The Dispatch

September 4, 2026 · 4 min read

Pink Jeepney vs TransferNow

TransferNow keeps a file close. Pink Jeepney is trying to let it leave.

Cartoon Intramuros, a pink jeepney by the walls

The upload is the easy part. Everyone can build an upload. The product is what the file does after that.

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

What TransferNow is actually for

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

If the file only needed one trip, a home for it is a strange gift.

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

Premium is where a single transfer climbs toward 250 GB, with a real history of what you sent.

Where it gets awkward

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

The numbers, side by side

Pink JeepneyTransferNow
Free size2 GB5 GB
Free expiry7 daysAbout 7 days
Account to sendNoNo
PasswordPaid plansYes, even free
The top end250 GB on BusinessAbout 250 GB on Premium

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 TransferNow if you need a public “send me the files” link as much as you need to send.

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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