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KitSlate or WeTransfer for sending video files?

WeTransfer is a file transfer service: you upload files in the browser or its apps and share a download link or send it by email, and the recipient downloads in the browser or the WeTransfer app. Its plans are Free, Starter, Ultimate, Teams and Enterprise.

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. WeTransfer’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 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.

Side by side

WhatKitSlateMedia CenterWeTransferFile transfer
Sending
Largest transferPer transfer: 5 GB on the free profile, 500 GB on Solo, 1 TB on Studio and above, up to 500 files.Free: 3 GB and 10 transfers per month. Starter: 300 GB and 10 transfers per month. Ultimate: "No limits on the transfer size" on the pricing page, but 1 TB per transfer on their plan-limits page. Teams: as Ultimate. Their pages disagree on whether Free's 3 GB is per month or per transfer.
StorageYour 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.Free, Starter and Ultimate: 2 TB by default (the pricing page says "regardless of the plan"). Teams: up to 5 TB, extendable to 30 TB on request. Enterprise: custom. Their Teams marketing page says "Unlimited file size and storage", which disagrees.
Link before the upload endsYes. 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 clientsNo. Recipients can write back to you on the page; they cannot send files to you.Yes. Request Files makes one upload link anyone can use; files arrive in your Received area with an email per upload; the link stays open until you close it; uploaders need a free account. On Ultimate, your branded page also takes uploads (kept 30 days). Their pages disagree on whether those uploaders need an account: the pricing FAQ says no (they may be asked to verify their email), their custom-domain page says a free account is needed.
Speed
Transfer engineIn 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.Files are uploaded from the browser or their apps and downloaded through the browser. Their blog says uploads pick up where they left off if the connection drops or the page reloads, and that uploading starts the moment files are added. Their troubleshooting page still says sleep mode cancels an upload. Parallel streams or an accelerated protocol: Not stated.Uploads now pick up where they left off if your internet dropsBlog, "Unstoppable uploads"
What the sender usesA browser. There is no desktop or mobile app to install.Browser; iOS app (iOS 16.0 or later on iPhone; iPad on iPadOS 15.0 or later); Android app (Android 8.0+ per one page, Android 6+ per another); Mac menu-bar app (macOS 12.4+, from the App Store). A Windows desktop app is not described; the system-requirements section headed "Mac and Windows desktop apps" only points to the Mac article.
Speed, as publishedMeasured 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.Only general marketing, nothing measured: "Ultra-fast file transfers" (no comparison given). Their plan-limits page says speed is the same on Free and paid. No speed test or transfer-time calculator found.
Watching and review
Plays in the browserH.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.Yes, in the browser. Their help centre lists video MP4, MOV, M4V up to 1 GB per file; audio MP3, WAV, M4A up to 1 GB; images (several camera RAW types), PDF and Office files up to 256 MB. Some of their video pages still say MP4 and MOV up to 300 MB. Previews cover the first 500 files (Free) or 1,500 (paid). For MXF, ProRes and other professional formats, their video page says the recipient downloads the file to play it.recipients download and play the file locallyShare videos via a download link, FAQ
Spec sheetA 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 timecodePause 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.Comments on an individual file in the preview, available on all accounts and off by default; recipients can also mark favorites. The owner gets an email per comment; a commenter who is not logged in gives a name and email, no account. Timecode-pinned or frame-accurate comments, and a separate approval status, are not described.
LUT viewLog 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 clipSet 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
TranscriptsA 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 trackOn 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 fileA 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 trackingPer 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.Transfer Activity shows who downloaded and when (logged-out visitors show as Anonymous). Tracked downloads make downloaders verify identity first; Restricted downloads limit access to an email list. The sender gets a download confirmation email.
Your brandingOn 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.Ultimate and above: your own page with logo, a custom subdomain (like yourname.wetransfer.com), up to five rotating backgrounds, social links and custom emails, plus a custom background and description on each transfer. On Free and Starter the pricing table lists wallpapers as "Advertising (and art)".
IntegrationsNone for transfers: no editing-software panels, no cloud-storage connectors and no transfer API. Recipients come from your KitSlate crew, client and company books.Stripe, to charge for transfers (connected under Account Settings > Integrations; Stripe is the only payment provider). Single sign-on, with SAML setup guides for Google Admin and Microsoft Azure, and SCIM provisioning with Microsoft Azure. Enterprise Custom Contract plans get an Activity Events API to send the activity log to a SIEM tool such as Splunk. A public API for sending transfers, editing-software plug-ins and Zapier: not stated.
