Comparison of FTP client software
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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 |