FilePulse alternative when the senders count as users
Bridglet is the right alternative if the Small plan's five users are mostly clients rather than colleagues, the transfer meter decides your plan, and the API you wanted turned out to be one tier up.
Stay on FilePulse if the files belong in your own S3, Google Cloud Storage or Azure account, if a partner still sends over plain FTP, if audit logging has to be a listed feature, or if the plan is to run the server inside your own infrastructure. Bridglet does none of those.
Cheapest published plan
FilePulse Small
5 users, 1 storage backend, 100 GB of transfer a month. API access and audit logging start on the plan above.
Bridglet Starter
10 GB of space, 5 shared folders, 10 connections an hour, 5 guests per shared folder
FilePulse counts users and gigabytes moved. Bridglet counts shared folders and space. The cheaper one depends on how many people send you things.
Why people look for a FilePulse alternative
None of this is a complaint about the product. It is what the published plans charge for, and why that shape stops fitting some teams.
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Five users is the entry plan, and senders are users
Small includes 5 users at $25/mo and Medium jumps to 25 at $49/mo. Anyone who needs credentials takes one of those slots, so a sixth client is a plan change rather than another folder.
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Transfer is metered by the month
Small allows 100 GB of transfer a month, Medium 500 GB, Large 2 TB. A quiet quarter and one heavy week are priced the same way, which makes the number on the invoice a function of your busiest partner.
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The API starts one tier up
On the published comparison table, API access is absent from Small and present on Medium and Large, alongside audit logging and priority support. Automating account management from the cheapest plan is not an option.
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It is a server in front of storage, and the storage is still yours
Plans are counted in storage backends rather than gigabytes, and the cheaper BYOS plans expect an S3, GCS or Azure account you already run. That is a good deal when you have one. It is extra work when you wanted a folder.
FilePulse and Bridglet, side by side
| FilePulse Small | Bridglet Starter | |
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| Price to start |
$25/mo, the plan FilePulse calls Small. verified 2026-09-22 |
$15/mo, the plan Bridglet calls Starter. |
| What that includes |
5 users, 1 storage backend and 100 GB of transfer a month, over SFTP or FTP, with SSH key authentication and email support. verified 2026-09-22 |
10 GB of space, 5 shared folders, 10 connections an hour, 5 guests per shared folder |
| The rest of the ladder |
Medium $49/mo for 25 users and 500 GB, Large $99/mo for 100 users and 2 TB, XL $150/mo for 250 users and 5 TB. Enterprise and self-managed are quoted. BYOS versions run $18, $35 and $70. verified 2026-09-22 |
Starter $15/mo (10 GB, 5 shared folders). Pro $49/mo (100 GB, 25 shared folders). Business $149/mo (500 GB, unlimited shared folders). |
| Per-user fees |
Users are the unit every tier is cut on: 5, then 25, then 100, then 250. Vendors and service accounts come out of the same allowance. verified 2026-09-22 |
None. Teammates cost nothing and guests are not seats. |
| Space included |
Not published in gigabytes. Standard plans count storage backends, and BYOS plans run on a bucket you bring. verified 2026-09-22 |
10 GB of space, 5 shared folders, 10 connections an hour, 5 guests per shared folder, on disks Bridglet runs. |
| Transfer and overage |
100 GB a month on Small, 500 GB on Medium, 2 TB on Large. verified 2026-09-22 |
Uploads and bandwidth are not metered. The plan's space is the only cap. |
| Browser portal for non-technical senders |
A web file browser is listed on every tier for people who have an account. A portal for a sender with no account is not listed. verified 2026-09-22 |
Yes, on every plan. Send a link, the person sets their own passphrase, then uploads and downloads in the browser. |
| Webhooks |
Yes. The published FAQ describes subscribing to file events and receiving HTTPS webhooks in near real time. verified 2026-09-22 |
Yes, on every plan. One call to a URL you set per shared folder when a file lands. |
| Retention |
Not listed among the published features. Lifecycle rules belong to whichever bucket sits behind the server. verified 2026-09-22 |
Yes, on every plan. Set the number of days per shared folder and files are deleted on that schedule. |
| REST API |
Not on Small. The comparison table marks API access on Medium and Large, and the features page describes a full API for platform resources. verified 2026-09-22 |
On Pro, Business and both lifetime tiers. |
The FilePulse column was read off filepulse.io/pricing on 2026-09-22, and every row marked above carries the date it was checked. Where a cell says a thing is not listed, it means the published plans are not sold on it. Bridglet's column is the limit the server actually enforces.
What you give up
Moving costs you something. Here is the part of FilePulse that Bridglet has no answer for.
