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    Fortra's Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer (EFT)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AWith operational efficiency in mind, Globalscape’s Enhanced File Transfer™ (EFT™) Enterprise boasts quick and intuitive setup, advanced automation capabilities, and real-time visibility into data transfers. Globalscape was acquired by Fortra in August 2020. It is now a Fortra company.N/A

    Mendix

    Score7.1 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Mendix is a low code platform-as-a-service offering with mobile and social extensions. Mendix was acquired by Siemens August 2018.

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    Fortra's Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer (EFT)Mendix
    Editions & Modules
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    Free Edition
    $0
    Pro Edition
    1,250
    per month (billed annually)
    Enterprise Edition
    1,675
    per month (billed annually)
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    Fortra's Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer (EFT)Mendix
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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    Fortra's Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer (EFT)Mendix
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    Fortra
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    Siemens AG
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    86%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    Fortra's Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer (EFT)Mendix
    Low-Code Development
    Comparison of Low-Code Development features of Fortra's Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer (EFT) and Mendix
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    Ratings
    Mendix
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Visual Modeling00 Ratings9.39 Ratings
    Drag-and-drop Interfaces00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
    Platform Security00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Platform User Management00 Ratings9.49 Ratings
    Reusability00 Ratings8.89 Ratings
    Platform Scalability00 Ratings8.99 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Fortra's Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer (EFT)Mendix
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    8.1
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    Usability
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    8.5
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    Support Rating
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    7.8
    (14 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Fortra's Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer (EFT)Mendix
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Fortra
    Globalscape EFT is well suited for file transmissions. It is very intuitive and easy to create file transmission rules. We transmit many files back and forth between vendors and software applications. File transmissions are fast and reliable. Globalscape allows us to specify certain file naming conventions, contain only certain data, format the data to be a specific way, etc.
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    Mendix excels in scenarios involving Business Process Automation, making it a strong choice for applications requiring workflow automation, including processes like request approvals, document management, and other business workflows.Conversely, Mendix may be less suitable for projects that demand highly customized solutions with extensive custom coding. Its primary focus on low-code development may not align well with the requirements of projects that heavily rely on intricate and specialized coding.
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    Pros
    Fortra
    • PGP & SSH Key Ring Retainer
    • Reporting
    • Event Rule Create - No Code development
    • Easy account set up for SFTP site directory creation
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    Siemens AG
    • We're able to really easily develop different views that are very specific to a customer's needs or customer's different types of user needs. So for example, the production managers can have a certain view that's relevant to them and then certain line managers can have views that are specific to them that allow them to run different scenarios which they define. So it allows us to easily build customized apps for each different type of user.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Fortra
    • Would like to see the ability for a rule in EFT to link the the Advanced Workflow that it is called (rather than having to manually locate the Advanced Workflow)
    • Would like the ability to disable just a part of an Event Rule
    • Would like to see more template creation functionality
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    • Earlier versions lacked in UI/Ux. This is still improving.
    • Since everyone and anyone can create custom add ons (widgets), Mendix could improve their quality checks (but not as rigid as eg Apple).
    • Upgradeability used to be somewhat of an issue. Version 7 looks to be handling this better than previous versions.
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    Usability
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    Siemens AG
    A 10 would say I have nothing to wish for. A 9 means I haven't seen anything better.This tool really helps you in the whole creation and maintenace cycle, so from requirements to building/modeling to testing to deploying to capturing feedback.
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    Support Rating
    Fortra
    No answers on this topic
    Siemens AG
    Response times are quick and you will get updates regularly about the status of your request. Even with very technical questions they have specialists that can help you with your problems it will give you an answer or help you with a work around.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Fortra
    Globalscape and Automate are similar. However, with Automate, you do not have PGP or SSH keyring functionality within the application. You would need to purchase and install them separately. So as far as organization I like Globalscape for key retainment. Globalscape's transmission reporting is a lot better as well. Although it could be enhanced a little more, I use it to report any transmission issues with the Vendors. But the Event Rule functionality that Globalscape has in building simple action logic is where you save a lot of time instead of coding transmissions. Automate does not have active-active replication within their application. Meaning they do not have the ability to have two servers active for off loading transmission in case of bottlenecks. However, if one server goes down, the secondary server will be active. We have both products and don't mind working in either one of them, but Globalscape seems to be the more comprehensive and scalable application
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    Siemens AG
    Mendix would be my preferred system all the way. The system is designed for these kinds of works. I've worked with WP and DNN but they should be used just for websites. To create an app for a business value, I would suggest Mendix. Also, the offline capabilities of Mendix have greatly improved since the deployment of Mendix 7.13.
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    Return on Investment
    Fortra
    • Globalscape EFT is very reliable
    • Allows us to easily transmit files with customers
    • Allows us to easily meet file requirements of vendors/other software applications
    Incentivized
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    Siemens AG
    • It helps to speed up application development because of its low code by the fact that it's low code. It allows professional developers to focus more on specialized application development rather than the more routine application development that business IT and super users can do for themselves with some coaching from the IT department. So it's just allowing the more specialist professional developers.net, for example, Java in our organization to focus on more complex engineering application developments.
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