FileZilla Is The Industry Standard For A Reason
June 05, 2025

FileZilla Is The Industry Standard For A Reason

Jeff Montgomery | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with FileZilla

We have been using FileZilla for many, many years as our main go-to for file transferring on our server. It offers the stability you'd expect and allows for a variety of connection types. The bulk transfer (import specifically) is nice because it has a variety of options for overrides. Over the years the upgrades to FileZilla have been stabile (no matter what operating system version you're using).

Pros

  • The Site Manager is well designed and allows for a variety of secure connection options.
  • The software itself has always been very stable and very rarely crashes
  • It's free! Their normal free version works well and has tons of features.
  • They didn't embed anything extra like annoying adverts.

Cons

  • 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.
  • It's simplistic user interface gives you all of the tools you need for FTP transfers.
  • The software itself is very stable and hardly ever freezes or crashes.
  • The updates made to it over the years have been great. The developers understand the simple mantra "if it isn't broke, don't fix it".
Filezilla is the industry standard when it comes to FTP transfer software companies. It just simply works, and works well on almost any operating system. It's free version even offers loads of features for those looking for additional security or options when transferring files. Even it's "old school" look (they could use a slight theme refresh) really isn't that big of a deal.
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 transfer software.

Do you think FileZilla delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with FileZilla's feature set?

Yes

Did FileZilla live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of FileZilla go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy FileZilla again?

Yes

FileZilla does FTP transfers the way they always should be: simplistic, secure, and no fluff added to the user interface. I've recommended this to colleagues in IT for many, many years, and I've never heard someone come back and complain about the software. It is the best in the industry (and has been for a long time).

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