# Pixeldrain review (2026): is the free plan enough? > File hosting and sharing with a free tier and paid plans in euros Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Pixeldrain is a file hosting and transfer service with free anonymous-style uploads, a filesystem for longer storage, and an API. It sells a Pro subscription through Patreon and a prepaid pay-as-you-go plan. The site states it carries no trackers or advertisements. - **Category:** File Storage & Sync - **Made by:** Fornaxian Technologies - **Website:** https://pixeldrain.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you need files kept for good on the free plan, as they expire after 60 days without a download. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Pixeldrain has a free plan, and paid plans start at €4 per month or €40 per year (Pro). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free: 10 GB per file, 6 GB per day of downloads per IP, files expire after 60 days without download. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 10 GB per file, 6 GB daily download limit, 60-day file expiry and no hotlinking. | | Pro | €4 per month, or €40 per year, excl. tax | 100 GB files, 4 TB transfer per 30 days, hotlinking, embedding and 120-day expiry; managed by Patreon. | | Prepaid | €4 per TB per month stored, plus €1 per TB downloaded | Pay for what you use with no limits; files do not expire while the plan is active. | Read from https://pixeldrain.com/home on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Pixeldrain before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **€40 a year instead of €4 a month** (Annual discount): The Pro plan is listed at €4 a month or €40 a year, excluding tax. Source: https://pixeldrain.com/home ## Key features - **Large file uploads:** Free uploads up to 10 GB per file; paid plans allow 100 GB per file. - **Hotlinking and embedding:** Paid plans let you embed files in other sites and link them directly. - **Filesystem storage:** A filesystem feature for longer storage, with a 2 TB limit on Pro. - **API:** Documented API with keys and permissions for uploading and managing files programmatically. - **Customizable download pages:** Prepaid users can change the theme, background, header and footer image of download pages. ## Good for - Sharing large files without an account - Developers who upload through an API - Hobby sites needing file embedding ## Worth knowing - Free files expire after 60 days without a download. - Pro is billed through Patreon, which adds its own fees and sales tax. - Prices are in euros; a prepaid minimum of €0.01 a day applies. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Pixeldrain is file hosting with free uploads of up to 10 GB a file and no ads or trackers, plus an API. Free files expire after 60 days without a download and downloads are 6 GB a day, and Pro is billed through Patreon. - **Value for money: B.** Pro is EUR 4 a month or EUR 40 a year, inside the cheapest quarter. Prepaid is EUR 4 per TB stored plus EUR 1 per TB downloaded. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free uploads up to 10 GB a file with a 6 GB daily download cap per IP. Files expire after 60 days without a download. - **Features: C.** Upload, share, filesystem and an API. No sync app or editing is listed. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record. Upload a file in the browser and share the link. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web with an API. No desktop or phone app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Pixeldrain's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. The vendor's page returned very little text, so prices and limits come from the listing. ## Where it stands among file storage and sync services - Pixeldrain's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 73 of the 91 other file storage and sync services we grade, and level with 9. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 67 of 91) and worst on features (C, above 2). - Its paid plans start at about $3.72 a month, against a middle price of $6.64 for the category: 14 of the 60 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 6 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 Pixeldrain does is plain enough to make in a weekend. The 4 things listed below take a company. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 73 of the 91 other file storage and sync services we grade. It costs $44.69 a year. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. - You could not: An API that other software can build on. - You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** File sharing, Public API ## Alternatives - [GoFile](https://toolgpa.com/tools/gofile): Free file sharing with paid permanent storage and a full API. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/gofile-vs-pixeldrain) - [WeTransfer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wetransfer): Send large files by email or link without recipient sign-up. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pixeldrain-vs-wetransfer) - [MediaFire](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mediafire): Cloud storage and link sharing with a free 10 GB ad-supported tier. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mediafire-vs-pixeldrain) - [Smash](https://toolgpa.com/tools/smash): Browser-based file transfer with no sign-up and no paid size cap. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/pixeldrain-vs-smash) - [Filemail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/filemail): Large file transfer by email or link, free up to 5 GB. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/filemail-vs-pixeldrain) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://pixeldrain.com/home - https://pixeldrain.com/api Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/pixeldrain Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).