For Solo Practitioners

Secure File Transfer Built for Solo Practices

Enterprise-grade encryption without the enterprise complexity or price tag. Deliver files securely, collect payment before download, and let everything self-destruct on schedule.

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The solo practitioner's dilemma

You need professional-grade security. Everything available is either built for large firms or built for consumers. Neither fits.

Enterprise tools are built for enterprises

ShareFile, Kiteworks, and Box charge per user, require implementation projects, and include features designed for 50-person firms. You're paying for collaboration tools, workflow automation, and admin dashboards you'll never open.

Consumer tools aren't secure enough

Dropbox and WeTransfer are fine for sharing vacation photos. They're not fine for tax returns, financial statements, or legal documents. No per-file encryption, no automatic destruction, no compliance architecture.

Clients email sensitive documents

Without a simple alternative, clients default to email. Unencrypted tax returns, W-2s, and financial statements sitting in inboxes indefinitely. Every emailed document is a data breach waiting to happen.

No IT department to manage security

You're the accountant, the admin, and the IT department. You don't have time to configure enterprise security platforms, manage user permissions, or troubleshoot client access issues.

What you actually need

Not a document management platform. Not a cloud drive. A secure delivery tool that handles the handoff and gets out of the way.

Real encryption, real compliance

AES-256-GCM with per-file encryption keys. The same standard used by banks and defense contractors, applied to every file your clients send or receive.

Payment before download

Gate file delivery behind payment. Clients pay before they can download their tax returns, financial plans, or legal documents. No more chasing invoices after the work is done.

No client accounts

Clients get a secure link. They click it, upload or download, done. No account creation, no passwords to remember, no "I can't log in" support calls.

Automatic cleanup

Set a deadline. When it passes, encryption keys are destroyed and files become mathematically unrecoverable. Zero admin work, zero lingering liability.

Why solo practitioners choose DeadVault

Every feature included at one price. No tiers, no per-user charges, no surprises.

$19/mo flat

Not per-user. Not tiered. One price that includes all security features, payment gates, and branded portal. The math works for a solo practice.

2-minute setup

Create an account, add your branding, send your first secure link. No implementation project, no IT consultant, no training sessions.

Payment gates

Collect payment before file delivery. Built in, not bolted on. Especially useful for tax return delivery and project-based billing.

Cryptographic erasure

When the deadline passes, encryption keys are destroyed. Not "moved to trash", mathematically unrecoverable. Zero lingering liability on your end.

Branded portal

Your firm name, your colors. Clients see a professional, branded experience, not a generic file-sharing interface.

IRS / GLBA / HIPAA architecture

Built with the encryption standards and data handling practices these frameworks require. We won't claim blanket certification, but the architecture is designed for it.

Compare your options

There are three categories of file transfer tools. Here's an honest look at each.

Enterprise tools

ShareFile, Kiteworks, Box

Powerful platforms with deep integrations, workflow automation, and enterprise compliance. Also $30-100+/month for a solo practitioner, with setup complexity to match. Built for 50-person firms, priced for 50-person firms.

Consumer tools

Dropbox, WeTransfer, Google Drive

Easy and familiar. Also no per-file encryption, no automatic destruction, no payment gates, and no compliance architecture. Fine for internal drafts, not appropriate for client tax returns.

DeadVault

Purpose-built for secure delivery

Enterprise-grade encryption (AES-256-GCM, per-file keys) with consumer-grade simplicity (no client accounts, 2-minute setup). Automatic destruction eliminates data liability. $19/month flat, priced for the practitioner, not the firm.

Questions solo practitioners ask

Honest answers. We'd rather you make the right decision than the quick one.

Depends on your volume. If you're delivering files to clients regularly, tax returns, financial statements, legal documents, $19/month is less than $1 per client interaction for most practitioners. Compare that to the liability exposure of emailed documents sitting in inboxes indefinitely, or the $30-100+/month for enterprise alternatives that do far more than you need. For many solo practitioners, the payment gate feature alone pays for itself by improving collection rates.
That's a perfectly reasonable use case. If your practice is seasonal, heavy January through April, quiet the rest of the year. You can subscribe when you need it and cancel when you don't. We'd rather you use DeadVault 4 months a year and be genuinely happy with it than pay year-round for something that sits idle. There's no annual contract and no cancellation penalty.
No. Clients receive a secure link via email. They click it, upload or download files, and they're done. No account creation, no password to remember, no app to install. This is specifically designed for the client who calls you because they can't log into their email, the bar for access is as low as we can make it while maintaining real security.
DeadVault uses AES-256-GCM encryption with per-file keys, the same encryption standard referenced by IRS Publication 4557 for tax preparers and required under GLBA for financial data. Files are encrypted at rest and in transit, and cryptographic erasure ensures data doesn't persist after the deadline. We won't claim blanket "HIPAA certified" or "IRS approved" status because those frameworks don't work that way, but the technical architecture is built to meet those requirements.

Professional security, solo pricing

$19/month. All features included. No per-user charges, no annual contract, no implementation project. Set up in 2 minutes, send your first secure link today.

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