MediaFire vs. WeTransfer

MediaFire

WeTransfer

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
MediaFire	Score 3.0 out of 10	N/A	MediaFire is a simple file sharing and storage platform. It allows users to store, share, and view media files within the MediaFire online, desktop, or mobile app interface. The vendor says MediaFire's file storage system is private and secure. In terms of collaboration, users can invite friends to share files via Facebook, Google, Twitter, or email. MediaFire's collaboration features include folder and file sharing, and controls for who can view and/or edit particular files. MediaFire…	N/A
WeTransfer	Score 7.7 out of 10	N/A	WeTransfer offers a large file transfer service which includes up to 20 GB transfer with its Pro service, as well as 100 GB of cloud storage.	$12 per month

Pricing

MediaFire

WeTransfer

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Pro: $12.00
per month

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
MediaFire	WeTransfer
Free Trial
No	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	MediaFire	WeTransfer
Considered Both Products	MediaFire Verified User Anonymous Chose MediaFire No other product used yet as alternative. Incentivized Helpful? Rob Gokee Composer Chose MediaFire MediaFire's Pro Pricing is cheaper than Dropbox, although they're less known in the industry. I trust them with important documents, and they [have] never lost a file, whereas I can't say the same about other services like theirs. Customer service is fast and friendly if you … Incentivized Helpful? 🐿 Matthew Karsten Purple Squirrel Media Chose MediaFire MediaFire is a great tool that is growing in service offerings and popularity. I recommend MediaFire as an addition to any content creators tool build as they offer a substantial free cloud storage offering with the ease of private cloud storage integrations and content … Incentivized Helpful? Kunal Aggarwal Student Chose MediaFire MediaFire provides the best services among them and you can easily go for it without any second thought. It is very affordable to use and offers high-security enhancement against the G-Drive & Dropbox. Incentivized Helpful? MA Mostafa Awad Senior Genesys System Engineer Chose MediaFire All four services stand well against each other from the performance and reliability perspectives, but where MediaFire falls behind is in terms of storage offered for the free user,10 GB is an acceptable storage space but is the least amount offered between all four and is the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose MediaFire While google Drive is really high end on every aspect, MediaFire can still catch up if it works on certain aspects like ease of collaboration, better security etc. The areas where MediaFire is good at are it's ease of use and free space on offer which can allow smooth sharing … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose MediaFire We use this as a secondary cloud storage option where features and security provided by other cloud providers are not critical. It has the ability to store large files and has been a cloud storage provider for a long time, however the design and experience is somewhat dated with … Incentivized Helpful? MD Rafsanjani Rahi CEO Chose MediaFire I [have been] using MediaFire for 1 year. I have no big issue with this. I can upload my data any time, check them and I can delete what is not necessary. I got a good pack with [a] reasonable price. And there is no risk to download file from MediaFire. Incentivized Helpful? Tanay Arora Engineer Intern Chose MediaFire MediaFire is easy and free of cost to use up to 10 GB of storage over the web to share data with others. [Other] storages and server like Google Cloud and AWS are way too costly and a little complex to setup or share data over them as they are not designed to share files over … Incentivized Helpful? Charu Bansal Project Payable Technician Chose MediaFire MediaFire lacks big time in front of OneDrive and Dropbox. Also, [the] lack of integration with Microsoft Outlook makes it less useful. [The] low cost of MediaFire makes the companies choose it. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose MediaFire Mediafire needs to improve the end user usability and design. The file encryption at rest and transfer needs to be available which is a default feature in most cloud based storage providers. 