Alternatives to Wormhole
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Wormhole ranks #5 of 8 in File transfer tools, with an Alt Score of 50. It is free from Free and available on the web. 5 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Anyone who needs to send large files to someone else quickly without setting up an account or a cloud storage share.
Wormhole lets you send files up to 10 GB via a link, encrypted end-to-end so the service can't read the contents. Links expire automatically after a set time or number of downloads, so files don't persist indefinitely online. There's no account required to send or receive a file.
Drag files into the browser (or select them) to upload; Wormhole encrypts them client-side and generates a shareable link. You send that link to the recipient, who downloads the files before the link expires.
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Feature comparison
How Wormhole compares with its alternatives, feature by feature.
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Every fact and feature listed for Wormhole is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model Free verified 2026-07-10
Currently free; a Pro plan is planned but not yet available.
We're planning to introduce a Pro plan for larger file limits and explore an enterprise version
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Starts at Free verified 2026-07-10
We're planning to introduce a Pro plan for larger file limits
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Platforms Web verified 2026-07-10
the Wormhole website works great on mobile devices, including iOS and Android.
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Status active verified 2026-07-10
We're working to make Wormhole the best file sending tool.
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Max file size (free) Yes verified 2026-07-10
Files up to 5 GB are stored server-side; a size cap applies.
For files up to 5 GB, Wormhole stores your files on our servers for 24 hours.
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E2E encryption Yes verified 2026-07-10
Your Wormhole files are end-to-end encrypted, and only you hold the keys to decrypt them.
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Local network (P2P) Yes verified 2026-07-10
Sent directly to the recipient via a peer-to-peer WebRTC connection
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Expiry controls Yes verified 2026-07-10
Files are permanently deleted from the server after 24 hours.
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Open source Partial verified 2026-07-10
Only the encryption library is open source; the full app is not.
The source code for the streaming encryption implementation, based on Encrypted Content-Encoding for HTTP (RFC 8188) is open source. The full client and server code may be open sourced in the future.
https://wormhole.app/faq
FAQ
Yes. croc, Send Anywhere and LocalSend have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
croc, LocalSend and PairDrop — every license claim links its source.