ExaVault launched in 2009 as a hosted FTP service — a way for businesses to exchange files with their partners and customers without running their own server. Files.com acquired ExaVault in 2022; ExaVault Cloud is now the File Orchestration Platform from Files.com, and the on-premise appliance is still shipped as a free download for teams that need self-hosted file transfer.
ExaVault is no longer a standalone company — the brand is now part of Files.com. Today there are two products under the ExaVault name, each pointed at a different buyer:
The modern cloud answer is the File Orchestration Platform from Files.com — every protocol, full automation, AS2 partner messaging, REST API, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA-BAA. Used by 4,000+ organizations including Equifax, Bloomberg, Cognizant, Marc Jacobs, and Banner Health.
A self-hosted FTP, SFTP, FTPS, and WebDAV server with a web file manager, AD/LDAP, share links, and audit log. Free forever; paid support tiers when you need production support. For teams that have to keep file transfer inside their own datacenter, VPC, or air-gapped network.
A small team launches ExaVault as a hosted FTP service — a way for businesses to move files between partners and customers without standing up their own server. The category — managed file transfer outside the enterprise-MFT price bracket — is in its infancy.
Beyond the FTP endpoint, ExaVault adds a browser-based file manager — drag-and-drop, share links, user accounts. The pitch becomes “FTP, but you don't need an FTP client.”
Enough customers, enough automation, enough partner traffic that the platform passes the six-figure-transactions-per-hour line. The team learns what it takes to run a multi-tenant file-transfer service that doesn't go down at 9 a.m. Monday.
The geographical sprawl forces the next round of architecture investment: per-region performance, time-zone-aware operations, partner-of-partner introductions. ExaVault becomes a known quantity in the SMB / mid-market segment of file transfer.
A full platform rewrite onto the architecture that still runs the appliance today: web file manager, AD/LDAP, share links, audit log, SSO, 2FA. Volume passes one million transactions per hour.
End-to-end refresh of the in-browser file manager — what most non-technical users actually see. Drag-and-drop everywhere, faster navigation, mobile-responsive views.
Platform throughput crosses 2M/hour. By this point ExaVault is moving meaningful volume for partner-exchange-heavy industries — retail logistics, healthcare claims, financial-services EDI.
Files.com — the File Orchestration Platform used by 4,000+ businesses including Equifax, Bloomberg, Cognizant, and Marc Jacobs — acquires ExaVault. Engineering, support, and the long-term product direction move to Files.com.
The file sharing and embeddable capabilities from ExaVault are folded into the Files.com File Orchestration Platform — and joined there by the things ExaVault never had: a visual automation engine, a full REST API, AS2 partner messaging, SOC 2 Type II / HIPAA-BAA out of the box. The new ceiling on what an ExaVault account can do moves up sharply.
The hosted ExaVault Cloud product is retired; existing customers move onto the Files.com platform with their accounts, partners, and audit history intact. They keep what they already had and inherit the automation, API, and compliance posture they didn't have before.
The ExaVault on-premise appliance — itself acquired from Lumanox — relaunches under Files.com stewardship. Free forever for deployments up to 50 users; paid support tiers for production use beyond that. Aimed squarely at teams that have to keep file transfer inside their own datacenter, VPC, or air-gapped network.
ExaVault under Files.com: the Cloud pitch is the Files.com File Orchestration Platform — every protocol, full automation, AS2, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA-BAA. The on-premise pitch is the free ExaVault appliance, for teams that have to self-host. Same engineering organization behind both.
ExaVault Cloud is part of the Files.com File Orchestration Platform; the on-premise appliance is shipped and maintained as a Files.com property. Engineering, support, and the ongoing release cadence run out of the Files.com team in Austin, Texas.
Files.com is the category-defining File Orchestration Platform — the modern successor to legacy managed-file-transfer products from IBM, Axway, Progress, and Fortra. Used by 4,000+ organizations, ranked #1 in Gartner Peer Insights for MFT, and #1 across every attribute of G2’s Managed File Transfer category.
ExaVault Cloud became the Files.com File Orchestration Platform — every protocol, automation, AS2, audit logging, SOC 2 / HIPAA, the whole thing. 7-day free trial, no credit card.
