I'm working at a small marketing and design firm, and we are currently looking into options to make it easier to share files with clients.
Today we normally use our ftp server to upload something, then send an email with the link to the client. This has several drawbacks:
* It isn't secure: everybody can watch, if they have the link, or even if they don't..
* It doesn't look very professional, mailing links
* There isn't any branding
There are some options out there, for example
wiredrive, but it looks too big and to expensive for our needs.
We are basically looking for a simple system we can install on our server (php-based for example), which gives us the option to let clients login securely and get an overview of their files. Some extra features would be nice, for example automatic email notification to clients (or colleguaes) whenever something changes, or automatic thumbnails.
Does anybody know of a system that does this, at a nice cost? What are your agencies using?