Published on08/ 1/07
[Always On - Stanford Summit] I was attending the Standford Summit Conference, and at the opening reception I met with Ranjith Kumaran, the VP Marketing of YouSendIt. In the file sharing arena there is a lot of competition and it is difficult to differentiate. YouSendit is doing a great job at focusing on the delivery of large files using the most popular communication medium: emails. Having a background in technology and design, I know how painful it is to transfer large digital files over FTP, and now I am always wondering if my 9.5 mb Powerpoint presentation will get through the recipient’s mailbox limitation. DropSend and Sendthisfile are the direct competitors of YouSendIt, and I will post a comparison review later. In the meantime you can take a look for yourself: YouSendIt Services page Drop Send prices page SendThisFile purchase plan page
The free service (file under 100MB) is quite simple to use on YouSendIt, it is accessible right from the homepage, no need to register to send a file under 20 MB. According to Ranjith Kumaran, the main differentiator from their competitors is the quality of their customer support and the reliability of their platform (security and data recovery). If you pay attention to YouSendIt services page, there is a line mentioning the email support response time, which is quite unique. There is a Photoshop and an Outlook plug-in that allow users to send files right from those applications (I did not test). YouSendIt is among the 100 companies selected for the AO100 awards.