AWS Transfer for SFTP Alternatives (January 2026)

AWS Transfer for SFTP

New Service: AWS Transfer for SFTP, a fully managed SFTP service for Amazon S3

https://aws.amazo.com/about-aws/whats-new/2018/11/aws-transfer-for-sftp-fully-managed-sftp-for-s3/

Introducing AWS Transfer for SFTP, a fully managed SFTP service for Amazon S3. AWS Transfer for SFTP enables you to easily move your file transfer workloads that use the Secure Shell File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) to AWS without needing to modify your applications or manage any SFTP servers.

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Secure File Transfer Service - AWS Transfer Family - AWS
https://aws.amazo
.com/aws-transfer-family/

AWS Transfer Family enables fully managed support for SFTP, FTPS and FTP to move large amounts of data into AWS.

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Managed SFTP & FTP as a service - SFTPCloud
https://sftpclou
.io/

SFTPCloud is a scalable and highly-available service for creating secure, managed SFTP and FTP servers powered by the cloud storage of your choice.

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SFTP To Go: Managed SFTP/FTPS Cloud Storage as a Service
https://sftptog
.com/

Secure cloud storage with SFTP/FTPS/S3/HTTP file access designed for smooth and easy data transfer.

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Windows File Server - Amazon FSx for Windows File Server - AWS
https://aws.amazo
.com/fsx/windows/

Fully managed Windows file system for business applications.

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Lustre File System - Amazon FSx for Lustre - AWS
https://aws.amazo
.com/fsx/lustre/

Fully managed Lustre file system integrated with S3 for workloads that require fast access to compute and high throughput such as high performance computing (HPC), media rendering, and machine learning (ML) training data sets.

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Shared File Storage - Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) - AWS
https://aws.amazo
.com/efs/

Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) provides a simple, scalable fully managed elastic NFS file system for AWS compute instances.

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SaaS Integration - Amazon AppFlow - AWS
https://aws.amazo
.com/appflow/

Amazon AppFlow is an integration service that enables you to securely transfer data between SaaS applications and AWS services without code.

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Offline Data Transfer Device, Petabyte - AWS Snowball - AWS
https://aws.amazo
.com/snowball/

AWS Snowball is a petabyte-scale data transport service that uses secure devices to transfer large amounts of data into and out of the AWS Cloud. Snowball addresses challenges like high network costs, long transfer times, and security concerns to migrate data as efficiently as possible.

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Couchdrop - Cloud SFTP and Managed File Transfer made simple
https://www.couchdro
.io/

Meet Couchdrop. The SFTP Server and File Transfer platform built for the cloud. Secure, scalable and easy to configure. Connects with your own storage, Azure Blob, SharePoint, Google Drive and more. Get started for free.