Smash alternative
Smash is a transfer service: send a big file, the recipient downloads it, the link expires. Link in Seconds is a link service: the file opens in the browser and the link stays up. Which one you want depends on what happens after you hit send.
Drop your file here
Drop several at once and they become one album link
Files up to 100 MB free
Free: 20 links, up to 100 MB · Pro: unlimited links, bigger uploads
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From your desktop or phone, any file works
brand-film.mp4
84 MB
Drop to upload
3,100+
links shared
12,000+
views delivered
40+
file types open in the browser
Use Smash for one-off deliveries of very large files, since it has no size cap, and you are happy for the link to expire (7 days on Free, 30 days on paid plans). Use Link in Seconds when the link needs to keep working, when the recipient should watch or read it in the browser rather than download it, or when you want a view count. Files go up to 200 MB on Pro ($9/month).
If it is a document, a set of photos, a demo video or a deck, it fits: 100 MB per file on Free, 200 MB on Pro and 250 MB on Lifetime. If it is a multi-gigabyte raw export, a transfer service or our peer-to-peer Direct Send is the better route.
Drop the file, or several files to make one album. The link opens in any browser: PDFs in a viewer, video streaming with seeking, images full size. Nothing counts down to a deletion date.
Paste the link into email or chat, or use the QR code. The view counter shows when it has been opened, and if you need to fix the file later you can replace it and keep the same link.
Smash is very good at the thing it is for. Its pricing page says the free plan needs no sign-up, lets you password-protect a transfer, and has no hard size limit: transfers over 2 GB simply wait in a queue behind Pro transfers. Pro removes the queue and adds transfer tracking, custom branding, file reception (people can send files to you) and an Outlook integration. If you regularly move tens of gigabytes of footage or raw files, Smash handles sizes we do not.
Smash keeps files available for 7 days on the free plan and 30 days on its paid plans. That is the right design for a transfer: the file is meant to be downloaded and then forgotten. It is the wrong design for anything you send and expect to still work later, such as a portfolio link in a job application, a price list you share on WhatsApp, a manual behind a QR code or a deck an investor opens two weeks after your meeting. Links here do not expire on any plan unless you set an expiry date yourself on Pro.
A transfer ends in a download. A link here ends in the file itself: a PDF opens in a real viewer, a video streams with seeking so nobody downloads a whole file to watch ten seconds, and photos open full size in an album. For a client reviewing a cut, a buyer flicking through a brochure on a phone or a teacher opening a student's project, not having to download first is most of the value. You can still leave downloads on, or turn them off to make a link view-only.
Smash puts transfer tracking on its paid plans; its help centre lists Pro at $10 a month, $72 a year or $115.20 for two years, excluding VAT. Here every link has a view counter and a QR code, and Pro at $9/month or $49/year adds notifications on open, device and country breakdowns, passwords, expiry dates, view limits and an email gate.
Our per-file ceiling is 200 MB on Pro and 250 MB on Lifetime, which covers documents, photos and most edited video but not raw footage. For those, be honest with yourself: use Smash, or try Direct Send, our browser-to-browser transfer, which moves the file device to device over an encrypted channel without storing it and without a size cap. Both of you need to be online at the same time for that one.
Try it: Direct Send
Pick Smash for large, one-time deliveries where expiry is a feature, or if you want people to upload files to you. Pick Link in Seconds when the thing you send needs to keep working, needs to open in the browser, or needs to tell you it was seen. Many people use a transfer for the raw files and a link for the finished result.
| Feature | Link in Seconds | Smash |
|---|---|---|
| How long the link lasts | No expiry on any plan | 7 days Free, 30 days paid |
| Size limit | 200 MB/file Pro, 250 MB Lifetime | None (Free queues over 2 GB) |
| Free per-file size | 100 MB | No cap, slower above 2 GB |
| Opens in the browser (PDF viewer, video streaming) | Link in Seconds, Opens in the browser (PDF viewer, video streaming): yes | Built for download |
| Password | Pro | Free and paid |
| Open tracking | View counter on every link | Paid plans |
| Send without an account | Link in Seconds, Send without an account: no | Smash, Send without an account: yes |
| Receive files from others | Link in Seconds, Receive files from others: no | Paid plans |
| Custom branding | Hide branding, custom domain (Pro) | Paid plans |
| Monthly price | $9 (Pro) | $10 excl. VAT (Pro) |
Smash plans, prices and limits described from fromsmash.com (pricing page and help centre) as of September 2026; they change, so check their site for current terms.
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No. Links stay up on every plan. If you want one to stop working on a date, set an expiry on Pro, or disable it from your dashboard at any time.
20 links · 100 MB total · 3 albums
Unlimited links · 15 GB · 200 MB per file
Unlimited links · 30 GB · pay once, keep it
Everything in Pro, billed once a year
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