File too large to email? Pandafile vs email attachments
Most email services limit attachments to roughly 20 to 25 MB. With Pandafile you send a link instead, so you can share up to 10 GB a week free, up to 250 GB per transfer with Plus, or up to 1 TB with Pro.
You hit send and get the dreaded message: file too large. Email was never designed to carry big files. Most providers limit a single email to somewhere around 20 to 25 MB, which is about one minute of phone video. Pandafile solves this by sending a link instead of the file itself.
How the two compare
- Size: email stops at roughly 20 to 25 MB. Pandafile Free sends up to 10 GB a week, Plus up to 250 GB and Pro up to 1 TB in a single transfer.
- Inboxes: a big attachment fills up your recipient's mailbox. A Pandafile email is tiny, because it only holds a link.
- Folders: email can't send a folder. Pandafile keeps your folder structure, and recipients can download everything as a ZIP.
- Knowing it arrived: with Send by email, Pandafile tells you when each person downloads, and reminds people who haven't yet.
- Dropped connections: if your Wi-Fi drops, a Pandafile upload carries on where it stopped.
When an attachment is still fine
For a small PDF or a couple of photos, a normal attachment is perfect, and it stays in the email for as long as your recipient keeps it. Pandafile transfers expire: free ones after 7 days, Plus ones after 14 days and Pro ones after 30 days. If someone needs the file for years, they should save it once they have downloaded it.
Send it with Pandafile instead
- Go to pandafile.co and choose the file that was too big to attach.
- Pick Send by email and enter your recipient's address, or pick Get a link.
- Add a title and message if you like, then click Send.
- If you chose Get a link, paste it into your email instead of the attachment.
