Alternatives to WeTransfer
A web service for sending large files to other people by link or email. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
WeTransfer
A web service for sending large files to other people by link or email.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as WeTransfer.
Smash
A web service and mobile app for sending large files of any size as a download link.
Smash also sends large files as download links without sign-up and adds password protection, expiry dates and iOS and Android apps, with some options premium.
SwissTransfer
A free web service for sending files of up to 50 GB by link or email, stored in Switzerland.
SwissTransfer sends up to 50 GB free with no account and stores files in Switzerland, keeping them for at most 30 days.
TransferNow
A web service for sending large files of up to 250 GB by email or shareable link.
TransferNow allows up to 250 GB per free transfer by email or link without registration, though extra capacity and features need an account.
Filemail
A service and set of apps for sending large files of any size by email or link.
Filemail sends up to 5 GB free without an account and adds password protection, virus scanning and UDP acceleration, with larger files on paid plans.
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 in the browser, but caps transfers at 10 GB.
Send Anywhere
A cross-platform file sharing service that sends files between devices using one-time keys or links.
Send Anywhere shares files using one-time keys or links, with apps for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS as well as the web.
FilePizza
An open-source web app for peer-to-peer file transfers directly between two browsers.
FilePizza transfers directly between two browsers without storing files on a server and is open source, but both people must be online at once.
PsiTransfer
A simple self-hosted file sharing web app with resumable uploads and expiring download links.
PsiTransfer is an open-source, self-hosted WeTransfer-style page with resumable uploads and expiring links, so files stay on your own server.
Also worth comparing
These listings name WeTransfer as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.
Blip
An app for sending files and folders of any size directly between devices and people.
WeTransfer sends large files by link or email from a browser, with no app needed for recipients, but files pass through a third-party server.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
MediaFire
A long-running cloud storage and file hosting service for sharing files through links.
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.
Magic Wormhole
A command-line tool that sends files between computers securely using short one-time codes.
