Compare Files.com vs. Rackspace Cloud Files

6,000+ companies trust Files.com to automate and secure business critical transfers. We obsess about security, compliance, reliability, and performance so your critical business processes just work every time. Easily manage any transfer flow without writing scripts or code, and onboard workloads and partners effortlessly. We support standard file transfer protocols (FTP, SFTP, AS2) for working with external partners and also provide native apps for high performance internal transfers. As a fully Cloud-Native SaaS, there are no servers for you to buy or maintain, there is no installation required, and high availability and redundancy are built in and free. Our InfoSec Program is audited annually by Kirkpatrick Price, a leading information security CPA firm. Our audit covers the scope of the entire Files.com business (not just datacenter operations) and names Files.com specifically. Beware of smaller competitors who try to pass off someone else’s audit as their own. Technical capabilities include encryption at-rest and in-transit, four types of two-factor authentication, nine enterprise identity (SSO) integrations, configurable password and session policies, and a perfect “A+” score from Qualys SSL Labs.

Cloud Files offers a robust solution for online object storage that facilitates the rapid delivery of files and media across a global content delivery network (CDN). Users can freely store countless files, including those of substantial size. The user-friendly and seamlessly integrated CDN ensures that your public content—whether it be images, videos, audio files, or even HTML, JavaScript, and CSS—is distributed to hundreds of edge locations around the globe, minimizing the distance to users for quicker access. This reduction in travel distance significantly enhances content delivery speed for end-users. Additionally, Cloud Files works well with various third-party applications designed for object storage, such as Cyberduck, Jungle Disk, and FireUploader. It is ideally suited for hosting static websites, allowing you to serve blogs, company brochures, and small business sites entirely from Cloud Files while benefiting from global CDN capabilities. When a container is activated for CDN, your media files are assigned a web-ready URL that can be shared easily, ensuring swift access. In summary, the CDN not only expedites content delivery but also simplifies the management of web-hosted resources.