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The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of FTP clients. 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
ALFTP ESTsoft 2000 4.1 Freeware Proprietary
Alliance FTP Manager Patrick Townsend & Associates 1998 4.26 Commercial on request, Free 30 Day Trial Proprietary
Auto FTP Manager DeskShare, Inc. 2002 3.60 Commercial ($39.95), Free Trial Proprietary
WinFTP SoftTech Design 2006 2.71 $19.95, free trial Shareware
BitKinex FTP Barad-Dur, LLC. 2003 2.8 $34 Proprietary
BulletProof FTP Client DigitalCandle, Inc. 1999 2.45 $29.95, Free 30 Day Trial Proprietary
Captain FTP Xnet 2001 4.5 $25, $40 (Upgrade Protected) Proprietary
CoreFTP Core FTP 2003 1.3c Free (LE lite version), $25 (Pro Version) Proprietary
CrossFTP CrossFTP 2005 1.27 Free , $19.95 (Pro Version) Proprietary
CuteFTP Alex Kunadze 1994 8.0.2 $39.99 (Home), $59.99 (Pro) Proprietary
Cyberduck David V. Kocher ? 2.7.1 Free GPL
Direct FTP CoffeeCup ? 6.2 $34.00, Free 30 Day Trial Proprietary
Fetch Fetch Softworks 1989 5.1 $25, Free for education Proprietary
FileZilla Tim Kosse, et al. January, 2001 2.2.29 Free GPL
FireFTP Mime Čuvalo September, 2004 0.94.2 Free, Charityware MPL
Fling NCH Software 2006 1.2.0 Free Proprietary
FTP Client for Microsoft Windows Stratolabs Laboratories September, 2005 1.0.0 Demo Proprietary
FTP Commander InternetSoft Corp. 1997 7.87 (Pro) 8.72 (Deluxe) Free, $29.95 (Pro Version), $49.95 (Deluxe Version) Proprietary
FTP Explorer FTPx ? 1.0.1.36 $29.95 Proprietary
FTP Voyager Rhino Software, Inc. February, 1997 13.0.0.3 $39.95 (Standard), $49.95 (Secure) Proprietary
Fugu University of Michigan Research Systems Unix Group ? 1.2.0 Free BSD
gFTP Brian Masney 1998 2.0.18 Free GPL
GigaTribe ShalSoft 2006 2.19 Free, $19.95 (Premium Version) Proprietary
Interarchy Stairways Software Pty Ltd 1993 (as Anarchie) 8.2.1 $59.00 Proprietary
Kasablanca Magnus Kulke 2002 0.4.0.2 Free GPL
KFTPGrabber Jernej Kos 2003 0.6.2 Free GPL
lftp Alexander V. Lukyanov August, 1996 3.5.4 Free GPL
MOVEit Freely Standard Networks, Inc. 2002 4.0 Free Proprietary
NcFTP NcFTP Software Inc. 1991 3.1.9 Free Clarified Artistic License
OneButton FTP Aaron Jacobs 2004 0.1.1 Free GPL
pftp-shit Sander de Rijk 2003 1.9 Freeware as-is
SftpDrive Magnetk LLC 2005 1.5.2 $39 Proprietary
Secure FTP Glub Tech, Inc. 1999 2.5.9 $25 commercial, Free noncommercial Proprietary
Secure FTP Applet JSCAPE LLC 2004 2.8 $499 Proprietary
SFTPPlus Pro:Atria Ltd 2005 2.0 Commercial, flexible edu etc. Proprietary
SmartFTP SmartFTP GmbH 2002 2.0 $36.95 commercial, Free noncommercial Proprietary
SSH Navigator SoftTech Design 2006 1.02 $19.95, free trial, can run from web page Shareware
SynchronEX+ Xellsoft 2001 3.0.7 $19.95, $29.90 (Pro) Proprietary
Transmit Panic, Inc. ? 3.5.5 $29.95 Proprietary
WinSCP Martin Prikryl May 2000 3.8.2 Free GPL
Web Maestro Croce 2006 1.6 Free Proprietary
WebDrive South River Technologies 1998 7.20 $54.95, free trial Shareware
WS_FTP Ipswitch, Inc. 1996 2007.00 $39.95 (Home), $54.95 (Pro) Proprietary
Xftp NetSarang Computer, Inc. ? 1.2 Build 0305 Free eval, $29.00 to buy Proprietary
Yummy Yummy Software ? 1.5.2 $25 Proprietary
ZipDeploy IET2004 2006 1.0 $10.00 Proprietary
Creator First public release date Latest stable version Cost (USD) Software license

Operating system support

The operating systems the clients can run on.

