KitSlate compared with Media Shuttle, MASV, WeTransfer, Dropbox and FileZilla
How the Media Center sits beside the tools a production company sends rushes with. Every rival cell is from that company’s own pages — pricing, product, help centre and terms — read on 8 October 2026, with the pages listed under the table. “Not stated” means their pages do not say, not that the product cannot. Where a rival leads, the table says so.
KitSlate’s own figures come from its plans: up to 1 TB per transfer, 5 GB on the free profile.
| What | KitSlateMedia Center | Media ShuttleSigniant | MASVFile transfer | WeTransferFile transfer | DropboxTransfer and Replay | FileZillaFTP and SFTP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sending | ||||||
| Largest transfer | Up to 1 TB per transfer; 5 GB free | No file size limits, as published | No package limit; files tested to 15 TB | 3 GB free; up to 1 TB on Ultimate | Transfer: 2 GB free, up to 250 GB | No cap stated; files over 4 GB supported |
| Storage | 100 GB free, up to 10 TB | None; your own storage or cloud | 5 free days, then $0.07 per GB a month | 2 TB; Teams up to 5 TB | Transfers use none; plans 2 GB to 15 TB+ | No storage plan; your own server or cloud |
| Link before the upload ends | Yes, the link works from the first second | Not stated for Media Shuttle | Yes, Express, on qualifying plans | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Uploads from clients | No; recipients write back, they cannot upload | Yes, Submit portals; forms on Enterprise | Yes, Portals with your logo and URL | Yes, Request Files | Yes, file requests; no account needed | Via your own FTP server and a user login |
| Speed | ||||||
| Transfer engine | Browser, HTTPS, up to 32 parallel connections; resumes | Accelerated UDP with the Signiant App; resumes | Multi-threaded HTTPS acceleration; resumes | Browser upload; resumes after a dropped connection | Browser, desktop, mobile; resume stated Dropbox-wide | Desktop app, FTP, FTPS, SFTP; resumes |
| What the sender uses | A browser; nothing to install | Browser; desktop app for Windows, Mac, Linux | Web app; desktop app for Mac, Windows, Linux; Agent | Browser; iOS, Android, Mac menu bar | Web; desktop (Windows, Mac); iOS, Android | Desktop: Windows, macOS, Linux |
| Speed, as published | 1.82 Gbps up, 2.04 Gbps down, measured | Up to 100 times faster than FTP, as published | Claims up to 5X faster than WeTransfer | No figure; the same on every plan | Not stated for Transfer or Replay | Own benchmarks against other clients |
| Watching and review | ||||||
| Plays in the browser | Yes, camera files and MXF included | With Media Engine: ProRes, MXF, BRAW and more | Not stated now; a 2024 MASV post says none | MP4, MOV, M4V up to 1 GB; MXF only after download | Yes; MXF not on Basic, Plus or Family | Not stated |
| Spec sheet | Yes, read from the file, start timecode included | With Media Engine: codec, frame rate and more | Not stated | Not stated | Resolution shown; codec, fps, timecode not stated | Not stated |
| Comments at a timecode | Yes, at the source timecode; frame step on paid plans | No frame-accurate review, per Signiant | Not stated now; a 2024 MASV post says none | Comments per file; not at a timecode | Yes in Replay: exact frame, drawing | Not stated |
| LUT view | Yes, camera or show LUT (paid plans) | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Download part of a clip | Yes: WAV, MP4, MOV in original quality (paid) | With Media Engine: clip by in and out points | Not stated; whole files can be picked | Not stated | Owner can trim short clips; part download not stated | Not stated |
| Transcripts | Yes, every line at the timecode; TXT, SRT, VTT (paid) | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Audio | ||||||
| Every audio track | Every track: lane, solo, meter (paid) | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Replay plays audio; tracks not stated | Not stated |
| Audio as its own file | Poly WAV: one track, or split per track (paid) | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated | Not stated |
| Delivery and tracking | ||||||
| Download tracking | Yes, per recipient: opens, plays, downloads | Who downloaded and when; CSV history | Yes, per emailed recipient | Who downloaded and when | Views and downloads per transfer | Session log; Enterprise Server keeps transfer logs |
| Your branding | Your company's name and logo (paid plans) | Logo, colours and background per portal | Your logo and colour; Portals get a URL | Logo, subdomain, backgrounds (Ultimate) | Your logo and background (Standard up) | Not stated |
| Integrations | None for transfers | APIs and webhooks; editing apps not stated | S3, Frame.io, iconik, Dropbox, NAS, API | Stripe for paid downloads; SSO, SIEM feed | Replay: Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, more | Pro: S3, Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Azure and more |
| Security, as published | TLS, encrypted at rest; no SOC 2 or ISO 27001 | SOC 2 Type II, SOC 3, TPN Gold Shield | SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, TPN | ISO 27001, AES-256, malware scanning | SOC 1, 2, 3; ISO 27001; AES-256 | SFTP and FTPS; Pro's maker ISO 27001 |
