A Filemail alternative: TransferKite vs Filemail
Looking for a Filemail alternative? Here's how TransferKite compares on transfer size, how often you can send, how long links last and price, including where Filemail is the better pick.
In short
- No daily limit. Filemail Basic allows 2 transfers a day. TransferKite Free has no daily limit, with up to 10 live at a time.
- Passwords from Creator. Filemail keeps passwords for Pro and up, and Personal sends up to 5 GB. TransferKite Creator sends up to 500 GB, with a password and links that last up to 30 days.
- Never used to train AI. Your work stays yours, and that's written into our terms.
Side by side
Each service's free plan and the paid plans it sells to one person. Plans only for teams or businesses, prepaid credit bundles and invitation-only offers aren't included. Prices are billed monthly; the second line is what a month costs when you pay yearly, or the year's total.
| Service | Plan | Price | Biggest transfer | How many transfers | Longest link | Passwords | Download tracking |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TransferKite | Free | $0 | 5 GB | 10 live at a time | 7 days | No | Download counts and emails |
| Creator | $9.99 a month $7.99 a month paid yearly | 500 GB | No limit | 30 days | Yes | Download counts and emails | |
| Pro | $19.99 a month $15.99 a month paid yearly | 2 TB | No limit | 60 days | Yes | Download counts and emails | |
| Filemail | Basic | $0 | 5 GB | 2 a day | 7 days | No | Not stated |
| Personal | See their prices | 5 GB | No limit | 30 days | No | Who downloaded, and emails | |
| Pro | See their prices | 250 GB | No limit | Any date, or never | Yes | Who downloaded, and emails |
Filemail's plans and limits
Filemail is Norwegian, and sells to businesses as well as people on their own. Basic is free, even for work: up to 5 GB a transfer, kept for 7 days, but only 2 transfers a day and no password. Personal lifts the daily limit and keeps files for 30 days, still at 5 GB a transfer. Pro takes up to 250 GB, adds passwords and branding, and can keep files for good. Filemail shows its prices in euros or dollars, not pounds.
When Filemail is the better pick
Filemail suits a business that sends files all day. Every paid plan emails you when files are downloaded and shows who downloaded them, Pro can ask clients to upload files to you, and Business has no size limit and desktop apps that speed up big uploads.
When TransferKite is the better pick
TransferKite suits you if you work on your own and send big files most days. Creator has no daily limit, takes up to 500 GB a transfer and includes passwords, which Filemail keeps for Pro. Pro goes up to 2 TB, with links that last up to 60 days.
Asking someone for files
Filemail has file requests from Pro: you send someone a private link to an upload page, and Pro also comes with a client portal on your own subdomain. Personal doesn't include file requests.
On TransferKite, you can ask anyone for files too, on every plan, Free included. They send them without an account, up to your plan's transfer size, and the files land in your Received, in your storage, not theirs.
What's next
TransferKite is new, and it's growing. Next, we're planning direct P2P transfers from your device to the other person's: free on every plan, with no size cap and nothing stored on our servers. Apps for phone and desktop are on the list too.
Sources
- Filemail's plan comparison and its Basic, Personal and Pro plans
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