The Pinggy alternative with one flat yearly price
Pinggy creates tunnels with a plain SSH command, with nothing to install. Expose is a single binary that goes further for web development: it is built into Laravel Herd, shares sites on your local network, and lets your coding agent read the requests that reach your tunnel.
curl -fsSL https://expose.dev/install.sh | sh
irm https://expose.dev/install.ps1 | iex
Expose and Pinggy side by side
| Feature | Expose | Pinggy |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | A free account with random URLs on one server in Germany and a time limit per connection. | Random subdomains and a 60 minute tunnel timeout. |
| The same URL every time | Reserved subdomains and your own domain in Pro, $79 a year per user. | Persistent tunnels, custom subdomains and custom domains in Pinggy Pro. |
| Install | A single binary, installed with one command. | Nothing to install for HTTP and TCP: it uses your SSH client. UDP needs the Pinggy CLI. |
| Inspecting and replaying requests | A dashboard on localhost:4040 with every request, replay, and replay with changes. | A web debugger on localhost:4300 with inspection and replay. |
| Protocols | HTTP and HTTPS sites, and TCP ports with expose share-port. | HTTP, TCP, UDP and TLS tunnels. |
| Coding agents | An MCP server that lets your agent read the requests that reached the tunnel and manage your domains. | Not stated. |
From the Expose pricing and Pinggy's website on November 11, 2026. "Not stated" means we didn't find it there.
Your Pinggy commands in Expose
| Task | Pinggy | Expose |
|---|---|---|
| Share a local port | ssh -p 443 -R0:localhost:3000 free.pinggy.io | expose share http://localhost:3000 |
| Share a Herd or Valet site | expose share my-app.test | |
| Share on your local network | expose share my-app.test --lan |
More options in the sharing docs.
When Pinggy fits better
If you can't or don't want to install anything, Pinggy's SSH command works on any machine with an SSH client. It is also the better choice when you need a UDP or TLS tunnel, for a game server or an IoT device, since Expose shares HTTP sites and TCP ports.
Trying Expose takes a minute
- 1. Install Expose with the command above.
- 2. Run
expose share http://localhost:3000. The first time, it opens the browser to create a free account. - 3. Open
http://127.0.0.1:4040to see and replay every request.
Questions
Is there a time limit on Expose tunnels?
The free plan has a time limit per connection. Expose Pro has none.
Does Expose need SSH?
No. Expose is its own client, a single binary for macOS, Linux and Windows, so it works where outgoing SSH is blocked.
Can my AI agent use Expose?
Yes. The Expose MCP server works with Claude Code, Codex, Amp, VS Code, Claude and ChatGPT. Your agent can list your tunnels, read the latest requests and manage subdomains and domains.