How to Replace Azure Storage SFTP with Self-Hosted SFTPGo and Cut Costs
Azure Storage SFTP charges approximately $0.30 per hour per endpoint, adding up to around $220 per month, making it costly for teams managing file transfers at scale. SFTPGo is a free, open-source alternative that supports SFTP, FTP/S, and WebDAV with backends including Azure Blob, S3-compatible storage, and Google Cloud Storage. A technical guide published on DEV Community walks developers through deploying SFTPGo on a Linux server using Docker Compose and Traefik as a reverse proxy with automatic TLS via Let's Encrypt. The setup covers user authentication with passwords, SSH keys, and two-factor authentication, as well as connecting S3-compatible object storage and migrating from an existing Azure Storage SFTP configuration. The result is a self-hosted file transfer server that replicates Azure Storage SFTP capabilities without any per-endpoint licensing cost.
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