blixtThe invoice doesn’t scale with the file
At ~$0.25/GB, one terabyte is roughly $250. A Blixt subscription is $5–50 a month, flat — move a terabyte a day and the number doesn’t change.
Honest comparison
Blixt vs MASV
MASV is the closest thing Blixt has to a professional rival, and it is a good product: browser portals on both ends, SOC 2 / ISO 27001 / TPN paperwork, and a cloud that holds your delivery until the receiver shows up. The disagreement is architectural — and it shows up on the invoice.
Side by side
The short version, in one table.
| MASV | Blixt | |
|---|---|---|
| Direct transfer, no middleman cloud | No — data moves through MASV’s cloud | Yes — peer to peer; relay only as a fallback |
| Pricing model | Pay-as-you-go, ~$0.25/GB — 1 TB ≈ $250 | Flat $5–50/mo — 1 TB costs the same as 1 GB |
| Direct traffic metered | Every gigabyte is billed | Never — P2P traffic doesn’t cross our servers |
| Install required to receive | No — browser portals for send and receive | App on both ends for direct transfers; bCloud share links work in any browser |
| Receiver offline when you send | Fine — the cloud buffers until they collect it | Direct needs both ends online; bCloud can hold a copy if you opt in |
| Resume after a connection drop | Yes | Yes — missing chunks only, MAC-protected journal |
| Compliance certifications | SOC 2, ISO 27001, TPN | None yet — privacy is architectural: no server holds your file |
| Link aggregation | Offered — as a paid add-on | Multiconnect included from Basic ($5/mo) |
| Works offline / LAN · self-host | No — it is a cloud service | LAN mode with no server at all; self-host the signaling hub |
Fair is fair
Where MASV is the better choice.
Genuinely better with MASV:
- Nobody installs anything. Sending and receiving both happen in a browser portal — for a client you will never meet again, that is real friction removed. Blixt’s browser story covers receiving via bCloud share links; direct transfers need the app on both ends.
- The paperwork exists today: SOC 2, ISO 27001, TPN. If your client’s procurement checklist requires the badge, MASV has it and we don’t yet — our privacy argument is architectural, not certified.
- Store-and-forward. If your receiver is asleep in another timezone, MASV’s cloud holds the delivery until they wake up. A direct Blixt transfer needs both ends online — bCloud covers the gap only when you choose to use it.
Our case
Where Blixt wins.
Direct traffic is free traffic
P2P transfers never cross our servers, so there is nothing for us to meter. We charge for the software, not for your gigabytes.
Works where clouds can’t
Fully offline LAN mode for isolated networks, and a self-hosted signaling hub (blixtd --embed-signal) inside your own perimeter.
Multiconnect and a CLI in the box
Link aggregation across selected NICs from the Basic plan — with actual gain determined by path diversity and shared bottlenecks — and a scriptable CLI in every download, free tier included.