Drive is the one home for everything you make: raw footage, finished clips, photos, voiceovers, scripts, PDFs, and spreadsheets, all side by side. Getting files in is designed to be the easy part.
This article covers every way to upload, what happens with very large files, and the format and size rules that apply.
Ways to upload
- Drag and drop. Drag files from your desktop anywhere into the Drive grid and drop them.
- Pick files. Use the upload button to browse and select files.
- Bulk upload. Select many files at once — a whole shoot's worth — and they upload together.
You can watch uploads come in, see when each one is ready, and cancel an upload if you change your mind.
Large files and resumable uploads
Big files are sent up in pieces at the same time — the way a delivery truck drops off many boxes at once instead of one trip per box — so even a 4K video lands without you babysitting it. Uploads are resumable, so a flaky connection doesn't send you back to zero.
Soontra also checks that each upload finished correctly and really is the kind of file it claims to be before it counts as ready, so your library stays accurate.
Supported formats and size limits
Two limits apply to every file: your plan's per-file cap, and a ceiling for the file's category.
Per-file plan caps:
- Starter and Creator: 25 GB per file
- Enterprise: 50 GB per file
Category ceilings:
- Video: up to 100 GB
- Audio: up to 500 MB
- Images: up to 50 MB
- Documents: up to 100 MB
- Spreadsheets: up to 50 MB
Executable files are blocked and can't be uploaded.
Choose AI indexing at upload
Indexing is opt-in, per upload. When you add files, choose whether Soontra should index them — indexing is what makes a video searchable by what was said and shown, an image by what's in it, and a document by its words. Indexing spends AI minutes, so you stay in control of when they're used. You can learn what happens under the hood in How AI indexing works.
When storage is full
Soontra tracks your storage so you always know where you stand. If your workspace runs out of space, new uploads are blocked with a clear error telling you why — nothing silently fails or partially lands.
To free space, delete files you no longer need, or check your per-category usage breakdown — covered in Organize your Drive.