WeTransfer was acquired by private equity.
They gutted the free tier.
Up to 100 GB · 7 days · Unlimited sends · No account · No upsell
How we keep it free: You and your recipient watch a short video ad. That's it. No subscriptions. No data selling. No tricks.
See what changed ↓Drop files here or browse
Up to 100 GB · Any file type| WeTransfer Free | TransferNow Free | freesend.io Free forever | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max upload size | 3 GB | 5 GB | 100 GB |
| Availability | 3 天 | 7 days | 7 days |
| Transfers / month | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Account required | No | No | No |
| Sender email verified | Yes | No | Yes |
| Global CDN speed | Yes | EU only | Global edge |
| Clean recipient email | Yes | Raw filenames | Human-readable |
| Upsell pressure | Aggressive | Moderate | None |
| Price | “Free” severely limited | Free 5 GB cap | Free Actually free |
Up to 100 GB. Any file type. Drag and drop or click to browse.
Enter their email. Add a message if you want. That's the entire form.
Clean email. One-click download. Available for 7 days.
No account. No signup. No credit card. No nonsense.
TransferNow doesn't verify sender emails. Anyone can enter ceo@apple.com as the sender — and the recipient sees it displayed as a clickable link.
That's not an alternative. That's a phishing vector.
Sender name front and center — not a clickable link. Human subject line. One download button. Nothing else.
See for yourself below.
sent you a file via freesend.io
What your recipient actually sees. No noise. One button.
File transfer is infrastructure. Like email. Like the web itself.
It should be free. Not freemium. Not "free with limits designed to frustrate you into paying." Free.
We don't have venture capital telling us to maximize ARPU. We don't have a PE firm telling us to gut the free tier and squeeze margins.
We have one revenue source: a single 15-second video shown to the person downloading your files. That's it. That's our entire business model.
No subscriptions. No tiers. No "upgrade to unlock." No dark patterns.
Just files, moving freely.