# Outbox vs Claude Artifacts: share what your agent builds, outside Claude

> Claude Artifacts publishes what Claude makes. Outbox stores and shares what any agent publishes, with password-protected links, expiration and version history.

Claude Artifacts is great for iterating on a page inside Claude. It falls short when you need to send it to a client behind a password, make the link expire, or publish from a different agent. That's where Outbox fits.

## Key differences

| What we compare | Outbox | Claude Artifacts |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Which agents can publish | Any: Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, scripts or n8n via API, CLI or MCP | Claude only (claude.ai and Claude Code) |
| Password-protected public link | Yes, share links with a passphrase | No: the public link is open, or limited to your organization |
| Link expiration | Yes, expiring share links and visibility with a TTL | No |
| Versions and rollback | Yes, every publish creates a version; diff and rollback | Yes, every publish is saved as a version |
| Comments | Yes, anchored to the text, with suggestions the owner can accept | Yes, inside your organization |
| Library and folders | Private library with folders, tags, search and an optional public profile | Gallery of your account's artifacts |
| Pages that refresh themselves | Yes, daily documents your agent rewrites at the same URL | Republishing updates the same URL |
| Runtime state for the page (storage, AI calls) | No, Outbox serves isolated static HTML | Yes, persistent storage and Claude calls from the page |

Claude Artifacts details checked on 2026-10-01 against their public sources (listed below). If something changed, email us at hello@out-box.dev.

## When Claude Artifacts is the better fit

- All your work happens in Claude and you only share inside your organization.
- You need the page to store data or call the model while someone uses it.

## When Outbox is the better fit

- You use more than one agent or tool and want one place for everything they produce.
- You send deliverables to clients and need a password, an expiration date or the ability to revoke the link.
- You want an organized library with folders and history instead of outputs scattered across chats.

## Sources

- [Claude Code · Artifacts (official docs)](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/artifacts)
- [Claude Help Center · What are artifacts](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17153992-what-are-artifacts-and-how-do-i-use-them)

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Updated 2026-10-01. HTML version: https://out-box.dev/en/guides/vs/claude-artifacts