Every team keeps files in more places than it can manage. What changes from sector to sector is what that costs.
The same problem in every sector
Files sit on drives, NAS, buckets and cloud services, each with its own login and its own rules.
Sharing them means another tool, and another copy.
Here is how that looks in different places.
| Who | What it looks like | What it costs |
|---|---|---|
| Content creators | A full drive and several cloud subscriptions | Paying repeatedly for space you barely use |
| Film, video and audio teams | Big media files on drives, NAS and cloud | Late nights, shipped drives and missed handoffs |
| Architecture and engineering | Project files split between office, home and site | The wrong version reaching the wrong person |
| Research and education | Datasets on lab servers, buckets and laptops | Collaborators waiting for copies |
| Professional services | Client files in a server, a portal and an inbox | Exposure and awkward audits |
| Corporate IT | Platforms inherited through acquisitions | Tickets, egress bills and weekend migrations |
The cause is the same
Nothing is wrong with the storage itself.
The trouble is that each place is reached differently, and every fix adds another tool with another login.
Copies multiply, nobody can say which one is current, and the bill grows faster than the team does.
The impact is different
For a film crew the impact is a missed delivery. For an engineering firm it is the wrong drawing on site. For a lab it is a collaborator waiting days for a dataset, and for a law firm it is a client asking who could see their file.
The cost changes with the sector, but the cause is the same.
One fix, four moves
Connect the storage you already have, across 90+ providers, without moving it. Share it as a drive, by link or by direct transfer, with no extra copy. Let the rest of your workflow reach it through one API. Let your AI reach it through MCP, under your own permissions.
Connect the files to the work.
- 01ConnectUse the storage you already have.
- 02ShareDrives, links and direct transfers.
- 03ReachConnect the workflow through an API.
- 04AskLet compatible AI tools use MCP.
Ten Dropbox seats, one connection
If ten people each hold a Dropbox seat to reach the same folders, connect one account to Performm and share it with the other nine as a drive, with per-user and per-team permissions.
Shared drives are on Flow and Teams. Check your storage provider terms and your own plan before you change how accounts are used.
Local AI and the rest of the workflow
Once the files are connected, the API lets other systems reach them, and Performm MCP lets compatible AI tools reach them under the same permissions as your people.
If your stack runs a local knowledge base or inference engine that speaks MCP or can use your own AI API, it can use the same files.
Content-level search is coming soon. Today, search finds files by name and place across connected storage.
Give tools a path to the same files.
Start with the worst place
Find the place where the same files exist in the most copies.
Connect that storage first, share one drive, and see the difference before you widen it.
Questions and answers
Do all sectors really have the same storage problem?
The details differ, but the pattern is the same: files in many places, each reached differently, with copies multiplying between them.
Do I have to move my files?
No. Performm connects to the storage you already have and adds search, sharing, sync and transfers on top.
Can I connect one account and share it?
Yes. Connect the storage once and share it as a drive on Flow or Teams, with per-user and per-team permissions.
Can my AI stack use my files?
Performm MCP connects compatible AI tools and any MCP client under the same permissions as your people.
You can also use your own AI API.
