The short answer
Pick SendNow if
You send decks, proposals or deal documents outside your company and want to know who read them and keep them under control. From $6.25/mo.
Pick Smash if
You need to move large files quickly and only care whether they were downloaded.
Price, plan by plan
Each row matches a need with the cheapest plan that covers it on each side. Bars show the cost of one year.
Share files with people outside
Smash showed our checker prices in local currency only, so check fromsmash.com/pricing. SendNow prices are per month, billed yearly.
Downloaded isn't the same as read.
SendNow shows who opened your file and how long they spent on each page, from $6.25/mo.
Feature table
A dot marks the side that is clearly ahead. Out of 5 rows, SendNow leads on 4, Smash leads on 1, and the rest are even.
Watch SendNow in action
A short video from our YouTube channel. It shows the real product, not a mock-up.
How to Share a PDF Securely and Track Who Reads It
Upload a confidential PDF, protect it with email verification, a password, disabled downloads, screenshot protection and a dynamic watermark, then see who read it.
Where each one wins
Where SendNow is better
You see how it was read
Who opened it, which pages they read, how long they stayed, and when they came back.
Controls for confidential files
Email gate, NDA, dynamic watermark, screenshot blocker and download control.
Data rooms
Put several documents behind one branded link from $12.40/mo.
Where Smash is better
No size limit on paid plans
Unlimited transfer size on Pro and Team.
Branded download pages
Your logo and background on transfer pages.
What is Smash?
Smash sends files of any size, with 2 GB free and unlimited transfer size on Pro and Team, plus views and downloads tracking on paid plans. Smash showed our checker prices in local currency only, so check fromsmash.com/pricing.
Can I use SendNow with Smash?
Yes. Use Smash for very large raw files and SendNow for documents you want to track and protect, like decks, reports and contracts.
Who should pick which
Choose SendNow when
- You need to know who read your document
- You share confidential decks or deal files
- You want NDAs, watermarks or screenshot blocking
Choose Smash when
- You send very large files
- A download notice is enough
How to switch from Smash
- 01
Start the free trial
Sign up for SendNow. The trial lasts 24 hours and needs no card, so you can test it on a real document first.
- 02
Upload your files
Upload the documents you currently share through Smash. PDF, Word, Excel, CSV, PowerPoint, images and MP4 video all work.
- 03
Set the protection you need
Turn on an email gate, password, NDA, screenshot blocker, expiry date or watermark, link by link.
- 04
Share and watch
Send the new links and watch opens arrive page by page. Keep your Smash setup running until open conversations finish.
Questions people ask
Can Smash show who read my document?
Smash can tell you when a transfer is downloaded. It doesn't show page-by-page reading. SendNow does.
Is SendNow a replacement for Smash?
For documents you want to track, yes. For moving huge raw files, keep a transfer tool.
Written by
Rifana Hameem
Founder of SendNow
Rifana is the founder of SendNow. She leads the team in building secure, compliant, and analytics-rich document sharing tools for finance and professional teams worldwide.
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Prices were read on each vendor's own pricing page on 21 Oct 2026 and are re-checked every month. SendNow features come from the plan settings the app itself uses. SendNow wrote this page, so we list where Smash is better too. Spot something out of date? Write to contact@sendnow.live.