid employee or consultant builds; commercial use needs Pro.

Price

host0

Free plan with private links, email invites and shared data. Pro is $19 a month or $190 a year.

Vercel

Hobby is free. Pro is $20 a month per developer seat with $20 of usage credit; viewer seats are free and usage past the credit is billed.

Vercel is a cloud platform for building and running web apps, best known for Next.js. You connect a git repository or run its CLI, and every push gets a preview URL while the main branch goes to production on a global network, with functions, databases from its marketplace, analytics and a large ecosystem around it. In 2026 it added Vercel Drop and no-account deploys, so a static page can go live from a browser too.

host0 only does the last step for what your agent made — HTML, a site, a PDF, Markdown, an image or a small app with shared data — and starts from a different default. On Vercel a production URL is public unless you turn on protection, and a protected one opens only for people with a Vercel account and access to the project. On host0 a new link is private and opens for the email addresses you invite, who sign in with a one-time code or Google.

Who can open the link

host0Better

A new app on host0 is private. Opening the link sends anyone but you to a sign-in page, so a draft, a client deck or an internal dashboard isn't on the open web just because it has a URL.

When it's ready you choose: invite specific people by email, open it to anyone with the link (unlisted, never indexed), or make it public on the web so search engines can find it. Every option is on the free plan, and you can change your mind at any time.

Vercel

Vercel calls this Deployment Protection, and it's set per project. By default, Vercel Authentication covers preview URLs but not the current production URL, which anyone can open and search engines can index. Since September 2026 you can protect all deployments, production included, on every plan at no extra cost.

A protected URL asks visitors to log in with Vercel, and only people with access to the project get through. On Pro you can add a password instead, at $20 a month for each protected project.

Apps with shared data

host0Better

Ask your agent for a team todo list, a habit tracker or a sign-up sheet, and it can declare collections in an h0.json file next to the page. The app then reads and writes records on its own URL — no server code, no API key in the page and no database to set up.

Each collection says who can read, add, change or delete, and records can belong to the person who made them. The owner can export everything as JSON at any time. Updates arrive by polling; there's no realtime push yet.

Vercel

Vercel gives you real infrastructure for data: Blob for files, Global Config for settings read at the edge, and one-command Postgres, Redis and other databases from its Marketplace. The credentials land in your project as environment variables.

That's the right tool for a production app, and it means your agent writes the server code, the schema and the access checks — a different job from publishing a page.

Publishing from your agent

host0

Give your agent the host0 skill and say "deploy to host0". With no key yet, it shows you a link and a short code; you approve it in your own browser, and the agent gets its key without you typing anything personal into the chat. Redeploys upload only the files that changed.

The skill works in Claude, claude.ai's sandbox included, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and any agent that can run a shell command. There's also a CLI, a REST API, and an MCP server for managing apps — listing them, sharing, changing who can open them, restoring a version.

Vercel

Vercel covers more doors: the CLI, agent skills, a plugin for Claude Code and Cursor, an MCP server that can deploy and connects to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other clients, and v0, which publishes to Vercel directly.

It can also go first without an account: vercel deploy --temporary and Vercel Drop give a live URL that expires unless you claim it. Each deploy lives in a project, and frameworks are built for you.

Undo and analytics

host0

Every deploy on host0 is a numbered version with an optional note, and restoring an old one is one click. Pro keeps 30 days of version history; Free keeps the live version.

Analytics are on for every app with no setup and no cookies: total visits on Free, full analytics (full, 90 days) on Pro.

Vercel

Every Vercel deployment keeps its own URL, and Instant Rollback points production back at an earlier one — the previous deployment on Hobby, any earlier production deployment on Pro.

Web Analytics is enabled per project and needs a script or package in your site. Hobby includes 50,000 events a month with one month of data; Pro pays per event.

Free plans and commercial use

host0Better

host0 has a free plan with no card: private links, email invites, shared data and analytics totals, with a small "Hosted on host0" badge. Nothing in the terms limits it to personal use. Pro is $19 a month or $190 a year and removes the badge, raises the limits to 50 MB per file and 10 GB, and keeps 30 days of version history.

Vercel

Vercel's Hobby plan is free and generous for personal projects: 100 GB of data transfer a month, custom domains and protected deployments. It's for non-commercial use only, which Vercel defines broadly — a site that sells something, shows ads, or that someone is paid to build or host counts as commercial.

Pro is $20 a month per developer seat, with $20 of usage credit included and usage beyond it billed. Viewer seats are free, and Password Protection adds $20 a month per project.

Questions

Is host0 a Vercel alternative?

For sharing what an agent made — a page, a deck, a PDF, a small team app — yes. For running a production web app with a framework, functions and a database, no: Vercel does far more, and host0 doesn't run server code.

Can someone without a Vercel account open a protected Vercel deployment?

Only through a shareable link (one per account on Hobby) or a password (Pro, $20 a month per project). Otherwise Vercel Authentication asks them to log in with a Vercel account that has access. On host0 you invite any email address, and they sign in with a one-time code or Google.

Can I use host0's free plan for work or a client?

Yes. host0's terms don't limit the free plan to personal use. Vercel's Hobby plan is for personal, non-commercial use, and commercial projects need Pro.

Can host0 run my Next.js app?

Only as static files. host0 serves what you give it, so a site your agent builds and exports to a folder works; server rendering, API routes and middleware need a platform like Vercel. For shared data, host0's records often replace the small API a page would need.

Does host0 support custom domains?

Not yet; they're coming to the Pro plan. Today every app lives on its own address on host0.app. Vercel has custom domains on every plan.

Can I move a page from Vercel or v0 to host0?

Yes, if it's static. Take the built or exported folder, ask your agent to deploy it to host0, or drop it on the dashboard. The link starts private; share it or open it when you're ready.