ShiftMyData vs Cloudsfer
Migration-first transfer service aimed at businesses, priced by volume.
Weighing up Cloudsfer alternatives? This page sets ShiftMyData beside Cloudsfer on providers, transfer metering, self-hosting and sync modes, and says plainly where Cloudsfer is the better choice.
Side by side
| ShiftMyData | Cloudsfer | |
|---|---|---|
| Providers | 85 across 60 backends | 20, as counted by them |
| Transfer metering | Prepaid: 30 GB free, then 500 GB for ₹100 or 2,500 GB for ₹500, each valid a year | Metered by data volume |
| Self-hostable | Yes — your tokens stay on your server | No |
| Runs without your machine on | Yes — transfers run on the server | Yes |
Where Cloudsfer falls short
Priced per migrated volume, with business plans quoted rather than listed.
Volume pricing makes a large migration expensive by design, and quote-based pricing makes it impossible to compare before talking to sales.
Source: www.cloudsfer.com · checked 2026-09-18
Where Cloudsfer is the better choice
Cloudsfer is built around one-off migrations with reporting and support attached, and for a business that wants somebody accountable for a move, that is worth paying for.
Questions
Is ShiftMyData a drop-in replacement for Cloudsfer?
For moving, syncing and backing up files between clouds, yes. Cloudsfer and ShiftMyData cover the same ground, and ShiftMyData reaches 85 services. Check the list for your specific pair before you commit to either.
Do my files pass through your servers?
A transfer within one provider is carried out by that provider on its own storage and never touches us. Between two providers it is streamed from one to the other in memory and never written to our disks.
Why would I still choose Cloudsfer?
Cloudsfer is built around one-off migrations with reporting and support attached, and for a business that wants somebody accountable for a move, that is worth paying for.
Beyond moving files
What ShiftMyData also does, each with its limits stated on its own page:
- Every cloud as a network drive
- SFTP gateway
- Email backup and archive
- Calendars and contacts
- Chat archives
- Website and database backup
- Business migration
- Teams, single sign-on and audit
- Automation
- Duplicates and clean-up across clouds
- Upload request links
Try it
Connect two clouds and move a folder between them. Nothing downloads to your machine.