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Frame.io vs WeTransfer: review, or transfer.
WeTransfer sends files. Frame.io collects notes on them. If you are choosing between the two, the job decides it.
Free up to 5 GB. No card. Read on each one’s own pages on October 29, 2026.
The short answer.
Pick WeTransfer to hand over finished files: your client downloads with no account, you can set a price to pay before download with no platform fees, and Ultimate ($25 a month, $19 billed yearly) has no limit on transfer size and no expiry. Comments are per file, not at a moment, and video previews stop at 300 MB. WeTransfer’s free plan is for individual, non-commercial use.
Pick Frame.io when the files need notes before they’re final: comments at a timecode from a guest with a name and email, versions on the same share, and export to your editor. It is $15 a month a member on Pro.
Side by side, with a third option.
Many studios use both: Frame.io for the rounds, WeTransfer for the finals, and two links for the client. Here is where DropYourFiles sits, one link from first cut to last download.
| What | Frame.io | WeTransfer | DropYourFiles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | Video review for editors and their teams | Sending files | Review and delivery of photos and film on one link |
| Price a month | Free; Pro $15 a member ($156 a year); Team $25 a member ($264 a year) | Free; Starter $10 ($7 billed yearly); Ultimate $25 ($19); Teams $25 a user ($19), 2 users or more | Free; Solo $20 ($220 a year); Studio $59; Enterprise from $149 |
| Client work on the free plan | Not restricted on the pricing page | No. Free is for individual, non-commercial use | Yes. Free is for real client jobs |
| How much | Free 2 GB; Pro 2 TB plus 2 TB for each extra member; Team 3 TB plus 2 TB for each member | Free 3 GB and 10 transfers a month; Starter 300 GB and 10 transfers; Ultimate and Teams no transfer size limit. Up to 2 TB kept on any plan | Solo 1 TB; Studio 2 TB; Enterprise 6 TB |
| How long the link lasts | You can set an expiry date from Pro | Up to 3 days on Free and Starter; no expiry on Ultimate and Teams | As long as you keep the project, unless you set an expiry date |
| Your client’s notes | At a timecode on a film, and on images | A comment on each file, not at a moment. Video previews up to 300 MB | At a timecode on a film, pinned to a spot on a photo, all in one list |
| Your client needs an account | No. A name and email on the first comment | No. A name and email to comment | No. Your client types a name once, on their first note |
| Approval opens the downloads | No. Downloads are a setting on each share; turning them off needs Pro | Downloads are open once you send. You can set a price to pay before downloading | Yes. The review mark comes off and the full-size downloads open, on the same link |
Frame.io and WeTransfer were read on their own pages on October 29, 2026. Plans change: check theirs before you decide, and tell us at support@dropyourfiles.com if a line here is out of date.
Which one suits you.
Frame.io may suit you better if
- Your work goes through review rounds with clients and editors.
- You want comments in your editing app.
WeTransfer may suit you better if
- You send finished files once and need nothing back.
- You want your client to pay before downloading, in the same transfer.
- You send very large single files with no size limit (Ultimate).
DropYourFiles may suit you better if
- You want review and the final download on the same link.
- You want a free plan that allows client work.
- Your client gets photos as well as film.
Questions.
Is WeTransfer good for client review?
For a quick look, yes: your client can comment on each file with a name and email. The comments aren’t tied to a moment in the film, and video previews stop at 300 MB.
Can I use WeTransfer Free for client work?
No. WeTransfer’s pricing page says the Free plan is for individual, non-commercial use, which rules out client jobs.
Frame.io or WeTransfer for sending finals?
WeTransfer is built for sending; Frame.io for reviewing. If you want both on one link, so the finals download from the page your client reviewed, that is the gap DropYourFiles fills.
Sources.
- Frame.io pricing, read October 29, 2026
- Frame.io help: share links explained for clients, read October 29, 2026
- Frame.io help: supported file types, read October 29, 2026
- Frame.io help: comment printing and comment exporting, read October 29, 2026
- WeTransfer pricing, read October 29, 2026
- WeTransfer: comments on shared files, read October 29, 2026
- DropYourFiles pricing, today
- Each one alone beside DropYourFiles: Frame.io alternative and WeTransfer alternative
- Every price in one table, and the other match-ups: Frame.io vs Pixieset, Frame.io vs Vimeo, Pixieset vs Pic-Time, Frame.io vs Dropbox Replay and Frame.io vs Google Drive
Try it on a job with photos and film.
Free up to 5 GB. No card. Your client never makes an account.