● Open for new work — Q3 2026Whimsy private beta is liveCodero in developmentIndependent · privacy-first · Torontonumeracode.com / journal updated 06.2026
    ● Open for new work — Q3 2026Whimsy private beta is liveCodero in developmentIndependent · privacy-first · Torontonumeracode.com / journal updated 06.2026
    ● Open for new work — Q3 2026Whimsy private beta is liveCodero in developmentIndependent · privacy-first · Torontonumeracode.com / journal updated 06.2026
    A videographer hands a small film canister to a client across a walnut studio table — Whimsy delivering huge video files from your own storage
    ● 18.4 GB · 4K REELUNCOMPRESSED
    WHIMSY / SEND LARGEYOUR STORAGE

    Send large video files —
    from storage you own.

    Where it's served

    Dropbox, OneDrive, S3
    Storage you already use

    What clients do

    Branded download
    No signup, no app

    Ledger

    0 Compression∞ Size, basically$0 Per-GB transfer1 Branded link

    4 measures

    Free in early access
    Your files stay in your storage
    No 2 GB email cap
    Branded download link
    Password and expiry controls
    Client return-uploads
    Free in early access
    Your files stay in your storage
    No 2 GB email cap
    Branded download link
    Password and expiry controls
    Client return-uploads

    Whimsy is a privacy-first WeTransfer alternative for sending large video files. Clients get a branded download link served straight from the storage you already own — no 2 GB email cap, no per-GB transfer bill, no account on their end. Your footage is never staged on a transfer company's servers, never scanned for metadata, and never eligible to train anyone's AI model. You set the password, expiry, and download cap per send.

    Plate 01·How it works

    A WeTransfer alternative that runs on your storage.

    1. Frame 01

      Send straight from your own storage

      Your client gets a branded download link — no account needed — served from the Dropbox or S3 you already use. No squeezing a huge file through email or a transfer service.

    2. Frame 02

      No 2 GB limit, no per-GB bill

      There's no email-style size cap and no pay-per-GB middleman. You send from storage you already own, so the practical limit is the space you have — and quality stays intact.

    3. Frame 03

      Return uploads + controls

      Add a password, an expiry date, and download caps per delivery. Return-uploads let the client send footage back to you through the same link.

    Your footage, your storage

    Big files shouldn't mean handing them to a transfer company.

    Transfer services upload your footage to their servers and bill by the gigabyte. Whimsy sends from the storage you already own, so raw footage and 4K deliverables go straight to your client without a per-GB charge — and without a third party keeping a copy. Add return-uploads and your client can send selects or notes back through the same link.

    Password, expiry, and download caps on every delivery.

    Plate 02·Side by side

    Sending big files, compared.

    vsWeTransfer

    Uploads your footage to their servers and bills by the gigabyte. Whimsy delivers from storage you already own — no per-GB charge.

    vsMASV

    Built for big files but still a pay-per-GB middleman. Whimsy has no transfer bill and your footage never hits a third-party server.

    vsEmail

    Hard 25 MB cap and no controls. Whimsy sends files of any size with passwords, expiry, and download caps on every delivery.

    See the full ledger ↓
    Send from storage you already own
    Whimsy only
    No 2 GB-style size limit
    Whimsy · MASV
    No per-GB transfer bill
    Whimsy · Email
    Password, expiry and download caps
    Whimsy · WeTransfer · MASV
    Client return-uploads
    Whimsy · MASV
    Files not uploaded to a transfer company
    Whimsy · Email

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    Questions, answered

    How do I send large video files to clients?
    Send a branded download straight from the storage you already own — your client gets a link, with no account needed — instead of squeezing a huge file through email or a transfer service.
    Is there a file size limit?
    There's no 2 GB email-style limit and no pay-per-GB middleman. You send from your own storage, so the practical limit is the space you already have.
    Does the quality stay intact?
    Yes — files are delivered as-is from your storage. Nothing is re-compressed or downscaled on the way to the client.
    Do my clients need an account?
    No — they click the link and download. You can add a password, an expiry date, and download caps per delivery.
    Is this a WeTransfer or MASV alternative?
    Yes — the same "send big files" job, but the files live in your own storage and aren't uploaded to a transfer company's servers, and there's no per-GB bill.
    Can clients send footage back to me?
    Yes — return-uploads let a client upload files to you through the same delivery, so the round trip stays in one place.
    Do the download links expire?
    You control expiry and download limits on each delivery, so a link can be one-time, time-boxed, or open as long as you like.
    Is it free?
    It's free to send large files while we're in early access.

    Coda

    Send the big file — keep it yours. No size limit, no per-GB bill, no account for your client.

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