LnkStart and ngrok
ngrok is the fastest way there is to show something for a while. The difference is where your traffic goes and whose the address is.
What it does better: ngrok
- One command and you are done: there is no VPS to have and none to keep.
- A request inspector, replay and development tooling that does not exist here.
- Entry points around the world, which shows on a demo far from home.
- Integrations and years of ecosystem; for testing a webhook it is still the easiest thing.
Where we differ
- Your traffic goes straight between your machines and your server: not through ours, and we can neither see it nor throttle it.
- The address is on your domain, not a subdomain of someone else's: it stays yours even if you change tools.
- Nothing is charged by traffic or by connections: it is your server and your connection.
- With the machine off it answers with your page or your fallback address, not a notice from the house.
Side by side
- Where the traffic goes
- LnkStartStraight between your machines and your serverngrokThrough ngrok's servers
- The address
- LnkStartYour domainngrokTheirs, or yours if you pay
- Needs a VPS
- LnkStartYes: it is what keeps the traffic away from anyone elsengrokNo
- Traffic limits
- LnkStartYour server'sngrokYour plan's
- Service down
- LnkStartYour notice page or your redirectngrokngrok's error page
To show something this afternoon, ngrok. For an address you hand to a client that has to still be yours a year from now, this.