The WeTransfer alternative
for client video delivery
WeTransfer is great for one-off file sends to strangers. It falls apart the moment you try to run a recurring client relationship through it. MyStdio gives every client a branded portal where their projects, deliverables, and review videos live in one place. Links that never expire. Your studio's name on the page, not WeTransfer's.
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Is MyStdio a WeTransfer replacement?
For everything client-facing, yes. WeTransfer is a one-way courier: drop a file, generate a link, hope they download it before it expires. MyStdio is the place clients live for the whole project. Quotes, deliverables, review, approvals, and a permanent home for every file you have ever sent them. WeTransfer remains useful for the occasional one-off send to someone who is not a client, and the free tier covers that for $0.
You are tired of re-sending expired links, explaining which version of the cut is the latest, and watching client feedback arrive over email with vague timestamps. You want your client delivery to look like your studio.
Most of what you send is one-off transfers to people who are not clients (vendors, journalists, conference organisers, a friend who wants the raw footage from last weekend). The free WeTransfer tier still does that better than any portal will.
Where WeTransfer stops working
WeTransfer is built to send one file, one time, to one person. The moment "one time" becomes "every week for the next three years with the same client", the cracks show.
The 7-day expiry trap
Free tier files vanish after 7 days. Pro is 1 year. Either way, the moment a client comes back asking for the final cut after the window closes, you are hunting through your hard drive, re-uploading the file, generating a new link, and writing the same email again. On MyStdio, the project link works for as long as the project exists.
Version chaos in the inbox
Round 3 of revisions goes out as a fresh WeTransfer link. The client opens round 2 from last week's email by mistake, gives feedback on the old cut, and the next call is spent untangling which version they actually watched. MyStdio shows every version in one place with the latest on top, so the client cannot accidentally review a stale cut.
No review tool. Feedback by email.
WeTransfer hands the client a file. They open it in QuickTime or their browser, then write you an email: "at 0:42 the music is too loud, around the minute mark feels rushed, the lower third at the end has a typo." You spend 15 minutes mapping notes to timestamps. MyStdio comments are anchored to the exact frame.
No project context, just a file
A WeTransfer link is a file in a void. The client cannot see the quote that ordered the work, the previous versions, the other deliverables in the same project, or what they paid. They have to dig through email to remember. MyStdio shows deliverables next to the project they belong to.
Their brand, not yours
Even on Pro, the download page is fundamentally WeTransfer with a custom background image behind it. The URL is wetransfer.com. The footer is WeTransfer. The client knows they are on a third-party service. MyStdio Pro gives you a full custom domain like portal.yourstudio.com, end to end.
"Can you re-send that?" forever
Every videographer who has used WeTransfer for two years has a folder of inbox replies that just say "hey, the link expired, can you re-send?". Each one is five to ten minutes of context-switch, re-uploading, and re-sending. Over a year that is full days of work spent re-doing delivery you already did.
Where WeTransfer is still the right tool
Honest take. MyStdio replaces the client-delivery half of WeTransfer. It does not try to replace the one-off-courier half.
Zero-friction sends to strangers
Drag a file onto wetransfer.com, type an email, click send. No signup for the sender or the recipient. For a one-time transfer to a vendor or a journalist, that is genuinely the shortest path. MyStdio is built for recurring client relationships, not one-shot transfers.
No learning curve at all
WeTransfer has roughly one button. Anyone over the age of ten can use it on the first try. That simplicity is the reason it has stuck around. For ad-hoc sends where you do not want the recipient to log into anything, it is hard to beat.
The free tier is genuinely free
2GB per transfer, 7-day expiry, no credit card. For the occasional file fire-off, you can stay on the free tier indefinitely. Most studios who move to MyStdio for client work keep a free WeTransfer account around for the rare one-off send.
MyStdio for clients. Free WeTransfer for everything else. Most studios end up here.
What MyStdio adds for client delivery
Your brand, not WeTransfer
Every client logs into a portal with your logo, your colours, and your studio name in the header. Free accounts get full branding. Pro adds a custom domain like portal.yourstudio.com. No third-party logo on the download page.
Links that never expire
Project links work as long as the project exists in your account. A client who comes back two years later clicks the same link and downloads the same files. No re-uploading, no "the link you sent me does not work anymore" emails.
Projects, not file lists
Clients see their work organised by project, with the latest cut, previous versions, and final deliverables laid out clearly. Quotes and invoices sit next to the work they paid for. They never have to dig through email again.
Video review built in
Clients watch the cut in their browser and leave timestamped comments anchored to the exact frame. WeTransfer hands them a file. MyStdio hands them a workflow.
Custom domain on Pro
On Pro, your client portal lives at portal.yourstudio.com instead of mystdio.com. End to end, your clients never see another company's domain in the URL bar.
My Assets and Client Assets
My Assets is your tenant-wide library for logos, brand kits, templates, and operating documents. Client Assets is the same idea per client company, scoped so each client only sees their own. The files that used to live in WeTransfer Pro's "portal" or scattered across email attachments now have a permanent home.
Project context, not isolated files
Clients see deliverables alongside the quote that ordered them, previous versions, and any reference assets the project needs. The whole engagement is one page, not a chain of seven WeTransfer emails.
MyStdio vs WeTransfer at a glance
| Feature | MyStdio $25/mo flat | WeTransfer Pro $12/mo |
|---|---|---|
| Branded client portal | ||
| Custom domain | ||
| Links that never expire | ||
| Timestamped video review and comments | ||
| Files organised by project | ||
| Approval workflow | ||
| Quotes and invoices in the same workspace | ||
| See who downloaded and when | ||
| My Assets and Client Assets libraries | ||
| No-signup one-off file send to a stranger | ||
| Free tier with no credit card |
WeTransfer pricing as of March 2026 (Pro plan, billed annually). MyStdio Pro is $25/month flat, $20/month billed annually. The free WeTransfer tier sends up to 2GB per transfer with a 7-day expiry. Comparing the parts of each product that touch recurring client delivery.
Switching from WeTransfer: what to move where
Most studios on a paid WeTransfer plan can cancel it within a week of switching. The free tier stays useful for the occasional one-off send. Everything client-facing has a home in MyStdio.
- 1
Pick your three most-active clients
Start with the clients you send WeTransfer links to most often. Create a project per active engagement in MyStdio, drop in the most recent deliverables, and share the project link. The branded portal does the talking on the first click.
- 2
Move studio brand files to My Assets
Logos, brand kits, fonts, templates, presets, and operating documents go in My Assets, your tenant-wide library. If you have been emailing your own logo to clients as a WeTransfer attachment, that stops here.
- 3
Move per-client documents to Client Assets
Contracts, briefs, brand guidelines, and any reference material tied to a specific client lives in Client Assets on that client company. Each client has their own library and only sees their own files. No more "can you re-send the brand guide?" the third time this quarter.
- 4
Decide what (if anything) stays on WeTransfer
If you have a paid WeTransfer plan and all of your sends are to clients, you can cancel the day you finish step 1. If you also use WeTransfer to fire off the occasional file to vendors or non-client recipients, drop to the free tier and keep it around for that. Most studios end up here.
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