How they compare
| Feature | MASV | Aspect |
|---|---|---|
| Send large files point to point | Yes, MASV moves terabytes quickly and reliably across long distances, which is exactly what it is built for. | Yes, Aspect handles large media at full throughput so you can move big files when you need to. |
| Persistent, streamable workspace | No, MASV is a transfer pipe where files pass through and the transfer expires. | Yes, Aspect keeps media in a durable workspace people stream from, search, and return to later. |
| Stream media instead of downloading it | No, MASV ends with a large download the recipient has to store on their own drive. | Yes, Aspect generates proxies and streams bytes on demand so people view media without pulling whole files down. |
| Review and approval built in | No, MASV stops the moment the bytes arrive and leaves review to other tools. | Yes, Aspect includes frame-accurate comments, annotations, and version stacking around the media. |
| Built-in AI agent | No, MASV only moves files and does not organize or index what it delivers. | Yes, Aspect includes an AI agent that organizes, tags, and finds media in your workspace like a team member. |
| Branded share links with password and expiry | Limited, MASV gives you a link to grab a file without branding or curated collections. | Yes, Aspect offers branded share links with password protection, expiry, and curated collections you can revoke. |
What is MASV?
MASV is a large-file transfer service built for media. It handles massive uploads and downloads that would choke a normal file-sharing tool, it accelerates transfers across long distances, and it is dependable when you need a finished deliverable to reach a client, a vendor, or a facility. Teams reach for it precisely because moving terabytes reliably is hard, and MASV does it well. What MASV does not do is keep your media. It is a pipe, not a place: files pass through, the recipient downloads them, and the transfer expires. There is no library, no streaming, no review, and no organization on the other side.How Aspect is different
The media stays somewhere people can actually use it
This is the core difference between the two. MASV is send and forget, so a transfer ends with a large download that someone has to store, and anyone who needs a copy has to pull the whole thing down again. Aspect keeps that same media in a persistent, streamable, searchable workspace, so instead of shipping terabytes to every recipient you point them at your work and they stream exactly the bytes they need on demand. The file becomes a living asset in a library rather than a one-time payload in a download folder.Everything that happens after the transfer
A transfer tool stops the moment the bytes arrive, which leaves review, versioning, organization, and access control to some other set of tools. Aspect covers all of it in one place: frame-accurate review with comments and annotations, version stacking so your videos do not turn into "final_v7_reallyfinal", a built-in AI agent that organizes and finds media in the workspace for you, plus per-level permissions, guests, and audit logs so you know who saw what.Sharing that is branded and controlled, not just a download link
MASV gives you a link to grab a file. Aspect gives you branded share links with password protection and expiry, and collections that let you hand someone a curated subset of assets without exposing or breaking your underlying folder hierarchy. You share exactly what you mean to, on your own terms, and you can revoke it later.When to choose MASV
- You have one job to do: move a very large file from point A to point B quickly and reliably, and nothing needs to happen to it afterward.
- The recipient just needs the finished deliverable in hand, and there is no ongoing review, organization, or collaboration involved.
When to choose Aspect
- Your media needs a home, not just a destination, so people can stream it, search it, and come back to it later.
- Review, versioning, and AI organization need to happen around your footage, not in three separate tools after it arrives.
- You want to share with clients and collaborators through branded, permissioned links and curated collections, with a record of who accessed what.
FAQ
Aspect is built to handle large media at full-throughput, and files live in a persistent workspace you share from rather than a one-time transfer. Recipients stream what they need or download it, so you rarely have to ship terabytes point to point in the first place.
No. Aspect does not charge egress or ingress fees for moving media in or out, so large transfers do not rack up per-gigabyte costs the way pay-as-you-go transfer pricing does.
No. Aspect generates proxies and streams bytes on demand, so people view and work with media without pulling whole files down. That is the main thing a transfer tool cannot do once its download completes.
Only if you want it to. MASV transfers expire by design, whereas Aspect keeps assets in a durable library and lets you set optional expiry and passwords on individual share links you create.
Yes. Aspect has per-level permissions, guest access for external collaborators, branded share links with passwords and expiry, and audit logs, so sharing is controlled and traceable rather than an open download link.
Yes. Frame-accurate comments, annotations, version stacking, a Premiere Pro panel, and a built-in AI agent that organizes and finds your media are built in, so the work around your media lives with the media instead of in separate apps.
