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FTP/SFTP

FTP/SFTP Data Integration for File Automation

Automatically retrieve data files from FTP and SFTP servers on scheduled intervals. Transform file-based datasets and load them into modern data warehouses or analytics tools.

500+
Data Sources
46K+
Metrics
99.9%
SLA
<5 min
Setup
SOC 2
Type II
Why Improvado

Automate FTP/SFTP file processing

Improvado monitors your FTP and SFTP servers for new file uploads, automatically detecting CSV, JSON, and Excel files containing marketing data. The platform handles secure authentication including SSH keys and certificates for SFTP connections. Files are processed immediately upon upload or on your preferred schedule, eliminating manual downloads and data entry workflows.

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Your sources
FTP/SFTP + 500 more
Marketing Common Data Model
Same metrics
Same schema
Any destination
Unified Data

Transform file data for analysis

Raw files from FTP/SFTP get cleaned and standardized through Improvado's transformation engine before loading into your data warehouse. Column headers are normalized, data types are validated, and missing values are handled according to your specifications. The platform can merge multiple files, deduplicate records, and apply custom business logic to prepare data for analysis.

Use Cases

What users ask their FTP/SFTP integration

Cross-channel
Process daily sales reports from retail partners uploaded via SFTP into unified revenue dashboard
4 hrs → 10 min
Budget optimization
Combine affiliate marketing CSVs with internal campaign data for complete attribution analysis
Manual → auto
Executive reporting
Load vendor performance reports from FTP into executive dashboards with automated data validation
8 hrs → 30 min
AI Agent Access

Go beyond dashboards — give your AI agent direct access to ad data

Improvado MCP connects your ad platform data to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible AI tool. Read metrics, launch campaigns, monitor anomalies — all through one protocol.

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Pull ROAS, CPA, search terms, geo data — across every account and campaign type. Your AI agent handles the API calls.

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Launch campaigns, pause underperformers, adjust bids and budgets. Every action logged, governed, and reversible.

Monitor

Set up CPA alerts, budget pacing watches, and weekly auto-reports. Problems caught before they eat your budget.

40K+
Harmonized metrics
250+
Governance rules
500+
Connectors
40h+
Saved weekly
Works with Claude ChatGPT Cursor Gemini Any MCP Client
99.9% SLA
Data warehouse
Managed storage
Cross-channel
Deep granularity
Attribution

Extract data from 500+ data sources

Connect and manage all your marketing data sources in one platform, both in the cloud or on-premise.

Load data to any data warehouse

Connect multiple data sources and analyze them as if they were a single database.

Combine, map, and normalize data to produce a comprehensive data set surrounding your marketing activities.

Transform your data without SQL skills

Analyze data in
real-time

You can use it directly with your favorite business intelligence tools, ingest it to econometric models and populate the enterprise data warehouse

Get analysis-ready data for marketing analytics

Get all your data in one place instantly

SOC 2 Type II

Auditing procedure that ensures secure management of data.

HIPAA

Complies with Health Insurance Portability
and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Improvado is GDPR compliant.
GDPR

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Certified

Improvado is CCPA compliant.
CCPA

Complies with California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

Centralize all your marketing data in one place

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A great customer service that always tries to be helpful with a "how can we make it" approach. They understand your needs, provide all relevant solutions to successfully implement them, and make your job done.

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A great customer service that always tries to be helpful with a "how can we make it" approach. They understand your needs, provides all relevant solutions to successfully implement them, and make your job done.

If you consider hiring Improvado, you are also a hiring team that supports you to achieve your goals to become a more data-driven company.

Improvado is helping us to aggregate our paid marketing data from multiple channels and present it in a meaningful way. We are more efficient with reporting our campaign results and have better ideas about what's going on easily.

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Professional, responsive and willing to go the extra mile to help. They are a solution to connect to most advertising platforms and provide a multitude of metrics from these platforms

They are willing to go the extra mile to attend to your query and help to the best they can.

Helping to connect to various advertising platform such as Google Ads, Facebook, DV360, Trade Desk.

They are a solution to connect to most advertising platform and provide a multitude of metrics from these platforms

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Frequently Asked Questions

What file formats does Improvado support from FTP/SFTP?
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Improvado processes CSV, JSON, Excel (XLS/XLSX), TSV, and pipe-delimited files from FTP/SFTP servers. The platform automatically detects file formats and applies appropriate parsing logic.
How does Improvado handle SFTP security and authentication?
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Improvado supports password authentication, SSH key pairs, and certificate-based authentication for SFTP connections. All connections use encrypted protocols and credentials are stored securely with enterprise-grade encryption.
Can Improvado process files in subdirectories?
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Yes, Improvado can monitor specific directories or scan entire folder structures recursively. You can configure patterns to process only certain file types or naming conventions from designated folders.
What happens if file uploads fail or contain errors?
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Improvado provides detailed error logging and can retry failed uploads automatically. For data quality issues, the platform flags problematic records while processing clean data, sending alerts about any issues that need attention.
How often does Improvado check for new files?
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You can configure monitoring frequency from every 15 minutes to daily checks. Most customers use hourly monitoring for time-sensitive data or daily checks for regular reporting files.
Can Improvado archive or delete processed files?
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Yes, Improvado can move processed files to archive directories or delete them after successful processing. This helps maintain clean FTP/SFTP environments while preserving audit trails as needed.