Deliver a Website to a Client — Live Preview, Permanent Link

Deliver a Live Website to a Client in 60 Seconds

The standard options for sharing a website with a client all have problems:

• Vercel — requires Git, creates a new URL on every deploy
• Netlify Drop — creates a new URL on every upload
• ngrok — unreliable, requires your computer to be on
• Screenshots — not interactive, not useful

Clowd gives you a permanent preview link — live in the browser, updates in place, no Git required.

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How to Deliver a Website to a Client

Step 1: Build your site

# React (Vite)
npm run build  →  dist/

# Next.js (static export)
npm run build  →  out/

# Astro
npm run build  →  dist/

# Svelte
npm run build  →  build/

Step 2: Zip the output folder

Right-click the output folder → Compress (Mac) or Send to Compressed folder (Windows).

Step 3: Upload to Clowd

New delivery → Static Site → Upload ZIP → Live in seconds.

Step 4: Share the permanent link

Send it once. When you have updates, upload a new ZIP to the same delivery. The URL never changes.

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Framework Support

Framework	Build command	Output folder
Create React App	npm run build	build/
Vite (React/Vue/Svelte)	npm run build	dist/
Next.js static	npm run build	out/
Astro	npm run build	dist/
SvelteKit static	npm run build	build/
Nuxt static	npm run generate	dist/
Plain HTML	—	Your folder

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Why Clowd vs Vercel for Client Previews

	Vercel	Clowd
Git required	✅	❌
New URL on update	✅	❌
Permanent URL	Production only	✅ Always
Client comments	❌	✅
Version history	❌	✅
Custom domain (free)	❌	✅
File delivery	❌	✅

Deliver your first website to a client for free →