Comparison of FTP clients
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of FTP clients, and related clients that use other file transfer protocols. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date. Unless otherwise specified in footnotes, comparisons are based on The Stable versions without any add-ons, extensions or external programs.
General information
Basic general information AbOUT the clients: creator/company, license/price etc.
Creator |
First public release date |
Latest stable version |
Cost (USD) |
Software license |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AbsoluteTelnet SFTP |
Celestial Software |
1996 |
6.01 |
free trial , $49.95 |
Proprietary |
AceFTP |
Visicom Media |
1997 |
3.80.3 |
free trial , $29.95 |
Proprietary |
ALFTP |
ESTsoft |
2000 |
4.1 |
Freeware |
Proprietary |
AmiTradeCenter |
AmigaZeux |
1999 |
1.4 |
Freeware |
Proprietary |
BitKinex FTP |
Barad-Dur, LLC. |
2003 |
2.9 |
$34 |
Proprietary |
BulletProof FTP |
Andrew Connell |
1997 |
2.59.0.51 |
free trial , $34.95 |
Proprietary |
Xnet |
2001 |
4.5 |
$25, $40 (Upgrade Protected) |
Proprietary |
|
Classic FTP |
NCH Software |
2007 |
1.0 |
Free |
Proprietary |
CrossFTP |
CrossFTP |
2006 |
1.37 |
Free (Standard), $24.95 (Pro) |
Proprietary |
cURL |
Daniel Stenberg |
1998 |
7.17.0 |
Free |
MIT |
CurlFtpFS |
Robson Braga Araujo |
2006 |
0.9.1 |
Free |
GPL |
CuteFTP |
Alex Kunadze |
1994 |
8.0.7 |
$39.99 (Home), $59.99 (Pro) |
Proprietary |
Cyberduck |
David V. Kocher |
2001 |
2.7.3 |
Free |
GPL |
Directory Opus |
GPSoftware |
1990 |
9.0 |
AUD$85 |
Proprietary |
eFtp Client |
Ecode Software |
2001 |
3.0 |
$29 (Home), $39.99 (Pro) |
Proprietary |
Exceed |
Hummingbird Ltd. |
2001 |
2008 |
$545.00 |
Proprietary |
FAR Manager |
Eugene Roshal / FAR Group |
1996 |
1.70 |
$25, Free for Russian-speakers |
Proprietary |
Fetch |
Fetch Softworks |
1989 |
5.3 |
$25, Free for education |
Proprietary |
FileZilla |
Tim Kosse, et al. |
January, 2001 |
3.0.4.1 |
Free |
GPL |
FireFTP |
Mime Čuvalo |
September, 2004 |
0.97.1 |
Free, Charityware |
MPL |
FlashFXP |
iniCom Networks |
June 24, 1998 |
3.4.0.1180 |
$25.00 |
Proprietary |
Fling FTP |
NCH Software |
2007 |
1.0.7 |
Free |
Proprietary |
FTP Commander |
Internetsoft Corporation |
1997 |
8.80 |
$49.95 |
Proprietary |
FTPEditor |
FTPEditor.com |
1999 |
3.3 |
$29 (Standard), $49 (Pro) |
Proprietary |
FTP Explorer |
FTPx Corp. |
October, 1996 |
1.0.1.53 |
$35.99 |
Proprietary |
FTPRush |
TianHong.NC China |
June, 2004 |
1.0.0622 |
$29.95 |
Proprietary |
FTP Voyager |
Rhino Software, Inc. |
February, 1997 |
14.0.0.3 |
$39.95 (Standard), $49.95 (Secure) |
Proprietary |
Fugu |
University of Michigan Research Systems Unix Group |
2003 |
1.2.0 |
Free |
BSD |
gFTP |
Brian Masney |
1998 |
2.0.18 |
Free |
GPL |
Global Downloader |
Actysoft Inc |
2005 |
1.3.1.5 |
$24,95 |
Proprietary |
Glub Tech Secure FTP |
Glub Tech, Inc. |
1999 |
2.5.14 |
$25.00 commercial, Free noncommercial |
Proprietary |
Interarchy |
Stairways Software Pty Ltd |
1993 (as Anarchie) |
8.5.2 |
$59.00 |
Proprietary |
Internet Explorer |
Microsoft |
1995 |
7.0 |
Free |
Proprietary |
Kasablanca |
Magnus Kulke |
2002 |
0.4.0.2 |
Free |
GPL |
KFTPGrabber |
Jernej Kos |
2003 |
0.8.1 |
Free |
GPL |
LeechFTP |
Jan Debis |
1998 |
1.3 |
Free |
Proprietary |
lftp |
Alexander V. Lukyanov |
August, 1996 |
3.5.11 |
Free |
GPL |
MacFusion |
MacFusion Project |
2007 |
1.2 Beta 3 |
Free |
Apache License 2.0 |
Mosaic |
NCSA |
1993 |
3.0 |
Free |
? |
MOVEit Freely |
Standard Networks, Inc. |
2002 |
5.0 |
Free |
Proprietary |
NcFTP |
NcFTP Software Inc. |
1991 |
3.1.9 |
Free |
Clarified Artistic License |
Red Bird SFX - Secure File Transfer |
Kandmtech, LLC |
2004 |
? |
$49.95 |
Proprietary |
Robo-FTP - Secure Automated File Transfer |
Serengeti Systems Incorporated |
01/30/2001 |
3.5.0 |
Free Trial , $149.99 |
Proprietary |
SecureFX |
VanDyke Software Inc. |
2007 |
4.5 |
$59.95 |
Proprietary |
SftpDrive |
Magnetk LLC |
2005 |
1.6.6 |
$39 |
Proprietary |
SFTPPlus |
Pro:Atria Ltd |
2005 |
2.0 |
Commercial, flexible edu etc. |
Proprietary |
SmartFTP |
SmartSoft Ltd |
1998 |
2.5 Build 1006.4 |
$36.95 commercial, Free noncommercial |
Proprietary |
Sysax FTP Automation |
Codeorigin, LLC |
2000 |
4.0 |
Free personal, $97 commercial |
Proprietary |
Transmit |
Panic, Inc. |
1998 |
3.6.3 |
$29.95 |
Proprietary |
WebDrive |
South River Technologies |
1998 |
7.31 |
$54.95, free trial |
Shareware |
WinSCP |
Martin Prikryl |
2000 |
4.0.4 |
Free |
GPL |
WISE-FTP |
AceBIT |
1998 |
5.5.5 |
49.00 |
Proprietary |
WS FTP |
Ipswitch, Inc. |
1996 |
2007.00 |
$39.95 (Home), $54.95 (Pro) |
Proprietary |
Operating system support
The operating systems the clients can run on.
