| Features | FileWhopper Business | Typical Cloud Storage (Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc.) |
|---|---|---|
| Payment model | Pay-as-you-go: the user purchases a transfer package, which gets reduced with use, without any time limits or subscriptions | Subscription: you pay monthly/yearly for file storage and transfers, even if you don't send anything |
| What is the cost tied to? | Size of files sent / GB | Storage space / GB |
| How long is the file stored for after upload? | 14 days by default / You can always purchase additional time (up to 90 days) for storing your data | During the paid subscription period |
| Number of downloads for each transfer | 1 by default / You can always purchase additional downloads | Unlimited |
| File storage time after download | 3 days | During the paid subscription period |
| Maximum transfer size | Unlimited | 200GB - 250GB |
| File syncing between computer drive and cloud drive | Not implemented | Users often have problems with Internet traffic bandwidth, which is spent on constant data synchronization. The more files to sync, the more problems there will be. |
| Option to pause upload or download, and switch to other tasks that require internet traffic | Yes | No |
| Ability to download a file while it is still uploading | Yes | No |
| Data access security | Zero knowledge encryption Learn more about it here |
Often, there is a situation when the user gives access to the entire folder while wanting to share a single file from it |
Let's take a look at your case and see how much you can benefit by moving most of your data to a computer drive/external drive and purchasing our transfer package.
Cloud storage is best for those:
FileWhopper is best for those:
In any case, it is ultimately up to you to decide what to use for storing or sending files. The above "Best for..." lists are just our suggestions.
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