Framekit vs WeTransfer 2026: Delivering Client Work

Anyone comparing Framekit vs WeTransfer is usually not choosing software. They are noticing, somewhere around the third client who asks for the link again, that the free thing they always used has a cost after all.

That cost is rarely money. It is the expired link, and the email you write because of it.

A file transfer service is software that moves files from a sender to a recipient and then, by design, lets the link expire.

A client gallery is a branded page that keeps finished work available to the person who paid for it, with favourites, downloads and access rules. A video review tool hosts a cut and collects comments pinned to exact frames.

WeTransfer is the first, and in 2026 added favourites and comments on its transfer previews.

Framekit is an AI website builder whose account also carries client galleries for photos and video, frame-accurate video review, Slides decks and a store, so the delivery page, the review link and the portfolio share one login and one bill.

Full disclosure: Framekit is our product, and WeTransfer is not a competitor we are trying to displace, so the section on what it does better comes first and is specific. No hands-on timing tests appear here: WeTransfer's US plan prices, limits and feature grid were re-read on wetransfer.com/pricing on 12 October 2026, its preview comments on WeTransfer's own product pages the same day, and Framekit's figures come from its published plan limits.

How This Comparison Was Put Together

This page compares the two products on the three jobs freelancers use them for, sending working files, delivering finished work and collecting client feedback on video, and every claim sits in one of three evidence buckets so you can separate published fact from our arithmetic.

Read at the source. WeTransfer's plans, monthly and yearly prices, transfer limits, expiry rules, storage and the commercial-use rule on Free come from WeTransfer's pricing page, read as a US visitor on 12 October 2026; WeTransfer prices by country, and the euro page shows the same plans at local prices.

Its preview, favourites and comments features come from WeTransfer's product updates and its page on video previews.

Framekit's caps, formats, storage pools and link settings come from its published plan limits and the shipped product.

Calculated. Year-one costs at three usage levels, a portrait photographer, a wedding photo-and-film studio and a freelance editor who ships heavy project files, with the multiplication shown.

Not claimed. No transfer or upload speeds for either product. Where WeTransfer's pages do not say which plans include a feature, this page says so rather than guessing. Prices are US dollars before tax.

Framekit vs WeTransfer at a Glance

The first two rows of this table decide the comparison for almost everyone, and they are not really feature differences but differences in what each product is for, while the file-type row is the one that rules Framekit out of a whole job.

Five numbers carry most of the decision:

• 3 days. The longest a transfer lives on WeTransfer Free and Starter. Ultimate removes the limit.
• $228 a year. WeTransfer Ultimate billed yearly, the plan with transfers that never expire and custom branding; $25 a month billed monthly.
• 300MB. The largest MP4 or MOV WeTransfer previews in the browser; bigger files must be downloaded to be watched.
• 10 a month. The transfer allowance on both WeTransfer Free and Starter.
• $0. What Framekit charges for unlimited galleries and every video review feature, inside a 10GB pool.

In one lineWeTransfer is built to forget the file and a gallery is built to keep it, which decides which half of your week each tool belongs to.

WeTransfer: Fast Sends, Now With Previews and Comments

WeTransfer is the simplest way to move a large file from one person to another, with no account needed at either end, and in 2026 it added favourites and comments on its preview pages so recipients can react to files before downloading them.

The plans. Free costs nothing but is for individual, non-commercial use only, with up to 3GB a month across 10 transfers that live for up to 3 days.

Starter is $7 a month billed yearly ($84 a year) or $10 monthly, with 300GB a month, still 10 transfers and still a 3-day expiry.

Ultimate is $19 a month billed yearly ($228 a year) or $25 monthly, with no limit on transfer size, unlimited transfers, transfers that never expire, recovery of expired transfers, malware scanning and custom branding: your own WeTransfer page, personalised emails, your own wallpapers and social links.

Teams starts at $25 a user a month billed monthly, for at least 2 users. Every account stores up to 2TB by default, whatever the plan.

Previews and feedback. WeTransfer says every transfer comes with a preview page where recipients can play MP4 and MOV files up to 300MB in the browser, at a slightly lower resolution than the original.

Since April 2026 you can switch on favourites and comments in transfer settings, so recipients mark the files they like and post comments tied to individual clips, with no WeTransfer account required.

