Comparison
Stop paying again when the client downloads the master twice
MASV's published on-demand price, on masv.io/pricing as of 15 November 2026, is $0.25 per GB after 15 GB free each month. A card is required. Storage is free for 5 days, then $0.07 per GB-month. Committed yearly plans on that page run from 250 GB at $58 a month to 2 TB at $410 a month.
That model fits a production that wants to pass transfer cost through. It gets expensive when the same file is fetched more than once. A 200 GB file downloaded twice is 400 GB of egress. At $0.25 per GB that is $100 before the monthly 15 GB allowance. This is arithmetic on the public unit price, not a MASV invoice.
What Handoff charges instead
Solo is $19 a month or $190 a year for 500 GB stored and a 100 GB file. Studio is $49 a month or $490 a year for 1.5 TB and a 500 GB file. Downloads are not metered on either plan, or on the trial. The trial is 7 days, needs a card, and stops at 25 GB stored.
MASV Studio exists for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Handoff does not have a desktop app in this version. MASV's marketing says transfers auto-resume. Handoff downloads accept HTTP Range requests. We do not claim to be faster.
| Handoff Solo / Studio | WeTransfer Ultimate | Smash Pro | MASV, on demand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| List price (USD) | $19/mo or $190/yr. Studio $49/mo or $490/yr. | $25/mo or $228/yr. | $10/mo or $72/yr, excluding VAT. | $0.25/GB after 15 GB free each month. A card is required. |
| What you pay for | Stored bytes, up to the plan. Downloads are not metered. | A flat subscription. Free and Starter have rolling transfer caps. Ultimate transfers are unlimited. | A flat subscription, excluding VAT. | Data that leaves their network, per gigabyte. |
| Largest send | 100 GB on Solo. 500 GB on Studio. | WeTransfer's own copy: Ultimate removes the per-transfer size cap. | Unlimited transfer size. | No send-size cap is published on the pricing page. |
| Storage | 500 GB, or 1.5 TB on Studio. | Default account storage up to 2 TB, counting live and recoverable transfers. | 1 TB of cumulative active storage. | 5 days free, then $0.07 per GB-month. |
| How long a link lasts | Up to 365 days, or until you revoke it. | Custom expiry, or no expiry, on Ultimate. | Up to 30 days. | Tied to the 5-day free storage window unless you pay to keep the files. |
| Branded page | Your name and color. Studio can hide the Handoff mark. | Branded page. A custom subdomain is described on WeTransfer's own comparison material. | Logo, background, message, and yourname.fromsmash.com. | Branded Portals are listed under Collaborate and Brand. |
| Collect files back | Yes. Request links sit behind Turnstile. | Portals were removed on 22 December 2025. We do not claim a current receive-page feature, because we did not confirm one on the official plan-limits article. | Yes. Custom drop-off links. | Yes. Branded Portals. |
| Resumable download | Yes. HTTP Range. | Not claimed here. We did not verify it. | Not claimed here. We did not verify it. | MASV's own marketing says transfers auto-resume. That is their claim. |
| Recipient account | Not required. | Not required. | Not required. | Not required for a typical download, per MASV's marketing. |
| Free tier | No. 7-day trial, card required, 25 GB stored. | Yes. 10 transfers or 3 GB per 30 days. | Yes. 2 GB per transfer. Larger free transfers may wait behind Pro. | 15 GB free each month, then pay as you go. |
| Desktop or mobile app | Not in this version. | The web app, plus WeTransfer's own apps. | macOS, iOS, and Android are listed on Smash's feature grid. | MASV Studio for Mac, Windows, and Linux. |
| Your own domain | Not in this version. | A branded WeTransfer subdomain on Ultimate. A full custom domain is not verified here. | A custom subdomain on Pro. CNAME is listed on Enterprise. | Not used as a claim here. |
Competitor figures were checked on 15 November 2026 from each vendor's official pages or help center. WeTransfer Teams and enterprise quotes are left out where there was no single public price. Smash prices exclude VAT.
Checked 15 November 2026. WeTransfer pricing, the WeTransfer catalog API that day (Ultimate $25/month or $228/year), plan limits (updated 23 October 2026), WeTransfer on files over 1 GB, Portals sunset (22 December 2025), Smash Pro, Smash subscription cost (3 March 2026), Smash storage limits (2 March 2026), MASV pricing. Taxes may apply. Smash list prices exclude VAT.