| Terms and your files | ||||||
| What the recipient needs | A browser; no account | A link; the Signiant App for full speed | A browser; no account | A browser; no account | A browser; no account | An FTP/SFTP client and a login, or a cloud share link |
| Who owns the files | You do; licence only to store, preview, deliver | You do: the customer owns all content | You do; MASV takes no ownership | You do; licence to operate and improve | You do; you permit hosting, sharing, scanning | Files never held by FileZilla |
| How long files are kept | 1 to 30 days, then deleted | Your storage; Send files 1 to 365 days | Deleted at the expiry you set (5+ days) | Free: 3 days; deleted within 48 hours | 7 days, or a date up to a year (default 30) | Files stay on your own server |
| Where files are stored | North America; choice not stated | Wherever your own storage is | AWS, eight regions; locking by request | EU uploads in the EU; all others in the US | US; EU, UK, Japan, Australia on team plans | Your server's; FileZilla holds none |
| Scanning and AI training | No reading, analysis or AI training; no malware scan | Not stated for files; usage data analysed | Malware scan; no AI training on files | Malware and moderation; no AI training | Scans files; search models may train on them | No access to your files, as stated |
| Download and fair-use limits | No cap stated; may slow abuse | No bandwidth caps; cloud egress passed on | Every download billed per GB | No cap stated; 40 emails a day soft limit | Daily sharing caps, 20 GB to 4 TB | No restrictions on the free tools |
| When a plan lapses | Links you sent keep working to their expiry | Not stated for files | Cancelling a team deletes its packages | Active transfers deleted after 28 days | Over 2 GB on Basic, files may be deleted | Pro keeps working; updates stop |
| Price | ||||||
| Published price | Free; paid plans from $19 a month | From $13,000 a year, by active user | $0.25 per GB; plans from $58 a month | Free; Starter $10, Ultimate $25 a month | Plus $9.99 a month; teams from $15 a user | Free; Pro from €12.99 a year |
| Beyond transfer | ||||||
| What else it does | Quotes, invoices, call sheets, crew | Portals; search and clips with Media Engine | Transfer, Portals, automation; review not stated | Requests, Albums, Sign, paid downloads | Storage, sync, e-signatures; Replay review | Transfer, sync and rename; no review |
About speed. Media Shuttle uses Signiant's own accelerated protocol over UDP, through the free Signiant App; MASV says it uses multi-threaded file acceleration over HTTPS on a global accelerated network, and that its desktop app is faster than its web app; WeTransfer has iOS, Android and Mac menu-bar apps beside the browser; Dropbox has a desktop app and mobile apps, and says interrupted transfers resume; FileZilla is a desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux, over FTP, FTPS and SFTP. Over long distances an accelerated engine is built to move files faster than an ordinary upload. KitSlate is a browser with nothing to install. Measured from our office in Manhattan on a 2 Gbps fiber connection: 1.82 Gbps up to KitSlate storage over 12 connections, 2.04 Gbps back down. That is 100 GB in about 8 min, 1 TB in about 1 h 21 min, measured 7 October 2026.
No side-by-side measurement against an accelerated engine has been published, so this page does not claim KitSlate is faster than one. The speed test on the Send page measures your own line before you send.
Who leads where
One line each way. The full rows, in sentences, are on each comparison page.
KitSlate and Signiant Media Shuttle
Where Media Shuttle leadsSpeed over distance and scale: Signiant's accelerated UDP transport through the free Signiant App, which Signiant says is up to 100 times faster than FTP; no file size limits; unlimited Send, Share and Submit portals on your own storage; SAML SSO (Enterprise) and MFA; and SOC 2 Type II and SOC 3 reports and a TPN Gold Shield assessment.
Where KitSlate leadsNothing to install for the sender or the person receiving, a published monthly price from a free plan up, and review built in: camera files play on the page, notes at the timecode, every audio track and LUTs. In Media Shuttle, playing professional formats in the browser and downloading part of a clip need Signiant Media Engine.
Every row, with its source →KitSlate and MASV
Where MASV leadsBuilt for size, speed and automation: a global accelerated network with multi-threaded transfers that resume, which MASV says uses 90%+ of your bandwidth even on 10 Gbps lines; no package limit (single files tested to 15 TB); a desktop app and a headless Agent; Portals for clients to upload to you; delivery straight into S3, Frame.io, iconik and NAS; Express for downloading while the upload is still going; and published SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and TPN.
Where KitSlate leadsThe person you send to can watch before they download: camera files and MXF play on the page, with every audio track, notes at the timecode, LUTs and part downloads. KitSlate is a plan price with nothing per gigabyte, and the transfer sits beside the job's quotes, call sheets and invoices.
