WeTransfer

Netherlands File sharing & collaboration

The simple, no-account way to send big files. Dutch-founded and now Italian-owned, with data kept under EU jurisdiction – an alternative to Dropbox Transfer.

Quick facts

Headquarters Amsterdam, Netherlands
Company WeTransfer B.V.
Founded 2009
Ownership Acquired
Hosting 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Infrastructure Amazon AWS
Data jurisdiction EU
Open source No
GDPR Compliant
Pricing Freemium · from Free
Free tier Yes
Platforms Web, iOS, Android
Languages
ENNLFRDEESIT
58 · Mixed Origins
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Why does it score 58?

Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ
30/30
Ownership & control
Acquired/corporate, EU/EFTA parent
10/25
Data sovereignty
US cloud, EU-region hosted
10/30
Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant
8/15
EuroPoints total
58/100
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See how they compare

WeTransfer
SwissTransfer
Filemail
EuroPoints
58 Mixed Origins
98 Certified European
61 Mostly European
Legal jurisdiction
EU member-state HQ30/30
EFTA country HQ25/30
EFTA country HQ25/30
Ownership & control
Acquired/corporate, EU/EFTA parent10/25
Independent ownership25/25
Acquired/corporate, EU/EFTA parent10/25
Data sovereignty
US cloud, EU-region hosted10/30
Own infrastructure30/30
Mixed infra, all EU/EFTA-hosted18/30
Accountability & trust
GDPR compliant8/15
Partially open source + GDPR + audited13/15
GDPR compliant8/15
Independence bonus
Bootstrapped, no outside investors5/5
Headquarters
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Geneva, Switzerland
Oslo, Norway
Founded
2009
2019
2008
Open source
No
Partial
No
Infrastructure
Amazon AWS
Own infrastructure
Mixed infrastructure
GDPR
Free tier
Pricing
Freemium · from Free
Free · from Free
Freemium · from Free
Platforms
Web, iOS, Android
Web, iOS, Android
Web, iOS, Android, Desktop
Languages
en, nl, fr, de, es, it
en, fr, de, it, es
en, no, de, fr, es

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