# Sites in ChatGPT

17 Hacker News commenters recommended Sites in ChatGPT and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for turning quick app and site ideas into working prototypes within minutes or an hour.

## Why people recommend it

- Quick working prototypes, fast (4 comments): "really underrated feature IMO. Any time I get a quick app idea I just hand it off to Sites and usually get a working prototype within the hour." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49936304)) "A fairly painless approach for hosting a quick prototype." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49936548)) "it one-shotted the entire website in 30 mins" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49948149))
- Fits into team workflows (3 comments): "Sites has been one of the most valuable ships for us internally outside of general model releases imo." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49938981)) "I'll sometimes use Sites to mockup something and then I'll download and pass it onto another agent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49938590)) "Sites is so good that it’s changed my workflow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49938458))
- More robust than Claude Artifacts (2 comments): "ChatGPT Sites being generally more robust and feature-complete than Claude Artifacts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49937307)) "This seems to close a gap that both Claude and chatgpt had." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49929021))
- Good for simple sites (2 comments): "Simple sites like portfolios for example are perfect for this job." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49939771)) "A few prompts and I was able to build a much better offline site." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49937893))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Lovable](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lovable.md): 73 recommend
- [Replit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/replit.md): 51 recommend
- [Bolt.new](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bolt.md): 20 recommend
- [v0 by Vercel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/v0.md): 19 recommend
- [Glaze by Raycast](https://hackerapproved.com/p/glaze.md): 16 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://chatgpt.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Sites in ChatGPT", https://hackerapproved.com/p/sites-in-chatgpt/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).