Services that can help you send large files are everywhere, it seems, but for some reason I find that I always blank out on which one is most appropriate to use when I actually need one. This post aims to provide an at-a-glance reference for ten of FREE file hosting services, most of which you’d heard about but some which you hopefully have not.
Specifically, we look at ad-hoc ‘file locker’ type services designed solely for the quick sharing of large files, and will exclude cloud storage services such as Dropbox and others like it, and exclude P2P services that send files from one computer straight to another. The services compared here are: File Dropper, DropSend, WeTransfer, Jumpshare, Minus, Ge.tt, Kicksend, Transfer Big Files, Send6, and YouSendIt. We compare these across multiple criteria.
The comparison criteria: usage scenarios
To compare, we imagined that users might want the following: the biggest possible file size, the longest active link, the most possible sends per month, sending files on the fly without registering, a desktop client to pause and resume uploads, a link page with photogalleries or with embedded media and document previews, sending multiple files at once, and access to files via a mobile app.What we did not consider: backing up files online (i.e. amount of storage on offer) in the comparison, as Cloud services like Dropbox are more appropriate for that. Also we did not consider peer-to-peer file sharing services.
We begin by looking at
(1) File size and other limits,
(2) other features, and finally
(3) Our verdict and recommendations based on usage scenarios.
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