Comparison of FTP client software

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of FTP clients, and related clients that use other file transfer protocols. 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.

Free

Client	Creator	First public release date	Latest stable version	Software license	Copy files over 2 GiB
\| Classic FTP	NCH Software	2007	1.13	Proprietary
\| cURL	Daniel Stenberg	1998	7.19.0	MIT
\| CurlFtpFS	Robson Braga Araujo	2006	0.9.1	GPL	{{?}}
\| Cyberduck	David V. Kocher	2001	3.1	GPL
\| FileZilla	Tim Kosse, et al.	January, 2001	3.2	GPL
\| FireFTP	Mime Čuvalo	September, 2004	1.0.2 , Charityware	MPL	{{?}}
\| Fling FTP	NCH Software	2007	1.0.7	Proprietary
\| Fugu	University of Michigan Research Systems Unix Group	2003	1.2.0	BSD	{{?}}
\| gFTP	Brian Masney	1998	2.0.19	GPL	{{?}}
\| Kasablanca	Magnus Kulke	2002	0.4.0.2	GPL	{{?}}
\| KFTPGrabber	Jernej Kos	2003	0.8.1	GPL	{{?}}
\| lftp	Alexander V. Lukyanov	August, 1996	3.7.11	GPL
\| NcFTP	NcFTP Software Inc.	1991	3.1.9	Clarified Artistic License	{{?}}
\| net2ftp	David C. Gartner	January, 2003	0.96	GPL	{{?}}
\| pbFtpClient	Level5Software	2007	5.30	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| WinSCP	Martin Prikryl	2000	4.1.9	GPL
\| LeechFTP	Jan Debis	1998	1.3 (Discontinued)	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| Mosaic	NCSA	1993	3.0 (Discontinued)	{{?}}	{{?}}

Optional

Client	Creator	First public release date	Latest stable version	Cost (USD)	Software license	Copy files over 2 GiB
\| CrossFTP	CrossFTP.com	2006	1.51	Free (Standard), $25 (Pro)	Proprietary
\| Fetch	Fetch Softworks	1989	5.3.1	$25, Free for education	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| FAR Manager	Eugene Roshal / FAR Group	1996	1.70	$25, Free for ex-USSR	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| CoreFTP	CoreFTP.com	2003	2.1	Free (LE), $24.95 (Standard), $34.95 (Pro)	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| Glub Tech Secure FTP	Glub Tech, Inc.	1999	2.5.19	$30.00 commercial, Free noncommercial	Proprietary
\| Sysax FTP Automation	Codeorigin, LLC	2005	4.1	Free personal edition, $147 pro edition	Proprietary

Free Trials

Client	Creator	First public release date	Latest stable version	Cost (USD)	Software license	Copy files over 2 GiB
\| 3D-FTP	SiteDesigner Technologies, Inc.	1999	8.03	free trial , $39.95	Proprietary
\| AbsoluteTelnet	Celestial Software	1996	7.21	free trial , $49.95	Proprietary
\| BulletProof FTP aka BPFTP	BulletProof Software LLC	1997	2.63	free trial , $34.95	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| CuteFTP	Alex Kunadze	1994	8.3.2	free trial, $39.99 (Home), $14.99 (Lite) , Pro ($59.99 (for Windows), $39.99 (for Mac))	Proprietary
\| SmartFTP	SmartSoft Ltd	1998	3.0.1027.9	$36.95 / $49.95	Proprietary
\| WebDrive	South River Technologies, Inc.	1998	9.0.2199	free trial, $59.95	Shareware
\| Total Commander	Christian Ghisler	1993	7.04a	free trial, 26 EUR	Shareware	{{?}}

Non-Free

Client	Creator	First public release date	Latest stable version	Cost (USD)	Software license	Copy files over 2 GiB
\|ALFTP	ESTsoft	2000	5.1	$20	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| BitKinex FTP	Barad-Dur, LLC.	2003	3.0.3	$34	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| Captain FTP	Xnet	2001	6.0	$25, $40 (Upgrade Protected)	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| Directory Opus	GPSoftware	1990	9.0	$61.2	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| ExpanDrive (Mac)	ExpanDrive, Inc	2008	1.3.4	$39.95	Proprietary
\| ExpanDrive (Windows) (formerly SftpDrive)	ExpanDrive, Inc	2005	1.8.1	$39.95	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| FTP Commander	Internetsoft Corporation	1997	9.20	$49.95	Proprietary
\| FTP Explorer	FTPx Corp.	October, 1996	1.0.1.53	$35.99	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| FTP Voyager	Rhino Software, Inc	January, 1997	15.1.0.3	$39.95	Proprietary
\| Global Downloader	Actysoft Inc	2005	1.4.5.1	$24,95	Proprietary
\| Interarchy	Stairways Software Pty Ltd	1993 (as Anarchie)	9.0	$59.00	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| Transmit	Panic, Inc.	1998	3.6.6	$29.95	Proprietary	{{?}}
\| WISE-FTP	AceBIT	1998	6.1.0	$64.66	Proprietary	{{?}}

