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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.
| Sync.com | WeTransfer | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $6 | From $25 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Annual only | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | None |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | Not stated | Not stated |
| Runs on | Web, macOS, Windows, iOS, Android | Web |
| Covers | Media Storage & Review | 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 |
Encrypted storage where only you hold the key
Sync encrypts everything before it leaves the machine, so the company cannot read what you store even if it wanted to. For a creator holding unreleased footage or a client's raw files, that is the difference between a policy and a guarantee. End-to-end encryption also means a forgotten password loses the data, with nobody able to reset it for you.
Our note
The encryption is the product, and it cuts both ways: nobody at Sync can read your files, and nobody at Sync can recover them if you lose the password. Write it down somewhere that is not the encrypted drive.
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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