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With the Amazon Transfer Family, you only pay for the protocols you have enabled for access to your server endpoint(s), and the amount of data transferred over each of the protocols, and the amount of data processed using Amazon Transfer Family Workflows. There are no upfront costs and no resources to manage yourself. You select the protocols, identity provider, and endpoint configuration to enable transfers over the chosen protocols. You are billed on an hourly basis for each of the protocols enabled to access your endpoint, until the time you delete it. You are also billed based on the amount of data (Gigabytes) uploaded and downloaded over SFTP/FTPS/FTP, the number of messages sent or received over AS2, or the amount of data processed using Amazon Transfer Family Decrypt Workflow. When using SFTP connectors to connect to remote SFTP servers, you are billed for the number of connector calls and the amount of data sent or retrieved.
Amazon Transfer Family
| Price** | |
| Time SFTP is enabled on your endpoint | ¥1.959 per hour |
| SFTP data uploads | ¥0.2612 per gigabyte (GB) transferred |
| SFTP data downloads | ¥0.2612 per gigabyte (GB) transferred |
| Price | |
| Time AS2 is enabled on your endpoint | ¥1.959 per hour |
| Cost per message sent over AS2* | ¥0.0653 per message |
| Cost per message received over AS2* | ¥0.0653 per message |
| Price | |
| Time FTPS is enabled on your endpoint | ¥1.959 per hour |
| FTPS data uploads | ¥0.2612 per gigabyte (GB) transferred |
| FTPS data downloads | ¥0.2612 per gigabyte (GB) transferred |
| Price | |
| Time FTP is enabled on your endpoint | ¥1.959 per hour |
| FTP data uploads | ¥0.2612 per gigabyte (GB) transferred |
| FTP data downloads | ¥0.2612 per gigabyte (GB) transferred |
| Price | |
| Data processed using Decrypt workflow step | ¥0. 6898 per gigabyte (GB) processed1 |
| Price | |
| Cost per SFTP connector call*** | ¥0.0069 per connector call |
| Cost per GB of data transfer over SFTP connectors | ¥2.7594 per GB sent or retrieved |
*Message size of up to 50 MB included. For messages larger than 50 MB, per message charge of ¥0.0653 will apply for every 50 MB chunk.
**Additional charges
You are charged standard request, storage, and data transfer rates to read to and write from Amazon S3 or Amazon EFS. When transferring data in and out of the service, you pay standard Amazon Data Transfer rates. You are also charged standard rates for Amazon Route 53 domain name lookups, API Gateway, Lambda invocations to access your identity datastores, Amazon CloudTrail, and Amazon CloudWatch Logs and Events. You are also charged standard Amazon Secrets Manager rates for storing PGP keys in your Amazon Secrets Manager account.
1Every file that is processed using Decrypt workflow step is billed for a minimum of 1MB data processed. Price based on output file size.
***A connector call refers to using the following SFTP Connectors API commands:
- Using StartFileTransfer API command to send or retrieve transfer a file to or from a remote SFTP server. Each file path is billed as one connector call. Connector calls to check for new files will count towards your costs, even if files are not available in the source system for transfer.
- A connector call also refers to using SFTP connectors StartDirectoryListing API command to list files from a directory in a remote SFTP server. List sizes up to 1,000 items are included in one connector call. For lists containing more than 1,000 items, a per call charge of ¥0.0069 will apply for every 1,000 items chunk, rounded down to the nearest chunk.
- Using ListFileTransferResults API command to query the current status of your file transfer operations. Each page containing file transfer results is billed as one connector call, irrespective of the number of file paths listed in a single page.
With SFTP connectors, you do not pay Amazon Web Services Data Transfer fees – you only pay the fee listed above.
