Media Center · compared
KitSlate or FileZilla for sending video files?
FileZilla is a free, open-source FTP, FTPS and SFTP client, and a free FTP and FTPS server, for Windows, macOS and Linux. FileZilla Pro adds cloud storage, a command-line client and an Enterprise Server that adds SFTP. It is a different kind of tool: it moves files between your computer and a server you already have, rather than hosting a link for a client itself.
KitSlate’s Media Center sends up to 1 TB per transfer, plays the clips for the person you send to, takes their notes at a timecode and keeps the transfer beside the job’s quotes, call sheets and invoices. FileZilla’s side of the table is from its own pages, read on 8 October 2026. “Not stated” means their pages do not say.
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.
Side by side
| What | KitSlateMedia Center | FileZillaFTP and SFTP |
|---|---|---|
| Sending | ||
| Largest transfer | Per transfer: 5 GB on the free profile, 500 GB on Solo, 1 TB on Studio and above, up to 500 files. | No size cap is stated. The free client's features page lists resume and transfer of large files over 4 GB. Pro Enterprise Server is described as able to transfer 'limitless files'. |
| Storage | Your live links share your storage: 100 GB on the free profile, 500 GB on Solo, 2 TB on Studio, 4 TB on Production House, 10 TB on Enterprise. | No storage plan is described. The client moves files between your computer and remote servers or cloud storage services you connect to, and the server products are self-hosted on a machine you provide. |
| Link before the upload ends | Yes. The link exists the moment the upload starts, so you can share it while the files are still on their way; their page shows what has arrived and fills in the rest as it comes. | Not stated |
| Uploads from clients | No. Recipients can write back to you on the page; they cannot send files to you. | Upload link or web upload page: not stated. With FileZilla Server (FTP, FTPS) or Pro Enterprise Server (adds SFTP) you create user accounts on your own machine, and clients connect with an FTP or SFTP client. Browser access to Enterprise Server is listed on their roadmap for Q3 2026; the free server's WebUI is experimental and off by default.WebUI is not included in the default buildFileZilla Server version history, 1.9.0-rc1 |
| Speed | ||
| Transfer engine | In the browser over HTTPS, with nothing to install. Each file goes up in parts over as many as 32 parallel connections, set by a speed test before you send; an interrupted upload carries on from the last part saved, and downloads resume too. No accelerated UDP protocol and no desktop app. | Desktop app speaking FTP, FTPS and SFTP (Pro adds WebDAV and cloud APIs). The free client lists resume, a transfer queue and speed limits. Pro's docs add resume on every protocol that supports byte ranges, queue reordering, pausing and priority, and automatic retry. Their speed guide advises 1 or 2 simultaneous transfers for very large files. |
| What the sender uses | A browser. There is no desktop or mobile app to install. | Desktop only as published. Free client: Windows, Linux, *BSD, macOS. Pro client: Windows 10+, macOS (Intel and Apple Silicon), Debian Linux; RemoteDrive: Mac; Pro CLI: Windows. Mobile: a FileZilla Pro comparison page says the Pro family has no native iOS or iPadOS app; Android: not stated. Browser: web access to Enterprise Server is listed on its Q3 2026 roadmap; a browser app for sending: not stated. |
| Speed, as published | 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). A speed test on the Send page, and on kitslate.app/transfers, measures your own line before you send. | No single headline figure. FileZilla Pro's comparison pages publish their own benchmark results against other clients, for example SFTP 14 Mb/s against SmartFTP's 11 Mb/s and Google Drive 20 Mb/s against 10 Mb/s; full test conditions are not stated. The Pro page describes it in its own words, quoted below. A speed test or transfer-time calculator: not stated.the most efficient FTP client in the worldFileZilla Pro page, Super Fast |
| Watching and review | ||
| Plays in the browser | H.264 video and sound play on the page. Camera files play too, MXF included: from the proxy the camera recorded, or from a preview KitSlate makes on paid plans, within the plan's monthly preview minutes. The download is the untouched master. ProRes and DNxHR .mov files show their specs and download; most browsers play only their sound. | Not stated |
| Spec sheet | A spec sheet read from the file itself: Picture (codec, bit depth, frame rate), Sound (tracks and their names, sample rate) and Source (start timecode, camera, scene and take). | Not stated |
