PhotonFile

Quick answers about File Passes, retries, limits, and why PhotonFile is built for fast, private transfers.

PhotonFile is a privacy-focused file transfer service built to forget, not to remember℠. It lets you share large or small files directly, without requiring accounts, tracking, or persistent storage. File transfers are encrypted end-to-end and never touch disk, ensuring your data stays yours.

A File Pass lets you send files larger than what's allowed in the free tier. Each pass covers one file, no subscriptions, no fine print.

Nope. Send whatever size you need.

You don't lose your money. The server only consumes your File Pass once both sides have fully transmitted all required bytes and nothing remains in flight. If something breaks mid-transfer, your pass stays valid.

As many as you need. We log retry counts only to improve reliability, not to limit you. If a transfer ever fails, both peers see exactly what happened, no guessing, no hidden errors.

Anything you're legally allowed to share.

Because every other “file transfer” service does it wrong, throttling speeds, writing your data to disk, tracking users, or capping file sizes.

PhotonFile does none of that.
No limits. No tracking. No storage.
Just pure, anonymous, ad-hoc file transfers at full speed.

Nope. The free tier is genuinely free, no ads, no tracking, no nonsense. We built PhotonFile to be the default choice for quick, private transfers.

You can send files up to 10 GB.

Free transfers use our standard pool, running at up to 1 Gib/s. We tune and expand capacity to keep speeds fast and congestion minimal.

What is a PhotonFile?

What's a File Pass?

Is there a max file size?

What if my transfer fails?

How many retries do I get if there's a connection issue?

What can I send?

Why did you build this?

If it's free, am I the product?

What are the limits of the free tier?