PyroClient - EmTec 2008 - 2.22 - 2008 $19.99 - Proprietary PyroBatchFTP EmTec 2008 - 2.23 $39.99 - Proprietary SecureFX - Van Dyke - 2000 4.0 - $59.95 - Proprietary

Operating system support

The operating systems the clients can run on.

style="" \| Client	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	BSD	Unix	AmigaOS
\|3D-FTP
\|AbsoluteTelnet
\|ALFTP
\|BitKinex
\|BulletProof FTP
\|Captain FTP
\|Classic FTP
\|CoreFTP
\|CrossFTP
\|cURL (CL)
\|CurlFtpFS
\|CuteFTP
\|Cyberduck
\|Directory Opus
\|ExpanDrive
\|FAR Manager
\|Fetch
\|FileZilla
\|FireFTP
\|FlashFXP
\|Fling FTP
\|FTP Commander
\|FTP Explorer
\| FTP Voyager	{{?}}	{{?}}	{{?}}	{{?}}	{{?}}	{{?}}
\|Fugu
\|gFTP
\|Global Downloader
\|Glub Tech Secure FTP
\|Interarchy
\|Kasablanca
\|KFTPGrabber
\|LeechFTP
\|lftp (CL)
\|Mosaic
\|NcFTP (CL)
\|net2ftp (webbased)
\|pbFtpClient
\|SFTPPlus
\|SmartFTP
\|Sysax FTP Automation
\|Transmit
\|WebDrive
\|WinSCP
\|WISE-FTP
\|WS FTP
Client	Windows	Mac OS X	Linux	BSD	Unix	AmigaOS

(CL) Command-Line interface only - no GUI

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.

Client	FTP	FTP over SSH (secure FTP)	SFTP	FTPS (FTP over SSL)	FXP (Site2site transfer)	DAV / HTTP(S)	Compression	Remote Compression	API / Commandline available
\|3D-FTP									{{?}}
\|AbsoluteTelnet									{{?}}
\|ALFTP								{{?}}	{{?}}
\|BitKinex								{{?}}	{{?}}
\|BulletProof FTP								{{?}}	{{?}}
\|Captain FTP					{{?}}			{{?}}	{{?}}
\|Classic FTP								{{?}}	{{?}}
\|CoreFTP
\|CrossFTP		(Pro only)	(Pro only)	(Pro only)	(Pro only)	(Pro only)
\|cURL									(Only)
\|CurlFtpFS									{{?}}
\|CuteFTP			(Pro only)		(Pro only)	(HTTP(S) - Pro only)	(Pro only)		{{?}}
\|Cyberduck								(SFTP only)
\|Directory Opus
\|ExpanDrive (Mac)
\|ExpanDrive (Windows)							{{?}}		{{?}}
\|FAR Manager		{{?}}	(with WinSCP plugin)	{{?}}	{{?}}			{{?}}	{{?}}
\|Fetch						{{?}}		{{?}}	{{?}}
\|FileZilla									(basic)
\|FireFTP
\|FlashFXP
\|Fling FTP
\|FTP Commander									{{?}}
\|FTP Explorer					{{?}}	{{?}}		{{?}}	{{?}}
\| FTP Voyager	{{?}}	{{?}}	{{?}}	{{?}}	{{?}}	{{?}}	{{?}}	{{?}}	{{?}}
\|Fugu								{{?}}	{{?}}
\|gFTP				(control connection only)		{{?}}		{{?}}	{{?}}
\|Global Downloader						(HTTP(S))
\|Glub Tech Secure FTP
\|Interarchy								{{?}}	{{?}}
\|Kasablanca								{{?}}	{{?}}
\|KFTPGrabber						{{?}}		{{?}}	{{?}}
\|LeechFTP								{{?}}	{{?}}
\|lftp						(Partial)
\|Mosaic								{{?}}	{{?}}
\|NcFTP				{{?}}	{{?}}	{{?}}		{{?}}	{{?}}
\|pbFtpClient									{{?}}
\|SFTPPlus					{{?}}			{{?}}	{{?}}
\|SmartFTP
\|Sysax FTP Automation									(script and command line)
\|Transmit								{{?}}	{{?}}
\|WebDrive
\|WinSCP							(SFTP only)	(SCP command)
\|WISE-FTP									{{?}}
\|WS FTP			(Pro only)
Client	FTP	FTP over SSH (secure FTP)	SFTP	FTPS (FTP over SSL)	FXP (Site2site transfer)	DAV / HTTP(S)	Compression	Remote Compression	API / Commandline available

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