| Comments at a timecode | Pause and write: the note carries the clip's source timecode and opens the clip at that frame; you answer on the same thread. Notes sit as markers on the scrubber, and J, K and L play backwards, pause and speed up, on every plan. Frame step, an A-B loop, snapshots and the timecode display are on paid plans; a recipient whose own KitSlate plan is paid gets them by signing in on the page. | Not stated |
| LUT view | Log footage shows as Rec.709 from the camera's metadata, a LUT in the clip or on the card, or a show LUT you attach; one switch shows the original. On paid plans. | Not stated |
| Download part of a clip | Set an in and an out and download that part: WAV, MP4 and MOV in their original quality (a long-GOP clip starts on the keyframe at or before the in point), and any previewed file as a compressed MP4. On paid plans. | Not stated |
| Transcripts | A transcript of each audio and video file, every line with the clip's own timecode: the words light up as it plays, a press on a line goes there, and it is searchable. Select a few words to trim to exactly that part, or attach them to a comment. Download it as text with or without timecodes, or as SRT or VTT subtitles. Made automatically by Workers AI (whisper-large-v3-turbo), with no speaker labels, so check it before you quote it. Off until the sender switches it on; on paid plans. | Not stated |
| Audio | ||
| Every audio track | On paid plans every track gets a lane with a switch, solo and a meter with peak hold and loudness, and the Audio menu adds Left, Right and Reverse; Stereo and Mono are on every plan. On a camera file's preview you hear a stereo mix, with every track listed. | Not stated |
| Audio as its own file | A sound recorder's poly WAV downloads whole on every plan; on paid plans also as one track, or split into a mono WAV per track, with the mixer's track names. | Not stated |
| Delivery and tracking | ||
| Download tracking | Per recipient: opened, played, downloaded, with the time and the speed. Open a transfer you sent and you see their page with an Activity panel only you see. Emails the first time each person downloads, on every download, or never. | The Pro client keeps a detailed message log of each session, with export-ready log files. Pro Enterprise Server lists detailed transfer logs and an audit trail; the free FileZilla Server has configurable logging. Download notifications or receipts for a recipient: not stated. |
| Your branding | On paid plans the email and the download page carry your company's name, logo, email and phone, for the company you send as. No custom domain. | Not stated |
| Integrations | None for transfers: no editing-software panels, no cloud-storage connectors and no transfer API. Recipients come from your KitSlate crew, client and company books. | Free client: FTP, FTPS, SFTP only. Pro adds Amazon S3, Google Drive, Google Cloud Storage, OneDrive (incl. Business), SharePoint, Azure Blob/File, Dropbox, Box, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, OpenStack Swift, Rackspace Cloud, WebDAV. Separate Pro CLI for scripted transfers. |
| Security, as published | TLS in transit; transfer files are held in Cloudflare R2, encrypted at rest. KitSlate does not hold a SOC 2 or ISO 27001 attestation. | SFTP keys (ED25519, ECDSA, RSA); FTPS (TLS); master password for stored credentials. Enterprise Server: 2FA, Active Directory, third-party penetration tests. Business Follows srl (maker of Pro) is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified (certificate ITA-10370-ISMS, to August 2029), covering Pro Client, FileZilla Server and Enterprise Server. HIPAA: their comparison pages say they hold no formal HIPAA certification. SOC 2: Not stated.No formal HIPAA / FIPS compliance certificationsFileZilla Pro vs SmartFTP, FileZilla Pro cons |
| Terms and your files | ||
| What the recipient needs | A browser. No account and nothing to install; by opening the page or downloading, a recipient accepts the terms. | For files on your FTP or SFTP server, whoever collects them needs an FTP/SFTP client (the free FileZilla client works with the Pro Enterprise Server) and a login on your server. Pro can also create sharing links on Box and OneDrive, and Google Drive shares open to anyone; those are the cloud provider's own links. A recipient web link hosted by FileZilla: not stated.Anyone with the link can either view or edit the itemHow to Share Files with Microsoft OneDrive |