3rd party integration needs to improved like outlook etc for ease of file storage and … Incentivized Helpful? JR john ritchie Marketing online Chose MediaFire Although both have similar functions, the differences between the two are perhaps more associated with the publicity they have received, since Dropbox is a more formal use, while MediaFire is used a lot of time to share movies and files illegally. The advantage that MediaFire … Incentivized Helpful? Daryl Wise Jr. Founder/Owner Chose MediaFire The listed alternative is very good but we prefer Mediafire as we feel it's much more of a simple website to use. Incentivized Helpful? Vinicius Lima Computer Technician Chose MediaFire MediaFire is similar to software like Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Mega and OwnCloud. All of them share similar features. I particularly like MediaFire's usability because it has a smooth, simple and responsive interface. The pricing by MediaFire is also good and the … Incentivized Helpful? Cesare Arienti System Administrator Chose MediaFire The only pro in MediaFire against the others is that it has a very good price. Incentivized Helpful? Kyle Farago IT Support Specialist Chose MediaFire All four services stack up pretty well against each other in terms of performance and reliability, but where MediaFire falls behind is in terms of storage offered for the free user. 10GB is still a good amount of space for your average user, but is the least amount offered … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose MediaFire All of these solutions stack up pretty well but there are some differences between them. MediaFire is very easy to use and manage files and documents. With a 10 GB you can do many things and share many documents with the team or the department which is what made us decide to … Incentivized Helpful?	WeTransfer PC Patricia Calleja Creative Copywriter Chose WeTransfer I did not choose to use Image Relay, the client did. I really like Image Relay and the fact that you can organize files in different folders, but not the fact that you have to create an account, have access to all the files and folders, and remind passwords. With WeTransfer … Incentivized Helpful? Doug Harrison Director of Client Services Chose WeTransfer WeTransfer doesn't require storage. You just send the files and you're done! Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose WeTransfer Dropbox is too complex and unreliable to use. I have had many headaches with files not downloading properly, going missing or not opening. I have to spend a lot of time to figure out what I need to do. And just as you think you have everything under control, you set up a nice … Incentivized Helpful? Rob Gokee Podcast Producer & Audio Mixer Chose WeTransfer While Dropbox is more robust with storage and ways to share, it's often cumbersome to send files, especially with clients that don't use Dropbox. WeTransfer sends my clients a link that results in an immediate download - no fuss, no having to log in. The process is much easier, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose WeTransfer Both solutions work fairly seamlessly. But we prefer Dropbox because we can more easily track our files across devices and across the organization. They are equal when it comes to sending files, but receiving files is where some friction points/frustration points arise. Incentivized Helpful? Michael Anderson Audio Engineer/ Editor Chose WeTransfer WeTransfer is much faster and cuts out a lot of the extra steps of the other services we've used. It can automatically email the recipient when the file upload is done, cutting out a step. Incentivized Helpful? Ann M. Frank Digital Asset Management and Art Buyer Chose WeTransfer We actually use both other platforms because we may be required to by our clients or vendors. I find We Transfer easier to use especially remotely - quicker to upload and send. Incentivized Helpful? Chris Hecox Business Owner Chose WeTransfer Dropbox is a terrible and slow service, so WeTransfer is the far better option between the two. Google Drive isn't as professional as WeTransfer (in my opinion) so using WeTransfer might be the better option. Incentivized Helpful? Daryl Wise Jr. Founder/Owner Chose WeTransfer The listed alternative are also very good but we have specifically used WeTransfer for it's simple and straight to the point file hosting. All of the above services require registration and WeTransfer doesn't. We can just send our files quickly and call it a day. The files … Incentivized Helpful? Aubrey Dixon Finance Administrator Chose WeTransfer While Dropbox does offer features that WeTransfer does not in terms of collaboration & organization, WeTransfer is the better option for simple file transfers. In my experience, WeTransfer is much faster for uploads & downloads. The premium version of WeTransfer also offers a … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

