# Send Anywhere review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Send files by 6-digit key or link, with no sign-in on the free plan Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Send Anywhere transfers files between devices with a six-digit key, a share link or a notification to a receiving device. The free app needs no registration, and apps cover phones, desktops and browsers. Paid Email Add-on plans add larger downloads, longer link expiry, download pages you can customize, and Chrome and Outlook extensions for emailing large files. - **Category:** File Storage & Sync - **Made by:** Rakuten Symphony Korea, Inc. - **Website:** https://send-anywhere.com - **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you share links for days: free links expire after 48 hours. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Send Anywhere has a free plan, and paid plans start at $5.99 per month, monthly billing. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free: 1:1 real-time transfers up to 50 GB and links up to 10 GB; links expire after 48 hours. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 1:1 real-time transfers up to 50 GB, links up to 10 GB, 48-hour link expiry. | | Email Add-on Lite | $5.99 per month, monthly billing | Downloads up to 200 GB, 20 GB transfer limit, faster servers and 2 GB of unlimited-link storage. | | Email Add-on Standard | $9.99 per month, monthly billing | Downloads up to 500 GB, 30 GB transfer limit, faster servers and 5 GB of unlimited-link storage. | Read from https://send-anywhere.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Send Anywhere before buying. ## Key features - **Six-digit key transfers:** A key is generated after you pick files; entering it on the receiving device starts a direct transfer without an account. - **Share links:** Links can be shared with several people. Free links expire after 48 hours; paid plans can set custom or unlimited expiry. - **Cross-platform apps:** Android, iOS, Windows, macOS and Linux apps are listed, plus Chrome and Whale browser extensions. - **Email add-on:** Paid plans send large files from Gmail in Chrome and from Outlook through extensions, with link management. - **Download page customization:** Lite lets you set the wallpaper on the download page, and Standard also lets you place your own link on it. - **Password and download controls:** The plan table lists password setting, custom download counts, download notification emails and data encryption. ## Good for - Moving files between your own phone and computer quickly - Sending one-off large files to someone with no account - People who want free transfers up to 50 GB between two devices ## Worth knowing - Free links stop at 10 GB and expire after 48 hours. - The pricing page was read on its monthly toggle; yearly billing prices were not shown. - Paid plans are sold as an Email add-on, and cap transfer size at 20 GB (Lite) or 30 GB (Standard). - The plan table does not say which plans include data encryption or password setting. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Send Anywhere sends files by a 6-digit key or link with no sign-in, free for live transfers up to 50 GB and links up to 10 GB. Free links expire after 48 hours, and the paid plans are an email add-on that caps size at 20 GB or 30 GB. - **Value for money: C.** The Email add-on is $5.99 a month for Lite, between the category's $3.99 and $6.95 marks. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free: no sign-in, 1:1 live transfers up to 50 GB and links up to 10 GB that expire after 48 hours. - **Features: C.** Sending by key or link works, but it is transfer only, not storage, and paid plans cap size at 20 GB or 30 GB. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record, but there is nothing to set up: pick a file and get a key. - **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android and browser extension, with 2 integrations. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Send Anywhere's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. The pricing page told our reader to update its browser, so the figures come from the listing. ## Where it stands among file storage and sync services - Send Anywhere's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 34 of the 45 other file storage and sync services we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 28 of 45) and worst on features (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $5.99 a month, against a middle price of $6.32 for the category: 15 of the 37 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 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.** The plain part of Send Anywhere you could make: documents. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 34 of the 45 other file storage and sync services we grade. It costs $71.88 a year. - You could make: Documents: an app builder makes this well. - 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: 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. ## Works with Gmail, Microsoft Outlook **Tags:** File sharing, Documents ## Alternatives - [WeTransfer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wetransfer): Send large files by email or link without recipient sign-up. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/send-anywhere-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/send-anywhere-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-send-anywhere) - [Hightail](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hightail): Large-file sharing with creative review and project tracking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hightail-vs-send-anywhere) - [Dropbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/dropbox): Cloud storage and file sync with transfer and signing tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/dropbox-vs-send-anywhere) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://send-anywhere.com/pricing - https://send-anywhere.com/download - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/send-anywhere-file-transfer/id596642855 Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/send-anywhere Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).