Yes, you can send a client a large file without WeTransfer, and in 2026 you probably should at least know your options. The default tool had a public trust wobble last year, and its free ceiling is too small for real video or photo work anyway. A few minutes of high-end footage will not fit.
This is a practical, by-size guide. Every limit below came off the vendor's own page. The goal is not to bury WeTransfer, which is a fine tool. It is to help you pick the right way to move a big deliverable when the easy answer stops fitting.
Why "just WeTransfer it" stopped being automatic
Two things happened. The first is a size problem that was always there. The second is a trust episode from July 2025 that is worth telling accurately, because a lot of the internet told it wrong.
In mid-2025, WeTransfer updated its terms with a clause that many creators read as granting the company broad rights over uploaded files, including for AI. The original clause 6.3 was sweeping: a "perpetual", "sub-licensable" licence to use your content, including "to improve performance of machine learning models". The only actual AI reference was scoped to models that "enhance our content moderation process", meaning abuse filtering, not generative training. But the surrounding breadth is what set off filmmakers and photographers, and the fear was not unreasonable given the wording.
WeTransfer walked it back within days. The revised clause 6.3 dropped the machine-learning and commercializing language entirely and now reads: "You hereby grant us a royalty-free license to use your Content for the purposes of operating, developing, and improving the Service" (PetaPixel). The company also told the BBC plainly: "We don't use machine learning or any form of AI to process content shared via WeTransfer, nor do we sell content or data to any third parties" ().