You can password-protect a transfer or restrict it to a list of email addresses, and a March 2026 update lets you change who can open a restricted transfer after sending it.

The number that matters3 days. On Free and Starter, a transfer expires after at most three days, so a client who comes back next month finds nothing unless you are on Ultimate.

The detail most write-ups missthe Free plan is for non-commercial use. WeTransfer's pricing page says so on the plan card and in its FAQ, and recommends a paid plan for business or professional work, so delivering paid client work from Free is outside its stated terms.

The gotcha that bites in week threeWeTransfer's pages describe comments tied to a file or clip, not pinned to a moment in the video, and say nothing about drawing, versions or approval statuses. A note on a four-minute film still has to say where in the film it means.

WeTransfer's product update also does not say which plans include favourites and comments.

Skip it ifyour recipient is a paying client who should be able to find the delivery next spring and you are not paying for Ultimate.

Verdict: WeTransfer is the correct tool for working files, collaborators and one-off sends of any size, and its new previews make it a lighter feedback tool than it used to be, but a link built to expire is the wrong home for a finished delivery.

If you are already looking past it, the best WeTransfer alternatives covers the transfer side and WeTransfer vs Dropbox for photographers compares it with the storage option.

Framekit: Galleries That Stay Up and Review That Pins to the Frame

Framekit replaces the client-facing half of what WeTransfer gets used for, a gallery that keeps finished photos and video available and a review link that collects notes at the exact frame, and runs both on the same account and storage pool as your portfolio site.

Galleries. Unlimited on every plan, Free included, and usable for client work from day one. One link per shoot holds photos and video together.

Videos are transcoded so they play smoothly and are never watermarked; photos can be. Clients heart favourites and filter to them, then download the full set or favourites only.

You can add a gallery password, a separate download PIN, an expiry date with a reminder email and an email step before viewing, and send the gallery from Framekit to up to 20 recipients at once.

Galleries carry your cover layout and branding, and sit on your own domain on paid plans.

Review. You upload a cut and share one link. Clients comment at the exact frame without an account, draw on the frame to point at the problem, reply and react.

New versions stack with their notes kept, and each cut carries needs review, in progress, approved or needs changes. Each link can take a password, an expiry date and a downloads switch.

Every review feature is on every plan; comment attachments start on Pro.

The number that matters10GB. The free plan's pool holds about ten portrait deliveries of 1GB each, with no built-in expiry and every gallery and review feature included.

The detail most write-ups missstorage is one pool shared by the site, galleries and review, 10GB, 50GB, 300GB or 2TB by plan, with a video allowance of 3GB, 15GB, 150GB or 750GB inside it. Galleries do not expire, so the pool, not a timer, is what eventually asks you to clear old deliveries.

The gotcha that bites in week threegalleries refuse RAW, DNG, TIFF, PSD and HEIC at upload, and video stops at 500MB on Free up to 3GB on Business, with two hours as the longest video on any plan.

There is no print ordering, no client uploads into a gallery and no per-viewer analytics, and review has no side-by-side compare and does not carry notes between versions.

Skip it ifmost of what you send is working files to collaborators, or single files bigger than 3GB.

Verdict: Framekit is the better home for the delivery a client keeps and the cut a client approves, and the free plan lets you run it alongside WeTransfer at no cost.

What WeTransfer Does Better Than Framekit

WeTransfer beats Framekit on four counts, and the first rules Framekit out of an entire half of a working photographer's or editor's week, so these are not gaps to argue around but a different product doing its own job well.

Any file type, at size. WeTransfer moves RAW, DNG, PSD, TIFF, ProRes, project folders, fonts and LUTs, and Ultimate has no limit on transfer size.

Framekit galleries take common photo and video formats only, up to 3GB per video on the top plan, and refuse everything else at upload.

No setup, no thought. A WeTransfer send takes less effort than any gallery: drop the files, add an email, send. For a one-off favour to a colleague, building a gallery is more work than the job deserves.

Receiving files. Every WeTransfer plan can request and receive files, and Ultimate gives you a page where anyone can send you files with no account. Framekit galleries do not accept client uploads.

Paid file handoffs. WeTransfer lets you add a price to a transfer so the recipient pays before downloading, and its pricing page lists no platform fee for it.

