DropYourFiles

A Hightail alternative

DropYourFiles and Hightail, side by side.

Both send your client large files and take comments at a timecode. Here is where they differ, from each one’s own pages, with the date we read them.

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Free up to 5 GB. No card. Read on each one’s own pages on October 28, 2026.

What you and your client get.

DropYourFiles and Hightail, compared on October 28, 2026
WhatDropYourFilesHightail
Price a monthFree; Solo $20 ($220 a year); Studio $59; Enterprise from $149Lite free; Pro $15 ($12 billed yearly); Teams $30 a user ($24 billed yearly); Business $45 a user ($36 billed yearly), 3 users or more
Who the price coversYour studio, not each person: 1 login on Free and Solo, 3 on Studio, 10 on Enterprise, and more for $15 a month each on Studio and EnterprisePro is one price. Teams and Business charge for each user
RoomFree 5 GB and 1 h of video; Solo 1 TB and 15 h of video; Studio 2 TB and 50 h of video; Enterprise 6 TB and 150 h of video. Add 100 GB for $5 a monthLite 2 GB, sends up to 100 MB; Pro, Teams and Business unlimited storage, sends up to 25 GB, 50 GB and 500 GB
How long the link lastsAs long as you keep the project. Nothing expires on a clockLite sends expire after 7 days. Paid plans set a date or never expire
Your client needs an account to commentNo. Your client types a name once, on their first note, on every planOn Lite and Pro, guests register for an account to comment. Commenting without one is a Business setting
Your client’s notes at a timecodeYesYes, at a point or over a range, on video and audio
Your client’s notes on a photoPinned to the spot, with drawingBoxes, lines, arrows and freehand drawing
How your client approvesYour client presses Approve and confirms onceApprovals in a set order with due dates, on Teams and Business
Approval opens the downloadsYes. The review mark comes off and the full-size downloads open, on the same linkNot on Hightail’s pages. You can prevent downloads so files preview or stream
Your brandingYour logo, name and colors at the top of your client’s page, on every plan. The link is on dropyourfiles.comAn add-on on Pro, included on Teams and Business. Lite is branded OpenText Hightail
Your client’s notes in your editorFinal Cut Pro, as to-do markers. Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve not yet. A spreadsheet on every planNo editing app on Hightail’s pages. Plugins for Photoshop and Illustrator

Hightail’s side was read on its own pages on October 28, 2026, and prices are in US dollars. 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.

Hightail may suit you better if

  • You send large files to many people and want comments in the same tool.
  • You want approvals in a set order, with due dates, across a team.
  • You design in Photoshop or Illustrator and want to share from inside them.

DropYourFiles may suit you better if

  • You want your client to comment with no account, on every plan.
  • You deliver photos and film to the same client and want them on one page.
  • You want your client’s approval to take the watermark off and open the full-size downloads, on the same link.
  • You cut in Final Cut Pro and want your client’s notes as to-do markers.

Sources.

Try it on your next client job.

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Free up to 5 GB. No card. Your client never makes an account.