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AWS DataSync
Plans and prices
Basic mode
$0.01usage-based
Subject to quotas on files and objects · Additional AWS storage, request, and data transfer charges may apply
Read 5 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
Enhanced mode
Priced on request
Virtually unlimited objects · Additional AWS storage, request, and data transfer charges may apply
Read 5 Oct 2026 · aws.amazon.com
On the record
- Agent deployment
- An agent is required for on-premises-to-AWS transfers, while transfers between other clouds and AWS or within the same AWS account’s AWS Storage services do not require one.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Agent platforms
- AWS documents deploying the agent as a VMware, KVM, or Hyper-V virtual machine in a data center, or as an Amazon EC2 instance for supported cloud transfers.docs.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Basic mode limit
- Basic mode has quotas on dataset file and object counts and processes preparation, transfer, and verification sequentially.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- AWS says DataSync complies with PCI DSS, ISO 9001/27001/27017/27018, and SOC 1/2/3, is HIPAA eligible, and is authorized under FedRAMP Moderate and High in specified AWS regions.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- DataSync integrates with Amazon S3, EFS, FSx, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Intended uses
- AWS describes migration, cold-data archiving, replication for business continuity, and transfers for analysis or processing as DataSync use cases.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Maker founding
- Amazon Web Services says it launched in 2006.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Scheduling and reports
- Tasks can run hourly, daily, or weekly, and task reports summarize files transferred, skipped, verified, and deleted.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Security
- DataSync encrypts data in transit and validates transfer integrity; VPC endpoints can keep agent traffic off the public internet.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Transfer controls
- DataSync supports bandwidth throttling, scheduling, filtering, and monitoring of transfers.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Transfer performance
- AWS says one DataSync task can fully use a 10 Gbps network link between an on-premises environment and AWS.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- Transfer sources and destinations
- It supports NFS, SMB, HDFS, self-managed object storage, other cloud storage, Azure Files and Blob Storage, Amazon S3, EFS, and several Amazon FSx file systems.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
- What it does
- AWS DataSync is an online service for moving data between on-premises storage, edge locations, other cloud providers, and AWS Storage.aws.amazon.com · read 5 Oct 2026
