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A Google Drive link vs SnapHost

Drive shares a file. Set to “anyone with the link”, the link is the key and whoever holds it is in; set to named accounts, your client needs a Google account. Either way, what opens is a file to download, not the page your AI made.

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What you can doA Google Drive linkSnapHost
Who can open itA Google Drive link:Anyone with the link, or people with a Google accountSnapHost:Only the people you name
Take it back from one person and keep it for the restA Google Drive link:Yes, for people you added by accountSnapHost:Yes, in one click
See who opened it, and whenA Google Drive link:NoSnapHost:Yes
Set a password or an end dateProA Google Drive link:An end dateSnapHost:Yes
Put it on your own web address, if you have oneProA Google Drive link:NoSnapHost:Optional

Checked 2026-09-19. These tools change; every line here is checked again monthly, and a line we can no longer verify comes off the page rather than staying as a guess.

Switch in three steps

  1. Download the page or PDF your AI made.

  2. Put it in SnapHost.

  3. Type the emails of the people who may open it.

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