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fromsmash.com
Sends a file of any size without charging you for the big ones
Free tier
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wetransfer.com
Drop a file, type two email addresses, and it sends a download link.
The service that made large file transfer normal: no account for a basic send, an upload page with nothing on it, and a link that expires by itself so nothing lingers on anyone's server. The recipient gets a download page rather than a mailbox-clogging attachment. Free transfers are capped at 2 GB and the link dies within days, which makes it a hand-off rather than storage.
Questions
A genuinely usable free tier with paid plans for volume or team features. Free transfers stop at 2 GB and expire within days — there is no way to keep the link alive.
Yes. WeTransfer sends your input to its own servers to process it. That is fine for public material; for anything containing personal data, use one of the on-device tools instead.
Free transfers stop at 2 GB and expire within days — there is no way to keep the link alive.
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