Comparison
ashare.net as a display.dev alternative: where each one is ahead
Updated 30 October 2026
display.dev and ashare.net do the same job: an agent publishes HTML or Markdown, people sign in to read and comment, and the agent reads the comments back. Pick display.dev for Google or Microsoft SSO that your company can require, an audit log, editing the page in the browser, or publishing without an account. Pick ashare.net when people outside your company need to comment, when you want a password or a link that expires, a site of several files, or a GitHub Action for CI reports.
Side by side
| Feature | display.dev | ashare.net |
|---|---|---|
| Who opens a document | Public; Company: organization members; Private: the creator and invited people | Public; Company: everyone on your email domain; Private: you and people added by email |
| Reader sign-in | A one-time code by email; Google and Microsoft SSO on Pro, and an Owner can require it for company domains | A 6-digit code by email, or Google or Microsoft, on every plan; no SAML and no way to require SSO |
| Company domain | Verified with a DNS TXT record; extra domains are a $29 a month add-on on Pro | The domain of your work email; extra domains $15 a month each |
| Guests outside the company | View after an email code; can’t comment yet (planned) | View and comment after an email code; up to 100 emails per document |
| Password | Not offered | Per document |
| Expiring link | Not offered | Per document |
| Access requests | — | A reader asks; you approve from the email or through the agent |
| Comments | On selected text; when the passage is gone, a link to the version where it started | On selected text; when the text is gone, “Not in v4” and a link to its version |
| The agent and comments | List, reply and resolve over MCP and the CLI | List, reply and resolve over MCP and the CLI |
| Edit the page in the browser | Yes, Visual or Source, for single-file documents | No, the agent edits |
| Versions | Latest only on Free, 10 on Solo, 50 on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise | Every version on every plan; readers compare any two; history can be hidden from readers |
| Sites of several files | Planned; one self-contained file today | A folder or ZIP, up to 200 files and 25 MB |
| Publish without an account | Yes: a public preview for 30 days, claimable until day 60 | No, the first publish needs a sign-in |
| Publish from | MCP (OAuth or key), CLI, an agent skill, web upload; CI recipes with the CLI | MCP (OAuth or key), a Claude Code plugin with a skill, CLI, REST API, web upload, a GitHub Action |
| MCP clients with setup docs | Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, Claude Code | Claude Code, claude.ai, Claude Desktop, ChatGPT, Codex CLI, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, VS Code, Windsurf |
| Who opened it | Counts on Solo; counts and viewer identity on Pro; who is viewing right now | Each signed-in reader of a private or company document, with times; public ones only counted |
| Audit log | 90 days on Pro, 365 on Enterprise | No |
| Company-wide rules | An Owner can turn off public documents or outside sharing (Pro) | Per agent: a key that publishes only private documents |
| Custom domain | Enterprise, by contract | No |
| One person | Free: 3 gated documents, 50 MB. Solo $15 a month, 1 GB | On a personal email: Free, 50 MB; Pro $5 a month or $48 a year, 10 GB. A work email goes on Company |
| A team | Solo $15 a month, 1 GB; Pro $49 a month, 25 GB, with SSO; Enterprise from $499 a month; no per-seat fees | Company $30 a month for the whole domain, any number of members, 30 GB, a 30-day trial without a card |
A dash means we did not find it in display.dev’s docs on 30 October 2026. Tell us if a line is wrong and we will fix it.
Where display.dev is ahead
- Company sign-in an admin controls. On Pro an Owner turns on Google Workspace or Microsoft Entra ID, can pin Microsoft to one directory and can require SSO for company emails. Enterprise adds SAML. ashare.net offers Google and Microsoft as a convenience and never requires them.
- Audit log. Pro keeps an audit log for 90 days, Enterprise for 365. ashare.net shows who opened each private or company document, nothing more.
- Editing in the browser. An organization member fixes a typo on the page and saves a new version. On ashare.net you ask the agent or upload a new file.
- Publishing without an account. An agent gets a public preview and a claim link with no sign-in at all.
- Organization policy. An Owner can block public documents or outside sharing for everyone, and company domains are proven with DNS.
- Presence. The header shows who else has the document open right now.
Where ashare.net is ahead
- Outside reviewers comment. A client or a contractor added by email reads and comments, and the agent answers them. On display.dev invited guests can view but not comment yet.
- Passwords and expiry. “Make it public with a password, expiring in 7 days” works on every plan. display.dev controls access by identity only.
- Access requests. Someone without access asks from the link, and you approve from the email.
- Sites of several files. A folder of pages, CSS, scripts and images goes up as one document.
- CI. The GitHub Action publishes a report on every pull request, posts the link and keeps one comment per file.
- Versions. Every version stays on every plan, readers compare any two with the changes marked, and you can hide the history from readers.
- Storage for a company. $30 a month covers everyone on your domain with 30 GB and a 30-day trial without a card. display.dev gives 1 GB on Solo at $15 and 25 GB on Pro at $49; neither charges per seat.
Switching
- Connect your agent. Claude Code:
claude mcp add -s user --transport http ashare https://ashare.net/mcp; other clients: Connect your agent. - Ask it to publish the same HTML or Markdown files. A folder goes up as a site.
- Share each document with your company domain or by email. Readers sign in with a code from their email. See Sharing and access.
ashare.net: your agent publishes HTML or Markdown and you choose who opens it: your company, specific emails or a password. Readers comment, the agent fixes the document.
Connect your agent