Client Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix
pftp-shit No No Yes Yes No
ALFTP Yes No No No No
Auto FTP Manager Yes No No No No
BitKinex Yes No No No No
BulletProof FTP Client Yes Yes No No No
Captain FTP No Yes No No No
CoreFTP Yes No No No No
CrossFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
CuteFTP Yes Yes No No No
Cyberduck No Yes No No No
Direct FTP Yes No No No No
Fetch No Yes No No No
FileZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FireFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FlashFXP Yes No No No No
FTP Commander Yes No No No No
FTP Explorer Yes No No No No
FTP Client 1 Yes Yes No No No
FTP Voyager Yes No No No No
Fugu No Yes No No No
gFTP Yes[1] Yes[2] Yes Yes Yes
GigaTribe Yes No No No No
Interarchy No Yes No No No
Kasablanca No No Yes Yes Yes
KFTPGrabber No No Yes Yes Yes
lftp Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
MOVEit Freely Yes No No No No
NcFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
OneButton FTP No Yes No No No
pFTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Secure FTP Applet Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
SftpDrive Yes No No No No
SFTPPlus Yes No Yes No Yes
SmartFTP Yes No No No No
SynchronEX+ Yes No Yes No Yes
Transmit No Yes No No No
WinSCP Yes No No No No
WS_FTP Yes No No No No
Xftp Yes No No No No
[Yummy] No Yes No No No
ZipDeploy Yes No Yes No No
Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix

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.

FTP Secure FTP (FTP over SSH) SSH file transfer protocol FTPS (FTP over SSL) FXP (Site2site transfer) DAV / HTTP(S) Compression
pftp-shit Yes No No Yes Yes No
ALFTP Yes No No No No No
BitKinex Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Captain FTP Yes No Yes Yes No
CoreFTP Yes No Yes Yes
CrossFTP Yes No Yes (Pro only) Yes (Pro only)
CuteFTP Yes No Yes (Pro only) Yes Yes (Pro only) Yes (HTTPS - Pro only)
Cyberduck Yes No Yes Yes
Direct FTP Yes No Yes
Fetch Yes No Yes Yes
FileZilla Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
FireFTP Yes No No Yes
FlashFXP Yes No No Yes Yes
FTP Voyager Yes No Yes (Secure only) Yes (Secure only)
FTP Explorer Yes No No No No No
FTP Commander Yes No Yes (Deluxe only) Yes (Deluxe only) No
FTP Client 1 Yes No Yes Yes No
Fugu No Yes No No No
gFTP Yes No Yes Yes (control connection only) Yes
Interarchy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Kasablanca Yes No No Yes Yes No
KFTPGrabber Yes No Yes Yes Yes
lftp Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes (Partial)
mc Yes No No
MOVEit Freely Yes No No Yes No No
NcFTP Yes No No
OneButton FTP Yes No No
pFTP Yes No No Yes Yes No
Secure FTP Applet Yes No Yes Yes No No
SftpDrive No No Yes
SFTPPlus Yes No Yes Yes Yes
SmartFTP Yes No No Yes Yes
SynchronEX+ Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Transmit Yes No Yes Yes
WinSCP No No Yes No No No
WS_FTP Yes No Yes (Pro only) Yes
Xftp Yes No Yes No
Yummy Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes
ZipDeploy Yes No No No No No Yes
FTP Secure FTP (FTP over SSH) SSH file transfer protocol FTPS (FTP over SSL) FXP (Site2site transfer) DAV / HTTP(S) Compression

See also