Every row, with its source →KitSlate and WeTransfer
Where WeTransfer leadsA widely used service (they cite 12M+ monthly active users) with no account to download; Ultimate with no size cap on its pricing page and links that can stay up as long as you like; uploads that pick up again after a dropped connection; your own subdomain and backgrounds; Request Files for uploads; mobile and Mac apps; published ISO 27001; SSO, SCIM and an activity feed for SIEM tools on business plans; and a written commitment not to train AI on your content.
Where KitSlate leadsCamera files and MXF play on the page, where WeTransfer's help centre lists previews for MP4, MOV and M4V up to 1 GB each; notes pinned to the timecode; every audio track; LUTs; part downloads; a spec sheet read from the file; and a link that works before the upload ends.
Every row, with its source →KitSlate and Dropbox Transfer and Replay
Where Dropbox leadsReplay is a dedicated review tool: comments on an exact frame or a range, drawing on the frame, versions and live review, with integrations for Premiere Pro, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, LumaFusion and Pro Tools. Transfer comes with every Dropbox plan, file requests let clients upload, and Dropbox lists SOC 1, 2 and 3 reports and ISO 27001.
Where KitSlate leadsLarger single sends than Transfer's biggest plan, a link that works before the upload ends, every audio track with its own meter, LUTs, part downloads in original quality where the file allows and a spec sheet read from the file. KitSlate does not read, analyse or train on the files you transfer.
Every row, with its source →KitSlate and FileZilla
Where FileZilla leadsFree and open source, with no size cap stated (the client handles files over 4 GB): files go straight between your computer and your own server or cloud account, transfers resume, and it works on Windows, macOS and Linux. The free client and server cost nothing; Pro is a flat yearly licence per user, and Enterprise Server one per server with unlimited users.
Where KitSlate leadsThe person you send to needs only a link and a browser, with no login to your server. KitSlate plays the clips, takes notes at the timecode and shows who downloaded each link. FileZilla's pages describe no playback or timecode notes; Pro can make Box, OneDrive and Google Drive share links, and Enterprise Server keeps transfer logs.
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Sources
The pages each rival cell was read from, on that rival’s own site. If something has changed, tell us and we will correct it.
Signiant Media Shuttle · read 8 October 2026
- Largest transfer
- Storage
- Link before the upload ends
- Uploads from clients
- Transfer enginewww.signiant.com/resources/product-brochures/media-shuttle-data-sheethelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/signiant-app/signiant-app-overviewwww.signiant.com/resources/product-brochures/media-shuttle-producthelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/signiant-app/transferring-without-signiant-apphelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/general/about-media-shuttlehelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/portal-administration/portal-activity
- What the sender uses
- Speed, as published
- Plays in the browser
- Spec sheet
- Comments at a timecode
- Download part of a clip
- Download trackingwww.signiant.com/resources/articles/send-share-submit-media-shuttles-3-portal-types-features-use-cases-exploredhelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/using-portals/transfer-historyhelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/portal-administration/portal-activityhelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/portal-administration/customizing-portals
- Your brandinghelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/portal-administration/customizing-portalshelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/using-portals/portal-member-guidewww.signiant.com/resources/articles/latest-media-shuttle-innovations-10-new-capabilitieswww.signiant.com/resources/articles/send-share-submit-media-shuttles-3-portal-types-features-use-cases-explored
- Integrationswww.signiant.com/resources/product-brochures/media-shuttle-productwww.signiant.com/resources/articles/latest-media-shuttle-innovations-10-new-capabilitieswww.signiant.com/products/media-shuttle/pricing-packagingwww.signiant.com/resources/product-brochures/media-shuttle-data-sheetdeveloper.signiant.com/media-shuttle/working-with-webhooks
- Security, as publishedwww.signiant.com/products/media-shuttlehelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/signiant-app/signiant-app-overviewtrust.signiant.comwww.signiant.com/technology/securitywww.signiant.com/problems-we-solve/secure-file-transferwww.signiant.com/newsroom/signiant-joins-trusted-partner-network-tpn-and-completes-app-and-cloud-gold-shield-assessmentwww.signiant.com/resources/articles/latest-media-shuttle-innovations-10-new-capabilitieshelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/using-portals/portal-member-guidewww.signiant.com/products/media-shuttle/pricing-packaging
