6 FileZilla Alternatives for Secure File Transfer

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FileZilla

FileZilla comes up early in searches for FTP and SFTP clients, but viable free and proprietary Filezilla alternatives do exist — some of them with more intuitive interfaces, better features, or connections to more tools.

#File Transfer #FTP Client #SSH 81 social mentions

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ExpanDrive

ExpanDrive offers a cloud-backup service for iOS and Windows that receives regular updates and bug fixes (the most recent update released in February 2017). ExpanDrive claims to work “like a USB drive to the cloud.” The program works silently in the background to update your files from anywhere on your computer directly to your cloud storage. While you could log in directly to your cloud storage to upload documents, ExpanDrive lets you work from the browser or application Save function to push your files to the cloud.

#Web Service Automation #Cloud Storage #Project Management

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Beyond Compare

Beyond Compare’s strongest feature may be its ability to work from the command line as a file syncing service across your devices. Set and filter the files you want copied among your devices, and Beyond Compare can update throughout your system.

#File Management #Diff And Merge Tools #Data Comparison 5 social mentions

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NcFTP

Despite its dated website, NcFTP comes highly recommended among the WordPress crowd. When it was released in 1990, it gained popularity as a Unix FTP alternative because of its ease of use. NcFTP offered many users their first exposure to features that increased ease of use, including bookmarking and restoring failed downloads. NcFTP is the open-source version of the client, and NcFTPd is the proprietary version.

#File Transfer #FTP And File Uploads #FTP Client

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WinSCP

WinSCP has a busy user interface (and the site leaves something to be desired), but it comes recommended as one of the best FTP clients for Windows. Use the SFTP via SSH client, or as an FTP to update files to a remote computer. You’ll find command-line capabilities, an internal text editor to update text files remotely, and the ability to work in a Windows Explorer-style or two-pane Commander interface.

#FTP Client #SSH #File Transfer 63 social mentions

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Cyberduck

Use any of your local programs to edit documents, and then Cyberduck will transfer the documents to remote storage. You can even connect to Dropbox, Amazon S3, or Microsoft Azure. Unlike some of the older clients that don’t receive updates regularly, Cyberduck includes support for files over 5GB.

#FTP Client #File Transfer #SFTP Client 68 social mentions

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FireFTP

FireFTP supports most operating systems, but Mac users will find some complications because of the file structure. Check the extensive support documentation for extra help. As with any free application, you’ll want to take precaution with sensitive documents, but FireFTP does support SFTP.

#FTP Client #File Transfer #SFTP Client