FileZilla

FileZilla

FileZilla

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Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
FileZilla	Score 9.1 out of 10	N/A	FileZilla is a file transfer protocol (FTP) solution.	N/A

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Considered Both Products	FileZilla JP Joe Polimeni Integrations Analyst III Chose FileZilla I use WinSCP in conjunction with FileZilla as it offers better logs and you are able to authenticate with key and password authentication. This too is another nice product, but FileZilla is a lot nicer to navigate and understand like setting up new sessions Incentivized Helpful? JM Jeff Montgomery CTO Chose FileZilla We've been using FileZilla for so long that we've really never had to try any other FTP software. We did for a bit use Cyberduck FTP on some Mac devices. Cyberduck worked fine, but we always revert to using FileZilla where we can because it is the industry standard of file … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User C-Level Executive Chose FileZilla We've used mostly either command-line FTP programs built-in to the operating systems, or we've used web-based file transfer sites. Some of these web-based sites might require Java or other specific browser addons, which sometimes are not safe and/or can be hacked, so it's much … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose FileZilla Both perform the job they are expected to do, and they are easy to use. The FileZilla software is a desktop-based app, so I can only access it on the device on which it was installed. Cisco Secure Email allows you to send emails as you would normally, but the email and … Incentivized Helpful? DB Derek Beutler Attorney Chose FileZilla It really comes down to ease of use and cost. FileZilla blows away the competition in both categories Helpful? David Ferrier Human Resource Information System Manager Chose FileZilla I have used products like CuteFTP and found them clunky and not as easy to use. Incentivized Helpful? Robert Worth President Chose FileZilla Well, we sent an email to the organization 10 days ago and have yet to receive a response. The email had to be sent because their systems do not recognize the purchase yet when we made it we found the information they were using was false. Thus, we file a complaint with our … Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose FileZilla We did not evaluate any other alternatives to FileZilla, as the FileZilla program offered everything that we needed without a cost involved, and was the recommended FTP software solution by our web host and developer. Incentivized Helpful? Jonah Dempcy Web & Mobile Developer Chose FileZilla I've tried so many FTP clients over the years I've lost count. WinSCP, FireFTP, CuteFTP, SmartFTP, Cyberduck, WS_FTP, and countless others. They all offer pretty competitive features. I do find WinSCP to have some extra features that I like, such as better SSH and SFTP support, … Incentivized Helpful? ER Edgar Romero Director of Sales Chose FileZilla Other products that we had evaluated are more complex to install, configure, and use. Filezilla is pretty simple to use and configuration parameters are pretty clear to capture--no room for error. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Employee Chose FileZilla Tools such as WinSCP, FireFTP, and Total commander have features that are similar to what FileZilla offers. WinSCP is similar in features to FileZilla for accessing FTP and SFTP hosts. Lately, WinSCP seems less stable with FTP connections. Total commander is another good tool, … Incentivized Helpful? Justin McClelland Real Estate Tax Analyst/Software Developer Chose FileZilla Cyberduck isn't as intuitive as FileZilla thus I tend to go with what's the most simple and effective. I also chose FileZilla due to how reliable it is and the fact that it rarely crashes if ever. Incentivized Helpful? KC Keisha Chavers CS Tech Chose FileZilla I've used Dreamweaver's FTP services. It allows you to lock and unlock files in a team environment. You can see who currently is updating a file on a site. I've also used Team Foundation Studios that provided the same feature. Comparing the locale and remote site is more … Incentivized Helpful? Robert Gephart Partner Chose FileZilla I have been using FileZilla for over 15 years. I don't remember the other programs that I used to use, but I will tell you that when I found FileZilla, I realized that I didn't need to look any farther. The developer continues to update the program to keep it functioning well. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose FileZilla The only alternatives we use are Git and the built-in SFTP client inside Dreamweaver. Both have different use cases and help us accomplish different tasks. FileZilla is great for migrating an entire server or website and transferring files between two locations when you are not … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Project Manager Chose FileZilla FileZilla works in the same way, but this allows for greater security if your company is concerned at all with the Google platform. FileZilla actually makes you open a connection on a server and upload and then closes that connection. Dropbox is like Google - it's always open. D… Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose FileZilla I have not tried any other files similar to FileZilla. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Analyst Chose FileZilla We used WS_FTP; it's too limited. FileZilla has a lot more functions. Incentivized Helpful? CO Chris Oros IT Analyst Chose FileZilla WinSCP is not listed, but that is the main alternative to FileZilla at my company. Both are similar in functionality and capabilities. FileZilla is more user-friendly, although WinSCP is more advanced user-friendly. FileZilla is easy to use when exchanging files between … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Manager Chose FileZilla We also use GoAnywhere for FTP from our IBMi platform and we also host an instance of GoAnywhere on Windows. We use SFTP in both of these instances, so a server platform that can handle that protocol is a requirement. Unfortunately, Filezilla can't be used in this instance. … Incentivized Helpful? Nicholas De Salvo Chief Executive Officer Chose FileZilla Previously, I've tried Fetch, WinSCP, CyberDuck, Transmit and countless others. The reason I like Filezilla is because it's cheap (free), it's available on many platforms, and site manager makes it easy to transfer credentials between installations. Overall, it's an easy, … Incentivized Helpful? Valery Mezentsau IT Department Manager Chose FileZilla In my past experience, I used other FTP solutions like CuteFTP, FireFTP, WinSCP, and others. They all are pretty much the same, however, FileZilla is the one that is stable; gives you what you need and does not overload the system. FileZilla has a server part which makes this … Incentivized Helpful? Atilla Vekony Vice President Chose FileZilla This is the only FTP client that I've used in the last 5 years. Incentivized Helpful? Eric Thorsteinson Senior Quality Review Specialist Chose FileZilla FileZilla is very user-friendly and very easy to transfer files securely and safely. It's much easier to get started than some of the others and easier to use every day. It's a safe and effective way to move data between companies or clients. I think it goes a little further … Incentivized Helpful?

