Your wedding film isn't a file transfer.
WeTransfer moves files from A to B, brilliantly — then the link dies in a week and every recipient owns a copy. A once-in-a-lifetime film deserves a home, not a courier.
Free to start · No app needed · You approve every single viewer
To be fair to WeTransfer
For handing a deliverable to one person — your videographer sending you the master file — it's exactly the right tool. Simple, fast, no accounts. That's the job it was built for.
Where it breaks down for sharing with everyone
Sharing with family means re-sending an expiring link forever, and every download is a full-quality copy on a device you don't control — copied on, backed up to other people's clouds, out of your hands for good. Grandparents get a giant download they don't know what to do with instead of a play button.
Side by side.
| OurVid | WeTransfer | |
|---|---|---|
| How long it lasts | Your event page stays up | Links expire in days |
| What guests get | A private cinema page — press play | A multi-GB file to download |
| Copies in the wild | None — stream-only, downloads off | One full copy per download |
| Who can access | Only viewers you approve, by name | Anyone holding the link |
| Watching on a TV or phone | Instant adaptive streaming | Depends what they do with the file |
| Delivering a master file to one person | Not the tool for that | Excellent |
Questions? Fair enough.
My videographer sent the film by WeTransfer. What now?
Perfect — that's WeTransfer doing its actual job. Download the master file, keep your own copy safe, then upload it to your OurVid event. We handle the encoding, and your family gets a private streaming page instead of a 12GB download.
Doesn't everyone need the file to keep the memory?
You keep the original — that's your archive. What family needs is to watch it, easily, on any device, whenever they like. Stream-only sharing means they always can, without dozens of drifting copies of your most personal footage.
What happens when a WeTransfer link expires?
The download stops working and you're back to re-uploading and re-sending. An OurVid event page doesn't expire — approved guests can come back to it, and you can add more videos to the same page.
Give the film a home.
Upload once, approve your people, and never re-send an expired link again.
Start free — it's private- Free to start
- Stream-only playback
- You approve every guest
- No app required
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