Scheduled & Automatic File Transfers
Set recurring transfers and syncs between any two locations - local, FTP, SFTP, cloud or NAS - on a schedule. No scripts, no Task Scheduler, no cron.
Scheduled Transfers ships to FTPie Pro at the end of June 2026, alongside File Encryption and the CLI. Buy Pro now and it unlocks automatically the moment it lands - at no extra cost.
The usual way to automate a recurring file transfer on Windows is to write a script, wire it into Task Scheduler, and hope it still works in six months. That is fine if you live in PowerShell. For everyone else it is a brittle, invisible chore that breaks silently the moment a path or a password changes.
Scheduled Transfers gives you the same outcome from a normal interface. Pick a source and a destination - any two locations FTPie can reach - choose how often it should run, and FTPie does the rest. No scripts, no cron syntax, no Task Scheduler.
Transfer between any two locations, on a timetable
Because it runs on FTPie's transfer engine, a schedule can move files across any pairing you can browse in the app:
- Local → server - push a working folder to an FTP/SFTP host every evening
- Cloud → cloud - mirror a Dropbox folder into Google Drive on a timetable
- NAS → cloud - copy from a Synology or QNAP to off-site cloud storage
- Server → local - pull nightly exports or logs down to your PC automatically
How is this different from Auto Backups?
It is a fair question, because they overlap. The distinction is intent:
Protect a copy. Versioned, compressed, optionally encrypted snapshots with retention policies - built for recovery.
Move or sync files on a timetable. Built for keeping two locations in step, not for keeping history.
Use backups when you care about restoring an earlier state; use scheduled transfers when you just need files to arrive somewhere reliably and on time.
The GUI answer to WinSCP scripting
Power users have long reached for WinSCP's scripting or cron jobs to automate transfers - and our FTPie vs WinSCP comparison has openly said automation was WinSCP's territory. Scheduled Transfers, together with the new CLI, closes that gap: you get scheduled automation without leaving a graphical app, and a scriptable command line when you want one.
Common questions
No code to maintain, credentials managed inside FTPie, and the schedule is visible and editable in the app instead of buried in Task Scheduler.
Recurring intervals such as hourly, daily and weekly - the same flexible scheduling model FTPie already uses for Auto Backups.
Yes - FTPie is a desktop app, so a scheduled run happens while your machine (and FTPie) is running. If the PC is asleep at the scheduled time, the run executes when it is next available.
Transfers use FTPie's resumable engine with retry, and each run is logged so you can see exactly what moved and when.
Scheduled Transfers is part of FTPie Pro, arriving end of June 2026. See the plan comparison.
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