Alternatives to TransferNow
A web service for sending large files of up to 250 GB by email or shareable link. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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TransferNow
A web service for sending large files of up to 250 GB by email or shareable link.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as TransferNow.
WeTransfer
A web service for sending large files to other people by link or email.
WeTransfer sends large files by link or email without an account, but file size limits are not stated in the same way as TransferNow's 250 GB.
SwissTransfer
A free web service for sending files of up to 50 GB by link or email, stored in Switzerland.
SwissTransfer is free with transfers up to 50 GB stored in Switzerland, kept for at most 30 days, and needs no account.
Smash
A web service and mobile app for sending large files of any size as a download link.
Smash sends files of any size with passwords and expiry dates, and adds iOS and Android apps, with some options on a premium plan.
Filemail
A service and set of apps for sending large files of any size by email or link.
Filemail limits free transfers to 5 GB but removes size limits on paid plans, adding virus scanning, two-factor authentication and UDP acceleration.
Wormhole
A web tool for sharing files with end-to-end encryption and links that expire automatically.
Wormhole adds end-to-end encryption and automatically expiring links, with transfers capped at 10 GB rather than 250 GB.
PsiTransfer
A simple self-hosted file sharing web app with resumable uploads and expiring download links.
PsiTransfer is open source and self-hosted, giving a private upload page with resumable uploads and expiring links on your own server.
FilePizza
An open-source web app for peer-to-peer file transfers directly between two browsers.
FilePizza is open source and sends files browser to browser with no server storage, so both sides must be online during the transfer.
Send Anywhere
A cross-platform file sharing service that sends files between devices using one-time keys or links.
Send Anywhere uses one-time keys or links and has apps for phones and computers as well as the browser, and is closed source.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Jirafeau
A simple self-hosted web app for uploading a file and sharing it through a link.
Gokapi
A lightweight self-hosted file sharing server, modelled on Firefox Send, without public uploads.
Sharry
A self-hosted web application for sharing files with others in both directions.
Plik
A self-hosted temporary file upload system with a web interface and a command-line client.
MediaFire
A long-running cloud storage and file hosting service for sharing files through links.
TeraBox
A cloud storage service with up to 1 TB of free space and apps for desktop and mobile.
