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title: How to send logs to Datadog while reducing data transfer fees
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# How to send logs to Datadog while reducing data transfer fees

## Overview{% #overview %}

As your organization grows, the amount of data you transfer between cloud providers to Datadog can also increase. Cloud providers charge a *data transfer* fee or *data egress* fee to move that data from cloud storage over public IP addresses. This can easily become one of the largest line items in your organization's cloud cost bill.

Send data over a private network to avoid the public internet and reduce your data transfer fees. As an example of how private links reduce your costs, in the US East AWS Regions, it costs $0.09 to transfer 1GB, but with AWS PrivateLink, the cost to transfer data goes down to $0.01 per GB.

## Supported cloud providers{% #supported-cloud-providers %}

{% alert level="danger" %}
Make sure the selected Datadog site  is correct. Cloud specific private links are not available for all Datadog sites.
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- [US1 - AWS PrivateLink](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/private-link/?tab=crossregionprivatelinkendpoints&site=us)
- [AP1 - AWS PrivateLink](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/private-link/?tab=crossregionprivatelinkendpoints&site=ap1)
- [AP2 - AWS PrivateLink](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/private-link/?tab=crossregionprivatelinkendpoints&site=ap2)
- [US3 - Azure Private Link](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/azure-private-link/)
- [US5 - Google Cloud Private Service Connect](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/guide/gcp-private-service-connect/)

## Additional tools{% #additional-tools %}

After you switch to private links, you can use the following to monitor your usage and have more control over your data costs:

- Datadog's [Cloud Network Monitoring](https://docs.datadoghq.com/network_monitoring/cloud_network_monitoring/) identifies your organization's highest throughput applications.
- [Cloud Cost Management](https://docs.datadoghq.com/cloud_cost_management/) tools can verify and monitor the reduction in your cloud costs.

## Further reading{% #further-reading %}

- [Using Cross-Region AWS PrivateLink to Send Telemetry to Datadog](https://www.datadoghq.com/architecture/using-cross-region-aws-privatelink-to-send-telemetry-to-datadog/)
- [TextNow Saves 93% on Data Transfer Fees Using AWS PrivateLink](https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/textnow-privatelink-case-study/)
- [Potential Sources for Sending Directly to Flex Logs](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/log_configuration/flex_logs/#potential-sources-for-sending-directly-to-flex-logs)