Simple pricing for sending, receiving, and storing files. Use live relay for instant transfers, secure inboxes for intake, and Vault for encrypted storage.
Ephemeral by default. Persistent by choice.
Relay is for instant file movement. Vault is for secure storage. Secure inboxes let others send files directly to you.
A monthly pool of relay bandwidth. Same encrypted, in-memory relay, just a simpler way to pay.
$9.99 / month
Billed monthly
Good for freelancers and small teams sending frequent transfers.
$24.99 / month
Billed monthly
Ideal for agencies, studios, and teams sending large assets every week.
$59.99 / month
Billed monthly
Built for high-throughput creators, studios, and teams that rely on PhotonFile.
Annual Relay plans are discounted versus monthly billing. Subscription quotas reset monthly. Overage is calculated on total relay bandwidth used beyond your plan's included amount and billed at $0.03/GiB. File Passes can be used alongside any subscription to send files that exceed your plan's per-file size limit. Extremely large, single-file transfers over 400 GiB may still use Tier 4 file-based pricing.
If you send large files weekly, start with Pro. If it's occasional, scroll down for File Passes. If you need persistent encrypted storage, see Photon Vault.
Persistent encrypted storage for files you want to keep. Vault now starts on the free tier, is included with Relay plans at different storage levels, or can be purchased standalone.
Need to receive files from others?
Secure inboxes are included with Relay Pro, Relay Studio, and Vault Standalone.
Learn about Secure Inbox Read the Vault storage guide$0 / month
Available to every PhotonFile account.
Best for trying Vault or keeping a small amount of encrypted storage without a subscription.
$0 base / month
Available with an active Relay Lite, Pro, or Studio subscription.
Best for Relay subscribers who want Vault features, included storage by plan, and secure inboxes on Pro or Studio.
$9.99 / month
Monthly only. No annual billing.
Best for users who want full Vault access without needing a Relay subscription first.
1 vault and up to 3 GiB. Files are automatically marked for deletion after 3 days.
Includes 3 GiB across unlimited vaults. Secure inboxes are not included.
Includes 150 GiB and secure inbox access.
Includes 350 GiB and full Vault access, including secure inboxes.
Vault storage is billed over time at $0.04/GiB-month once you go beyond the included amount for your plan. Charges are based on the average amount stored during the billing period, not just month-end usage.
Use this when you only need a one-off transfer. File Passes are per-file and only consumed after a successful relay.
Pay once per file. Great for occasional large transfers, testing PhotonFile, or sending something huge without a subscription.
$0 / forever
$1.99 / file
$4.99 / file
$9.99 / file
$14.99 / file + $0.03/GiB beyond 400
Unlimited-size transfers continue over the same in-memory relay.
$14.99 + (1024 − 400) × $0.03 = $33.71
Choose based on whether you are moving files live, storing them persistently, or sending something one time.
Best when you transfer files regularly.
Best when files need to stay available after upload.
Best when you only need PhotonFile occasionally.
Rule of thumb: choose Relay for live transfer, Vault for encrypted persistent storage, and File Passes for occasional one-off sends.
Your File Pass is only marked as consumed when both peers finish sending all required bytes through the relay and nothing remains in flight.
Retry as many times as needed if something interrupts the transfer. Retry counts exist to improve reliability, not to throttle you.
Relay transfers stay in memory only while in transit. Vault is the persistent product for files you intentionally store.
During a transfer that uses a File Pass, the pass will be marked as in-use in your dashboard while it's in a pending-use state. If the transfer fails, its state is changed back to available and becomes usable again.
