Axway Transfer CFT. Fast, secure file transfer.
Axway Transfer CFT (Cross File Transfer) takes the complexity out of integrating applications across platforms, operating systems, and locations. You'll cut your operational costs and ensure service quality is consistent everywhere. Manage all your direct application-to-application file transfers smoothly and securely across your entire ecosystem from a single MFT control center. Guarantee on-time delivery with tight security and total traceability of your file-based application integrations.
Axway Transfer CFT capabilities
Integrate all your applications across all platforms
Integrate any application regardless of location (cloud or on-premises) or the underlying platform. Support for over 16 platforms and the ability to integrate new and legacy applications ensure you meet all your application needs with a single solution.
Support your move to the cloud
Enable legacy applications to live in the cloud. Transfer CFT connects everything, everywhere, ensuring the exchange of files between legacy and modern applications. Axway CFT documentation has the details.
Handle all file transfer patterns
Select one-to-one, one-to-many, or many-to-one transfers, plus broadcast, store, and forward capabilities. With Transfer CFT you can choose folder monitoring, pre/post-processing, file compression, and much more.
Maintain enterprise reliability and performance
Ensure guaranteed delivery with end-to-end acknowledgment and horizontal application-to-application scalability with file transfer acceleration, bandwidth throttling, and prioritization.
Protect sensitive data
Leverage the advanced security features used by some of the largest financial organizations in the world to secure files at rest and in transit, and to fully protect all your sensitive files. Fulfills a critical need for all CFT products.
Meet every SLA with unlimited scalability
Use Transfer CFT as a standalone or multi-node cluster to transfer millions of files per day with unlimited file size and update with zero downtime so you never miss a service level agreement.
Implement central audit and visibility
Ensure compliance with regulations requiring full visibility and auditing of transfers, as well as non-repudiation of origin, with business-oriented monitoring for both business users and IT.
Create MFT shared services
Leverage the REST APIs to integrate Transfer CFT user and administrative capabilities into third-party applications. Integrate with Axway SecureTransport to exchange application data with external partners.
Centralize administration
Provide centralized management for all your MFT ecosystem – including Transfer CFT – using Axway Flow Manager for mass deployment, monitoring, and administration capabilities.
Save time with containerized deployments
Ensure fast, consistent deployments and updates across all platforms using containerized deployment.
Companies succeeding with Axway Transfer CFT
Streamline data centers and accelerate merger
AG2R La Mondiale streamlined its data centers and standardized its communication protocols, enabling full data flow traceability, cutting partner onboarding times, and accelerating its merger with Réunica.
Inbox or mailbox, Swiss Post now delivers
By reducing operational costs and middleware configuration errors with data flow visibility and alerts, Transfer CFT, customers get what they need, where they need it.
Improving global communication between corporate systems and stores
By replacing its home-grown FTP system with Transfer CFT, a global retailer eliminated errors, reduced resources required to manage the solution, and ensured its store shelves remain stocked.
The industry standard for secure and reliable file data integration
Our commitment to security – in culture and process – enables Axway to offer you enterprise-grade MFT with available SLA options up to 99.99% and follow-the-sun support. Our always-on solutions leverage Axway MFT on-premises, or in any cloud, so you can rest easy knowing your solution is the industry standard for secure, reliable, and efficient file data integration.
Frequently asked questions
What is Axway Transfer CFT used for?
Axway Transfer CFT is used to automate direct application-to-application file transfers across distributed environments. It is designed for organizations that need to connect legacy and modern applications, support cloud and on-premises systems, reduce operational complexity, and maintain consistent service quality across the enterprise.
How does Axway Transfer CFT guarantee file delivery and traceability?
Axway Transfer CFT helps guarantee on-time delivery with end-to-end acknowledgment, strong security, and complete transfer traceability. It also supports central audit and visibility, including full transfer monitoring and non-repudiation of origin, helping organizations meet operational, compliance, and service-level requirements.
Does Axway Transfer CFT support PeSIT and complex file transfer patterns?
Yes. Axway Transfer CFT is built for enterprise file transfer patterns including one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, broadcast, and store-and-forward flows. Transfer CFT is also closely associated with PeSIT-based file transfer and supports operational features such as folder monitoring, pre-processing, post-processing, and file compression for more demanding application integration scenarios.
How does Axway Transfer CFT use an MCP server for AI operations and automation?
Axway Transfer CFT includes MCP server support that gives AI assistants and agents a standardized way to access file transfer context, operational status, alerts, and approved actions. This makes it easier to query Transfer CFT in natural language, accelerate troubleshooting, automate routine operational workflows, and connect MFT operations to modern AI tooling using the Model Context Protocol.
Can Axway Transfer CFT scale across hybrid cloud and containerized environments?
Yes. Axway Transfer CFT is designed for hybrid environments spanning cloud and on-premises systems, supports over 16 platforms, and can run as a standalone deployment or a multi-node cluster. It is positioned to handle millions of files per day, unlimited file sizes, zero downtime updates, and fast, consistent containerized deployments across platforms.