WinSCP Alternatives

WinSCP is described as 'A versatile client for SFTP, FTP, and other protocols for file transfer. It offers GUI choice, and supports automation and key authentication' and is a leading File Manager in the backup & sync category. There are more than 50 alternatives to WinSCP for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and BSD apps. The best WinSCP alternative is FileZilla, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WinSCP are Cyberduck, muCommander, ForkLift and Transmit.

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WinSCP alternatives are mainly FTP Clients, but if you're looking for File Managers or File Sync Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac + File Management and Mac + FTP Client and Mac + Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to WinSCP .
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A versatile client for SFTP, FTP, and other protocols for file transfer. It offers GUI choice, and supports automation and key authentication.

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WinSCP alternatives page was last updated Jan 17, 2025
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  1. PAC Manager icon
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    PAC is a Perl/GTK Gnome replacement for SecureCRT/Putty/etc... It provides a GUI to configure SSH/Telnet connections: users, passwords, EXPECT regular expressions, macros, etc.

    52 PAC Manager alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The project seems to be no longer developed. Last version, 4.5.5.7, released in November 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.

    PAC Manager Features

    1.  Tabbed interface
    2.  VNC Support
    3.  RDP
    4.  Support for Multiple protocols
    5.  Group connections
    6.  Gtk
    7.  SSH

    PAC Manager VS WinSCP

     
  2. AndFTP icon
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    AndFTP is a FTP client for Android devices. It allows managing several FTP servers. It comes with both a device file browser and a FTP file browser. It provides download and upload features with resume support.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Android

    AndFTP Features

    1.  Support for SFTP

    AndFTP VS WinSCP

     
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    File transfers using:

    • FTP

    • FTPS (Implicit and Explicit FTP over SSL).

    • SFTP (FTP over SSH). Login with password or RSA/DSA OpenSSL (Traditional SSLeay PEM) or ConnectBot (PKCS#8 PEM) private key.

    • multiple file and directory transfers

    • resume transfers support

    • clean and.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Android

    FTPCafe FTP Client Features

    1.  Support for SFTP
    2.  SSH
    3.  WebDAV Support

    FTPCafe FTP Client VS WinSCP

     
  4. Free FTP icon
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    Free FTP is a simplified, intuitive, and best of all free FTP client! It uploads and downloads files quickly and reliably, keeps your FTP server settings in one place, and allows you to pause or cancel transfers.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Free FTP Features

    1.  Supports Zip files

    Free FTP VS WinSCP

     
  5. GVfs icon
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    GVfs is a userspace virtual filesystem implementation for GIO (a library available in GLib). GVfs comes with a set of backends, including trash support, SFTP, SMB, HTTP, DAV, and many others.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    GVfs Features

    1.  SSH

    GVfs VS WinSCP

     
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    Fast file uploading from a local computer to an FTP server!.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Hitonic FTPSync VS WinSCP

     
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    Magellan Explorer is an advanced, yet easy to use, Windows file manager based on the powerful dual window pane concept. Previous users of the Norton Commander file manager and similar tools will feel right at home.

    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    This has not been updated since 2009.

    Magellan Explorer Features

    1.  Supports RAR files
    2.  Supports Zip files
    3.  Bookmarks
    4.  Favorites

    Magellan Explorer VS WinSCP

     
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    FTP Wanderer is a multithreaded FTP client with the look-and-feel of Windows Explorer, and makes moving files between the Internet and your computer as simple as local file manipulation.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    FTP Wanderer VS WinSCP

     
  9. FTPClient icon
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    FTPClient is a very simple FTP, FPTS and SFTP client for Android 5.0+, using Apache Commons Net for FTP and FTPS and SSHJ for SFTP.

    51 FTPClient alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid

    FTPClient Features

    1.  Support for SFTP

    FTPClient VS WinSCP

     
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