Comparison
WarpSend vs MASV
A MASV alternative with the same no-size-cap, UDP-fast delivery — but priced on a flat traffic allowance instead of a per-download meter that multiplies with every reviewer.
Start free →MASV earned a real reputation in post-production. It's fast, purpose-built for media, and doesn't choke on multi-hundred-gigabyte camera originals. None of that is in dispute. What catches teams off guard isn't the product — it's the bill. MASV charges per download, not per upload, and that single detail is what turns a predictable send into a number nobody forecast.
Why teams leave MASV
You're billed per download, not per upload
MASV's pay-as-you-go rate is roughly $0.25/GB, charged every time a file comes out of the system — not once when it goes in. MASV's own docs spell it out: a 250 GB package sent to three recipients and one cloud service bills as ~1 TB (250 GB × 4 downloads).
One-to-many workflows multiply the cost
Media delivery is almost never one-to-one. A single cut goes to a director, two producers, a colorist, and a client — and at least one re-downloads after clearing their Downloads folder. That's how a $25 estimate quietly becomes a $275 charge driven by behavior you don't control.
The bill is impossible to forecast
You can predict how much footage you'll produce, but not how many times each deliverable gets pulled before sign-off. A line item that should be predictable behaves like a variable — a reviewer on a flaky connection retrying, a producer grabbing it on a second machine — and finance notices.
At real volume, the meter runs to five figures
At $0.25/GB, a single terabyte of delivered footage is about $250. A team moving 10 TB a month across shoots, reviews, and finals lands near $30,000 a year — before anyone re-downloads anything.
WarpSend vs MASV, feature by feature
| Feature | WarpSend | MASV |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | ✓ Flat traffic allowance | Per-download egress (~$0.25/GB) |
| Cost of 4 reviewers pulling one file | ✓ Counts as ordinary traffic | Billed 4× — one full download each |
| Free tier | ✓ 1 TB traffic + 200 GB storage / month | Trial credit, then pay-as-you-go |
| Per-file size cap | No cap | No cap |
| Transport speed | UDP edge engine over Cloudflare | Accelerated UDP — genuinely fast |
| Recipient account required | No | No |
| Direct device-to-device option | ✓ Yes (Send, peer-to-peer) | No — cloud relay only |
| Folder sync / automation | ✓ Yes (WarpSync) | Limited |
The cost reality: per-download vs flat allowance
The per-download model means your cost isn't set by how much you send — it's set by how many people touch a file and how often. The same deliverables under WarpSend's flat allowance are just traffic against a number you already understand.
| Scenario | MASV | WarpSend |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hr of 4K (318 GB) to 4 reviewers | ~$315 | Flat allowance |
| 100 GB to 3 reviewers, some re-download | ~$275 | Ordinary traffic |
| 1 TB delivered | ~$250 | Free (within 1 TB) |
| 10 TB / month, sustained | ~$30,000 / year | 1 TB free + $5/TB over |
No per-recipient multiplier
Four reviewers pulling the same cut is one upload and ordinary traffic — not four full-price downloads. Your cost tracks how much data moves, full stop.
A bill finance can forecast
1 TB of monthly traffic and 200 GB of storage are free; past that it's a flat $5/TB. No separate per-download line, no surprise driven by how often a file gets re-pulled.
Same speed, no cloud lock-in
WarpSend's UDP edge engine fills the pipe on long routes just like MASV. Share serves every recipient from the nearest Cloudflare edge node; Send goes peer-to-peer with no cloud middleman at all.
When MASV is still the right call
- Your volume is low or occasional and deliverables go to single recipients — the per-download rate stays small.
- You want MASV's mature, media-first managed-delivery layer: granular controls, integrations, and a pipeline built specifically for post.
- Your download patterns are predictable enough that the per-download model never surprises you.
Frequently asked questions
Is WarpSend cheaper than MASV?
For one-to-many media delivery, almost always. MASV bills ~$0.25/GB per download, so every recipient and re-download multiplies the cost. WarpSend includes 1 TB of traffic free per month, then charges a flat $5/TB — with no per-download multiplier.
Does WarpSend charge per download like MASV?
No. WarpSend meters total traffic against a flat allowance, not per download. Four reviewers pulling the same file is ordinary traffic, not four separate charges.
Is WarpSend as fast as MASV for large footage?
Yes. Both use UDP-based acceleration to fill the link on long, high-latency routes. WarpSend runs its engine on Cloudflare's global edge, so recipients pull from the nearest node.
Can MASV recipients download without an account?
Yes, and so can WarpSend's — a WarpShare link downloads in any browser with no account. The difference is the bill: with WarpSend those downloads don't each get charged per GB.
What happens at high volume?
At 10 TB/month, MASV's per-download model runs near $30,000/year. WarpSend stays on a flat $5/TB over the free 1 TB, so cost scales with data moved rather than with how many times files are pulled.
Move files without the MASV limits.
1 TB of monthly traffic free, no credit card, no size cap.
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