Sharing a Demo Privately or With a Password
August 22, 2026
A published demo is a URL, and anyone holding it can open it. For most demos that is the point — they are marketing, and friction costs you viewers.
Some demos are not marketing, and for those a password is the right amount of protection.
When a password earns its friction
- A demo built for one client or prospect, containing their name or their configuration.
- Internal training on tools that are not public.
- Pre-launch material you do not want indexed or forwarded.
- Anything with data you would rather not publish, even redacted.
When it costs you more than it protects
On a homepage, in an ad, in cold outreach, or anywhere the viewer has not yet decided you are worth effort. A password on a marketing demo converts a curious visitor into a closed tab.
The instinct to protect a demo from competitors is also usually a bad trade — they will get past a password, and everyone else will not bother.
What a password actually does
It stops someone opening the demo without the word. It does not stop a person you gave it to from forwarding both, and it is not a substitute for redaction — if data should not be public, remove it from the demo rather than putting a door in front of it.
Treat it as a curtain, not a safe. It is right for "not for general circulation" and wrong for "must never be seen".
Practical use
Password protection is available on every Demorta plan, including free — it is not held back for a paid tier, because the demos most likely to need it are often the earliest ones.
For client work, a simpler pattern than one shared password is a separate demo per client. It also lets you see which client actually opened theirs.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you password protect an interactive demo?
- Yes. In Demorta a password can be set on any demo, on every plan including free, so opening it requires the word as well as the link.
- Should marketing demos be password protected?
- No. On a homepage, in an ad or in cold outreach, a password converts a curious visitor into a closed tab. It earns its friction on client-specific demos, internal training and pre-launch material.
- Does a password make a demo secure?
- It is a curtain rather than a safe. It stops casual access, but it does not stop someone you gave it to from forwarding both the link and the word, and it is not a substitute for redacting data that should not be public.
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