Managed file transfer for enterprise buyers
Asked as “managed file transfer solution”, and as “secure SFTP server for business file exchange”, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. 55 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
15%
Contested · Progress MOVEit Transfer 13%
15Files.com13Progress MOVEit Transfer11GoAnywhere MFT62others
15% of first choices, contested.
Since October 2026↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Files.com (15%) replaces IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer (16% then, 9% now), 6 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.Files.com leads at 15%, replacing IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, which led at 16% and stands at 9% now: 6 points clear, inside the floor, so the swap reads as unsettled.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
Small business
Files.com56%Clear leader▼−1Since October 2026: 57% → 56%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketFiles.com33%Contested▼−10Since October 2026: 43% → 33%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseFiles.com15%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Files.com (15%) replaces IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer (16% then, 9% now), 6 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.This page
Files.com56%Clear leader▼−1Since October 2026: 57% → 56%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →Mid-marketFiles.com33%Contested▼−10Since October 2026: 43% → 33%, −10 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Standing →EnterpriseFiles.com15%Contested↗new leaderNew leader since October 2026: Files.com (15%) replaces IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer (16% then, 9% now), 6 points clear, inside the 11-point floor.This pageThe standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for an enterprise B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Files.com15%7%30accepted challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 8% → 15%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 15%
Files.com15%7%30accepted challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 8% → 15%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 15%02
Progress MOVEit Transfer13%36%45criticized challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 6% → 13%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 13%
Progress MOVEit Transfer13%36%45criticized challenger▲+7Since October 2026: 6% → 13%, +7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 13%03
GoAnywhere MFT11%24%29accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 10% → 11%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 11%
GoAnywhere MFT11%24%29accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 10% → 11%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.10% → 11%04IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer9%25%32criticized challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 16% → 9%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.16% → 9%
05
Kiteworks MFT7%0%13accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 4% → 7%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 7%
Kiteworks MFT7%0%13accepted challenger▲+3Since October 2026: 4% → 7%, +3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 7%06
Cleo Integration Cloud7%18%22accepted challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 14% → 7%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.14% → 7%
Cleo Integration Cloud7%18%22accepted challenger▼−7Since October 2026: 14% → 7%, −7 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.14% → 7%07
Axway SecureTransport5%21%29accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 4% → 5%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 5%
Axway SecureTransport5%21%29accepted challenger▲+1Since October 2026: 4% → 5%, +1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 5%08
JSCAPE MFT Server5%6%18accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 8% → 5%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 5%
JSCAPE MFT Server5%6%18accepted challenger▼−3Since October 2026: 8% → 5%, −3 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 5%09MOVEit5%42%12criticized challenger▲+5Since October 2026: 0% → 5%, +5 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 5%
10
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT4%42%31criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT4%42%31criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 6% → 4%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.6% → 4%11
Globalscape EFT2%17%18accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
Globalscape EFT2%17%18accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the three products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
14
SolarWinds Serv-U MFT0%20%10accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
SolarWinds Serv-U MFT0%20%10accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%13
Axway Managed File Transfer0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Axway Managed File Transfer0%8%12accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12AWS Transfer Family0%7%14accepted challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 0%
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one can't be told apart from repeat variation, and both are shown. Each index measures its own floor from its own repeat, over its own categories, so the floor differs from one index to the next. Both editions asked the same fourteen models. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not enterprise.
