WeTransfer Alternative: TransferKite vs WeTransfer

In short

No transfer cap on Creator. WeTransfer Free and Starter stop at 10 transfers in any 30 days, and their links last 3 days. TransferKite Creator has no cap, and its links last up to 30 days.

WeTransfer Free is for personal use. It's for non-commercial use only, so work for clients needs one of its paid plans.

Never used to train AI. That's written into our terms. WeTransfer rewrote its own in 2025 after a backlash from creative users.

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
WeTransfer	Free	$0	3 GB	10 in any 30 days, 3 GB in all	3 days	Yes	Downloads and emails
	Starter	$10 a month $7 a month paid yearly	300 GB	10 in any 30 days, 300 GB in all	3 days	Yes	Downloads and emails
	Ultimate	$25 a month $19 a month paid yearly	No limit, but accounts hold 2 TB unless you ask for more	No limit	Any date, or never	Yes	Who downloaded, and emails

WeTransfer's plans and limits

The name everyone knows, so your client has probably used it. Free and Starter both stop at 10 transfers in any 30 days, and their links last 3 days. Starter lets you send more in that time, 300 GB instead of 3 GB, but not more often. Ultimate lifts the cap and lets you choose how long links last. Free is also for personal, non-commercial use only, so client work belongs on a paid plan.

Your work and AI

In July 2025, WeTransfer's new terms gave it a broad licence to uploaded files, with wording about machine learning. After criticism from creative users it rewrote them and said it doesn't use files to train AI.

At TransferKite, your work is never used to train AI, and that's written into our terms.

When WeTransfer is the better pick

WeTransfer suits you if you send a few files a month and your client expects its link. Ultimate is the better pick if you want links that never expire, or no limit on transfer size, though accounts hold 2 TB unless you ask WeTransfer for more. On TransferKite, links last up to 60 days on Pro, and a transfer can be up to 2 TB.

When TransferKite is the better pick

TransferKite suits you if you send work every week. Creator has no transfer cap, and its links last up to 30 days, so a client who gets round to it on day 4 still gets the files. Passwords come with Creator, and old transfers tidy themselves away.

Asking someone for files

WeTransfer has file requests, on its free plan too, but whoever sends you files needs a free WeTransfer account and has to verify their email address first. What they send lasts as long as your plan allows: 3 days on Free and Starter, and up to 30 days on Ultimate.

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.

A WeTransfer alternative: TransferKite vs WeTransfer