Your own bucket as the destination
BYOS plans put arriving files straight into S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob or MinIO, which also lets you choose the region they land in. Bridglet stores files on its own disks and offers no way to point a shared folder elsewhere.
Plain FTP
FilePulse answers SFTP and FTP on every plan. Bridglet answers SFTP, and HTTPS in the guest portal. A partner whose system still speaks FTP is a reason to stay exactly where you are.
Audit logging as a plan feature
From Medium up, audit logging is something FilePulse sells and puts in the comparison table. Bridglet does not sell a logging tier and has no report to hand an auditor.
Running it yourself
The self-managed option deploys FilePulse in your own infrastructure, and Enterprise adds SSO and SAML on top. Bridglet is one hosted service, with an email sign-in and no single sign-on of any kind.
Things Bridglet has never had
No SOC 2 report. No custom domain for your endpoint. No command line tool. No option to point a shared folder at a storage bucket you own. No phone support, and no static IP address to hand a firewall team. If any of those is a requirement, this is the wrong product and the page will not pretend otherwise.
Switching from FilePulse
There is no migration tool and nothing copies itself across. What a move involves is this, and it is mostly telling people where to send things now.
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List the users and what each one is for
Open the account and separate the colleagues from the senders. Most Small accounts turn out to be one or two staff logins and three outside partners, and that split is what decides whether this move is worth the afternoon.
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Create one shared folder per sender
Not one per user slot. Each folder carries its own path, its own retention in days, and credentials scoped so they reach nothing else in your account.
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Give each sender their new way in
Scripts get a host, a username and a password or a public key. The people who were only ever using the web file browser get a portal link instead, and they set their own passphrase the first time they open it.
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Point the webhook subscriptions at the new URL
Anything subscribed to FilePulse file events has to be re-pointed. The payload shape is different, so read Bridglet's webhook docs and change the handler before you send real traffic through it.
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Empty the backend, then cancel
If you were on BYOS, the files are in your bucket already and nothing needs rescuing. If you were on a standard plan, pull anything worth keeping before the month ends, because nothing copies itself across.
What Bridglet costs
Plans are sized by shared folders and space. Teammates, guests, webhooks and retention are in every one of them.
Starter
$15/mo
- 10 GB of space
- 5 shared folders
- 10 connections an hour
- Guest portal, webhooks, retention
Pro
$49/mo
- 100 GB of space
- 25 shared folders
- 60 connections an hour
- Guest portal, webhooks, retention
Business
$149/mo
- 500 GB of space
- unlimited shared folders
- 200 connections an hour
- Guest portal, webhooks, retention
A lifetime round is open while you read this: $59 once for Starter's limits, or $149 once for 50 GB and 15 shared folders. It is capped and it closes. Read the terms on the lifetime page.
Questions people ask before they move
I have six clients sending files. What does that cost?
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Starter is $15/mo and allows five shared folders, so five senders fit on the cheapest plan and the sixth moves you to Pro at $49/mo. On FilePulse the sixth credential moves you from Small to Medium, because users are what the tiers are cut on.
Is there a transfer limit?
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No. Uploads and bandwidth are not metered on any plan, so the only number to watch is the space on your plan, and retention keeps that from filling. FilePulse Small allows 100 GB of transfer a month before you need the next tier.
Can Bridglet write into my S3 bucket?
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No, and that is the main thing you would be giving up. Files stay on Bridglet's storage. If a bucket you own is the point of the setup, FilePulse BYOS is the product that does that and this page will not argue otherwise.
Do my senders need an account?
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No. A guest opens a link, sets a passphrase, and uploads or downloads in the browser. A partner with a script gets SFTP credentials scoped to one shared folder. Neither counts as a seat and neither changes your price.
When can I use the API?
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On Pro, Business and both lifetime tiers. It is not on Starter, so if you need to create shared folders and credentials from code, budget for $49/mo rather than $15/mo.
What happens when the space on Starter is not enough?
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Pro gives you 100 GB of space, 25 shared folders, 60 connections an hour, 25 guests per shared folder for $49/mo, and Business gives you 500 GB of space, unlimited shared folders, 200 connections an hour, unlimited guests per shared folder for $149/mo. Because retention clears each folder on the schedule you set, the space behaves like a pipe rather than an archive.
Keep reading
Head to head
Bridglet vs FilePulse
The same two products, written for someone choosing between them rather than leaving one.
Use case
Agency vendor file drops
One shared folder per client, credentials that reach nothing else, and retention that clears the folder without anyone remembering to.
Use case
Freelancers and consultants
A single place clients send work to, at a price that does not move every time you take on another one.