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Claude Publish vs Pagelive: how to share a Claude artifact securely.
Claude Publish shares your artifact publicly inside Claude’s world. Pagelive publishes the same artifact as a branded, password-protected, noindex-by-default, tracked link. Here’s when to reach for each.
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The quick verdict
One sentence, then the details
Use Claude Publish for quick, casual, public sharing inside Claude’s world. Use Pagelive when it’s going to a client — branded domain, password, noindex-by-default, analytics, and same-link updates.
Claude Publish
Quick, casual, public sharing — show someone the artifact you just built, without leaving the chat.
Pagelive
Client-ready links — branded domain, password, noindex by default, full analytics, and updates that keep the same link.
Credit where it’s due
What Claude Publish does well
Claude Publish is Anthropic’s own native way to share an artifact. It’s built right into the chat: you finish building something with Claude and you can put it behind a link in one step. For quickly showing someone what you made — a draft, a demo, a prototype — it’s hard to beat for speed and zero setup.
- ✓ Instant — publish straight from the chat where you built the artifact.
- ✓ Native — no extra tool, account, or export step to learn.
- ✓ Great for quickly showing someone an artifact you just made.
- ✓ Lives inside Claude’s own sharing flow, so it’s one click away.
The upgrade path
What Pagelive adds
Pagelive takes the same artifact and turns it into a link you’d send a paying client — branded, gated, private, and measured.
Branded, custom domain
Publish to a clean URL on your own domain (Pro) — proposals.yourstudio.com, not a generic share link.
Password protection
Gate confidential pages behind a PBKDF2-hashed password, enforced at the edge with signed cookies.
Noindex by default
Pages ship robots meta + X-Robots-Tag headers and serve from an isolated content plane, walled off from your dashboard.
Full analytics
Opens, unique viewers, dwell time, country, referrer, and a by-day breakdown — so you follow up while you’re top of mind.
Version history
Update the page anytime; the link never changes, and previous versions are kept so you can restore.
Removable badge
Keep the page fully branded — the Pagelive badge is removable with Founding.
The wedge
The privacy difference
A publicly shared artifact link can be opened by anyone who has the URL — it’s designed for easy sharing, not for confidentiality. Pagelive is built the other way around: pages are noindex by default, served from an isolated content plane, and you can put a password in front. The link still opens in any browser, but you decide who gets through.
A public share link
- → Anyone with the URL can open it
- → Built for easy, casual sharing
- → No password gate
- → No open / dwell analytics
A Pagelive link
- ✓ Noindex by default — won’t show on Google
- ✓ Isolated content plane, walled off from your dashboard
- ✓ Optional PBKDF2 password gate at the edge
- ✓ Full opens · dwell · geo analytics
Pagelive runs on Cloudflare’s SOC 2 Type II infrastructure. We don’t train AI on your content and we don’t sell your data.
Side by side
Feature comparison
| Capability | Claude Publish | Pagelive |
|---|---|---|
| Branded / custom domain | — | ✓ |
| Password protection | — | ✓ |
| Noindex by default | — | ✓ |
| Open / dwell / geo analytics | — | ✓ |
| Version history & restore | — | ✓ |
| Same-link updates | — | ✓ |
| Viewer needs a Claude account? | Varies | No |
| Publish via MCP from chat | Native | ✓ |
“Varies” reflects that whether a viewer needs a Claude account can depend on the share setting.
Which one should you use?
Two honest answers — pick by who’s on the other end of the link.
Best for casual sharing
Showing a teammate or friend the artifact you just built, fast, without leaving Claude? Claude Publish is the quickest path — it’s native, instant, and zero setup.
Best for client-ready links
Sending it to a client or investor? Pagelive gives you a branded domain, a password gate, noindex by default, full analytics, and same-link updates.
Publish with Pagelive →Frequently asked
Can someone view a Pagelive page without Claude? +
Yes. A Pagelive link opens in any browser — your client never needs Claude, an app, or a login, unless you’ve added a password. It’s a normal URL you can send to anyone.
Is my Pagelive page on Google? +
No — pages are noindex by default. We send the robots meta and X-Robots-Tag headers that tell search engines not to list it, and pages serve from an isolated content plane. You can opt a page into indexing if you ever want that.
Can I publish from Claude directly? +
Yes. Install the Pagelive connector and just say “publish this” in chat — your artifact goes straight to a branded, tracked link via MCP. See the connector to set it up.
Publish your artifact with Pagelive.
Branded, password-protected, noindex by default, fully tracked. Publish your first page free.