# Beyond HTML: a Pagelive alternative for PDFs, decks and React

Pagelive sends AI-built HTML to clients as private, tracked links they can comment on and approve. artifact.guru also shares PDFs, decks and React, from Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Gemini CLI and Grok, for $12/month or $30 for a team of 3.

## Pick Pagelive if

- Clients should comment, suggest exact wording and approve right on the page.
- You want reading time, plus Google sign-in or one-time codes to name each reader.
- You need password pages, reply forms or a REST API.

## Pick artifact.guru if

- You share PDFs, Word, PowerPoint, Markdown, React or zipped sites, not only HTML.
- You want a team plan from $30 a month for 3 editors; Pagelive Team is $49 for up to 10.
- You want free links locked with a secret code instead of public.

## Pagelive and artifact.guru, row by row

| Question | Pagelive | artifact.guru |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Publish from AI agents | Remote MCP (OAuth or API key) for Claude, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex; REST API | Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Gemini CLI, Grok and any MCP app, over OAuth; no API keys |
| Upload it yourself | Drop or paste an .html file on the homepage or in the dashboard | Drag in files, or a whole folder for a built site or React app |
| What opens in the browser | HTML pages, with layout and interactivity kept | HTML, React, Markdown, PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, images, diagrams, zipped sites |
| Who can open a link | Free: public. Solo and Team: password, verified email, Google sign-in, per-person links | Private, public or secret code on every plan; email invites (up to 50) on paid plans |
| Who opened it | Free: view count. Paid: who, when, reading time, country, by day, referrer | Paid plans: names on email links; counts, sources and devices on the rest |
| Updates and versions | Updates keep the same link; full version history and restore on Solo and Team | Every change is a new version at the same link; roll back any time (Free keeps 3) |
| Your own domain | Up to 5 custom domains on Solo, 25 on Team; one CNAME, SSL included | Your subdomain for public and secret-code links, from $12 a month |
| Team workspace | Team: one workspace for up to 10 members, with roles and shared pages and analytics | Team: one workspace, admins and members, a project per client, comments you can assign |
| Price | Free $0 (2 public pages); Solo $15/month or $150/year; Team $49/month or $490/year | Free $0; Individual $12/month; Team $30/month for 3 editors, then $8 each |

## Where Pagelive is good

- Clients comment on a sentence, pin an element, suggest exact wording, and approve or request changes, and an agent can apply edits over MCP.
- It knows who read it: per-person recipient links, verified email or Google sign-in, plus engaged reading time with bots filtered out.
- Solo adds password pages, reply forms with an audience list, an email on every open with a daily digest, and up to 5 custom domains.

## Where artifact.guru is different

- More than HTML opens in the browser: PDF, Word, PowerPoint, React components, Markdown with Mermaid and Marp slides, Excalidraw and zipped sites. Drag in a folder and a built site becomes one artifact.
- Claude, ChatGPT (Business, Enterprise or Edu), Codex, Gemini CLI and Grok publish over MCP, plus any app that adds a remote MCP server with OAuth. No API keys: approve once in the browser.
- Pricing for one person or a team: Individual is $12 a month with unlimited links and your own domain, and Team is $30 a month for 3 editors, then $8 each.
- Email links show who opened, when and how often, and who hasn’t yet. The team’s own opens don’t count.

## Moving over from Pagelive

1. Drag the HTML files you published on Pagelive into artifact.guru, or a folder of them at once.
2. Connect artifact.guru in Claude, ChatGPT or Codex so new work publishes there.
3. Set each link to email invites or a secret code, and move your subdomain with two DNS records.

## Questions

### Can clients comment or approve on artifact.guru?

Clients you invite by email can comment in a panel beside the page, and your agent can read, answer and resolve those comments. There are no approvals or suggested edits, and comments aren’t pinned to a sentence or an element. If sign-off on the page matters most, Pagelive does it well.

### How do they show who opened a link?

Pagelive names readers through recipient links, verified email or Google sign-in, and measures reading time. artifact.guru names each person you invite by email and shows when and how often they opened, but not time on page.

### Which is cheaper?

For one person, artifact.guru Individual is $12 a month and Pagelive Solo is $15. For a team of 10, Pagelive Team is $49 a month and artifact.guru Team comes to $86. Both have free plans: 3 live links here, 2 public pages there.

### Do both keep pages off Google?

Yes. Pagelive pages are noindex by default, and artifact.guru’s shared links ask search engines not to index them. New artifact.guru links also start private.

## Sources

What this page says about Pagelive comes from its own pages, checked on October 8, 2026. Plans and prices change; if something is out of date, tell us at [Support](https://artifact.guru/support).

- [Pagelive pricing](https://pagelive.io/pricing)
- [Pagelive homepage](https://pagelive.io/)
- [Pagelive connector for Claude (MCP)](https://pagelive.io/mcp)
- [Pagelive for Claude Code](https://pagelive.io/claude-code)
- [Pagelive how it works](https://pagelive.io/how-it-works)
- [Pagelive docs](https://pagelive.io/docs)
- [Pagelive link tracking](https://pagelive.io/features/link-tracking-analytics)
- [Pagelive password pages](https://pagelive.io/features/password-protected-pages)
- [Pagelive version history](https://pagelive.io/features/version-history)
- [Pagelive custom domains](https://pagelive.io/features/custom-domains)

Source: https://artifact.guru/alternatives/pagelive