Framekit's store sells digital downloads too, with a fee of 5% on Free and Starter, 3% on Pro and 0% on Business, but it is a store, not a one-off paid send.

In one linefor working files, collaborators, inbound files and one-off sends, WeTransfer is the right tool and we are not going to argue otherwise.

What a Framekit Gallery Does Better

A Framekit gallery wins on five counts, and every one of them is something that happens after the send rather than during it, which is why the difference is invisible on delivery day and obvious three months later.

The link does not expire. A client who comes back in eight months finds the photos and the film rather than emailing you. WeTransfer can match this only on Ultimate at $228 a year; on Free and Starter, three days is the limit.

It is yours. A gallery lives on your own domain with your name on it on any paid plan, so when a client shows the photos to a friend, the friend sees your brand, with only a small Made with Framekit line in the gallery footer, which stays on every plan.

WeTransfer's own branded page and emails come with Ultimate.

Two gates, not one. A gallery password decides who gets in and a separate PIN decides who can download, on every plan. Forward a wedding gallery to forty guests who can look but not download while the couple holds the PIN.

WeTransfer has a password per transfer and an email allow-list, but no separate download gate.

Video notes with a timecode and a drawing. WeTransfer's comments sit on a file. A Framekit review note sits on the exact frame, can carry a drawing, and belongs to a version with an approval status, so "fix this" never needs a sentence explaining where.

Allowed on the free plan. WeTransfer Free is for non-commercial use. Framekit Free includes galleries, review and a store, and is built for client work.

In one linea transfer ends a conversation and a gallery continues one, which is exactly what you want from the last thing a client receives.

Client Feedback on Video: WeTransfer Comments vs Framekit Review

WeTransfer's new comments let a client react to a clip before downloading it, while Framekit review is built for getting a cut approved, with notes pinned to the frame, drawing, versions and statuses, so the right one depends on whether you need a reaction or a sign-off.

The practical split is clean. Send rushes or a selects reel by WeTransfer when you want a quick "these three clips" from a client.

Send the cut you need signed off through Framekit review, where every note has a timecode and the approval sits on the version. How to send a video to a client for review covers export settings for both.

Limits and Specs Side by Side

These are the limits that stop a delivery or a feedback round, per-file caps, monthly allowances, link life, storage, preview size and plan rules, set side by side so you can see which wall you would hit first.

What a Year Costs at Three Usage Levels

For a portrait photographer the cheapest legitimate setup is Framekit Free with nothing else, and WeTransfer only becomes worth paying for when you also ship heavy working files, so here is the year priced out at three levels.

On monthly billing the rows are $120 against $0, $300 against $228, and $300 against $408, using WeTransfer Starter at $10 and Ultimate at $25, and Framekit Starter at $9 and Pro at $19.

The middle row is the one to read twice. A wedding studio on WeTransfer Ultimate pays $228 a year for persistent, branded transfers.

Framekit Pro is $180 a year for persistent, branded galleries that hold the film and stills together, plus frame-accurate review of every highlight film and a portfolio site.

Starter at $84 would not do here, because its 1GB file cap is smaller than most highlight films.

The last row is where WeTransfer earns its money. An editor shipping 40GB project folders every week needs a transfer service; no gallery replaces that. Adding Framekit only makes sense if it replaces a separate review tool, gallery or website.

Run it yourselfcount last month's sends and split them into client deliveries and collaborator sends.

If client deliveries are the majority, a gallery covers them for $0 to $180 a year; if collaborator sends of big working files are the majority, WeTransfer is your main tool and the gallery is the add-on.

What Happens When Something Goes Wrong

Delivery tools are easy to compare on the day you send and hard to compare three months later, so this section covers the six situations that go wrong after the send and says what each product does in every one of them.

The client asks for the link again in March. On WeTransfer Free and Starter, the transfer expired after at most three days; Ultimate keeps transfers alive and can recover expired ones. A Framekit gallery is still there unless you set an expiry date.

The film is bigger than 300MB. WeTransfer delivers it but will not preview it in the browser, so the client downloads before watching. Framekit plays any video up to the plan's cap, 500MB on Free to 3GB on Business.

The film is bigger than 3GB, or longer than two hours. Framekit refuses it at upload on every plan. WeTransfer Ultimate sends it.

