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 Oct 2, 2024
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  1. Classic FTP icon

    Classic FTP

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    Classic FTP is a FTP client that allows you to manage, upload, download and delete files from a remote server. "Mirror and Upload" tool to scan a selected local folder and upload any files that do not exist in the selected remote folder.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Classic FTP File Transfer Protocol - Main Screen Mac

    Classic FTP Features

    1.  Support for FTP
    2.  Synchronization

    Classic FTP VS WinSCP

     
  2. FTPDrive icon

    FTPDrive

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    Create virtual drive which links to configured FTP servers. In difference from other ftp-client this allows works with FTP from any program(even if it has no built-in ftp-client). No more external FTP-clients but only one ordinary disk in "My...

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Configurating of FTP servers list
    Discontinued

    Last version published in 2006 per http://www.killprog.com/fdrve.html

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  4. Gigolo icon

    Gigolo

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    Gigolo screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Last version was released in 2014

    Gigolo VS WinSCP

     
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    FileZilla

    Open-source FTP solution offering FTP, FTPS, and SFTP support. FileZilla Pro expands protocol options to WebDAV, Amazon S3, and more with FileZilla Server for comprehensive file management.

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    dRemote

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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.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    dRemote screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    Product Discontinued. See notice on website, changelog here: http://www.dremote.nl/changelog/

    dRemote Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  RDP
    3.  SSH
    4.  VNC Support

    dRemote VS WinSCP

     
  7. PyroBatchFTP icon

    PyroBatchFTP

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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.

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PyroBatchFTP running a script.

    PyroBatchFTP Features

    1.  Automated file transfer
    2.  Support for SFTP

    PyroBatchFTP VS WinSCP

     
  8. DriveMaker icon

    DriveMaker

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    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...

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    DriveMaker screenshot 1

    DriveMaker Features

    1.  Support for SFTP
    2.  Support for FTP
    3.  Mount FTP drives

    DriveMaker VS WinSCP

     
  10. PTFTP icon

    PTFTP

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    Simplistic and intuitive explorer-like ftp client. Open source.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PTFTP screenshot 1

    PTFTP Features

    1. File Explorer icon  Windows Explorer Extension
    2.  Download Queue
    3.  Drag and Drop
    4.  Music Queue

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  11. RSyncBrowser icon

    RSyncBrowser

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

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    RSyncBrowser screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  No Tracking
    2.  Support for Rsync
    3.  Selective Synchronization
    4.  No registration required
    5.  SSH
    6.  Graphical User Interface

    RSyncBrowser VS WinSCP

     
  12. WS_FTP 95 icon

    WS_FTP 95

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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.

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    WS_FTP 95 screenshot 1
    Discontinued

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