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 shipped with the FTPie 2026.7.2 release, completing the trio started by File Encryption and the CLI. It is part of FTPie Pro and works during the free trial.
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
Everything a real routine needs
A schedule is only half the job - the other half is what happens run after run. Each scheduled transfer is configured independently:
- Flexible schedules - daily at a set time, weekly on chosen days, custom intervals, or a one-off run on a specific date; a missed-run policy (run immediately, skip, or ask) covers times when the PC was off
- Existing-file handling - replace, skip, or transfer only changed files, so repeat runs move just what's new
- Optional ZIP packaging - pack each run into an archive, with password protection if you want it
- Notifications - get the result via in-app toast, email, Telegram, webhook, or by running a local app - per transfer, per event
- Management & history - run now, pause/resume, edit and rename from one dialog, with a per-run history of sizes, replaced/skipped counts and logs
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.
Daily at a set time, weekly on chosen days, custom intervals, or a one-off run on a specific date - the same flexible scheduling model FTPie already uses for Auto Backups. A per-transfer missed-run policy (run immediately, skip, or ask) covers times when the PC was off.
You choose per transfer: replace them, skip them, or transfer only changed files so repeat runs stay fast.
Yes - FTPie is a desktop app, so a scheduled run happens while your machine (and FTPie) is running. If the PC was off at the scheduled time, the missed-run policy decides what happens next.
Transfers use FTPie's resumable engine with retry, each run is logged, and every transfer can notify you of the result - in-app toast, email, Telegram, webhook, or by running a local app.
Scheduled Transfers is part of FTPie Pro, available now since the 2026.7.2 release. It also works during the free Pro trial. See the plan comparison.
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