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Both cover media storage & review. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
| Filestage | WeTransfer | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $199 | From $25 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 14 days | None |
| API | Yes | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Media Storage & Review, Project Management | Media Storage & Review |
| Works with | Nothing in particular | Nothing in particular |
| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
Review and approval in one thread per file
Filestage collects feedback on a video, PDF or design in one place, with comments pinned to a timecode or a spot on the page, and an approval step that records who signed off. Reviewers do not need an account, which is what stops a client asking to be sent it in email instead. The free plan carries five new files a month, so it works as a trial that never expires on small jobs.
Our note
The gap between free and $199 is the whole decision, and there is nothing in between. Count your files per month honestly: at six or seven you are better off tightening the process than paying two thousand a year for the difference.
Only on this side
Big files sent without an account
WeTransfer sends a large file to somebody who does not want to install anything, sign up for anything or be walked through a shared drive. That is the entire product and it has been for years. The free tier moves 3 GB a month across ten transfers, and paying removes the size limit, the expiry and the ten.
Our note
For occasional delivery the free tier is the whole product and always has been. The paid plan is worth it only when clients see the transfer page often enough for the branding to matter, or when files routinely run past a couple of gigabytes.
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