Best Alternatives
	FileZilla
Small Businesses	DataMotion Score 9.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies	DataMotion Score 9.1 out of 10
Enterprises	Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT Score 7.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
	FileZilla
Likelihood to Recommend	9.6 (41 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	9.6 (9 ratings)
Support Rating	9.4 (16 ratings)

User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend	FileZilla I use FileZilla to securely upload files that are not permitted to be sent via insecure methods like email or web forms. FileZilla is great to test the ability to "reach" the remote SFTP server and to verify my files arrived. Once I have tested that, then our internal IT group automates the uploads to these third parties, however I can always manually log into FIleZilla to verify the uploads. Incentivized David Ferrier Human Resource Information System Manager Read full review
Pros	FileZilla Strips away unwanted underlying code from products that produce documents using any Microsoft product that is not needed in our products. The nice part is that it strips away hidden code such as ctrl and another digit that is not necessary or can be replaced with the correct coding to produce standard processes such as graphics using ANSI or another protocol as well as line feeds and header masks. We are in the process of determining if their pro product will function in the way we want it to across networks rather than going to each workstation to make changes decreasing our productivity. We are also evaluating whether their technical support is responsive. Robert Worth President Read full review
Cons	FileZilla Some of it's user interface could be a bit better designed (at least updated) to more of a modern look, but it's not really that big of a deal. Inside the software it shows you various windows all embedded in one box. Moving the sizes of those windows around is a bit weird, especially if you just want of the windows to go away. From time to time it can hang due to a timeout with the server connection. In those instances, I wish FileZilla would give you a heads up as to why it locked. Incentivized JM Jeff Montgomery CTO Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	FileZilla Excellent software that does what it's meant to do, without complication. Incentivized Martin Dimmock Owner, Chief Developer Read full review
Usability	FileZilla FileZilla is really easy to understand and makes it easy to log into servers to upload files. Moving files around is a breeze (even if it's a little tedious to wait for large quantities to move one by one) and editing html and css files directly is a feature it would be difficult for us to live without Incentivized Nicholas De Salvo Chief Executive Officer Read full review
Support Rating	FileZilla I've never contacted FileZilla support directly, but they are so popular that there are countless tutorials online showing how to connect to any number of web servers, how to configure SSH/SFTP and so on. I feel that because of the popularity of FileZilla, the support from the general user community is sufficient. Incentivized Jonah Dempcy Web & Mobile Developer Read full review
Alternatives Considered	FileZilla Both perform the job they are expected to do, and they are easy to use. The FileZilla software is a desktop-based app, so I can only access it on the device on which it was installed. Cisco Secure Email allows you to send emails as you would normally, but the email and attachments are secure. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	FileZilla The positive impact is easy file management. Since we have multiple clients some of them have different host providers which offer their own FTP interface. Using FileZilla allows us to use one interface to interact with all of our client files. The return on investment is quick turnaround for updating files. Incentivized KC Keisha Chavers CS Tech Read full review
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