Filemail vs TransferNow

People ask this as if one of them cheated. They didn’t. Filemail and TransferNow grew up answering different complaints.

Filemail

Filemail is the Norwegian one that grew up around offices. Tracking, forms, the feeling of a shipping desk.

The upload is a minute. The afterwards is the product.

Free is about 5 GB, a couple of transfers a day, links around a week.

If you have to prove a file left and a file arrived, Filemail already speaks that language.

The annoying part: The free booth feels like a sample. The personality is corporate on purpose, which is either reassuring or beige, depending on your Tuesday.

TransferNow

TransferNow is the French service that wants both sides: you send, and you can also receive, without turning the other person into a subscriber.

The free transfer is about 5 GB and about a week. They advertise a password without an account.

Receiving files without making the client invent a login is a kinder product decision than most drives make.

The annoying part: Five gigabytes free is ordinary now. The interesting product is the paid one, and then you are comparing prices with everyone else.

Side by side

Which one, then

Open Filemail when you are an office that wants logs more than you want a short, loud link. Open TransferNow when you need a public “send me the files” link as much as you need to send.

If both have started to feel like a membership, the smaller idea is a transfer that ends. Pink Jeepney’s free ride is 2 GB and 7 days. The paid plans are 25 GB, 100 GB, and 250 GB. That is a third afterwards, not a verdict on the first two.