Alternatives / Document sharing
The DocSend alternative built into your CDN
You send a deck, and you want to know it arrived, who opened it, and that it cannot wander. Document-sharing tools solve that with a per-user subscription and a viewer experience that lives on their domain.
CDN.MN is taking a different route, in early access today: your files will live on the same global edge network that delivers your website's images, every open file will get a permanent link, and the confidential ones a gate — an email check, an agreement to accept, an expiry, a revoke switch — with a log of every open. Plan pricing with included bundles.
Why teams look for a DocSend alternative
Pricing by plan, with named bundles
You pay for a plan whose delivery, transformations and storage are listed on the card — not for a per-user licence. One workspace, one bill.
One place for the deck and the product images
The collections that will hold your pitch materials sit next to the images your site serves. One dashboard, one bill, one set of links that never change when you reorganise.
Links should survive a rename
Rename a file, move it to another collection — the link will keep working. The path is the file's id, not its name.
A gate that produces evidence
When a recipient verifies an email and accepts an agreement, the acceptance will be recorded against the exact text they saw, and every open will land in a log you can export — early access.
CDN.MN vs DocSend
| Aspect | CDN.MN | DocSend |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing unit | A plan with included bundles; startups free for a year | Typically per user, per month |
| Open files | Early access — rolling out to programme members; a permanent link per file, cached at the edge | Links managed in their viewer |
| Email-verified share links | Early access — rolling out to programme members | Yes |
| Agreement before viewing | Early access — rolling out to programme members; versioned text, acceptance recorded | Yes, on some plans |
| Access log & export | Early access — rolling out to programme members; CSV export | Yes |
| Expiry & revoke | Early access — rolling out to programme members; revoke takes effect on the next request | Yes |
| View-only links | Early access — rolling out to programme members | Yes |
| File types | Early access — rolling out to programme members; images, PDF, Office/OpenDocument, zip — checked by content, not by extension | Documents, mainly |
| Website image delivery | Included: automatic AVIF/WebP, resizing, global cache | Not their product |
| Recipient needs an account | No — an email check at most | No |
| Custom share domain | Not yet | On some plans |
The DocSend column describes their model in the broad terms of their own public materials, as we understand them; it is not a feature-by-feature audit. Tell us if something is out of date and we will fix it.
How the switch works
01
Apply, or start free
Startups apply for the free year; everyone else starts on Pay-as-you-go with signup credit and no card.
02
Join early access, then create a collection
As Files reaches you, drag the deck in. Open files get their link; keep confidential material private until its gated link is ready.
03
Share, then read the log
Send the link. As gated links roll out, every open — who, when, which version of the agreement — shows up in the collection's log.
Questions
Is CDN.MN a full DocSend replacement today?
Not yet, and the page says so: Files is in early access, not on the site for everyone. Permanent links for open files come first; email-verified links, agreements, expiry and the access log follow. If you need all of it this week, keep your current tool and join the programme so you are first in line.
Do recipients need to create an account?
No. An open link just works. A gated link asks for an email and sends a one-time code; there is nothing to sign up for.
What file types will I be able to share?
Images (JPEG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, GIF), PDF, Office and OpenDocument files, and zip archives. What a file is gets decided from its bytes, not its name — a renamed executable is refused.
Can I revoke a link after sending it?
For open files, making the collection private will stop every link on the next request. Gated links get a per-link revoke switch and an optional expiry as they ship.
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