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 FTP Client in the backup & sync category. There are more than 50 alternatives to WinSCP for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best WinSCP alternative is FileZilla, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like WinSCP are Cyberduck, ForkLift, muCommander 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, Linux, Android, Mac + File Management, Mac + FTP Client, iPad and Mac + Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to WinSCP .
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  1. Upstream FTP icon
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    The native FTP/SFTP client for macOS. Combining FileZilla's power with Apple's elegant design. Concurrent queue, Quick Look, and modern UI. No subscriptions!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  2. Gigolo icon
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    Gigolo is a frontend to easily manage connections to remote filesystems using GIO/GVfs. It allows you to quickly connect/mount a remote filesystem and manage bookmarks of such.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  3. PyroBatchFTP icon
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    PyroBatchFTP lets you exchange files with FTP, FTPS or SFTP servers in an automatic and unattended way, using a simple yet powerful batch/script language.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  4. DriveMaker Freeware mounts or maps an FTP site to your desktop or Windows Server as a drive letter, for example: D:. Now you can use all kinds of different software to access the files on your FTP server just like the files you have on your PC, including the command prompt...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. dRemote icon
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    dRemote is an easy and free tool to handle mutiple remote connections of different types. This tool comes in handy when you have to connect to differnt remote connections all the want to have to change all the settings manually.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. PTFTP icon
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    Simplistic and intuitive explorer-like ftp client. Open source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. Rsync is a very efficient open-source protocol for transferring large volumes of files and is much faster than FTP/SFTP.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  8. Automates file transfers using rules and filters for moving, copying, deleting, or renaming; supports numerous cloud storage and protocols; handles multiple file transfer jobs with scheduling, admin monitoring tools, email notifications, and advanced error handling.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. WS_FTP 95 icon
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    WS_FTP95 is a standard File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client application for Windows Sockets. The user interface for this FTP client is designed with the novice FTP user in mind. Usage should be fairly obvious.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. FTP Commander - Free ftp client: Try out FTP Commander now - and speed up your FTPing today!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. A web based FTP client. Like really simple, kind of, filezilla, but for your browser. The main goal of this tool is: Install on a server/NAS/synology/raspberry/desktop and use it like a desktop tool.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. Portside icon
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    Portside is a session manager and terminal for operators who run fleets of Linux servers — plus their containers, Kubernetes pods, serial consoles, and legacy telnet endpoints — from a Mac. Connect over OpenSSH or mosh, plug into a switch with a native serial bridge, and keep...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
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