The GitBook alternative for teams sharing more than documentation
GitBook charges $249/month for visitor authentication – and it can't host arbitrary HTML. display.dev publishes any HTML or Markdown behind company SSO for $49/month flat. No editor required.
display.dev vs. GitBook
| display.dev | GitBook Ultimate | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $49 | $249 |
| Visitor authentication | ✅ | ✅ |
| Arbitrary HTML hosting | ✅ | ❌ |
| CLI publishing | ✅ | ❌ |
| MCP integration | ✅ | ❌ |
| Structured documentation editor | ❌ | ✅ |
| AI search on docs | ❌ | ✅ |
| Unlimited viewers | ✅ | ✅ |
| Git sync (Markdown) | ✅ (publish dir) | ✅ (native) |
The visitor auth pricing wall
GitBook's free and Premium ($65/month) tiers don't include visitor authentication. To restrict a GitBook space to specific viewers – a company's internal team, for instance – you need Ultimate at $249/month.
For the specific job of "share HTML or Markdown with my company," that's $200/month more than display.dev for a feature set that excludes arbitrary HTML hosting.
What GitBook is for – and what it isn't
GitBook is a documentation platform. It has an editor, a page tree, collaborative authoring, and AI-powered search. For teams building and maintaining structured developer documentation, it's strong.
It cannot host arbitrary HTML. Claude Code artifacts, agent-authored research dossiers, Plotly dashboards, D3 visualizations – none of these can live in GitBook. GitBook hosts GitBook-formatted content.
display.dev has no editor. It publishes files. Any HTML file, any Markdown file, from any tool, to a company-authenticated URL.
Can you use both?
Yes. GitBook for maintained developer documentation. display.dev for ad-hoc artifacts, AI-generated content, and anything that isn't structured docs. Most teams that use both don't see them as competing.
Pricing
Try it. No credit card.
- Included: 10 gated artifacts
- Included: Unlimited public artifacts*
- Included: 50MB storage
- Not included: Version history
- Not included: Google + Microsoft SSO
- Not included: Private artifacts
- Not included: Audit logs
display.dev branded
Individuals. Unlimited gated sharing.
- Included: Unlimited gated artifacts
- Included: Unlimited public artifacts
- Included: 1GB storage
- Included: 10 versions
- Not included: Google + Microsoft SSO
- Not included: Private artifacts
- Not included: Audit logs
For teams that need company auth.
- Included: Unlimited gated artifacts
- Included: Unlimited public artifacts
- Included: 25GB storage
- Included: 50 versions
- Included: Google + Microsoft SSO
- Included: Private artifacts
- Included: 90 days audit logs
For compliance-driven organizations.
From $499/mo
- Included: Unlimited gated artifacts
- Included: Unlimited public artifacts
- Included: Custom storage
- Included: Unlimited versions
- Included: Google + Microsoft SSO
- Included: Private artifacts
- Included: 365 days audit logs
Try display.dev free
- $49/month – not $249/month, and arbitrary HTML actually works
- No editor, no page tree, no structured docs format required
- First artifact in 15 seconds · No credit card
Features
Viewers click a link and sign in with their Google or Microsoft account, or a one-time password. No app to install. No account to create. No IT ticket.
Inline comments on every artifact. Your agent reads them via MCP, fetches the current version, republishes with short_id and base_version, and resolves the thread. The artifact stays a living document, not a one-shot screenshot.
dsp publish ./file.html from your terminal, or one sentence in Claude Desktop. No git repo, no deploy pipeline, no project to configure.
Every artifact gets a URL that keeps working. Share in Slack, link in Notion, paste in email. It still works six months later.
No per-seat pricing at any tier. Share with your PM, exec, legal team, or designer for the same flat price.
Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor all work, along with anything else that creates HTML or Markdown output.
Common questions.
Can GitBook host HTML files?
No. GitBook renders its own content format. You cannot upload and serve an arbitrary HTML file through GitBook.
Does display.dev have an editor?
No. display.dev is a publishing tool. Create content in any tool you use; publish it with one command.
What's the cheapest GitBook plan with visitor auth?
Ultimate: $249/month.
Publish your first artifact in 15 seconds.
Free tier. No credit card. One-time password auth on free, Google + Microsoft SSO on Teams ($49/month flat).