---
title: "Privatta vs WeTransfer: No Upload Needed"
description: "WeTransfer uploads your file and sends a link. Privatta sends it straight from your computer to theirs, with no copy on anyone's server. An honest comparison."
url: "https://royalsoftworks.com/products/privatta/vs/wetransfer/"
source: "https://royalsoftworks.com"
format: "markdown"
note: "Markdown rendering of the HTML page at `url`. Same content, same canonical URL."
---

Privatta vs WeTransfer

# Privatta vs WeTransfer: the file is never uploaded.

WeTransfer is the quickest way to get a file to someone who has nothing installed. Privatta is for the files that are not allowed to sit on somebody else's server, not even for a week. Here is what each one does with your file, and when to use which.

Free to download, no account · Pro €19 a month · Windows · Android [Download free](https://royalsoftworks.com/download/#privatta)

## vs WeTransfer, in 3 short pages

1. [1 Privatta and WeTransfer, side by side. What happens to your file with each of them, and the two side by side, row by row.](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/privatta/vs/wetransfer/side-by-side/)
2. [2 When to use which. When Privatta is the better tool, when WeTransfer is, and what each costs.](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/privatta/vs/wetransfer/which-to-use/)
3. [3 Questions people ask. Whether the other person needs Privatta, whether both computers have to be on, and whether the file passes through a server.](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/privatta/vs/wetransfer/questions/)

<!-- verse:royalsoftworks
     Luki 11:9, 10
     I ja vama kažem:ištite i daće vam se:tražite i naći ćete; kucajte i otvoriće vam se. Jer svaki koji ište, prima; i koji traži, nalazi; i koji kuca, otvara mu se.
     https://www.wordproject.org/bibles/verses/serbian/02_prayer.htm
-->