Different teams use FTP for all sorts of things. Some teams occasionally send and receive large assets such as PSDs, audio sessions, and video projects. Transcriptionists constantly upload and download small files all day every day. Some teams require very specific security settings. Others require in-browser previews to avoid unnecessary downloading.
There are many different unique FTP needs, yet most FTP hosts think that a one-size-fits-all solution is good enough. We don't. We built Brick to make FTP useful for you.
An account on Brick is just a large filesystem, and you can divide it up as you see fit. Give your clients, vendors, and teammates access to whatever part they need. They can download and upload files via a beautiful web workspace, any FTP client, or a custom desktop uploader app that we provide.
You control exactly how to lay out your assets in the filesystem and then set permissions as to who can see, download, or upload in each folder.
Brick is powered entirely by Amazon Web Services EC2 cloud computing. Our infrastructure is being looked after by some of the smartest people in the web business.
Our customers use Brick for many different things, including HIPAA-compliant storage for medical and legal transcriptions, asset servers for sharing media with distributors, and file dropboxes for production companies.
Whatever your need is, you can probably customize Brick to create the perfect solution for your vendors, clients, and teammates.
You control exactly who can see and download your assets on a per-folder, per-user basis. Assign and remove upload and download permissions on the fly. Restrictive defaults ensure that nobody gets access to something they shouldn't. We even support an Upload-only access mode, which is great for clients and vendors. Permissions apply to both the web workspace and FTP client access.
Brick logs all activity and automatically flags inappropriate behavior. If one of your employees does something suspicious, like downloads your entire site, we'll let you know so you can protect your assets. We retain audit logs for 7 years.
Brick lets you fully cobrand the web workspace so your team, customers, and vendors have a seamless experience. See our Pricing Page for the cobranding options available with each plan level.
Brick's Sharing tab generates custom download links that can be E-Mailed to clients or vendors. You can set a global expiration period for shared links to protect your assets.
Brick provides greater security and disaster tolerance than most FTP systems. Brick's permission model is unique, providing a shared filesystem with access granted explicitly on a per-user, per-folder basis. Additionally, our backup procedures are world-class: we store 3 separate copies of every file you upload (main copy, daily snapshot backup, daily offsite backup). Can you say that about your current FTP server?