yasync vs MASV
MASV charges $0.25 per gigabyte every time someone downloads. yasync does not charge for downloads. Anonymous and Free are available now; Pro is coming soon. Planned features are clearly labelled below.
| Head to head | MASVpay-as-you-go | yasync€0 live / €39.99 plan preview |
|---|---|---|
| Price per GB delivered | $0.25/GB every time a recipient downloads¹ | €0 — delivery is free at any volume, on every tier |
| 1 TB delivered, downloaded 10× | ≈ $2,500 (≈ $2,413 with volume tiers)¹ ² | €0 + storage — planned Pro covers 1 TB stored in €39.99/mo; coming soon |
| Free tier | 15 GB monthly transfer credit on an account³ | Live: 5 GB per transfer with no account. Email-confirmed Free account tier: 50 GB |
| Anonymous sends (no account) | No — an account is required to send³ | Yes — up to 5 GB without an account, password protection included |
| Max single file | Multi-TB — marketed as unlimited; a ~15 TB practical cap has been documented⁴ | Planned Pro tier: up to 5 TB per single file |
| Retention | ~5 days free per package, then extended storage billing⁵ | 24 hours on live anonymous transfers; planned Pro has no automatic expiry while storage is covered |
| Extra storage price | $0.07/GB/month extended storage⁵ — on top of per-download delivery fees | €7 per 100 GB/month, charged by the day and optional — or +1 TB packs at €39.99/month. Downloads stay free |
| Cost model | Pay-as-you-go per GB delivered; subscriptions and pre-buys reduce the rate¹ | €0 live anonymous sends; planned €39.99/month Pro with 1 TB included and free downloads |
All MASV numbers from MASV’s published pricing and help-center pages, as of July 2026 — see footnotes below. Re-check the linked sources before using the figures for a purchasing decision.
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Some services charge again for every recipient. yasync downloads stay free no matter how many people use the link.
Estimated monthly cost
cheapest → most expensiveyasynclist price€79.98/moPro + 1 extra 1 TB pack · Delivery: €0 — always free
How this is calculated. Planned Pro costs €39.99/month and includes 1 TB. Above that, this calculator picks the cheaper option: €7 per 100 GB/month, charged by the day, or €39.99 per extra 1 TB/month. Pro cannot be purchased yet. Downloads are free.
list price · as of 2026-07
- Downloads are free on every tier, no matter how many people use the link
- The calculator shows a full month of extra storage; actual automatic storage is charged by the day
- Automatic extra storage can be turned off to set a hard limit
MASVlist price€977/moValue 5 TB subscription · Delivery: Billed on every download
How this is calculated. Pay as you go: the first 15 GB each month is free, then downloads cost $0.25 per GB and storage costs $0.07 per GB/month. For 12-month Value plans, the calculator picks the cheapest plan that covers all downloads and adds storage. It shows whichever option costs less. 1 TB = 1,024 GB.
list price · as of 2026-07
- Every additional download of the same file is charged again
- The $0.07 per GB/month storage charge starts after five free days and is charged by the day
- MASV does not publish its subscription overage rate, so a plan is used only when it covers all downloads
- Subscriptions require 12 months; monthly allowances do not roll over
- MASV offers volume discounts, but does not publish all thresholds
IBM Aspera on Cloudlist price€2,456/moEssentials (12-month plan) · Delivery: Transfer billed both ways
How this is calculated. The calculator chooses the cheaper option: $1.07 for every GB uploaded or downloaded, or a 12-month Essentials plan. For Essentials it adds monthly transfer blocks, storage above 1 TB, and downloads above 10 TB/year.
list price · as of 2026-07
- Aspera charges for both uploads and downloads; the calculator includes both
- Essentials includes 10 TB of downloads each year, then charges $0.03 per GB
- Essentials has one workspace; multi-team use may require Standard Plus at $660/month
- IBM marks prices 'indicative, may vary by country, exclude taxes'
- IBM does not say whether its $0.03 per GB charge uses decimal or binary units
Signiant Media Shuttlelist price + estimateCustom quoteThis amount is above the published 25 TB yearly limit. Ask for a quote.
