SwissTransfer alternatives
SwissTransfer is the most generous free file transfer service in the category — 50 GB per transfer, no account, run by Infomaniak — and for occasional sending there is no reason to use anything else. People look for alternatives for three specific reasons: files disappear after 15 days, large archives have to be downloaded one file at a time, and Switzerland is not in the EU.
Every figure below is from the relevant company's own documentation, with the date it was checked.
What SwissTransfer states
From Infomaniak's own getting-started guide, checked 1 August 2026:
- Transfers up to 50 GB, free, no account required.
- Files are automatically deleted after 15 days. An extension to 30 days is offered to the sender by email on the twelfth day and remains available for three days.
- If an archive exceeds 10 GB, the files must be downloaded one by one rather than as a single archive.
15 days
It is run by Infomaniak, a Swiss company with a serious reputation on privacy and infrastructure. Nothing below should be read as a criticism of it; this page exists because three specific constraints send people looking.
The three reasons people leave
Files vanish after 15 days
The extension helps, but it is opt-in, offered late, and depends on the sender noticing an email. If you deliver work that a client comes back to months later, a 15-day default is the wrong shape — you will re-upload the same files repeatedly. Retention is worth deciding deliberately rather than accepting a default.
The 10 GB archive limit
This is the constraint that surprises people. Under 10 GB, one download. Over 10 GB, your recipient downloads files individually. For one large video that is irrelevant. For a wedding gallery of six hundred images, it is unusable — and it is exactly the case where free size limits looked most generous.
Switzerland is outside the EU
Swiss data protection is generally treated as adequate, and for most purposes this is a non-issue. But if your requirement is written as "data must remain within the EU" — which is how a lot of procurement and public-sector requirements are actually worded — a Swiss service does not satisfy it on its face. That distinction is the subject of the European services comparison.
The alternatives
Yungle, for delivery rather than sending
Mine, so weigh it accordingly. Free is 10 GB per transfer, unlimited transfers, 7 days, no account, no ads — a fifth of SwissTransfer's per-transfer ceiling, so on size alone this is a downgrade and I will not pretend otherwise.
What it is for is the case SwissTransfer is not built for. Paid plans start at 250 GB of storage where nothing expires. Collections preserve folder structure exactly as you uploaded it and download as one archive regardless of size, so the 10 GB problem does not arise. Clients get a gallery they can browse and select from. File request links let clients send things to you. On the top plan, delivery happens on your own domain.
It is an EU company on one server in Germany with backups in the EU, with a DPA you can read. Every file is encrypted at rest with its own key. It runs on renewable power and a tenth of the profit protects rainforest.
And to repeat the concession above, because it is the one that matters: if your files fit in 50 GB and you just need them sent, SwissTransfer does that free and does it well.
Filemail, for bigger single transfers
From Filemail's own plan comparison, checked 1 August 2026: free Basic is 5 GB per transfer with 5 GB of storage and 7-day availability; Pro reaches 250 GB per transfer with 1 TB storage and lists availability as permanent; Business lists "Any Size".
The only option here that exceeds SwissTransfer's 50 GB, and it does so substantially. If your files routinely clear 50 GB, this is the direct upgrade.
Smash, for no ceiling on a free account
From Smash's own pricing page, checked 1 August 2026: free sends up to 2 GB with expiry up to 7 days, but above 2 GB you are queued rather than refused. Pro reaches 250 GB with 30-day expiry.
Much smaller free tier, but the queue means very large free transfers are possible if you can wait. Ad-supported.
WeTransfer and Dropbox Transfer
WeTransfer (checked 31 July 2026): 3 GB free counted across a rolling 30 days, ad-supported. Dropbox Transfer (checked 31 July 2026): 2 GB free, 30 days default, no ads.
Both are far below SwissTransfer on size. Dropbox Transfer's longer default retention is its one advantage here.
Choosing
Occasional sending, under 10 GB, nothing sensitive? Stay on SwissTransfer. It is the best free tier there is and nothing on this page beats it for that job.
Single files over 50 GB? Filemail.
Recipients struggling with the file-by-file download? That is the archive limit, and it needs a service that zips server-side at any size.
A hard EU-residency requirement? Start with the European list and check the company's country of incorporation, not just the data centre.
Delivering client work repeatedly rather than sending one-offs? The constraint you will hit is expiry, not size, and that is what paid plans exist to solve.