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Files.com vs AWS Transfer FamilyFiles.com vs Cleo Integration CloudFiles.com vs JSCAPE MFT ServerFiles.com vs SFTP To GobTrade TDXchange vs GoAnywhere MFTbTrade TDXchange vs Fortra GoAnywhere MFTbTrade TDXchange vs AWS Transfer FamilybTrade TDXchange vs Cleo Integration CloudbTrade TDXchange vs JSCAPE MFT ServerbTrade TDXchange vs SFTP To GoGoAnywhere MFT vs Fortra GoAnywhere MFTGoAnywhere MFT vs AWS Transfer FamilyGoAnywhere MFT vs Cleo Integration CloudGoAnywhere MFT vs JSCAPE MFT ServerGoAnywhere MFT vs SFTP To GoFortra GoAnywhere MFT vs AWS Transfer FamilyFortra GoAnywhere MFT vs Cleo Integration CloudFortra GoAnywhere MFT vs JSCAPE MFT ServerFortra GoAnywhere MFT vs SFTP To GoAWS Transfer Family vs Cleo Integration CloudAWS Transfer Family vs JSCAPE MFT ServerAWS Transfer Family vs SFTP To GoCleo Integration Cloud vs JSCAPE MFT ServerCleo Integration Cloud vs SFTP To GoJSCAPE MFT Server vs SFTP To Go
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
010203I04
05060708M09
1011A12
1314Accepted challengerEndorsed leader
0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative30%
Key
01Files.com15%
Files.com15%02Progress MOVEit Transfer13%
Progress MOVEit Transfer13%03GoAnywhere MFT11%
GoAnywhere MFT11%04IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer9%
05Kiteworks MFT7%
Kiteworks MFT7%06Cleo Integration Cloud7%
Cleo Integration Cloud7%07Axway SecureTransport5%
Axway SecureTransport5%08JSCAPE MFT Server5%
JSCAPE MFT Server5%09MOVEit5%
10Fortra GoAnywhere MFT4%
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT4%11Globalscape EFT2%
Globalscape EFT2%12AWS Transfer Family0%
13Axway Managed File Transfer0%
Axway Managed File Transfer0%14SolarWinds Serv-U MFT0%
SolarWinds Serv-U MFT0%What they warned about
Zero of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Gemini 3.5 Flash, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.20, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-6 Luna and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT42%
13 of 31 labels negative · 11 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Fortra GoAnywhere MFT: This solution has been associated with zero-day exploits that led to widespread data theft.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
Progress MOVEit Transfer36%
16 of 45 labels negative · 10 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“Progress MOVEit Transfer: This solution has also been associated with zero-day exploits that led to widespread data theft.” Llama 4 Maverick, negative prompt
GoAnywhere MFT24%
7 of 29 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“avoid solutions with per-seat licensing (like traditional MFT vendors such as MOVEit or GoAnywhere)” MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt
MOVEit
42%
5 of 12 labels negative · 5 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“an estimated 2,773 organizations had been affected by MOVEit breaches, with records of nearly 96 million people exposed” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
What they cite
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted.
Sites the answers cite
72 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 877 links across 181 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. 27 of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category; the method page measures whether that reading tilts an answer.
vendor site · Kiteworks33 answers · 55 citations · 11 models
28 answers · 52 citations · 10 models
vendor site · Files.com22 answers · 35 citations · 11 models
vendor site · SFTP To Go21 answers · 26 citations · 9 models
vendor site · G220 answers · 35 citations · 10 models
19 answers · 21 citations · 8 models
18 answers · 28 citations · 9 models
18 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Cleo17 answers · 20 citations · 9 models
17 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
16 answers · 18 citations · 10 models
vendor site · GoAnywhere15 answers · 20 citations · 10 models
Pages the answers cite
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
21 answers · 10 models
16 answers · 6 models
16 answers · 6 models
16 answers · 8 models
16 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 10 models
13 answers · 7 models
12 answers · 8 models
11 answers · 6 models
9 answers · 7 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best managed file transfer solution”, “managed file transfer solution”, “managed file transfer solutions”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files.com files.com | 15% | 128 | 880 | 79 | 61,282 | $21 | 33 | |
| IBM parent site IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer 9%, IBM Sterling B2B Integrator 2%, IBM Aspera 2% | 13% | 94 | 201,000 | 34,098 | ||||
| Progress MOVEit Transfer progress.com | 13% | 87 | 30 | 1 | 964,341 | 55 | 8 | |
| GoAnywhere MFT goanywhere.com | 11% | 87 | 720 | 45 | 30,833 | 43 | 4 | |
| Kiteworks MFT kiteworks.com | 7% | 19 | 20 | 0 | 41,774 | 9 | 2 | |
| Cleo Integration Cloud cleo.com | 7% | 193 | 170 | 1 | 63,575 | 41 | ||
| Axway axway.com Axway SecureTransport 5%, Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer 2%, Axway Managed File Transfer 0% | 7% | 47 | 170 | 2 | 20,617 company | 41 | 6 | |
| JSCAPE MFT Server jscape.com | 5% | 46 | 70 | 2 | 32,819 | 21 | ||
| MOVEit | 5% | 8,100 | 279 | |||||
| Cerberus FTP Server cerberusftp.com | 4% | 27 | 590 | 6 | 10,833 | 83 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (g2.com, goanywhere.com, kiteworks.com). The first result for “best managed file transfer solution” is softwarereviews.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best managed file transfer solution for an enterprise B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which secure SFTP server for business file exchange would you recommend to a large B2B company with thousands of employees?”Comparative“What are the top enterprise-grade managed file transfer solutions and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best managed file transfer solution for a large company that needs predictable total cost across thousands of users?”Scale-constrained“We are a 5,000 person company with SSO, SOC 2 and procurement review requirements evaluating a managed file transfer solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which managed file transfer solutions should a large enterprise avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceGoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferChangedno first choiceServ-U MFTno first choiceagainst: Accellion File Transfer Appliance, Cleo Integration Cloud, CrushFTP, GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEit, Wing FTP
