The OneDrive alternative for sending files
A password on a link shouldn’t need a subscription.
OneDrive keeps passwords and expiry dates for Microsoft 365 subscribers. Yungle gives every transfer both for free, on servers in Germany.
Yungle and OneDrive, side by side
Made for
- Yungle
- Sending and delivering files
- OneDrive
- Storing and syncing files
Largest single file
- Yungle
- 10 GB per free transfer
- OneDrive
- 250 GB
Links that expire
- Yungle
- Yes, after 7 days on free transfers
- OneDrive
- Microsoft 365 subscribers only
Password on a link
- Yungle
- Yes, free
- OneDrive
- Microsoft 365 subscribers only
Company
- Yungle
- European
- OneDrive
- Microsoft Corporation, Washington, USA
Where data may be processed
- Yungle
- Germany
- OneDrive
- Your region, the United States and elsewhere
OneDrive details from their own documentation, checked 21 September 2026: OneDrive restrictions and limitations, Share OneDrive files and folders, Microsoft privacy statement. Something out of date? Tell us at hello@yungle.co.
A day with each
The same day, a lot less hassle.
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A password, no subscription.
- With OneDrive
- Putting a password on a link needs a Microsoft 365 subscription.
- With Yungle
- Password-protect a transfer, free.
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Stored in Germany.
- With OneDrive
- Microsoft, of Washington, may process your data in your region, the US and elsewhere.
- With Yungle
- Your files sit on servers in Germany, run by a European company.
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Your name on the page.
- With OneDrive
- Recipients open your file on a Microsoft address.
- With Yungle
- On a subscription, deliveries live on your own domain, with your logo.
When OneDrive is the better choice
- Everyone involved is inside the same Microsoft 365 organisation and edits the files together.
- You need to share single files larger than Yungle’s limits.
Switching
Moving over takes one upload.
- 1
Keep OneDrive for syncing
Nothing to migrate. Keep your synced files, and send the finished ones with Yungle.
- 2
Send your next file here
Add a password and let the link expire on its own after 7 days.
- 3
Bring your team when ready
Invite colleagues into one workspace with shared contacts and collections.
Questions, answered.
Ask us something elseCan I password-protect a OneDrive link for free?
According to Microsoft, passwords and expiry dates on sharing links are only available to Microsoft 365 subscribers. On Yungle a password is free, and free transfers expire after 7 days.
Does the recipient need a Microsoft account?
Not with Yungle. They open the link and download.
Do I need to move my files out of OneDrive?
No. Keep OneDrive for your own work and send with Yungle when a file leaves the organisation.
Send your first file in ten seconds.
10 GB, free, right now — no account, no card, no ads. Pay us only when you want your work to stay put.
- Cancel anytime
- iDEAL, card or SEPA
- Export or delete everything, yourself