The client wants to show guests but not let them download. On Framekit, share the gallery password and keep the download PIN for the client. WeTransfer's pages describe no way to let people preview a transfer without also letting them download it.

You hit the eleventh send of the month. WeTransfer Free and Starter allow 10 transfers a month; Ultimate is unlimited. Framekit galleries and review projects are unlimited on every plan, with storage the only limit.

You stop paying. A cancelled WeTransfer subscription reverts to Free at the end of the period, with its 3-day expiry and non-commercial rule.

On Framekit, check usage against the lower plan's pool and caps before downgrading, and keep your own masters, because galleries are for delivery, not backup.

Use Both: The Sticky-Note Split

The sensible division of labour is clean enough to write on a sticky note, and it is what we would tell a photographer or editor who pays us nothing, because neither tool is trying to do the other one's job.

• WeTransfer for working files: RAWs to a retoucher, ProRes to a colourist, a project folder to an editor, files a client needs to send you, and any one-off send to a collaborator.
• Framekit galleries for the finished work the client paid for: the delivery that should persist, carry your name, collect favourites and still be there next year.
• Framekit review for the cut that needs a sign-off, with notes on the frame and an approval status on the version.

Write the split into the proposal you send before the job, so the client knows the cut arrives as a review link and the finished work as a gallery. How to deliver final video files to clients walks through the formats.

Switching Checklist: Moving Client Delivery Off WeTransfer

Moving client delivery from WeTransfer to Framekit galleries takes an evening, and this checklist is ordered so the step that decides what can move, file type and size, comes first and costs nothing to check.

How to Choose: A Decision Tree

Work through these six questions in order and stop at the first yes, because the first two settle it for the overwhelming majority of sends and the rest only matter for the cases that sit on the boundary between the two tools.

1. Are you sending RAW, PSD, TIFF, ProRes or a project folder? If yes, use WeTransfer; Framekit refuses those files. If no, go to question 2.
2. Does a client need to sign off a cut before delivery? If yes, send a Framekit review link with frame-accurate notes and an approval status, then go to question 3. If no, go to question 3.
3. Is the recipient a client receiving finished work? If yes, use a gallery, which should not expire and should carry your name. If no, go to question 4.
4. Is this a one-off favour to a colleague? If yes, use WeTransfer; a gallery is more effort than the job deserves. If no, go to question 5.
5. Are you on WeTransfer Free for client work? If yes, its terms say Free is non-commercial; move client deliveries to Framekit Free, or pay for a WeTransfer plan. If no, go to question 6.
6. Do you pay for WeTransfer Ultimate mainly so links do not expire? If yes, Framekit Pro at $180 a year gives persistent galleries plus review and a site. If no, keep the pair.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is WeTransfer good enough for delivering client photos and video?

WeTransfer works for delivering client photos and video, and many photographers use it for years, but on Free and Starter the link expires after at most three days and the page carries WeTransfer's branding rather than yours.

WeTransfer's Free plan is also for non-commercial use only.

Ultimate, at $228 a year, keeps transfers alive and adds branding; a Framekit gallery stays up and carries your branding from the free plan, with a small Made with Framekit footer credit that stays on every plan.

Framekit vs WeTransfer: which is better for client delivery?

Framekit is better for delivering finished work to a client, because galleries stay up, sit on your own domain, collect favourites and gate downloads with a separate PIN on every plan.

WeTransfer is better for sending working files of any type and size to collaborators, with no account needed at either end. Most photographers and filmmakers use WeTransfer for collaborators and a gallery for clients.

Do WeTransfer links expire?

Yes, WeTransfer transfers expire after up to 3 days on the Free and Starter plans, according to WeTransfer's pricing page.

Ultimate, at $19 a month billed yearly or $25 monthly, gives unlimited transfer expiration and can recover expired transfers. Framekit galleries do not expire unless you set a date, and can email the client a reminder before they close.

Can I use WeTransfer Free for client work?

No, WeTransfer says its Free plan is for individual, non-commercial use only, and recommends a paid plan for business or professional work.

Starter, at $84 a year billed yearly, is the cheapest plan for client sends, with 300GB a month, 10 transfers and a 3-day expiry. Framekit's free plan includes client galleries, video review and a store and is built for client work.

