Quickupload Features: Secure File Sharing Without the Setup
Most file sharing tools ask you to create an account before you can move a single byte. Quickupload doesn't. Drag a file into the browser, get a link back, send it. That's the whole first-run experience — no sign-up, no credit card, no app install.
Underneath that simplicity is a set of features built for people who share files that matter: encryption in transit and at rest, password protection on every plan including Free, expiry dates and download caps, a chunked upload system that survives flaky connections, a global CDN, per-file analytics, and a REST API. This page walks through what each of those actually does and when you'd reach for it.
Encryption in transit and at rest
Files are encrypted both while they're moving and while they're sitting in storage — the transfer is protected by TLS, and the stored copy is encrypted at rest rather than written to disk in plain form.
Encryption applies to every upload automatically. There's no toggle, no "secure mode," and no separate paid tier for it. A contractor sending a signed NDA and scope document to a new client gets the same protection as an enterprise account moving a database export.
Beyond encryption, files live on enterprise-grade storage with redundancy and regular security audits — so a single hardware failure doesn't take your link down with it.
Password protection on every plan
Any shared file can be locked behind a password, and this works on the Free plan too — it isn't held back as an upgrade lever. The recipient needs both the link and the password to open the file, which means a forwarded email or a link pasted into the wrong Slack channel isn't automatically a leak.
This matters most for anything you send to a group. A bookkeeper distributing year-end statements to a dozen clients can send each one the same way and share passwords over a separate channel, so a mis-typed address doesn't expose someone's finances. If you're setting this up for the first time, our guide to password-protected file sharing covers when a password is enough on its own and when you should pair it with an expiry date.
Access control: expiry dates and download limits
A shared link that works forever is a liability. Quickupload gives you two ways to close it.
Expiry dates. Every file expires. On the Free plan, files are available for 24 hours — long enough for a one-off handoff. Pro extends that to 30 days and Enterprise to 90 days, and both add custom expiry dates so you can set the exact cutoff rather than accepting the default.
Download limits. On Pro and Enterprise, you can cap how many times a file can be downloaded. Set it to one and the link burns after a single use.
Together these turn a share into something with a defined lifespan. A recruiter sending a candidate's portfolio to a hiring panel of four can set the limit to four downloads and a seven-day window: after the panel has it, the link is dead, with nothing left to clean up later. Full plan-by-plan limits are on the pricing page.
Three ways to share: link, QR code, or email
Once a file is up, you get a secure link. You can also generate a QR code or send the file directly by email from Quickupload.
The QR code is the one people underestimate. It's the difference between reading a URL aloud in a meeting room and having twenty people scan a slide. A trainer handing out course materials at a workshop can put one code on the final slide instead of collecting email addresses. Direct email is for the opposite situation — one specific recipient, no link to copy-paste, no chance of it landing in the wrong thread.
Large files that actually finish uploading
Big uploads fail for boring reasons: a dropped connection, a laptop that sleeps, hotel Wi-Fi. Quickupload uses a chunked upload system, splitting each file into pieces so a transfer can keep going instead of restarting from zero. Downloads and uploads both run over a fast global CDN, so a recipient in another country isn't pulling bytes across the world from a single origin.
Maximum file size depends on your plan — from 100 MB per file on Free, up to 2 GB on Pro and 10 GB on Enterprise. Storage runs 2 GB, 50 GB, and 1 TB respectively, and Free allows 5 uploads per day while Pro and Enterprise are unlimited.
This is the feature a photographer delivering a client gallery cares about most: a 6 GB folder of RAW files on an Enterprise plan uploads in one session instead of three failed attempts. If email is still your default for this, why large files bounce from email explains the size caps you're running into.
File analytics
You can track downloads on your files, monitor how much storage you're using, and analyze your sharing patterns over time. Advanced analytics are available on Pro and Enterprise.
The practical value is knowing whether something landed. A proposal that's been sent but never opened is a different follow-up conversation than one that's been downloaded three times. It also tells you which files are still being pulled — useful before you let something expire.
REST API for developers
Quickupload has a REST API with full API documentation, authenticated with API keys in {prefix}.{secret} format over Bearer auth. Keys carry scoped permissions — files:read, files:write, files:delete, files:download, user:read, and analytics:read — so a service that only needs to fetch files never gets delete rights.
The endpoints cover listing, retrieving, and deleting files, downloads, single multipart uploads, and resumable chunked upload sessions (init → chunk → complete), which is what you want for anything large. Upload options map to the same controls the UI exposes: expires_at, password, and max_downloads can all be set at upload time.
API access requires a paid plan: Pro gives you 100 requests per hour and 5 keys, Enterprise gives 1,000 requests per hour and unlimited keys.
Who Quickupload Is For
Freelancers and creatives. Deliver galleries, cuts, and master files without asking clients to sign up for anything. Password-protect the delivery, set it to expire after the review window, and move on.
Teams and businesses. Share contracts, decks, and exports with controls that match how sensitive they are. Enterprise adds team features, an SLA guarantee, and 24/7 priority support. If you're comparing options, see how Quickupload stacks up against WeTransfer.
Developers. Add uploads to your own product with a documented REST API, scoped keys, and resumable chunked sessions — including per-upload expiry, password, and download-limit options.