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ValidatedⓘEvidence tiers: Early signal = 1 uncorroborated request — treat as radar, not a validated opportunity · Corroborated = 2-3 requests · Validated = 4+ requests from 2+ different people. Every count appears exactly once, in the fact bar below — each traces to a real source post.
Self-Hosted File Transfer
In their words
"I've been using WeTransfer for a while, but I'm looking for something better" — a builder, verbatim · sign in free to trace the source ↗
What they tried & dropped
Quoted from the posts below — each quote is checked word-for-word against the stored post.
Next Cloud
— "Im aware of next cloud, but its to heavy and overkill for my usecase"
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Hard requirements
Summarised from the posts below. Miss one and they will not switch.
easily share excel and csvs fileFree (or a generous free tier)Dedicated Android and iOS appsWindows and macOS desktop appsEasy sharing of large filesFast upload/download speeds
Competitor pricing
Named rivals & real prices 🔒
Rivals charge $5.99/mo · names — log in ↗
Open-source check · GitHub · 2026-09-19
⚠️ Established open-source player: YouTransfer/YouTransfer ⭐2,018 — The simple but elegant self-hosted file transfer & sharing solution
How we checked
Where we searched
3 sources · GitHub (open-source check) · App Store · SaaS marketplaces
Verification funnel
104 raw matches scanned, then AI-de-duped · see the breakdown below
Last scan
14d ago · auto-refreshed every 30 days
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Every source post · named rivals with real prices · what builders tried & dropped · quantified pain — all traceable to the original posts
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77 tracked posts (4 asks · 73 product/news)
first post Mar 2026
▲ 18 in the last 30 days
Cumulative tracked posts (asks + products + news) by original post date · GapMine tracked communities — not search volume · every step traces to a real post in the evidence record (sign in to read them).
Evidence pool
Top 7 of the 77 tracked posts, picked as evidence — each insight links back to a real one.
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