September 7, 2026 · 4 min read
Pink Jeepney vs Smash
Smash keeps a file close. Pink Jeepney is trying to let it leave.
David KrugManila · @realDavidKrug
The upload is the easy part. Everyone can build an upload. The product is what the file does after that.
Smash, from the French team at fromsmash.com, sells the idea of no size cap. The catch is the queue.
What Smash is actually for
If you refuse to think about file size, the pitch is emotionally correct. A wedding gallery should not be a math problem.
If the file only needed one trip, a home for it is a strange gift.
Free transfers over about 2 GB wait their turn. Links on the free side are short, on the order of a week. You can start without an account.
Pro is how you skip the queue and keep a link up longer, around 30 days.
Where it gets awkward
A queue is still a queue. The person waiting on a deadline does not feel the romance of “unlimited” while the bar sits there.
The numbers, side by side
| Pink Jeepney | Smash | |
|---|---|---|
| Free size | 2 GB | No hard cap; queue after ~2 GB |
| Free expiry | 7 days | About 7 days |
| Account to send | No | No |
| Password | Paid plans | Yes |
| The top end | 250 GB on Business | Pro skips the queue |
Read the row you care about and ignore the rest. Most people only have one complaint. Size, or time, or the account.
What I would do
I would stay with Smash if your files are huge, you can tolerate a wait, and you like that the product was built as a direct answer to WeTransfer’s cap.
I would use Pink Jeepney when I want a delivery with a checkout: one link, a sentence on the ticket, a zip if I sent a pile, and a burn switch if one download should be the end. Free is 2 GB for 7 days, three times a month. Past that the plans are $9, $24, and $59.
If you will still want the file in their account next year, you wanted a drive. If you wanted it gone after they took it, you wanted a transfer.
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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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