ExaVault alternative now that ExaVault Cloud is not sold any more
Start with the part nobody says out loud. Files.com acquired ExaVault and sunset the hosted cloud product, so an ExaVault Cloud customer today has two official roads: Files.com Cloud, which starts at $199 a month, or the self-hosted ExaVault appliance, which needs a machine you run and patch.
Bridglet is for the third case. You had ExaVault because clients and vendors needed somewhere to send files, the platform bill is more than that job is worth, and nobody on your side wants to own a VM. If you need SOC 2 Type II or a signed HIPAA BAA, SSO, AS2 or terabytes of managed storage, take the Files.com road instead.
What replaced ExaVault Cloud
Files.com Starter
10 users and 50 system users, 1 TB of storage and transfer. The ExaVault site points new customers here.
Bridglet Starter
10 GB of space, 5 shared folders, 10 connections an hour, 5 guests per shared folder
The other road is the on-premise appliance: no charge up to 50 users, then $99 a month per 50-user pack, on hardware you provide.
Why people look for a ExaVault alternative
None of this is a complaint about the product. It is what the published plans charge for, and why that shape stops fitting some teams.
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The hosted product you signed up for is gone
ExaVault's own site says the cloud product was sunset after the Files.com acquisition and that its mission carried forward into Files.com. Whatever happens to your account, the thing you originally bought is not on sale to anyone new.
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The replacement is a platform, at platform prices
Files.com Cloud starts at $199 a month for 10 users and 50 system users, with Power at $499. For a company collecting a few files a week from a few clients, that is a large number attached to a small job.
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The other option is a server you own
The on-premise appliance costs nothing up to 50 users, and above that it licenses in 50-user packs at $99 a month, with an enterprise tier from $7,499 a year. The VM, the patching, the backups and the 2am page come with it.
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Most of the platform is not the reason you had ExaVault
Automation workflows, SSO and SCIM, AS2, regional data residency: all real, all useful to somebody. If what you needed was an inbox per client, every one of those is surface area you pay for and never open.
ExaVault and Bridglet, side by side
| ExaVault as it is sold today | Bridglet Starter | |
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| Can a new customer still buy it? |
Not the cloud product. ExaVault Cloud was sunset after the Files.com acquisition, and new customers are sent to Files.com Cloud or to the self-hosted appliance. verified 2026-09-22 |
Yes. Bridglet has sold the same hosted product since it went live on 2026-07-28. |
| Price to start |
Files.com Cloud starts at $199/mo. The appliance is no charge up to 50 users and $99/mo per 50-user pack above that. verified 2026-09-22 |
$15/mo, flat, hosted, with nothing to install. |
| What that includes |
Files.com Starter covers 10 users and 50 system users with 1 TB of storage and transfer. verified 2026-07-30 |
10 GB of space, 5 shared folders, 10 connections an hour, 5 guests per shared folder |
| The rest of the Files.com ladder |
Power is $499/mo for 20 users, 100 system users, 2 TB, and SSO/SAML. Enterprise is priced on request. verified 2026-07-30 |
Starter $15/mo (10 GB, 5 shared folders). Pro $49/mo (100 GB, 25 shared folders). Business $149/mo (500 GB, unlimited shared folders). |
| The appliance ladder |
No charge up to 50 users, then 50-user packs at $99/mo each, which also unlock support, automatic updates, SSO, 2FA and SIEM export. Enterprise starts at $7,499 a year. verified 2026-09-22 |
Hosted only. There is no appliance, no image to download and no server to keep patched. |
| Per-user fees |
Users and system users are what separate the Files.com tiers, and the appliance licenses in blocks of 50 users. verified 2026-09-22 |
None. Teammates cost nothing and guests are not seats. |
| Browser portal for non-technical senders |
Yes, in both: Files.com's web interface and the appliance's file manager. |
Yes, on every plan. Send a link, the person sets their own passphrase, then uploads and downloads in the browser. |
| Webhooks and retention |
Files.com has webhooks for every event alongside its automation engine. The appliance keeps an audit log and share links. |
Both on every plan. One webhook call per shared folder when a file lands, and deletion after the number of days you set. |
| REST API |
Yes. Files.com publishes a full REST API with SDKs in several languages. |
On Pro, Business and both lifetime tiers. |
The ExaVault column was read off exavault.com on 2026-09-22, and every row marked above carries the date it was checked. Where a cell says a thing is not listed, it means the published plans are not sold on it. Bridglet's column is the limit the server actually enforces.
What you give up
Moving costs you something. Here is the part of ExaVault and the Files.com platform it became that Bridglet has no answer for.
