sending large files

quantum

Hi
I been using yousendit.com (now Hightail) for a few years, but wondered if there is an alternative out there. My Hightail subscription costs £44.99 for this:

• Maximum file size: 2 GB
• Available storage for saved files: 5 GB
• Maximum download bandwidth per month: 40 GB
• Control the expiration date of uploaded/sent files: Yes
• Maximum File Downloads: 500
• Uplink: Hightail hosted page where others send files to you: Yes
• Knowledge Base: Yes
• Get a return receipt: Pay-per-use
• Password protect your file: Pay-per-use
• Verify recipient identity: Included

It works well enough but I wish I got a return receipt or ability to use my own logo and also send bigger files. I do like the iphone app though where I can check if someone's downloaded or not.

I use this for my home business so it needs to look fairly professional.
Cheers

John

HereToday

MediaFire?

I'm sure there are others, but with MediaFire you can see if someone has downloaded the file even with a Free account.

Perhaps FileFactory too. You can create Direct Downloads for your clients.

esuhl

I use Dropbox. You only get 2GB of free space (although I can give you a referral code for a bit more or you can upgrade to their premium service), but it works really well. You just put a file in the "Public" subfolder and Dropbox gives you a URL to the file.

Gillor

paddyrg wrote: »

You could try some cloud based storage/sync solution....... There's a new one copy.com which offers 15GB free storage....

+1 for copy.com

TonyMMM

Dropbox works for me

Gillor

TonyMMM wrote: »

Dropbox works for me

Works for me too, but you get a minimum 15GB of free storage with copy.com.

HereToday

Seems most of you have missed the point. It's for a business. DropBox Business is not cheap.
MediaFire for Business allows up to 20GB per file, together with Branding customisation.

paddyrg

Gillor wrote: »

Works for me too, but you get a minimum 15GB of free storage with copy.com.

Minimum 20GB with affiliate link, and more if you get more referrals yourself!

Also the copy.com small business version for upto 5 in a workgroup is free, haven't tried it myself yet but it's a keen price.

Mr_Toad

Why not simply set up your own FTP server.

john1

just received notification 1800hrs today so may help

You can send files up to 10GB (that's a 600-page presentation, or a 10-minute power ballad) through Gmail with one click

https://www.google.com/get/googletips/card/you-can-send-that-family-video-over-email-without-worrying-about-how-big-it-is/detail/

quantum

Thanks John1
I have cancelled my subscription to yousendit (Hightail). They now want receivers to register with them to use the service.
Google Drive and Dropbox is the way to go for me.
I will miss the ios app that lets me monitor who's downloaded files though.