# Filemail review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Large file transfer by email or link, free up to 5 GB Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Filemail is a file transfer service from Filemail AS for sending large files by email or link. A free Basic account sends and receives up to 5 GB. Paid Personal, Pro and Business plans raise size limits and storage and add branding, file requests, audit logs and end-to-end encryption, with Windows, Mac, Linux and mobile apps. - **Category:** File Storage & Sync - **Made by:** Filemail AS - **Website:** https://www.filemail.com - **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you send to many people: free is 3 recipients and 10 downloads a transfer. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Filemail has a free plan, and paid plans start at $6 per month, billed monthly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Basic: 1 user, 5 GB per transfer, 5 GB storage, 7-day availability, 3 recipients and 10 downloads per transfer, 2 sessions per 24 hours. - **Free trial:** 7-day free trial on paid plans. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Basic | $0 | 1 user, 5 GB per transfer, 5 GB storage, 7-day file availability. | | Personal | $6 per month, billed monthly | Individual use: 5 GB per transfer, 250 GB storage, files kept 30 days, unlimited transfers. | | Pro | $14 per month, billed monthly | Individual use: 250 GB per transfer, 1 TB storage, permanent availability, file requests and branding. | | Business | $24 per month, billed monthly (user basis not shown) | Multi-user and multi-admin, any file size, 1 TB per user, end-to-end encryption, SSO and audit logs. | | Enterprise MFT | Custom | Managed file transfer with custom storage, compliance support and premium support. | Read from https://www.filemail.com/price-plans-comparison on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Filemail before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Two months free on yearly billing** (Annual discount): The plans comparison page labels yearly billing as 2 months free for Personal, Pro and Business. Source: https://www.filemail.com/price-plans-comparison ## Key features - **Email and link transfers:** Send files and folders by email or share link, with a free account sending up to 5 GB and paid plans going much higher. - **Desktop apps and resume:** Windows, Mac and Linux apps resume interrupted transfers and can download shared files automatically. - **File requests and upload forms:** Pro adds file requests. Business adds an upload form you can place on your own website. - **Branding and subdomain:** Pro includes a custom subdomain and branding options for download pages. - **Security controls:** Plans list antivirus scanning and HTTPS. Business adds end-to-end encryption, 2FA, SAML single sign-on and audit logs. - **Outlook add-in and API:** An Outlook add-in sends end-to-end encrypted transfers, and an API is available for developers. ## Good for - Sending files in the 5 GB to 250 GB range without a size cap worry - Small businesses wanting branded download pages and file requests - Teams needing audit logs and SSO without a full MFT contract ## Worth knowing - Free transfers are limited to 3 recipients, 10 downloads and 2 sessions every 24 hours. - Personal files are kept for 30 days; permanent availability starts at Pro. - Prices were read from the monthly toggle; yearly billing is advertised as 2 months free without a stated price. - Business shows no per-user price, only that storage is 1 TB per user. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Filemail sends large files by email or link, free up to 5 GB a transfer, with paid plans from $6 a month. The free plan allows 3 recipients, 10 downloads and 2 sessions a day, and files only stay 30 days until Pro. - **Value for money: C.** Personal is $6 a month billed monthly, between the category's $3.99 and $6.95 marks, and Pro is $14. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Basic is free for 5 GB a transfer, with 3 recipients, 10 downloads, 7-day availability and 2 sessions every 24 hours. - **Features: C.** Sending large files with tracking and apps is covered, but it is a transfer tool, not storage, and files last 30 days on Personal. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record, but you open the page and send a file with nothing to set up. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web plus Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Android apps, with 1 integration listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Filemail's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among file storage and sync services - Filemail's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 18 of the 45 other file storage and sync services we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on ease of use (B, above 23 of 45) and worst on features (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $6 a month, against a middle price of $6.32 for the category: 16 of the 37 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 10 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/file-storage ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Nothing Filemail does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 5 things listed below take a company. It costs $72 a year. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Microsoft Outlook among them, and has an API. - You could not: End-to-end encryption done properly. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on and audit logs. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.6 out of 5 from 10,308 ratings in the United States, read Nov 13, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id665033466 ## Works with Microsoft Outlook **Tags:** File sharing, End-to-end encrypted, Public API ## Alternatives - [WeTransfer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wetransfer): Send large files by email or link without recipient sign-up. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filemail-vs-wetransfer) - [Smash](https://toolgpa.com/tools/smash): Browser-based file transfer with no sign-up and no paid size cap. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filemail-vs-smash) - [Send Anywhere](https://toolgpa.com/tools/send-anywhere): Send files by 6-digit key or link, with no sign-in on the free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filemail-vs-send-anywhere) - [Hightail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hightail): Large-file sharing with creative review and project tracking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filemail-vs-hightail) - [ShareFile](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sharefile): Secure file sharing and client portals for business teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filemail-vs-sharefile) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.filemail.com/price-plans-comparison - https://www.filemail.com/ - https://www.filemail.com/plans/basic - https://www.filemail.com/plans/business - https://www.filemail.com/apps Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/filemail Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).