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Does download via SCP from my server add more costs?

Posted on December 20, 2022

I want to transfer a large file (download it) from my server to local machine via scp, would this add extra costs ?



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Hi @mohammedbaashar,

It’s still considered bandwidth as there is network traffic. All in all, it will still be added as extra cost if you’ve exceeded your bandwidth. More about the bandwidth costs here:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/billing/bandwidth/

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