Bandwidth Usage

Learn about the different types of bandwidth tracked on your Filebase dashboard.

Filebase tracks outgoing data transfer (egress) across all services. Upload bandwidth (ingress) is always free. Your dashboard displays a stacked bandwidth chart broken down by the following categories:

S3

Data downloaded through the S3-compatible API. This includes GetObject requests, multipart download reads, and any other egress through the S3 endpoint.

Gateway

Data served through your dedicated IPFS gateways. Each time a user or application fetches content via a dedicated gateway URL, the response size counts toward this category.

Public GW

Data served through the shared Filebase public IPFS gateway (ipfs.filebase.io). The public gateway is intended for testing and light usage and is subject to rate limits.

Bitswap

Data transferred to other IPFS peers via the Bitswap protocol. When external IPFS nodes request blocks of your pinned content, the outbound transfer is counted here.

Trustless

Data served via the IPFS Trustless HTTP Gateway protocol. Trustless gateways return content-addressed, verifiable responses that clients can validate independently.

RPC

Data transferred through IPFS RPC API calls. This covers responses from the IPFS RPC API endpoint.

Sites

Data served from Filebase-hosted IPFS sites. When visitors load pages on a site you've published through Filebase Sites, the page and asset egress counts toward this category.

Billing

All categories are summed together and count toward your account's total bandwidth usage. For pricing details, see the Filebase Pricing page.