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SamFileTransfer vs Google Drive
Drive is a filing cabinet with a share button, and it is very good at that. But a file you hand over once does not need to live in a cabinet — it eats your 15 GB, it sits there until you remember to delete it, and the person receiving often needs a Google account before the link behaves. Sending is a different job from storing, and it is worth using a different tool for it.
Side by side
| SamFileTransfer | Google Drive | |
|---|---|---|
| Free limit | 5 GB | 15 GB |
| Files kept on their servers | No | Yes |
| Receiver needs an account | No | Sometimes |
| When the link dies | You choose | Until you delete it |
| Password on a share | On paid plans | No |
| Something to install | No | No |
Figures come from each service’s public free plan and were checked in 2026-07. They change; check theirs before you decide.
Where SamFileTransfer wins
- A one-off handover does not eat into a storage quota you also use for everything else.
- Nobody needs a Google account, a sign-in prompt or the right sharing setting to receive.
- The share closes itself on the schedule you picked, instead of waiting for you to tidy up.
Where they win
- If the file needs to stay reachable for months, storage is the right shape for that and we are not.
- Documents open and get edited in place, with version history — a transfer cannot do that.
Which one should you pick?
Keep Drive for what you need to keep. Use SamFileTransfer for what you only need to hand over — especially when it is bigger than your remaining quota.
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