MediaFire

WeTransfer

File Sharing & Management

Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
	MediaFire 7.7 Ratings 9% below category average	WeTransfer - Ratings
Versioning	8.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Video files	7.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Audio files	7.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Document collaboration	7.80 Ratings	00 Ratings
Access control	7.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
File search	7.70 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device sync	7.20 Ratings	00 Ratings

Cloud Storage Security & Administration

Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Product A and Product B
	MediaFire 8.1 Ratings 7% below category average	WeTransfer - Ratings
User and role management	7.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
File organization	8.10 Ratings	00 Ratings
Device management	8.30 Ratings	00 Ratings

Cloud Storage Platform

Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Product A and Product B
	MediaFire 7.8 Ratings 9% below category average	WeTransfer - Ratings
Performance	7.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Reliability	7.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Storage Reports	7.90 Ratings	00 Ratings

Best Alternatives
	MediaFire	WeTransfer
Small Businesses	SugarSync Score 5.8 out of 10	SugarSync Score 5.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.7 out of 10	M‑Files Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises	Druva Security Cloud Score 9.7 out of 10	M‑Files Score 8.9 out of 10
All Alternatives	View all alternatives	View all alternatives

User Ratings
	MediaFire	WeTransfer
Likelihood to Recommend	7.8 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	7.9 (0 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	9.6 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	MediaFire	WeTransfer
Likelihood to Recommend	MediaFire is suitable for individual users that want to store and maybe share files. It has a good initial space in the free version that can be enough for most users. The same applies for small teams that want to store documents (text, presentations) and share it between members (FileDrop features can help increase collaboration and productivity). If you have a big team or want to store big files you have to upgrade to the business or pro version (the price is interesting). Incentivized Vinicius Lima Computer Technician Read full review	I would definitely recommend WeTransfer - especially the paid version. I feel like all of the shortcomings with the free service (file size limit & content deletion after 7 days) are all fixed when you upgrade your account, and the service is not very expensive. It only costs $12/monthly or $120/annually. WeTransfer makes it so easy to send files, and the additional features such as creating a link to your content & password protection are great. Very straightforward & easy to use. Incentivized Aubrey Miles Finance Administrator Read full review
Pros	Fast Uploads. Uploading is quite fast and it doesn't take extremely long. 10GB Overall File Storage Limit. With a Free Account, you can upload up to 10GB of files. Account Never Expires. We let a full year pass where we never logged into Mediafire at one point. And our files were still there! Incentivized Daryl Wise Jr. Founder/Owner Read full review	Sharing large files Accessing files remotely Sharing files remotely Sharing with those who do not have access to our shared drive (clients, vendors, 3rd parties) Incentivized Ann M. Frank Digital Asset Management and Art Buyer Read full review
Cons	Download Page - When you generate a link to download some files it redirects users to a specific page where they can download the file. The page is sometimes confusing and with a lot of ads which can be a little bit annoying. Customization Option - you can find a customization section in "Settings", but there are just a few things that you can really customize. Maybe improving this would be nice to allow you personalize your environment (for companies, for instance). Blocked options for the free version - There are a lot of interesting options that are available just for business and pro versions. If you could at least test it before upgrading your version it would help users decide. Lack of PC sync client - Would be great if you could install a PC client that would synchronize your files. Problems when refreshing your files list in the browser. Sometimes it gets slow and you have to refresh the entire page to continue. Incentivized Vinicius Lima Computer Technician Read full review	The price for Pro is a bit high. A way for free users to save an address book. The offline app isn't as robust as the web client. Incentivized Rob Gokee Podcast Producer & Audio Mixer Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	It's smooth, simple, no problems for sending large files. Receiving files is more complicated and has some friction points to be worked out. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Performance	No answers on this topic	WeTransfer is extremely reliable 99% of the time. There has been twice in 4 years that their service was unavailable due to server outage for several hours. Incentivized Michael Anderson Audio Engineer/ Editor Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	I've only reached out to WeTransfer support once, but they were prompt, courteous, and answered my question. I assume that future interactions would be the same, I'm looking forward to being a long term customer. Incentivized Rob Gokee Podcast Producer & Audio Mixer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	Mediafire needs to improve the end user usability and design. The file encryption at rest and transfer needs to be available which is a default feature in most cloud based storage providers. 3rd party integration needs to improved like outlook etc for ease of file storage and access. The large file allowance ranks above other providers. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	I did not choose to use Image Relay, the client did. I really like Image Relay and the fact that you can organize files in different folders, but not the fact that you have to create an account, have access to all the files and folders, and remind passwords. With WeTransfer skipping all these requirements, it is way easier and faster. Incentivized PC Patricia Calleja Creative Copywriter Read full review
Return on Investment	Thanks to MediaFire I have been able to recover information stored many years ago on their servers, since they usually do not delete files after a certain time. It has helped me to be able to backup sensitive information from long before the existence of massive clouds, so if you did not make these backups you had to lose all the information, but thanks to half fire that did not happen to me. JR john ritchie Marketing online Read full review	I can work faster since it's easy to use and reliable. Some other file transfer platforms have failed me and are too complex to manage. I keep my clients happy - never have they had any issues with a transfer. It is not an exclusive use platform, so I can use it with everyone - even new clients. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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