WeTransfer vs Videas
Your videos play in streaming the moment someone clicks, stay reachable on a permanent link, and live in a real media library instead of a one-off transfer.
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Your files are deleted automatically. You can't share a lasting link with your clients or colleagues.
Your recipients have to download the entire file before they can watch. For a 2 GB video, that's a deal-breaker.
No folders, no tags, no search. Every transfer stands alone, with no usable history.
In 2025, WeTransfer tried to use its users' files to train AI models. A risk to the confidentiality of your content.
An upload freezing at 98%, a link your recipient can't open: on a heavy file, the transfer gives out and you have to start over.
The free version stops at 2 GB per transfer and shows full-screen ads. To send anything heavier, or to drop the ads, you have to move to a paid subscription.
WeTransfer notifies you of the download, never the viewing: you don't know whether your video was watched, or for how long. You have to chase them to find out.
No password, no view-only mode, no way to kill a link you've already sent. Whatever you transfer slips out of your hands entirely.
One click on the link and the video plays in HD streaming right in the browser, with nothing to download and nothing to install. Videas adjusts the quality to your recipient's connection and serves the player without cookies; an attached image or PDF opens in preview, directly. Where WeTransfer makes them wait to pull several gigabytes, yours plays straight away.
Folders, subfolders, tags, search by keyword or format, shared spaces for collaborators: your videos, images, and documents live in a real Videas media library. You find a file you sent six months ago in seconds and reshare it without re-uploading, whereas every WeTransfer send stays an isolated transfer that leaves nothing once the link expires.
The same Videas link stays valid as long as you want, and your recipients come back to your content without asking you for a fresh send. You keep control: a password, an expiry date of your choosing, a download cap, view-only mode, and a notification on every open. WeTransfer, by contrast, deletes your files after 7 to 28 days and forces you to resend everything.
Your files are hosted in Europe, with native GDPR compliance: Videas never uses them to train an AI, never sells them, never shares them. No transfer outside Europe, no hidden clause. In 2025, WeTransfer had to back down after changing its terms to allow itself to exploit its users' files; at Videas, the question doesn't arise.
| Feature | videas.Try it | WeTransfer |
|---|---|---|
| File transferFile transfer | Yes | Yes |
| Built-in video streamingBuilt-in video streaming | Yes | No |
| Permanent linksPermanent links | Yes | No |
| Permanent storagePermanent storage | Yes | No |
| Organization (folders, tags)Organization (folders, tags) | Yes | No |
| Built-in photo galleryBuilt-in photo gallery | Yes | No |
| Viewing analyticsViewing analytics | Yes | No |
| AI subtitlesAI subtitles | Yes | No |
| Password protectionPassword protection | Yes | Yes |
| Files not used for AIFiles not used for AI | Guaranteed | ⚠ Controversy |
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Yes. Videas is a complete media library that allows you to store and share videos, images, documents, audio files and even entire folders.
No. By default, sharing links are permanent. However, you can set an expiration date if needed.
Pricing is usage-based: €0.20 per hour of stored video per month, €0.02 per GB of bandwidth. No subscription. €5 free credit on sign-up, then €5/month.
No, never. Your files belong to you. They are not used to train AI, sold or shared.
All data is hosted in the EU. GDPR compliance is native, with no transfer outside the European Union.
Up to 100 GB per file from an account, and uploads are resumable: if your connection drops, the transfer picks up where it stopped. Without an account, the online tool stops at 2 GB per file, ten minutes for a video, and the link lives seven days. Either way, Videas never re-compresses your original file.
No, and that is the whole point: they click and watch in their browser, no sign-up, no extension, no app. A video streams at whatever quality their connection supports, an image or a PDF opens in preview. They download nothing to see what you sent.
Yes. Videas notifies you on every opening and keeps the full share history: who opened the link, when, and what was downloaded. That is what makes the link usable for a client delivery: you know the file arrived without having to ask.
Yes, at any time: revoking the share closes the link immediately, and anyone who received it lands on a page saying the share is over. You can also set a password, an expiry date, a download cap, or view-only access that blocks downloading altogether.
Yes, as many as you need (a shoot's rushes, an edit and its versions, a master with its subtitle files), and it still produces a single link. Your recipient sees the list and opens what matters to them, without taking everything.