Pricing examples
Example 1: Single protocol use
Assume you set up your endpoint and enable it for SFTP access. You then configure 20 end users to access data stored in your Amazon S3 bucket over SFTP. In total, your users download 1 GB/day of data from your Amazon S3 bucket. We calculate your monthly Amazon Transfer Family costs using pricing in the Ningxia region as follows:
SFTP enabled on your endpoint: At ¥1.959 hourly rate, your monthly charge for SFTP is:
¥1.959 * 24 hours * 30 days = ¥1,410.48
SFTP data upload and download: At ¥0.2612/GB, your monthly charge for data uploads and downloads over SFTP is:
¥0.2612 * 1 GB * 30 days = ¥7.836
Adding the charges above, your total monthly bill for the Amazon Transfer Family would be:
¥1,410.48 + ¥7.836 = ¥1418.316
Example 2: Large user base with heavy use over multiple protocols
Assume you enable your endpoint for SFTP and FTPS and configure 1,000 end users to access data in your Amazon S3 bucket over any of the three protocols. Your users in total upload 100 GB/day of data and download 50 GB/day over SFTP, and upload 200 GB/day of data and download 100 GB/day over FTPS. We calculate your monthly Amazon Transfer Family costs using pricing in the Ningxia region as follows:
SFTP enabled on your endpoint: At ¥1.959 hourly rate, your monthly endpoint charge for SFTP is:
¥1.959 * 24 hours * 30 days = ¥1,410.48
SFTP data upload and download: At ¥0.2612/GB, your monthly charge for data uploads and downloads is:
¥0.2612 * 100 GB * 30 days (uploads) + ¥0.2612 * 50 GB * 30 days (downloads) = ¥783.6 + ¥391.8 = ¥1175.6
FTPS enabled on your endpoint: At ¥1.959 hourly rate, your monthly endpoint charge for FTPS is:
¥1.959 * 24 hours * 30 days = ¥1,410.48
FTPS data upload and download: At ¥0.2612/GB, your monthly charge for data uploads and downloads is:
¥0.2612 * 100 GB * 30 days (uploads) + ¥0.2612 * 100 GB * 30 days (downloads) = ¥783.6 + ¥783.6 = ¥1567.2
Adding the charges above, your total monthly bill for the Amazon Transfer Family will be:
¥1,410.48 + ¥1175.6 + ¥1,410.48 + ¥1567.2 = ¥5,563.76.
Example 3: Customer using only AS2 protocol
Assume you set up your endpoint and use it only for AS2. You then configure 20 trading partners to send and receive messages over AS2. On a daily basis, your users send over 500 messages that are under 50 MB each. We calculate your monthly Amazon Transfer Family cost using pricing in the Ningxia Region, as follows:
AS2 enabled on your endpoint:
At ¥1.959 hourly rate, your monthly charge for AS2 is:
¥1.959 * 24 hours * 30 days = ¥1,410.48
AS2 messages exchanged with your trading partner:
At ¥0.0653/message, your monthly charge for receiving messages over AS2 is:
¥0.0653 * 500 messages * 30 days = ¥979.5
Adding the charges above, your total monthly bill for the Amazon Transfer Family would be:
¥1,410.48 + ¥979.5 = ¥2,389.98
Example 4: Endpoints and Connectors - Customer using both SFTP server endpoints and SFTP connectors, and decrypting files using PGP
Assume you set up 1 server endpoint and enable it for Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) access. In total, your users upload 5 GB/day of data over your SFTP endpoints and the uploaded data is decrypted using PGP Decrypt workflow. In addition, you set up 10 SFTP connectors and use them to send and retrieve files from remote SFTP servers. In total, you send 100 files of 0.05 GB each and retrieve 50 files of 0.05 GB each, every day from the remote servers using SFTP connectors. We calculate your monthly Amazon Transfer Family cost using pricing in the Ningxia Region, as follows:
SFTP enabled on your endpoints:
At ¥1.959 hourly rate, your monthly charge for SFTP enabled server endpoints is:
1 endpoint * ¥1.959 * 24 hours * 30 days = ¥1,410.48
SFTP data upload and download:
At ¥0.2612/GB, your monthly charge for data uploads and downloads over SFTP server endpoints is:
¥0.2612 * 5 GB * 30 days = ¥39.18
PGP Decrypt Workflow:
At ¥0.6898/GB, your monthly charge for PGP decryption is:
¥0.6898 * 5 GB * 30 days = ¥103.47
SFTP connector calls:
At ¥0.0069 per connector call, your monthly charge for executing connector API operations to send files is:
¥0.0069 * 100 files * 30 days = ¥20.70
At ¥0.0069 per connector call, your monthly charge for executing connector operations to retrieve files is:
¥0.0069 * 50 files * 30 days = ¥10.35
Data sent and retrieved using SFTP connectors:
At ¥2.7594/GB, your monthly charge for sending data using SFTP Connectors is:
¥2.7594 * 100 files * 0.05 GB * 30 days = ¥413.91
At ¥2.7594/GB, your monthly charge for retrieving data using SFTP Connectors is:
