Clinked Alternative for Agencies

If you have priced out Clinked and balked at the member count, ProjectSend Cloud is the client portal alternative most agencies and professional-services firms land on. You pay per active client account -- clients never pay for anything -- and your portal runs under your own logo from day one. There is a real free plan with no credit card and no expiration, and no per-user fee waiting to scale against you.

What Does Clinked Actually Cost?

Clinked uses a mixed pricing model. The entry-level Start Up tier charges $11 per user per month -- and that user count includes both your staff and any client who logs in, up to 25 total. Move to Standard and the model shifts to a flat $239 per month for up to 100 members. Premium is $599 per month for 250 members. There is no permanent free plan -- only a 14-day trial on Standard. Prices are from Clinked's own pricing page, verified October 2026.

Here is how the plans break down:

• Start Up: $11/user/month -- up to 25 users, 2 GB storage, no custom URL
• Standard: $239/month -- 100 members, 1 TB storage, custom URL, 14-day trial available
• Premium: $599/month -- 250 members, 3 TB storage, white-label email notifications, enforced 2FA
• Enterprise: custom pricing, 1,000+ members included

The member pool fills up faster than it looks. A five-person agency with 40 active client contacts already sits at 45 members, leaving just 55 slots before hitting Standard's ceiling. Add seasonal work or a few new retainers and you start managing a waitlist inside your own portal.

How the Pricing Compares

ProjectSend Cloud separates staff seats from client accounts. Clients never appear on your invoice, and the active client account count only includes contacts who have logged in during the billing period.

• Free ($0): real free plan, no credit card, no time limit -- personal account on a shared instance, 2 GB, private download link per file; no branded portal, no client accounts
• Pro ($19/month): your own branded portal with logo, 25 active client accounts included ($0.40 each extra), 100 GB, 3 staff seats
• Business ($49/month): unlimited active client accounts, SSO (OIDC), mandatory 2FA policy, CSV audit export, priority support

A five-person agency with 40 active client accounts on Pro pays $19 plus 15 extra accounts at $0.40 each -- a total of $25 per month -- compared to $239 per month on Clinked Standard. As the client list grows, the gap widens. For a breakdown of why the two models diverge so quickly, see per-seat vs. per-client pricing explained.

What Agencies Get With ProjectSend Cloud

Agencies use ProjectSend Cloud to deliver finished work without asking clients to create accounts on a platform they do not recognize. Design files, video deliverables, architecture packages, and campaign reports land in a portal that carries your name and colors -- with a log of every download and preview.

Your portal runs on a subdomain of projectsend.site with your own logo and color scheme. Custom domain and full white-label are on the roadmap (coming soon). For the complete setup walkthrough, including how to onboard your first clients and configure folder structures by project, see the client portal guide for agencies.

• Branded portal: your logo and color scheme on Pro and Business
• Resumable uploads for large files -- multi-gigabyte transfers continue after a network drop
• Per-client folders, access controls, expiring share links, and download limits
• Full audit trail: every download and preview is logged with the client account and a timestamp
• Active client account billing: pay for the clients who actually use the portal, not everyone on a distribution list
• No lock-in: the portal runs on ProjectSend, a GPLv2 open source project with 2,000+ GitHub stars and 4.8M+ Docker downloads -- export your data and run it yourself at any time

If you are moving from a WeTransfer workflow, WeTransfer Alternative for Agencies covers how that transition works.

For Law Firms and Professional Services

Law firms and professional-services firms have an added emphasis: every file access needs a verifiable record. ProjectSend Cloud logs who downloaded which document and when, with a full audit trail exportable to CSV in Business. Each client gets their own area with granular access controls -- nothing crosses between matters by accident. For the full picture on how law firms use the portal, see the client portal guide for law firms.

Tax preparers, CPAs, and independent financial advisors may also be subject to the FTC Safeguards Rule, which requires written security policies for handling client financial data. The Tax Adviser's 2023 guide to Safeguards Rule compliance covers the key obligations in detail. A dedicated portal with encrypted storage, access controls, and a documented audit trail is a practical step toward meeting several of those requirements.

When Clinked Makes More Sense

Clinked is a broader collaboration suite. It includes Kanban boards, a shared team calendar, threaded group discussions, and a Virtual Data Room (VDR) tier with redaction, dynamic watermarking, and structured Q&A. If your workflow depends on managing projects and delivering files inside the same platform, and the member-pool pricing works for your client volume, Clinked is worth a serious look.

ProjectSend Cloud is a file-delivery portal, not a project management suite. It does not have Kanban boards, built-in Q&A workflows, or a VDR tier. The trade-off is a pricing model that scales with the clients who actually use the portal -- not with every person on a contact list. Browse more client portal comparisons in the Alternatives section.

A Real Free Plan

ProjectSend Cloud's free plan is not a trial. There is no credit card required, no 14-day window, no paywall at the end. You get a personal account on a shared instance with 2 GB of storage and a private download link per file. It does not include a branded portal or client accounts -- those start on Pro at $19/month. But it is a real place to start delivering files before committing to anything.