# Files Sharing vs Plik — Fit & Features

Canonical: https://trutool.co/compare/files-sharing-vs-plik
Author: Sandeep (https://trutool.co/authors/sandeep)

Compare Files Sharing and Plik by use case, features, limitations, and evaluation questions.

## Compare fit, features, and limitations

### Files Sharing
Self-hosted files sharing application, easy to setup, easy to use.
Best fit: People and teams evaluating cloud storage & file sharing for a specific workflow.
- Core product workflow
Before you choose: Test a representative task, inspect outputs, and confirm integrations, permissions, data handling, licensing, and current costs.
Pricing: https://github.com/pricing
- [Read Files Sharing profile](https://trutool.co/tools/files-sharing): Read Files Sharing profile

### Plik
Plik is a temporary file upload system (Wetransfer like) in Go.
Best fit: People and teams evaluating cloud storage & file sharing for a specific workflow.
- Core product workflow
Before you choose: Test a representative task, inspect outputs, and confirm integrations, permissions, data handling, licensing, and current costs.
Pricing: https://github.com/pricing
- [Read Plik profile](https://trutool.co/tools/plik): Read Plik profile