| Who owns the files | You own the files. The licence is to store them for the period you set, stream previews to your recipients, deliver them and delete them.You own what you send.Terms §32, File transfer | You keep your files: they go between your computer and your own server or cloud account. The project's privacy policy says neither FileZilla nor third parties have access to files. A licence over your content: not stated. The Pro terms disclaim liability for content you transmit.Neither we nor third parties have access to your credentials, filesPrivacy Policy (filezilla-project.org), Data processing in our Software |
| How long files are kept | For the period you set, 1 to 30 days (7 by default); then the files are deleted and cannot be recovered. Transfer files are not part of KitSlate's backups. | FileZilla says it has no access to your files, which stay on the servers you choose. Pro customer data: kept up to two years after the subscription expires, ten years at most for legal defence. Website logs: no more than 10 days on the project site; on the Pro site generally no more than 30 days, extendable to one year for follow-up or support. |
| Where files are stored | Cloudflare storage in North America (Eastern North America location hint, best effort). Choosing a region: not stated. | Files: not held by FileZilla, so no region applies. Pro's maker is Business Follows srl, Rome, Italy; the free project's controller is in Cologne, Germany. Region choice for any hosted data: Not stated. |
| Scanning and AI training | Transfer files are not read, analysed or used to train anything, and they are not scanned for malware.We do not read, analyse or train anything on transfer files.Terms §32, File transfer | Not stated for files; the privacy policy says they have no access to your files. Malware scanning, content moderation and AI training: Not stated. The software does check for new versions (sends version, OS and CPU type). |
| Download and fair-use limits | No download cap is stated. Transfers that exceed an allowance or break the terms may be refused, slowed or stopped. | Free client and free server: the licence page says no restrictions apply to using them. Pro Enterprise Server: unlimited users and bandwidth. Egress fees or caps on your own host or cloud account: not stated by FileZilla. |
| When a plan lapses | A cancelled plan keeps its paid features to the end of the period paid for. If a downgrade leaves you over the lower plan's limits, you are told what exceeds them and given a reasonable chance to export or reduce it before anything becomes read-only (Terms §16). Transfer links you have already sent are not ended by cancellation: each keeps working until the expiry you set, and its recipients can still download; the Pro review tools on them follow your plan at the time the page is opened (Terms §32). | Nothing happens to your files, as FileZilla never holds them. A Pro client keeps working, but updates and online services stop without renewal. The Enterprise Server licence expires if not renewed. |
| Price | ||
| Published price | The Media Center is on every plan, the free profile included (5 GB per transfer). Solo $19, Studio $49, Production House $149 a month; Enterprise: custom pricing. Save 20% billed annually. A plan price with its seats included (1 seat on Solo, 3 seats on Studio, 8 seats on Production House); nothing per gigabyte, and recipients never need a seat. | Client: free (GPL). Pro client: EUR 12.99/year for one device, EUR 29.99/year for up to 3 devices, one licence per user. Pro CLI (Windows) EUR 12.99/year; Pro + CLI bundle EUR 24.99/year. Pro Enterprise Server: EUR 199.99/year on the pricing page ('Starting at: 199 €/year' on the server page), one server, unlimited users. Prices include taxes; yearly subscriptions. FileZilla Server (non-Pro): free. |
| Beyond transfer | ||
| What else it does | The transfer is one part of KitSlate: on paid plans the same account sends quotes that become invoices, call sheets and agreements, and keeps your crew and client books and your inventory. | Moves and syncs files, batch-renames, edits remote files, compares folders; CLI for scheduled jobs. No review, asset management or storage of its own is described. |
About speed. FileZilla is a desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux, over FTP, FTPS and SFTP. 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 a desktop app 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.
Where FileZilla’s figures come from
Read on FileZilla’s own site and help centre on 8 October 2026. If something has changed, tell us and we will correct it.
FileZilla · read 8 October 2026
- Largest transfer
- Storage
- Uploads from clients
- Transfer engine
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- 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
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- 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