How this is calculated. Small Business starts at $13,000/year and Professional at $25,000/year. The calculator divides that by 12, then estimates your separate cloud storage at $23 per TB/month and downloads at $90 per TB. Larger use needs an Enterprise quote.
list price + estimate · as of 2026-07
- The published prices are starting points; actual quotes rise with active users
- Storage is not included; the cloud storage and download figures are estimates paid to your cloud provider
- Published plans limit annual cloud transfers; extra-use pricing is not public
- Enterprise pricing is quote-only
You’d save €897/month vs MASV — that’s €10,762/year.
Competitor prices are converted from USD at about €0.875 per dollar (2026-07). If a public plan does not cover the selected amount, we show “custom quote”.
The $25 that became $275
A documented MASV customer case⁶: a 100 GB package, expected to cost about $25 to deliver. Multiple recipients and repeated download attempts later, the bill was $275 — eleven times the estimate because each download was charged again.
The same 100 GB package on yasync: €0 to deliver, no matter how many recipients download it or how many times their connection drops.
What a month of delivery actually costs.
MASV figures use its published pay-as-you-go rates after the 15 GB monthly credit; subscriptions can cost less. yasync downloads stay free. Planned Pro is €39.99/month with 1 TB included, then €7 per 100 GB of extra storage each month, charged by the day.
| Monthly delivery volume | MASV | yasync |
|---|---|---|
| 1 TB delivered / month | ≈ $252 | €0 delivery · planned Pro €39.99/mo |
| 5 TB delivered / month | ≈ $1,235 | €0 delivery · planned Pro €39.99/mo |
| 10 TB delivered / month | ≈ $2,413 | €0 delivery · planned Pro €39.99/mo |
MASV figures assume single delivery of each byte — every additional download of the same package bills again. yasync never bills delivery, so re-downloads are always €0.
When MASV is the right choice.
An honest comparison cuts both ways. MASV has real strengths yasync doesn’t try to match, and if these are what you need, use MASV.
Built for very fast connections
MASV advertises speeds up to 10 Gbps across more than 400 servers and can combine multiple connections.
More ways to collect files
MASV offers branded upload pages, watched folders, an API, and connections to S3, Frame.io, Dropbox, and other services.
Enterprise certifications
MASV holds ISO 27001:2022, SOC 2 Type II, and TPN Gold Shield certifications and offers lower rates on large contracts.
yasync is built for the everyday job: get big files from A to B, resume when needed, and never pay for a download.
Where we won’t compare: privacy
We only publish claims about MASV that we can source, and we haven’t verified their AI and data-sharing stance — so there is no comparison row for it. Here is ours, stated plainly, and it applies to every tier including Free and Anonymous:
- We process files to store and deliver them, but do not scan them for advertising or profiling. Specific abuse reports may be reviewed by authorised people.
- No AI training. Your files are not used to train AI systems — ours or anyone else’s.
- Personal data is never sold. Required service providers are listed on our Compliance page, and ads are never based on file contents.
- Files are protected while sent and stored, and every transfer can use a password.
Sources — MASV figures as of July 2026
- 1. MASV pricing and download charges — massive.io/pricing/
- 2. How MASV charges for services (per-download billing) — help.massive.io/en/how-masv-charges-for-services
- 3. MASV free tier & pay-as-you-go (15 GB/month credit, account required) — help.massive.io/en/free-tier-pay-as-you-go
- 4. MASV features (unlimited file size marketing; the former help-center article documenting a 15 TB single-file cap now 404s — cited via archived snippets) — massive.io/features/
- 5. MASV transfer expiry & extended storage ($0.07/GB/month) — help.massive.io/en/how-do-i-change-the-expiry-date-for-a-file-transfer
- 6. MASV reviews on G2 (4.8/5 — the surprise-bill case study appears in public user reviews on Capterra/G2) — www.g2.com/products/masv/reviews
MASV and massive.io are trademarks of LiveQoS Inc. / MASV Inc. yasync is not affiliated with MASV. This page compares published prices and features in good faith. Source links are listed above so every figure can be checked directly.