Does WeTransfer have favourites and comments now?

Yes. Since April 2026, WeTransfer lets you switch on favourites and comments in transfer settings, so recipients can mark files and post comments tied to individual clips while previewing, with no account.

WeTransfer's pages do not say which plans include it, and describe comments on a file rather than pinned to a moment in a video. Framekit review pins every note to an exact frame and adds drawing and approval statuses.

Can clients comment on a video at a timecode in WeTransfer?

WeTransfer's pages describe comments tied to an individual file or clip, not to a timecode or frame, and its in-browser preview plays MP4 and MOV files up to 300MB.

For notes pinned to the exact frame, with drawing, versions and approval statuses, use a video review tool; Framekit includes one on every plan, Free included, for videos up to 500MB to 3GB by plan.

Can I send RAW files through a Framekit gallery?

No, Framekit galleries refuse RAW, DNG, TIFF, PSD and HEIC at upload, and accept JPEG, PNG, WebP and GIF photos plus MP4, MOV, WebM, MKV and M4V video.

That makes Framekit the wrong tool for the collaborator half of a photographer's workflow, where WeTransfer or cloud storage is the right one. Galleries are for finished, client-facing deliveries.

Is WeTransfer cheaper than Framekit?

At entry level they cost the same: WeTransfer Starter and Framekit Starter are both $84 a year billed yearly.

The difference is what you get: Starter on WeTransfer is 300GB of 3-day transfers a month, while Framekit Starter is unlimited galleries that stay up, video review, a site on your domain and a store.

Persistent, branded transfers need WeTransfer Ultimate at $228 a year.

Does WeTransfer have password protection?

Yes, WeTransfer's pricing grid shows password-protected transfers on Free, Starter and Ultimate, and you can also restrict a transfer to a list of email addresses. What it does not offer is a second, independent download gate.

Framekit separates the gallery password from the download PIN on every plan, so guests can view a wedding gallery while only the couple downloads.

How big a file can I send with WeTransfer and Framekit?

WeTransfer Ultimate has no limit on transfer size, Starter allows 300GB a month and Free 3GB a month, all within up to 2TB of account storage.

Framekit galleries take photos up to 100MB each and videos up to 500MB on Free, 1GB on Starter, 2GB on Pro and 3GB on Business, with two hours as the longest video. For files over 3GB, WeTransfer is the tool.

Is WeTransfer Ultimate worth it for photographers?

WeTransfer Ultimate, at $228 a year billed yearly, is worth it for photographers and editors who send large working files every week, because it removes the transfer size limit, the 10-a-month cap and the 3-day expiry.

If you pay for Ultimate mainly so client links stay alive and look branded, Framekit Pro at $180 a year does that with galleries, and adds video review and a site.

Can clients send me files through Framekit?

No, Framekit galleries do not accept client uploads, so collecting files from a client goes through another tool.

WeTransfer can request and receive files on every plan, and Ultimate gives you a page where anyone can send you files without an account. Framekit is built for the opposite direction, from you to the client.

Should I stop using WeTransfer entirely?

No, and we would not suggest it. Keep WeTransfer for working files, large one-off sends, files coming in from clients and anything going to a collaborator, because Framekit galleries will not accept RAW or layered files at all.

Move client-facing deliveries and sign-off rounds to Framekit so they persist, carry your name and collect notes on the frame.

Final Verdict

These tools are built for different halves of the same day.

WeTransfer moves any file now, at any size on Ultimate, needs no account and then forgets about it, which is exactly right for collaborators and working files, and its new previews let a client react to a clip before downloading it.

A Framekit gallery keeps the delivery alive on your own domain, collects favourites, gates viewing and downloading separately, and sits beside a review link that pins every note to the frame.

Where Framekit loses. Framekit does not accept RAW, PSD, TIFF or project folders, does not send single files bigger than 3GB or videos longer than two hours, does not receive files from clients, and is not a one-click send for a favour to a colleague.

For those jobs WeTransfer is the better fit.

Where Framekit is the better fit. Photographers and filmmakers delivering finished work to paying clients, especially anyone on WeTransfer Free for client work or paying for Ultimate only so links stay alive.

The free plan covers galleries and review at $0, and Pro at $180 a year undercuts Ultimate while adding review and a site.

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