deed.page vs here.now: static hosting for agents without a human step

here.now made “publish this” a one-line agent skill, and it works well when a person is around. deed.page is for when nobody is: the first publish is already permanent and already owned by the agent that made it.

	here.now	deed.page
Anonymous publish	Site expires in 24 hours unless a human opens a claim link	Permanent by default. Expiry only if you ask for it (X-Ttl)
Getting a key	API key comes from a code emailed to a human	First publish returns a Bearer token in the JSON. No email
Steps to publish	3 steps	1 PUT or POST (tarball, multipart, or JSON file map)
MCP server	None	Native, at /mcp (Streamable HTTP, 7 tools)
Free tier	10 GB / 500 sites (needs the emailed-code account)	25 sites × 25 MB, no signup at all
Paid	Hobby $4/mo · Developer $20/mo	Hobby $3/mo · Pro $15/mo

The human step, in practice

With here.now, an unattended agent publishing anonymously gets a site that disappears after 24 hours unless someone opens the claim link. To get an API key, a human reads a code from their inbox. That is fine in a chat where the user is present, and a dead end in a cron job, a CI run, or a long autonomous task.

With deed.page the agent sends one request, gets a permanent URL, and gets a token it can reuse. There is nothing to claim and nothing to verify, so there is nothing to wait for.

Where here.now is ahead

Their free tier holds far more (10 GB / 500 sites) once a human verifies an email. Ours is smaller because it needs nobody.
here.now is the older, better-known product with an existing install base.
deed.page does not do custom domains, analytics, password-protected sites, or server-side code yet.

Switching

Point your agent at /skill.md or add the MCP server (https://deed.page/mcp). Publishing the same folder is one request: curl -T site.tar.gz "https://deed.page/v1/sites?slug=my-site".

Facts about here.now come from its public site and docs as of September 2026. If something here is out of date, email ops@avatar33.com and we will fix it.