September 8, 2026 · 4 min read
SendGB vs WeTransfer
SendGB and WeTransfer, compared by what happens after the link exists.
David KrugManila · @realDavidKrug
People ask this as if one of them cheated. They didn’t. SendGB and WeTransfer grew up answering different complaints.
SendGB
SendGB is the straightforward booth: a few gigabytes free, and a pay-per-send button when the file is ruder than that.
The upload is a minute. The afterwards is the product.
About 5 GB free. Smaller files can keep a long link, sometimes quoted up toward 90 days. Bigger files live shorter.
Paying once, for this file, matches how freelancers actually work.
The annoying part: The page is plain. There is no brand, no ritual, no “your client opened it.”
WeTransfer
WeTransfer taught a whole generation that a file could be a link. You drop it in the browser, you get a URL, the other person does not make an account.
Their own pages, as of late 2026, put the free plan at 3 GB per transfer, with 10 transfers or 3 GB total in a rolling month, and links that die after 3 days. Free use is framed as personal, not commercial.
It is still the name people say when they mean “just send the file.” The page is calm. Recipients are not puzzled.
The annoying part: Three days is a rude expiry if your client is on a shoot. Three gigabytes is a short film, not a project. And the free plan is not really for invoices you send every Tuesday.
Side by side
| SendGB | WeTransfer | |
|---|---|---|
| Free size | 5 GB | 3 GB |
| Free expiry | Longer on small files | 3 days |
| Account to send | No | They push for one |
| Password | Yes | Paid |
| The top end | Pay once for a bigger send | Ultimate lifts the cap |
Which one, then
Open SendGB when you send rarely and you would rather pay for the one file than rent a plan. Open WeTransfer when you already live in their paid plan, your files are under a few gigabytes, and everyone on the thread already knows the orange page.
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.
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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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