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.
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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.
Smash keeps files 7 days on Free and 30 days on paid plans, right for a transfer that gets downloaded and forgotten. Links here do not expire on any plan, so a portfolio link, a price list or a deck still works weeks later.
Share links that never expireA 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, photos open full size in an album. You can still leave downloads on, or turn them off to make a link view-only.
Smash puts transfer tracking on its paid plans. Here every link has a view counter and a QR code for free, and Pro adds notifications on open, device and country breakdowns, passwords, expiry dates, view limits and an email gate.
See pricingOur per-file ceiling is 200 MB on Pro, 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 over an encrypted channel with no size cap. Both of you need to be online at the same time.
Try Direct SendA per-file size ceiling. 200 MB per file on Pro. Smash has no hard cap, so for raw footage it is the better tool.
No file requests. People cannot upload files to you through a link here. Smash offers file reception on its paid plans.
An account to publish. You sign in with Google before a link goes live. Smash lets you send without signing up.
| Feature | Link in Seconds | Smash |
|---|---|---|
| Free size limit | 100 MB per file, 200 MB on Pro | 2 GB per transfer, bigger ones wait in a queue |
| How long it stays up | Never expires on its own | 7 days free, up to 30 days on Pro |
| Without an account | No, you sign in with Google first | Yes, no sign-up to send |
| What the recipient gets | A viewer, player or album in the browser | A download page |
| View-only, downloads off | Link in Seconds, View-only, downloads off: yes | Smash, View-only, downloads off: no |
| Password protection | Pro | Yes, on the free plan too |
| Update it, keep the same link | Replace the file, free | Send a new transfer |
| Cheapest paid plan | Pro, $9/month or $49/year | Pro, $10/month with no commitment |
| Branded transfers & file requests | Branding on Pro, no file requests | Both on Pro |
Competitor facts checked on 6 Oct 2026 on fromsmash.com/pricing. Our numbers come from our plan page. Plans change, so confirm current pricing before you decide.
If it is a document, a set of photos, a demo video or a deck, it fits: up to 100 MB per file on a free sign-in and 200 MB on Pro. 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 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, 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.
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.
Keep reading
Pick a control to see it applied to a real link. Free with every link, and more when you go Pro.
Custom link namePRO
Name the link yourself instead of a random code. linkinseconds.com/p/your-name reads clean in an email, on a slide, or under a QR code.
Password protectPRO
Add a password and the file stays sealed until someone types it. The link can be forwarded anywhere and still only opens for people who have the word.
Expiry & view limitPRO
Set an end date or a view cap and the link stops on its own. Send a quote that expires Friday, or a preview that closes after five opens, without remembering to delete it.
Free QR codeFREE
Every link gets a crisp QR code, free on any plan. Put it on a menu, a flyer, a wall label or a product box, and it opens the same link a tap would.
View trackingFREE
See how many people opened the link and when, free on every plan. Go Pro for the full picture: referrers, devices, countries, and QR-vs-direct opens.
Send a demo video or a deck that opens in the browser, with a view count, not a transfer that expires.
A portfolio link in an application still works weeks later, because it never expires.
A price list or catalog behind a QR code that opens on any phone, no download, no expiry.
A manual or a set of documents in one link anyone can read in the browser, no account needed.
What people say
“The admin interface is incredibly intuitive and set up exactly how a user actually thinks. My students all said it was easy to use and worked perfectly.”
“The app is genuinely nice and easy to handle. I keep all my different app links in one place, my App Store and Play Store screenshots, and I organise my images and PDFs into albums with tags. The big storage means everything just lives here.”
“I handle contracts, invoices and legal files for several different organisations, so almost everything I send is password protected. Link in Seconds makes that simple, and I run my portfolio on a custom domain. It is easy to use and genuinely affordable.”
20 links · 100 MB total · 3 albums
Unlimited links · 15 GB · 200 MB per file
Unlimited links · 30 GB · pay once, keep it
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Upload a document, a video or a whole album and share a link that opens in the browser and does not expire. No account needed to view, and you see when it was opened.