Document tracking
Document tracking software: see who opened it, when, and for how long.
Free for 2 public pages.
The signals
What document tracking actually tells you
28
Opens
11
Unique viewers
4m 12s
Avg. dwell
DE · US
Top countries
Methods
How to track a document
Email read-receipts
Built into some mail clients, but unreliable: recipients can decline them, many clients strip them, and they tell you nothing once the file leaves the inbox.
Dedicated PDF-tracking tools
Wrap a PDF in a tracked link and report opens. Good if what you send is genuinely a PDF, but they flatten interactive work into a static document.
Tracked links for interactive pages
You send a link instead of a file. The page itself is tracked, so you see opens, viewers, and dwell. And the layout and interactivity stay intact. This is what Pagelive does.
The page vs. the PDF
If what you send is a page, not a PDF
Most document-tracking tools assume a PDF. But if your proposal, deck, or report is an interactive HTML page (the kind you build with AI), flattening it into a PDF throws away the part that makes it good.
Pagelive tracks the page itself. The interactivity survives, you see opens and dwell on the live page, and you can update it without changing the link.
How publishing works →PDF export
- Interactivity flattened to a static image
- New version = new file to resend
- Tracks a file, not a live page
Interactive page
- Layout and interactivity stay live
- Update anytime: the link never changes
- The page itself is tracked
Privacy
Tracking and privacy belong together
Most free hosts index your page by default. Pagelive does the opposite.
How it works
Three steps to a tracked page
Publish your page
Say “publish this” in Claude, drop the HTML, or POST it from your own code. No export, no PDF flattening: your layout and interactivity survive intact.
Lock it down
You get a clean link, noindex by default, that won’t show up on Google. Add a password if it’s confidential, or put it on your own custom domain with Solo.
Track & update
Watch opens, unique viewers, dwell time, by-day, country, and referrer. Update the page anytime and the link never changes; version history keeps your previous edits.
Frequently asked
Document tracking means knowing whether what you sent was opened, by whom, when, and for how long, instead of guessing from silence. With a tracked link you also see unique viewers, dwell time, the day it happened, rough geo, and the referrer.
Pagelive tracks interactive HTML pages, not PDF files. If your proposal or deck is a page, you publish it to a tracked link and the layout stays live. For a true PDF, a dedicated PDF-tracking tool is the better fit.
No. A Pagelive link opens in any browser. Your recipient never needs an account, an app, or a login (unless you add a password).
Yes. Pages are noindex by default (they won’t show up on Google), and you can add an optional password. Content is served from an isolated plane, walled off from your dashboard and billing.
Yes, for 2 public pages, each with a view count and an alert the first time it is opened. Passwords, full tracking, custom domains and custom slugs come with Solo ($15/mo).