For the complete Netlify documentation index, see llms.txt. Markdown versions of this page are available by appending .md to the URL. Compare preview options to choose the right preview for your workflow, stakeholders, and review needs.
Different deployments can offer different preview experiences and other options. There are also preview options that are not a deployment on Netlify that you may find helpful in certain cases or at certain points of your workflow.
Preview options
Section titled “Preview options”| Preview option | Access | Starts from | Optimized for | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Deploy Preview | Anyone with Preview URL unless you’re protecting deploys | Pull request, merge request, agent run | Previewing changes in a pull or merge request or from an AI deployment and sharing them | | Branch deploy | Anyone with Preview URL unless you’re protecting deploys | Branch | Steady set of batched changes, such as for an early release | Local development | You | Terminal | Confirming code works for framework, solo development | | Preview Server | Netlify team | Preview Server | Live content updates shared between developer & content stakeholders |
Preview URLs
Section titled “Preview URLs”| Preview option | Preview URL |
| --- | --- |
| Deploy Preview | For previews built from pull/merge requests: https://deploy-preview-1234--my-site.netlify.app
For previews built from agent runs: https://agent-69a6140cc823ebba94b8ef32--my-site.netlify.app |
| Branch deploy | https://branch-1234--my-site.netlify.app |
| Local development | Depends on your framework. For example, an Astro site can be http://localhost:4321/. |
| Preview Server | https://devserver-branchname--my-site.netlify.app |
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