Bandwidth
Filebase tracks outbound data transfer (egress) — bytes leaving Filebase headed to your users or other services. Inbound traffic (uploads) is always free.
For S3-compatible object storage buckets on the non-IPFS tier at s3.filebase.io, egress is free on every paid plan. There are no per-GB egress charges for S3 bucket downloads.
IPFS bandwidth is not free. IPFS buckets, gateways, Bitswap, trustless gateway responses, RPC responses, and Filebase Sites have separate IPFS bandwidth accounting.
On the free tier, there is a 5 GB / month egress cap to keep abuse bounded. See pricing for details.
What counts as bandwidth
The dashboard breaks down outbound transfer by category:
S3
Data downloaded through the S3 API. Includes GetObject responses, multipart download reads, and any other authenticated read through s3.filebase.io.
CDN
Data served through the Filebase global CDN — every public-bucket request that returns from an edge cache or after an origin fetch. For public-bucket workloads this is typically the largest category.
For IPFS-specific categories such as gateway, Bitswap, trustless, RPC, and Sites, see IPFS bandwidth usage.
When the dashboard updates
Bandwidth counters update on a rolling basis, typically within a few minutes of a request completing. The total usage for the period is the sum across all categories within your billing cycle.
Reading the dashboard
The bandwidth chart on the Overview page shows daily egress for the last 30 days, stacked by category. Hover any column to see the per-category breakdown for that day.
API access
Bandwidth usage is also available programmatically via the Platform API:
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $(echo -n "$KEY:$SECRET" | base64)" \
https://api.filebase.io/v1/usage
Returns total storage and the trailing 24-hour bandwidth across all buckets.