¥2.7594 * 50 files * 0.05 GB * 30 days = ¥206.95
Adding the charges above, your total monthly bill for Amazon Transfer Family would be:
¥1,410.48 + ¥39.18 + ¥103.47 + ¥20.70 + ¥10.35 + ¥413.91 + ¥206.95 = ¥2,205.04
Example 5: Customer using SFTP and AS2
Assume you set up your endpoint and use it only for AS2 and SFTP. You then configure 20 trading partners to send and receive messages over AS2. On a daily basis, your AS2 users send over 500 messages that are under 50 MB each and SFTP users upload 100 GB and download 50 GB. We calculate your monthly Amazon Transfer Family cost using pricing in the Ningxia Region, as follows:
AS2 and SFTP enabled on your endpoint:
At ¥1.959 hourly rate, your monthly charge for SFTP and AS2 is:
¥1.959 * 24 hours * 30 days * 2 = ¥2,820.96
AS2 messages exchanged with your trading partner:
At ¥0.0653/message, your monthly charge for receiving messages over AS2 is:
¥0.0653 * 500 messages * 30 days = ¥979.5
SFTP data uploaded and downloaded by your user:
At ¥0.2612/GB, your monthly charge for data uploads and downloads is:
¥0.2612 * 100 GB * 30 days (uploads) + ¥0.2612 * 50 GB * 30 days (downloads) = ¥783.6 + ¥391.8 = ¥1,175.4
Adding the charges above, your total monthly bill for the Amazon Transfer Family would be:
¥2,820.96 + ¥979.5 + ¥1,175.4 = ¥4,975.86
Example 6: Customer using AS2 for message sizes > 50 MB
Assume you set up your endpoint and use it only for AS2. You then configure 20 trading partners to send and receive messages over AS2. On a daily basis, your users send over 500 messages, out of which 50 message are 225 MB each. We calculate your monthly Amazon Transfer Family cost using pricing in the Ningxia Region, as follows:
AS2 enabled on your endpoint:
At ¥1.959 hourly rate, your monthly charge for AS2 is:
¥1.959 * 24 hours * 30 days = ¥1,410.48
AS2 messages exchanged with your trading partner:
At ¥0.0653/message, exchanging 450 messages over AS2 with message size <= 50 MB is:
¥0.0653 * 450 messages * 30 days = ¥881.55
At ¥0.0653 for every 50 MB for messages that are larger than 50 MB, your monthly charge for exchanging 50 messages over AS2 that are 225 MB each is:
¥0.0653 * 50 messages * (225 MB ÷ 50 MB) * 30 days = ¥0.0653 * 50 messages * 4 chunks of 50 MB per message * 30 days = ¥391.8
Adding the charges above, your total monthly bill for the Amazon Transfer Family would be:
¥1,410.48 + ¥881.55 + ¥391.8 = ¥2,683.83
Example 7: Customer using SFTP and PGP Decrypt Workflow step
Assume you set up your SFTP endpoint and use it to receive PGP encrypted files from your trading partners. In total, your trading partners send 1 GB data per day that is decrypted using Workflows and stored in your S3 bucket. We calculate your monthly Amazon Transfer Family cost using pricing in the Ningxia Region, as follows:
SFTP enabled on your endpoint:
At ¥1.959 hourly rate, your monthly charge for SFTP is:
¥1.959 * 24 hours * 30 days = ¥1,410.48
SFTP data upload and download:
At ¥0.2612/GB, your monthly charge for data uploads and downloads is:
¥0.2612 * 1 GB * 30 days = ¥7.836
Data processed using Decrypt workflow step:
At ¥0.6898/GB, your monthly charge for data processed using Decrypt workflow step is:
¥0.6898 * 1 GB * 30 days = ¥20.694
Adding the charges above, your total monthly bill for the Amazon Transfer Family would be:
¥1,410.48 + ¥7.836 + ¥20.694 = ¥1439.01
Example 8: SFTP Connectors – Customer using SFTP connector to list and retrieve files from remote SFTP to Amazon S3
Assume you set up 1 SFTP connector and use it to list files stored on a remote SFTP server, followed by retrieving those files from the remote server to your Amazon S3 location. In total, you list files 5 times every day, with each list containing 10 files of size 1 GB each. After each list operation, you also retrieve those files from the remote server. We calculate your monthly Amazon Transfer Family cost using pricing in the Ningxia Region, as follows:
SFTP connector calls:
At ¥0.0069 per connector call, your monthly charge for executing StartDirectoryListing API operations to list files is:
¥0.0069 * 5 list executions per day * 30 days = ¥1.03
At ¥0.0069 per connector call, your monthly charge for executing StartFileTransfer API operations to retrieve files is:
¥0.0069 * 5 batches per day * 10 files per batch * 30 days = ¥10.35
Data retrieved using SFTP connectors:
At ¥2.7594/GB, your monthly charge for retrieving data using SFTP Connectors is:
¥2.7594/GB * 5 batches per day * 10 files per batch * 1 GB per file * 30 days = ¥4139.10
Adding the charges above, your total monthly bill for Amazon Transfer Family would be:
¥1.03 + ¥10.35 + ¥4139.10 = ¥4150.48
