February news: Join us, as we put SFTP Gateway head-to-head against AWS Transfer...and more!

Let's go head-to-head with the competition

In a livestream on YouTube, the Thorn Tech team took a deep dive into AWS Transfer, considering some of the common questions we get as people evaluate SFTP Gateway alongside it.

If you're short on time, here's a recap:

• SFTP Gateway comes out a big winner, beating AWS Transfer with pricing that could save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars every year.
• SFTP Gateway is much easier to use as an SFTP solution, requiring less technical expertise. Using AWS Transfer for SFTP takes a lot more work.

For full details,?check out our video?or?read a summary.

Ready to get started with a 30-day free trial of SFTP Gateway on AWS, Azure or Google Cloud? You can do that right now, on our website.

SFTP Gateway v3.4.0 comes with OIDC login capabilities for the web admin portal

Big news for SFTP Gateway admins!

You can now log into the web admin portal using any identity provider that supports OIDC, including the major cloud providers, like AWS, Azure and Google Cloud. No more recreating your user accounts all over again!

Our team documented simple, step-by-step instructions and created a video walking you through how to do this with?Amazon Cognito,?Azure Active Directory?and?Google Cloud.

Learn more about the set-up and get started with v3.4.0.

The Super Bowl ad that never was

TV commercials during Super Bowl LVII went for around $7 million.

As a tech start-up, we don't exactly have that kind of cash sitting around.

But, that didn't stop us from coming up with a commercial anyway. We just put it on?YouTube,?LinkedIn?and?Twitter?instead.

Now, we can get back to focusing on keeping our file transfer prices much lower than what the big companies?charge, just like our ad says.

And, if you've ever wondered how we decided to make our prices six cents an hour, check out this new LinkedIn article by Jeff Thorn , "Lessons Learned Launching a Tech Product."

That article gives a lot of background on SFTP Gateway and what was considered as the product was launched. Thanks to all of you who are using it on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud!

Who wants some AWS credits?

We're not investors, but we might have $100 for your start-up.

Our CEO, Jeff Thorn , posted on LinkedIn that he's?giving ten start-ups US$100 in AWS credits?each. Just comment on his post about your start-up by March 15 and we'll pick our ten favorites to award the credits to.

Hopefully, this helps you keep moving toward your goals. Good luck!

For those of you thinking about turning an idea into a start-up, we leave you with these thoughts from Jeff, taken from a recent?Office Hours livestream.

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If you need help with SFTP Gateway, we're here for you with free email support. Just send us a message at?[email protected]. The team normally responds within 24 hours during normal business hours (Monday – Friday, 8AM – 6PM ET).