Peony 0.5
Hey HN, founder of Peony here. Most founders use DocSend to share investment or sales docs and have to pay $65 to $300 a month to get the security and analytics features. It pains me to see startups getting ripped off when the availability of technologies such as Clickhouse makes real time analytics almost a trivial feature to implement in 2024. We think it's time to end the carnage and democratize the technology. We set ourselves a high bar: we don't want to build another DocSend - we want it to be a far more superior product and also 10x cheaper. After a couple of months of work, I'm proud…
Peony 0.5 launched on December 19, 2024 with 431 votes, #51 of 5,365 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Peony is a file sharing platform that enables users to create personalized sharing portals as alternatives to WeTransfer and DocSend. The tool emphasizes quick setup, allowing users to build branded sites in minutes while tracking shares and maintaining organization. It targets individuals and teams who need customizable file sharing solutions with built-in analytics and management features.
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From the sources
Peony replaces WeTransfer and DocSend and lets you create personalized file sharing sites for your recipients, and makes it incredibly easy to stay organized and track your shares. It's time to make file sharing cool again!
Control what you share and see how it lands — Peony is the virtual data room with per-document permissions, page-level engagement analytics, dynamic watermarking, and one-click revoke. Flat per-admin pricing, live in five minutes.
Folder- and page-level permissions, NDA gates, and dynamic, per-viewer watermarks on every document. See who opened each file, which pages they read, and for how long — across every viewer. Expire links, block downloads and screenshots, and cut access the moment a deal closes. And every room, link, and page looks like your firm built it — your branding, your domain, and bespoke cover cards, never a templated portal. AES-256 encryption and 2FA on every plan. Standard NDA gating, screenshot blocking, and download prevention on Business; dynamic watermarks, signed NDAs, and granular permissions on Data Room; advanced redaction on Deal Team. Peony renders .html natively with JavaScript running,…from peony.ink
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hey HN, founder of Peony here. Most founders use DocSend to share investment or sales docs and have to pay $65 to $300 a month to get the security and analytics features. It pains me to see startups getting ripped off when the availability of technologies such as Clickhouse makes real time analytics almost a trivial…
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