Short answer: Share large files with clients without a resend. Put the current file, the decision and the next owner in one channel. Basic is 9 USD per paid account a month, or 86 USD a year, with 25 GiB. The trial is 3 days. The iPhone and iPad app is coming soon. The encryption scope is on the security page.
Put the client file next to the decision. BusyVault Basic includes 25 GiB and Pro 100 GiB per paid account. Extra storage is 0.03 USD per GiB.
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The file and the comment belong together
A client file that arrives in a personal chat and is discussed somewhere else gets sent twice. Put the file in the project channel, write the decision under it, and name who sends the next version. The person who was not on the call should still find that pair.
Check the size before you promise it
Slack documents a 1 GB cap on one upload. BusyVault bills storage per paid account: 25 GiB on Basic, 100 GiB on Pro, and 0.03 USD per extra GiB after you confirm the charge. Upload a real client file during the 3-day, 10 GiB trial before you tell the client the room is the archive. See the Slack alternative for large files. Slack alternative for large files
Promise the size you have already sent
Put the client file in the project channel and the approval under it. Slack documents a 1 GB cap on one upload. BusyVault includes 25 GiB on Basic and 100 GiB on Pro per paid account, then 0.03 USD per extra GiB after you confirm the charge. The trial has 10 GiB for 3 days. Upload the real client file during that trial. If the other person can open it without a resend, you can tell the client the room is the archive. If they cannot, do not promise it. A personal chat that compresses the image is not a second copy of the approved file.
The approval sits under the file
A client file discussed in a second tool gets sent twice and approved in neither. Put the file in the channel and the acceptance in the next paragraph, with a name and a date. During the 3-day trial, send the real file, not a thumbnail. If it fits in the 10 GiB trial and the other person opens it, you know more than a limit printed on a comparison page. Slack's documented 1 GB cap is the number to read before you promise a Slack room can hold the original. BusyVault's included 25 or 100 GiB is per paid account, and extra GiB is 0.03 USD after you confirm it. Tell the client the room is the archive only after that open succeeds.
Worked example for this guide
Use “Share large files with clients without a resend” on one project that is already late, not as a policy for the whole company. Write the current file name, the decision and the next owner in the same channel before the day ends. A teammate who was away should find that trio without opening the call recording. If they cannot, the article has not been applied yet. Repeat the check the next morning. Count a written handover as done only when the second person opens the right file first.
Files, history and the next owner
On Share large files with clients without a resend, keep the file next to the sentence that approved it. Slack documents a 1 GB cap on one upload and, on the Free plan, 90 days of visible history. Those two limits are the public facts this site already cites.
BusyVault bills storage per paid account: 25 GiB on Basic and 100 GiB on Pro. Extra storage is 0.03 USD per GiB a month after you confirm the charge. Basic is 9 USD a month or 86 USD a year. Pro is 30 USD a month or 288 USD a year. One subscription does not cover the team.
The trial is 3 days and 10 GiB. Use it to upload a real file and to search for a decision, not to announce a company-wide move. If the file does not fit or the old decision cannot be found, say so in the channel before you promise the room is the archive.
Where the app runs
BusyVault runs in the browser and can be installed from Chrome or Edge on Windows, macOS and Linux. The Android app is on Google Play and uses the same account. The iPhone and iPad app is coming soon. Enterprise customers can run BusyVault on their own servers under a separate contract. There is no public installer on this site for that path. This page does not claim SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA.
A check you can finish this week
For Share large files with clients without a resend, finish four lines and stop. Line one is the project name. Line two is the channel name. Line three is where the current file lives. Line four is the next owner. Add one rule for meetings: what must be decided live, and what must be written down the same day.
Ask someone who was not on the call to find the file without help. If they open the right channel first, the structure works. If they search three threads and still ask which version is current, move the file to the channel and leave a pointer. Owners and administrators can export a BusyVault backup from workspace or channel settings. After a restore, check the text, the file references and who can open them. Keep the original files until that check passes. Product questions go to the address on the support page.