Yes. Up to 100 MB per file and up to 3 files per request are free. Files expire in 72 hours unless you pay $2 to extend by 30 days, or pay to group them into a 30-day space for $5.

Do I need to sign up?

No. Anonymous use is the default. You can optionally attach your email so you can recover files later if you lose the share link.

How long do files last?

Free files expire in 72 hours. After that there is a 7-day grace period during which a $2 extend will bring the file back for 30 more days. After the grace period the storage is permanently purged.

Can AI agents use quik.space?

Yes. quik.space exposes an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server and accepts the x402 standard for stablecoin micropayments on Base. Agents do not need API keys or signup — their wallet is their identity.

What file types are supported?

Any file up to 5 GB. The recipient page renders inline previews for images, audio, video, PDFs, markdown, HTML (sandboxed), Microsoft Office docs, and plain text or code.

Is sending 500 GB over the internet realistic?

Only on a gigabit line or better. At 100 Mbps the upload alone takes close to 15 hours, on top of the recipient's download. Most home connections are not stable enough to hold a single transfer that long, and any interruption restarts the upload.

What is the standard solution for 500 GB transfers?

Either shipping a physical drive or using a managed transfer service. A 512 GB or 1 TB SSD overnight by courier is often faster, cheaper, and more reliable than the internet route. Managed services like Aspera, Signiant, or other studio-grade tools use chunked transfers and parallelism to make the internet path workable.

Why does quik.space not support transfers this size?

Because the product is shaped around the case where a browser upload finishes in minutes, not days. Past 5 GB the failure rate climbs sharply without specialized infrastructure, and supporting that workflow would change the entire shape of the product. We say no to 500 GB so we can say yes to 5 GB at near-100% reliability.

Could a peer-to-peer tool handle 500 GB?

Yes, between two endpoints with good direct connectivity, this is often the best path. The transfer still takes hours and depends on both lines, but there is no cloud intermediary buffering 500 GB of data, which makes the math friendlier.

Are there one-shot prices for 500 GB transfers anywhere?

Rare. Most options at this size are either subscription-based or per-month enterprise contracts. The closest one-shot tends to be the cost of overnight shipping plus a 1 TB SSD, which can come out under $200 round-trip if the drive is returnable.

Send a 500 GB file.

500 GB is at the edge of what consumer internet handles in a single sitting. At 100 Mbps upstream the upload alone runs close to 15 hours, and that assumes the line stays stable the whole time. For most teams, shipping a 1 TB SSD overnight is faster and more reliable than any upload-based path. quik.space caps at 5 GB per file by design, so this is not the right tool, and the page exists to give you an honest answer about which one is.

Drop your 500 GB file.

5 GB is the per-file cap. Split larger files first.

or click anywhere to choose

No email means no recovery. If you lose this link, we can't get you back to this file.

Price scales with file count, up to 25 files. Shown once. 7-day expiry.

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How to send a 500 GB file

Drop the file on the quik.space drop zone above.
The drop zone refuses single files over 5 GB. Split with 7-Zip, Keka, or split, then drop each chunk.
Copy the share link when the upload finishes and send it to the recipient.

How long does a 500 GB upload take?

Connection speed	Estimated upload time
10 Mbps	6d 5h
50 Mbps	1d 5h
100 Mbps	14h 54m
1 Gbps	1h 29m

Estimates assume 80% of theoretical throughput to account for protocol overhead. Real-world times vary with Wi-Fi quality and other traffic on the line.

What can you fit in 500 GB?

A complete drone mapping campaign with full-resolution imagery
A multi-camera live event archive for a multi-day festival
A studio backup spanning years of projects
An entire VFX shot library for a small studio's deliverables
A scientific simulation output with all intermediate snapshots

What does it cost?

500 GB is past the quik.space single-file cap of 5 GB. The recommended approach is splitting the file into chunks under 5 GB with a tool like 7-Zip on Windows, Keka on macOS, or split on Linux, and sending each chunk separately. The recipient rejoins them with the same tool.

Full SKU table on the pricing page.

Private by default

quik.space does not train AI on your files. We do not read them. We do not index them. The file is visible only to whoever holds the share link, and it auto-deletes when the clock runs out. WeTransfer changed its terms in July 2025 to allow AI training on user files. We made the opposite call and put it in writing.

Frequently asked

Is sending 500 GB over the internet realistic?: Only on a gigabit line or better. At 100 Mbps the upload alone takes close to 15 hours, on top of the recipient's download. Most home connections are not stable enough to hold a single transfer that long, and any interruption restarts the upload.
What is the standard solution for 500 GB transfers?: Either shipping a physical drive or using a managed transfer service. A 512 GB or 1 TB SSD overnight by courier is often faster, cheaper, and more reliable than the internet route. Managed services like Aspera, Signiant, or other studio-grade tools use chunked transfers and parallelism to make the internet path workable.
Why does quik.space not support transfers this size?: Because the product is shaped around the case where a browser upload finishes in minutes, not days. Past 5 GB the failure rate climbs sharply without specialized infrastructure, and supporting that workflow would change the entire shape of the product. We say no to 500 GB so we can say yes to 5 GB at near-100% reliability.
Could a peer-to-peer tool handle 500 GB?: Yes, between two endpoints with good direct connectivity, this is often the best path. The transfer still takes hours and depends on both lines, but there is no cloud intermediary buffering 500 GB of data, which makes the math friendlier.
Are there one-shot prices for 500 GB transfers anywhere?: Rare. Most options at this size are either subscription-based or per-month enterprise contracts. The closest one-shot tends to be the cost of overnight shipping plus a 1 TB SSD, which can come out under $200 round-trip if the drive is returnable.