File Transfer Cost Calculator

How much are you spending on file transfers every month?

Spoiler: With Handrive, it's $0.

Calculate Your Monthly Cost

500GB
100GB50TB
Tool TypePricing ModelMonthly CostAnnual Cost
Pay-Per-GB ServicePay-per-GB$125@ $0.25/GB$1.5k
Annual Subscription ToolAnnual license$625$7.5k
Enterprise Transfer ToolEnterprise$833$10.0k
Cloud Transfer SubscriptionSubscription$15$180
Email-Based TransferSubscription$15$180
Review + Transfer PlatformPer-seat$15$180
HandriveFREEFree$0$0

At 500GB/month, switching from pay-per-GB services to Handrive saves you

$1,500/year

How Each Pricing Model Works

Pay-Per-GB Services

$0.25/GB

Cloud relay pricing. Costs scale with every transfer.

  • • 100GB = $25
  • • 1TB = $250
  • • 10TB = $2,500
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Annual Subscription Tools

$7,500+/year

Flat annual license. Scales with usage and features.

  • • Small team: ~$7,500/yr
  • • Mid-size: ~$15,000/yr
  • • Enterprise: $50,000+/yr
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Enterprise Transfer Tools

$10,000+/year

Enterprise licensing plus infrastructure costs.

  • • Software license: $10,000+/yr
  • • Server infrastructure: varies
  • • IT setup and maintenance
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Handrive

$0 forever

No per-GB fees. No subscriptions. No limits.

  • • 100GB = $0
  • • 1TB = $0
  • • 100TB = $0
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Why is Handrive Free?

Paid transfer tools route your files through their cloud infrastructure. That costs them money in bandwidth, storage, and servers — costs they pass on to you as per-GB fees, monthly subscriptions, or annual licenses.

Handrive uses direct peer-to-peer transfers. Your files go directly from your device to the recipient's device. No cloud servers. No middleman. No infrastructure costs to recoup.

This isn't a loss leader or a freemium trap. P2P architecture fundamentally eliminates the costs that force other tools to charge. Handrive can be free forever because it costs almost nothing to operate.

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