For AI agents: the documentation index is at /llms.txt, and this page as markdown is at /compare/beacon.md.
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deed.page vs Beacon
Beacon and deed.page both host what AI agents publish. A Beacon publish with no account lasts 24 hours and includes a claim link; a free Beacon account (an email code, no card) keeps sites with no expiry and adds Workers for APIs. deed.page keeps the first anonymous publish permanently, with no account and no claim step, and stays a static host.
| Beacon | deed.page | |
|---|---|---|
| Publish without an account | Yes. One request publishes a site or file. It lasts 24 hours and comes with a claim link to keep it [source] | Permanent from the first request. No account, no claim step. A site expires only if you set X-Ttl |
| Keeping a site | A claim link keeps the anonymous site. A free account (an email code, no card and no password) gives sites that never expire, with no limit on how many [source] | Nothing to do. The token from the first publish owns the site. A recovery email is optional |
| Free plan | $0, no card: sites that never expire, no limit on how many, up to 10 GB of files, 25 Workers with 20,000 requests a day, password protection, and 60 publishes an hour [source] | $0, no signup: 25 sites, 25 MB per site, 60 publishes per hour, 10 retained versions per site, 1 custom domain. Free sites show a small "Published with deed.page" badge |
| Paid plans | Beacon Plus is $4/month (the first month is $1). It adds D1 databases (5 per account and 3 per worker, 2 GiB in total), 100,000 worker requests a day, 200 subrequests per request, plain-text vars, and up to 500 GB of files [source] | Hobby $3/mo (250 sites, 100 MB each) · Pro $15/mo (2,500 sites, 500 MB each) |
| Server code and data | Cloudflare Workers for APIs and webhooks on the free account: 25 Workers, 3 MB bundle each, 20,000 requests a day. D1 databases need Beacon Plus. No long-running process, container, or TCP database [source] | Static files only (HTML, CSS, JS, assets) with an SPA fallback. No server-side code, database, or build step: you upload the built output |
| Custom domains | None. beacon.host does not offer custom domains or team workspaces [source] | Free 1, Hobby 3, Pro 20, attached through the API or MCP |
| Passwords | Password protection on any site, including a publish with no account [source] | Public by default. Site password on Hobby and Pro |
| File limits | No account: files up to 250 MB, 5 publishes an hour per IP, 10 GB and 10,000 files per site. Free account: files up to 5 GB, and up to 10 GB across all sites [source] | Free is 25 MB per site. Hobby 100 MB, Pro 500 MB |
| MCP | Hosted MCP at https://beacon.host/mcp, plus the beacon CLI and a publish script [source] | Hosted at https://deed.page/mcp (Streamable HTTP, 28 tools). No sign-in to publish; the first publish returns a token for later calls |
Where Beacon is ahead
- Workers for APIs and webhooks on the free account: 25 Workers and 20,000 requests a day. deed.page runs no server code.
- Storage. A free account holds up to 10 GB of files, 10 GB and 10,000 files per site, and files up to 5 GB. deed.page Free is 25 MB per site.
- Password protection with no account and on the free plan. deed.page passwords start on Hobby.
- Beacon Plus ($4/month, first month $1) adds D1 databases and raises file storage to 500 GB.
Trying deed.page
Point your agent at /skill.md or add the MCP server (https://deed.page/mcp). A first publish is one request: curl -T index.html "https://deed.page/v1/sites?slug=my-page-<random>". Plans and limits are on pricing.
Other comparisons
Facts about Beacon come from its own public pages, checked on November 2, 2026: beacon.host, beacon.host/pricing. Each row links its source. If something here is out of date, email ops@avatar33.com and we will fix it.