Smash alternative: how Send Shed compares
Smash (fromsmash.com) is one of the better free file-transfer services: no account needed, no hard file size cap, and password protection even on the free plan. It's a good pick for sending one big file once. Here's where it fits, and where Send Shed does something different.
What Smash's free plan gives you
- No fixed size limit, but free transfers over 2 GB go into a waiting queue before they're processed.
- Files available for 1 to 7 days, depending on what you pick.
- Password protection, and no account needed to send.
- Longer retention (30 days) and tracking are part of the paid Pro plan, from about €6 a month.
Where Send Shed is different
| Smash (free) | Send Shed Quick Share | Send Shed Encrypted Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Account needed | No | No | Yes, free |
| Max file size | No cap (queued over 2 GB) | 3 GB per file | 5 GB per file |
| How long files stay up | 1 to 7 days | 1 hour to 7 days | 1 hour to 30 days |
| Password | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Encrypted in your browser (zero-knowledge) | Not advertised | No | Yes, AES-256-GCM |
Zero-knowledge encryption. With Send Shed's Encrypted Share, the file and its name are encrypted on your device before upload and the key stays in the link, so the service can't open what you send. Smash doesn't advertise end-to-end encryption.
Links that expire by downloads, not just time. Set a link to die after one download and it's gone the moment your recipient has the file.
Longer retention for free. Encrypted Share links can stay up for 30 days on a free account; 30-day retention is a Pro feature on Smash.
When Smash is the better choice
If you regularly send a single file larger than Send Shed's per-file limit, such as a raw video project in the tens of gigabytes, Smash's lack of a hard cap wins, as long as you don't mind the queue.
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