September 23, 2026 · 4 min read
Google Drive vs file transfer services
Drive is brilliant at staying. That is the problem, on a delivery.
David KrugManila · @realDavidKrug
Google Drive will take a large file and hand out a link. The file remains in your 15 GB, next to your mail. The link remains until you revoke it. People forget to revoke it.
The distinction that matters
A transfer service deletes on a clock you set at the start. That is the only structural difference that matters. If you need comments in a Doc, stay in Drive. If you need the InDesign package to arrive and then go, don’t use a shelf.
A transfer service deletes on a clock you set at the start. That is the only structural difference that matters. If you need comments in a Doc, stay in Drive. If you need the InDesign package to arrive and then go, don’t use a shelf.
In one table
| Google Drive | A transfer | |
|---|---|---|
| The link | Stays until you revoke it | Dies on a date you set |
| The bytes | Sit in your 15 GB | Sit briefly, then go |
| Good at | Docs you edit together | A package that should arrive |
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David Krug
Twenty-plus years of building cute little websites, and big ones, with an independent footprint. In the Philippines since 2016. Based in Manila, with two children and one amazing partner.
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