Deliver full-resolution shoots without the cloud in the middle
A wedding shoot is 80–150 GB of RAW files. Cloud transfer services make you upload all of it to their servers before your client can even start downloading — and free tiers cap out at 2 GB. DropLink sends files directly from your machine to theirs: no size limit, no server copy, no account to create.
Quick answer
DropLink transfers photos device-to-device. On your studio network it moves RAW batches at 50+ MB/s over QUIC, end-to-end encrypted; for remote clients you share a link that opens in any browser — no app, no signup — and the file streams from your machine through DropLink's relay, never stored. Nothing expires, nothing sits on a storage server, and nothing can be used to train an AI. Free on macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
Why cloud transfer breaks a photo workflow
The double wait
With cloud services you wait for your upload to finish, then your client waits for their download to start. A 60 GB shoot at typical home upload speeds means hours of dead time before delivery even begins. A peer-to-peer transfer is one hop: bytes start arriving on the other side the moment you hit send.
Size caps that don't know what RAW is
2 GB free on WeTransfer, 50 GB on SwissTransfer — a single wedding in RAW plus edited JPEGs blows past every free cap. DropLink has no size limit: 5 GB or 500 GB is the same drag-and-drop.
Your photos on someone else's servers
In 2025 WeTransfer had to walk back terms that would have allowed uploaded files to be used for AI training, after a backlash from photographers and illustrators. With a peer-to-peer transfer the question never comes up: there is no server copy. Your photos exist on your device and your client's — nowhere else.
Clients who won't install anything
Your client gets a link that opens in the browser. They download at full speed without creating an account or installing an app — the DropLink app is only needed on your side.
A delivery flow that matches how you shoot
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Export as usual
Keep your Lightroom or Capture One workflow. When the export is ready, drag it into DropLink on your Mac or PC — RAW, PSD, TIFF and video files all travel the same way.
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Move shots across the studio at LAN speed
On the same Wi-Fi or Ethernet, your devices find each other automatically via Bonjour/mDNS and transfer over QUIC at 50+ MB/s. An iPhone full of behind-the-scenes clips lands on the editing machine in minutes — no cable, and no Apple-only limits.
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Deliver to the client, anywhere
Generate a share link and send it by email or WhatsApp. Your client opens it in any browser and the file streams from your machine through DropLink's relay — encrypted in transit, never stored — with no account on their side. If your client also has the app, the transfer goes direct P2P instead.
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Own the delivery
Every file is integrity-verified with BLAKE3 as it streams: what arrives is bit-for-bit what you exported. And there is no 'link expired' email seven days later — availability stays under your control.
DropLink vs cloud transfer services
| Feature | DropLink | Cloud transfer |
|---|---|---|
| File size limit | None | 2–50 GB free tiers |
| Where your photos live | Your device → client's device | Provider's servers |
| Client needs an account or app | No — browser link | Account often required |
| Link expiry | You stay in control | 3–30 days, then gone |
| Speed on studio network | 50+ MB/s (P2P over QUIC) | Capped by your internet upload |
| End-to-end encryption | Rare, usually paid | |
| Price for daily use | Free | Subscription |
The photographer's take
If your deliverables are measured in gigabytes and your reputation rides on them, the transfer tool shouldn't cap, store, scan or expire your work. DropLink turns delivery into a direct handoff between your machine and your client's — at LAN speed in the studio, through an encrypted browser link everywhere else. And it's free.
Photographers ask
Can my client download without installing DropLink?
Yes. You share a link that opens in any modern browser and the download starts right away — no app, no account. The DropLink app is only needed on the sending side, and it's free on macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
Is there really no file size limit?
DropLink imposes none. Transfers are streamed, so the practical limits are your disk space and connection. Multi-hundred-gigabyte deliveries are exactly the use case the peer-to-peer architecture was built for.
Is this safe for client work under NDA?
On the local network and between two DropLink apps, transfers are end-to-end encrypted (TLS 1.3 and the Noise protocol). Browser deliveries stream through DropLink's relay encrypted in transit and are never stored. Either way, no copy of the shoot persists anywhere except with you and your client.
Does DropLink compress or alter my images?
No. Files are transferred bit-for-bit and verified with a BLAKE3 hash tree while they stream. RAW files, PSDs and TIFFs arrive exactly as you exported them.
What if my studio internet upload is slow?
DropLink can't make your uplink faster, but it removes the second hop: data flows once, sender to receiver, instead of upload-then-download. And on a shared local network — studio, venue, client's office — the transfer bypasses the internet entirely at 50+ MB/s.