Compliance on paper
Files.com publishes SOC 2 Type II, a HIPAA BAA and GDPR coverage. Bridglet has none of that and will not be talked into implying it. When a compliance checklist is driving the decision, follow the Files.com road.
SSO, SCIM and directory integration
Okta, Entra and automatic provisioning on the cloud side, AD and LDAP on the appliance. Bridglet signs people in with an email link, and nothing sits behind that.
Every protocol and the automation behind them
FTPS, WebDAV and AS2 on one side, a visual workflow builder on the other. Bridglet answers SFTP and HTTPS in the guest portal, then posts a webhook and gets out of the way.
Running it inside your own walls
The appliance exists so file transfer can stay in your datacenter, and it ships a migration path into Files.com Cloud when you are ready. Bridglet is hosted, full stop, and nothing migrates an appliance into it.
Things Bridglet has never had
No SOC 2 report. No custom domain for your endpoint. No command line tool. No option to point a shared folder at a storage bucket you own. No phone support, and no static IP address to hand a firewall team. If any of those is a requirement, this is the wrong product and the page will not pretend otherwise.
Switching from ExaVault
There is no migration tool and nothing copies itself across. What a move involves is this, and it is mostly telling people where to send things now.
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Find out which road you are already on
An ExaVault Cloud account is heading toward Files.com, and an appliance is a VM someone in your building owns. The two situations look nothing alike, and the rest of this list assumes the files still matter more than the tooling.
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Get your files out while the old account is open
Download whatever you still need before anything is cancelled. Nothing copies itself across, there is no import tool, and this page is not going to pretend one is coming.
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Create one shared folder per sender
Not one per department or one per protocol. Each folder carries its own path, its own retention in days, and credentials that reach nothing else in your account.
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Tell each sender where to send things now
A vendor with a script gets a host, a username and a password or a public key. A person who used the old web file manager gets a portal link and sets a passphrase the first time they open it.
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Point whatever was watching at the webhook
If a script polled the old server or a workflow picked files up, give it Bridglet's webhook instead. Run both for one cycle before you close anything, because a sender who missed the memo always shows up late.
What Bridglet costs
Plans are sized by shared folders and space. Teammates, guests, webhooks and retention are in every one of them.
Starter
$15/mo
- 10 GB of space
- 5 shared folders
- 10 connections an hour
- Guest portal, webhooks, retention
Pro
$49/mo
- 100 GB of space
- 25 shared folders
- 60 connections an hour
- Guest portal, webhooks, retention
Business
$149/mo
- 500 GB of space
- unlimited shared folders
- 200 connections an hour
- Guest portal, webhooks, retention
A lifetime round is open while you read this: $59 once for Starter's limits, or $149 once for 50 GB and 15 shared folders. It is capped and it closes. Read the terms on the lifetime page.
Questions people ask before they move
Is ExaVault shutting down?
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Not the company. ExaVault is a Files.com property now, and its own site says the hosted cloud product was sunset after the acquisition while the on-premise appliance is still shipped and maintained. New customers are pointed at Files.com Cloud or at that appliance.
Why not just move to Files.com?
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For many teams that is the right move and the least disruptive one. It costs $199 a month at the entry tier, which is worth it if you need the compliance posture, the automation or the seat count. If you wanted a folder per client, that is a lot of platform to pay for.
Can Bridglet import my ExaVault accounts and files?
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No. There is no migration tooling in either direction. You create the shared folders, hand out new credentials, and download anything you still need out of the old account before it closes.
Can my senders keep their SFTP clients?
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Yes. Bridglet speaks standard SFTP with password or public key authentication, so FileZilla, WinSCP, Cyberduck and the sftp command that ships with OpenSSH all connect. Your senders change a host and a username.
Does Bridglet run on my own hardware?
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No. There is no appliance and no self-hosted build. If your files have to stay inside your own datacenter, the ExaVault appliance is the answer to that and Bridglet is not.
What happens when 10 GB is not enough?
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Pro is $49/mo with 100 GB and 25 shared folders, Business is $149/mo with 500 GB. Retention does more work than the number suggests, since files clear on the schedule you set instead of piling up for the life of the contract.
Keep reading
Head to head
Bridglet vs Files.com
The same two products, written for someone choosing between them rather than leaving one.
Use case
Agency vendor file drops
One shared folder per client, credentials that reach nothing else, and retention that clears the folder without anyone remembering to.
Use case
SaaS SFTP exports
Giving your own customers an SFTP endpoint to pull exports from, without building the server side of it yourself.