WeTransfer

Judgement

What it is

Complete system

What it does

Sends large files to people by link or email, with no account needed on the free tier.

Adopt it when

You occasionally need to send a large file to someone outside your organisation without setting up shared storage.

Watch out

Since Bending Spoons bought it the free tier has tightened, and links expire, so it is not storage.

Ready for

Production-ready

Runs as

Cloud service

What the license allows

Closed source: you use it under the maker's terms and cannot change or resell the code.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the maker's description and Wikipedia. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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