Security, as publishedTLS in transit; transfer files are held in Cloudflare R2, encrypted at rest. KitSlate does not hold a SOC 2 or ISO 27001 attestation.Their pages say: TLS (1.2 or 1.3) in transit and AES-256 at rest; ISO/IEC 27001 certified; GDPR-compliant; regular penetration testing; automatic malware scanning (Ultimate list); two-factor authentication; data processing agreements on business plans. Enterprise lists SSO, advanced access management, usage and security logs and end-to-end encryption; plan-limits adds SCIM. Their healthcare page says that, as a Dutch company, WeTransfer is not bound by US HIPAA rules. SOC 2 is not stated on their public pages; their Trust Center needs an NDA.
Terms and your files
What the recipient needsA browser. No account and nothing to install; by opening the page or downloading, a recipient accepts the terms.A browser only. The recipient needs no account to download or preview, but must accept the Terms of Service (and may be asked about cookies). The sender needs a free account. For Request Files, the person uploading also needs a free account.
Who owns the filesYou 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 transferYou own your files. They take a royalty-free licence to use your content to operate, develop and improve the service (per their privacy policy), and you grant other users access as the features you use allow. The content licence (6.3) has no "perpetual", "sublicensable" or machine-learning wording; those words were in a July 2025 draft and were removed.We do not claim any ownership rights to the Content.Terms of Service 6.2 (ownership), 6.3 (licence to WeTransfer), 6.4 (licence to others); last update 3 Aug 2026
How long files are keptFor 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.Expired transfers are deleted within 48 hours of the expiry you chose, or, if set to Recoverable, within 1 year. Free and Starter links last at most 3 days; Ultimate and above set their own, except transfers with health-related files, which expire after at most 60 days on any plan. Recovery is Ultimate/Teams/Enterprise only (under 256 MiB: up to 1 year; over 256 MiB: 90 days). A deleted account removes everything within 7 days; a free account unused for 12 months may be deleted.deleted automatically and permanently from our servers within 48 hoursPrivacy Policy, "How long we keep your personal information" - User Content; Terms 4.4, 6.5
Where files are storedCloudflare storage in North America (Eastern North America location hint, best effort). Choosing a region: not stated.Their help centre says files are stored in both the EU and the US: uploads from the EU on a European IP address (not through an anonymous proxy) stay in the EU, everything else is stored in the US. Their GDPR page names AWS servers in Ireland for European uploads. Choosing a region is Not stated for any plan.WeTransfer stores files in both the EU and the US.Help: How do we process and protect your data and files? (Where do you store my files?)
Scanning and AI trainingTransfer 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 transferThey scan for malware and use automated plus human moderation to detect illegal or unwanted content (CSAM, malware, fraud, copyright infringement). On AI: "We don't use your content to train AI models". The privacy policy says they may review content for trends "Only with your permission".We don't use your content to train AI models, we never havePrinciples of Content Protection ("Your content isn't used to train AI"); Terms 7.2; Privacy Policy, purposes table
Download and fair-use limitsNo download cap is stated. Transfers that exceed an allowance or break the terms may be refused, slowed or stopped.A download bandwidth cap, fair-use rule or egress fee: not stated. Stated limits: the plan's transfer counts and sizes, a soft limit of 40 email transfers per 24 hours to prevent spam and abuse, a ban on use that degrades the service's performance, and the Free plan is for non-commercial use only.a soft limit of 40 email transfers per 24 hoursHelp: Why am I blocked on WeTransfer?; Terms 7.1
When a plan lapsesA 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).On cancel, the plan continues to the end of the billing period, then reverts to Free. Active transfers stay online for up to 28 days after that and are then permanently deleted with no recovery, unless you resubscribe. A downgrade works the same way and takes effect at the end of the period with no refund.all remaining active transfers will be permanently deletedHelp: How do I cancel my WeTransfer subscription? (What happens after cancellation)
Price
Published priceThe 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.Monthly billing: Free $0; Starter $10/month; Ultimate $25/month; Teams $25 per user/month, minimum 2 users; Enterprise custom (50+ members). Yearly toggle: Starter $7/month, Ultimate $19/month, Teams $19 per user/month (minimum 2 users), all "billed yearly". Ultimate has a 7-day free trial.
Beyond transfer
What else it doesThe 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.Beyond sending: upload-request links, in-browser previews with comments and favorites, preview-only (watermarked) sharing, charging for downloads through Stripe, shared photo and video albums (Albums), document signing (WeTransfer Sign) and Collect for gathering files. Frame-accurate review and asset management are not described.

About speed. WeTransfer has iOS, Android and Mac menu-bar apps beside the browser. 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 WeTransfer’s figures come from

Read on WeTransfer’s own site and help centre on 8 October 2026. If something has changed, tell us and we will correct it.

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