Gemini Canvas now generates real HTML
Gemini Canvas builds dashboards, mini-apps, charts, and landing-page mockups, the same kind of output Claude artifacts and ChatGPT Canvas produce. You can preview it right inside Gemini, but the moment you want a client, a teammate, or an investor to see it, you hit the familiar wall: the Canvas lives inside a conversation, the native share is tied to Google, and copying the HTML somewhere else means picking a host. Below are the four realistic options, with what each one is actually good for.
Option 1, Gemini's native share
Gemini lets you share a conversation or a Canvas via a Google link. It is the lowest-friction option: no copy-paste, the link is ready in seconds. But it is built for sharing a chat, not for delivering a finished page.
- It points back into Gemini. The recipient lands in Google's interface rather than on a clean standalone page, and full interaction can expect a signed-in account.
- Google branding is visible. For a paid deliverable, a page that reads "Gemini" looks unfinished.
- No view tracking. You cannot tell whether the recipient opened it, when, or for how long.
- No access control. No password you set, no expiration, no toggle-off.
Use it when: you are showing one person, today, inside your own Google workspace, and the link does not need to look like a product.
Option 2, screenshot or PDF export
A screenshot works in any email client and cannot break. But for a Gemini Canvas it usually defeats the point.
- Charts, hover states, and interactive controls flatten into static images. A dashboard with filters becomes one frozen view.
- Anything below the fold turns into a chain of stitched screenshots.
- Recipients cannot copy text, click links, or resize on mobile.
Use it when: the Canvas is a single static visual and the recipient does not need to interact with it.
Option 3, deploy to Vercel, Netlify, or Cloudflare Pages
If you already have a deployment workflow, hosting the Canvas as a small static site gives you full control: custom domain, your own analytics, fast CDN. This is the right move when the Canvas is part of a real project.
For a one-off file, the setup cost dominates: a Git repository, a project on the platform, possibly a framework config, and an environment to redeploy from when the Canvas changes. None of these platforms offer per-recipient tracking out of the box, so you would still wire up analytics yourself.
Use it when: the Canvas belongs in a larger codebase, or you need a custom domain and full deployment control.
Option 4, paste into LiveSend (or a similar host built for this)
LiveSend exists because the gap between "Gemini generated HTML" and "a link I can send to a client" is the same 30 seconds for everyone, and that 30 seconds was the entire job.
You copy the Canvas HTML from Gemini (or download the file), paste it into LiveSend, and get a permanent URL. The link does not expire. Every view is logged: timestamp, viewer email if you require one, approximate country, time spent. You can add a password, set an expiration date, toggle the document off, or edit its content inline without changing the URL. Updates create new versions you can roll back to. On Pro, you also get a branded link on your own username path instead of a random slug.
Honest limits: a 3MB (6MB for Pro) cap per file, a small LiveSend watermark on the Free plan (removable on Pro), and no custom domain support yet. For Canvases under that cap shared with clients, prospects, or stakeholders, those trade-offs usually beat the alternatives.
Use it when: you want the link to be permanent, you want to know whether anyone actually opened it, and you do not want to think about deployment.
Picking the right option, in one sentence
Same-day demo to one person in your Google workspace: use Gemini's native share. Frozen visual for an email: screenshot it. Part of a larger project: deploy it. Sharing to clients or stakeholders and you want it to last and to know who opened it: paste it into LiveSend.
Sharing a Gemini Canvas specifically with a non-technical client? See how to share an HTML file with a custom, branded link.