- What the recipient needswww.signiant.com/resources/articles/send-share-submit-media-shuttles-3-portal-types-features-use-cases-exploredhelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/general/about-media-shuttlehelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/signiant-app/transferring-without-signiant-apphelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/using-portals/portal-member-guide
- Who owns the files
- How long files are kept
- Where files are storedhelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/account-administration/assigning-storagehelp.signiant.com/media-shuttle/general/system-requirementshelp.signiant.com/flight-deck/reference/flight-cli/flight-server-referencewww.signiant.com/terms-of-usewww.signiant.com/products/media-shuttle/pricing-packagingtrust.signiant.com
- Scanning and AI training
- Download and fair-use limits
- When a plan lapses
- Published price
- What else it does
MASV · read 8 October 2026
- Largest transfer
- Storage
- Link before the upload ends
- Uploads from clients
- Transfer engine
- What the sender uses
- Speed, as published
- Plays in the browser
- Comments at a timecode
- Download part of a clip
- Download tracking
- Your branding
- Integrations
- Security, as published
- What the recipient needs
- Who owns the files
- How long files are kept
- Where files are stored
- Scanning and AI training
- Download and fair-use limits
- When a plan lapses
- Published price
- What else it does
WeTransfer · read 8 October 2026
- Largest transfer
- Storage
- Uploads from clients
- Transfer engine
- What the sender uses
- Speed, as published
- Plays in the browser
- Comments at a timecode
- Download tracking
- Your branding
- Integrations
- Security, as publishedwetransfer.com/pricingwetransfer.com/explore/data-securitywetransfer.com/help-center/security-privacy/how-do-we-protect-your-fileswetransfer.com/resources/secure-file-sharing-workspace/gdpr-compliant-file-sharingwetransfer.com/resources/secure-file-sharing-workspace/hipaa-compliant-file-sharingwetransfer.com/help-center/security-privacy/trust-centerwetransfer.com/help-center/subscriptions/plan-limits
- What the recipient needs
- Who owns the files
- How long files are keptwetransfer.com/explore/legal/privacywetransfer.com/help-center/how-to/transfer-availabilitywetransfer.com/help-center/how-to/download-expired-transferwetransfer.com/help-center/security-privacy/delete-accountwetransfer.com/help-center/security-privacy/data-processing-settingswetransfer.com/explore/legal/terms
- Where files are stored
- Scanning and AI training
- Download and fair-use limits
- When a plan lapses
- Published price
- What else it does
Dropbox Transfer and Replay · read 8 October 2026
- Largest transfer
- Storage
- Uploads from clients
- Transfer engine
- What the sender uses
- Speed, as published
- Plays in the browser
- Spec sheet
- Comments at a timecode
- Download part of a clip
- Every audio track
- Download tracking
- Your branding
- Integrations
- Security, as published
- What the recipient needs
- Who owns the files
- How long files are kept
- Where files are stored
- Scanning and AI training
- Download and fair-use limits
- When a plan lapses
- Published price
- What else it does
FileZilla · read 8 October 2026
- Largest transfer
- Storage
- Uploads from clients
- Transfer engine
- What the sender usesfilezilla-project.org/client_features.phpfilezillapro.com/docs/v3/features-v3/filezilla-pro-featuresfilezillapro.comfilezillapro.com/filezilla-pro-vs-the-competition-what-we-found-after-comparing-6-alternatives-2026filezillapro.com/docs/server/filezilla-pro-enterprise-server/compare-filezilla-pro-enterprise-server-vs-serv-u
- Speed, as publishedfilezillapro.com/filezilla-profilezillapro.com/docs/v3/filezilla-product-comparisons/filezilla-pro-vs-smartftp-2026-one-edition-beats-a-four-tier-stack-at-a-third-of-the-pricefilezillapro.com/docs/v3/filezilla-product-comparisons/filezilla-pro-vs-ws_ftp-professional-2026-which-ftp-client-should-you-choose
- Download tracking
- Integrations
- Security, as publishedfilezillapro.com/docs/v3/features-v3/filezilla-pro-featuresfilezillapro.com/filezilla-profilezillapro.com/serverfilezillapro.com/iso-27001-certifiedfilezillapro.com/docs/v3/filezilla-product-comparisons/filezilla-pro-vs-smartftp-2026-one-edition-beats-a-four-tier-stack-at-a-third-of-the-pricefilezillapro.com/docs/server/filezilla-pro-enterprise-server/compare-filezilla-pro-enterprise-server-vs-cerberus-ftp-server
- What the recipient needs
- Who owns the files
- How long files are kept
- Where files are stored
- Scanning and AI training
- Download and fair-use limits
- When a plan lapses
- Published price
- What else it does
KitSlate · its own pages
- Largest transfer
- Storage
- Link before the upload ends
- Uploads from clients
- Transfer engine
- What the sender uses
- Speed, as published
- Plays in the browser
- Spec sheet
- Comments at a timecode
- LUT view
- Download part of a clip
- Transcripts
- Every audio track
- Audio as its own file
- Download tracking
- Your branding
- Integrations
- Security, as published
- What the recipient needs
- Who owns the files
- How long files are kept
- Where files are stored
- Scanning and AI training
- Download and fair-use limits
- When a plan lapses
- Published price
- What else it does