style="" | Client |
Windows |
Mac OS X |
Linux |
BSD |
Unix |
AmigaOS |
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AbsoluteTelnet SFTP |
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AceFTP |
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ALFTP |
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AmiTradeCenter |
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BitKinex |
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BulletProof FTP |
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Captain FTP |
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Classic FTP |
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CoreFTP |
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CrossFTP |
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cURL (CL) |
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CurlFtpFS |
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CuteFTP |
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Cyberduck |
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Directory Opus |
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eFtp Client |
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Exceed |
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FAR Manager |
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Fetch |
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FileZilla |
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FireFTP |
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FlashFXP |
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Fling FTP |
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FTPEditor |
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FTP Explorer |
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FTPRush |
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FTP Voyager |
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Fugu |
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gFTP |
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Global Downloader |
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Glub Tech Secure FTP |
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Interarchy |
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Internet Explorer |
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Kasablanca |
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KFTPGrabber |
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LeechFTP |
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lftp (CL) |
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MacFusion |
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Mosaic |
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MOVEit Freely |
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NcFTP (CL) |
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Red Bird SFX - Secure File Transfer |
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Robo-FTP |
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SftpDrive |
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SFTPPlus |
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SmartFTP |
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Sysax FTP Automation |
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Transmit |
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WebDrive |
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WinSCP |
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WISE-FTP |
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WS FTP |
(CL) Command-Line interface only - no GUI
Protocol support
Information about what internet protocols the clients support. External links lead to information about support in future versions of the clients or extensions that provide such functionality.
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FTP |
FTP over SSH (secure FTP) |
SFTP |
FTPS (FTP over SSL) |
FXP (Site2site transfer) |
DAV / HTTP(S) |
P2P |
Compression |
Remote Compression |
API / Commandline available |
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AbsoluteTelnet SFTP |
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AceFTP |
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ALFTP |
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AmiTradeCenter |
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ARexx |
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BitKinex |
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BulletProof FTP |
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Captain FTP |
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Classic FTP |
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CoreFTP |
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CrossFTP |
(Pro only) |
(Pro only) |
(Pro only) |
(Pro only) |
(Pro only) |
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cURL |
(Only) |
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CurlFtpFS |
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CuteFTP |
(Pro only) |
(Pro only) |
(HTTP(S) - Pro only) |
(Pro only) |
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Cyberduck |
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Directory Opus |
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Exceed |
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FAR Manager |
(with WinSCP plugin) |
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Fetch |
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FileZilla |
(basic) |
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FireFTP |
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FlashFXP |
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Fling FTP |
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FTP Commander |
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FTPEditor |
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FTP Explorer |
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FTPRush |
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FTP Voyager |
(Secure only) |
(Secure only) |
(Secure only) |
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Fugu |
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gFTP |
(control connection only) |
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Global Downloader |
(HTTP(S)) |
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Glub Tech Secure FTP |
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Interarchy |
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Internet Explorer |
(not IE7) |
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Kasablanca |
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KFTPGrabber |
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LeechFTP |
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lftp |
(Partial) |
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Mosaic |
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MOVEit Freely |
(Only) |
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NcFTP |
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Red Bird SFX - Secure File Transfer |
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Robo-FTP Secure Automated File Transfer |
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SftpDrive |
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SFTPPlus |
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SmartFTP |
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Sysax FTP Automation |
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Transmit |
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WebDrive |
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WinSCP |
(SFTP only) |
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WISE-FTP |
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WS FTP |
(Pro only) |
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ZipDeploy |
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FTP |
FTP over SSH (secure FTP) |
SFTP |
FTPS (FTP over SSL) |
FXP (Site2site transfer) |
DAV / HTTP(S) |
P2P |
Compression |
Remote Compression |
API / Commandline available |
See also
- :Category:FTP clients
- Comparison of SSH clients
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