Four alternatives
Couchdrop, Diplomat MFT, SRT's Titan SFTP Server, SolarWinds Serv-U MFTTwo alternatives
Diplomat MFT, Raysync EnterpriseGPT-5.4 miniGoAnywhere MFTProgress MOVEit TransferChangedno first choiceIBM Asperaagainst: Files.comno first choiceagainst: Accellion FTA, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT
Four alternatives
Axway Managed File Transfer, Progress MOVEit Transfer, Stonebranch MFT, ThruThree alternatives
Globalscape EFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, IBM webMethods Managed File TransferSix alternatives
Axway Managed File Transfer, Files.com, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, IBM webMethods MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferOne alternative
IBM File Transfer ServiceGemini 3.5 FlashCleo Integration CloudFiles.comChangedagainst: OpenSSHno first choiceagainst: ProgressFortra GoAnywhere MFT, JSCAPE MFT ServerKiteworks MFTagainst: Accellion FTA, Axway SecureTransport, CrushFTP, FileZilla Server, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Globalscape EFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, IIS FTP, Progress MOVEit Transfer, SolarWinds Serv-U MFT, basic Linux OpenSSH daemons
Four alternatives
Axway SecureTransport, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Managed File Transfer, Kiteworks MFTFour alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Globalscape EFT, Progress MOVEit TransferTwo alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, Progress MOVEit TransferEight alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Axway SecureTransport, Azure Blob SFTP, Cleo Integration Cloud, Fortra, Progress, SFTPToGo, Thorn TechPerplexity SonarCleo Integration CloudJSCAPE MFT ServerChangedIBM Sterling Secure File TransferCerberus FTP Serveragainst: GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, MOVEitno first choiceagainst: Axway SecureTransport, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, Progress MOVEit Transfer
Two alternatives
Axway SecureTransport, IBM Sterling Secure File TransferFive alternatives
Axway SecureTransport, Cleo Integration Cloud, Files.com, SFTP To Go, SolarWinds Serv-U MFTEight alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Axway SecureTransport, Cleo Integration Cloud, Files.com, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Kiteworks MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer, SEEBURGER Business Integration SuiteTwo alternatives
Files.com, SolarWinds Serv-U MFTGrok 4.20IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, MOVEitagainst: Axway Managed File Transfer, Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer, vsftpdProgress MOVEit TransferChangedagainst: OpenSSH, ProFTPD, SFTPGoProgress MOVEit TransferFiles.comagainst: Axway SecureTransport, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Globalscape EFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, Progress MOVEit Transfer, bTrade TDXchangeGoAnywhere MFTagainst: Progress MOVEit Transferagainst: Axway SecureTransport, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, Ipswitch WS_FTP Server, Progress MOVEit Transfer
One alternative
GoAnywhere MFTFour alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Axway SecureTransport, Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer, IBM Sterling File GatewaySix alternatives
Axway Managed File Transfer, Files.com, Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer, GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure+ File Transfer, Kiteworks MFTOne alternative
StonebranchFour alternatives
Axway Managed File Transfer, Globalscape EFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, SolarWinds Serv-U MFTMistral SmallAxway SecureTransportFiles.comChangedAxway SecureTransportagainst: Progress MOVEit TransferFiles.comagainst: Axway SecureTransport, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, MOVEitno first choiceagainst: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer, Progress WS_FTP Server, SolarWinds Serv-U MFT
Four alternatives
Cleo Integration Cloud, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, Kiteworks Secure Managed File Transfer, Progress MOVEit TransferTwo alternatives
CompleteFTP, GoAnywhere MFTFour alternatives
Files.com, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, South River Technologies Titan MFTDeepSeek V4 FlashCleo Integration Cloudagainst: Progress MOVEit TransferProgress MOVEit TransferChangedGoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferFiles.comagainst: Axway SecureTransport, GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Aspera, MOVEit, SigniantProgress MOVEit Transferagainst: Accellion File Transfer Appliance, Cleo Integration Cloud, CrushFTP, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Legacy FTP / SFTP Servers, Progress MOVEit Transfer, Wing FTP
Two alternatives
GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File TransferThree alternatives
Axway Managed File Transfer, Files.com, GoAnywhere MFTFive alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Axway Managed File Transfer, Files.com, Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer, IBM Sterling Secure File TransferOne alternative
Kiteworks MFTFive alternatives
Axway MFT, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Globalscape EFT, JSCAPE MFT Server, ThruLlama 4 MaverickAxway SecureTransportno first choiceChangedagainst: OpenSSHno first choiceAxway SecureTransport, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, Progress MOVEit TransferFiles.comagainst: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer
Three alternatives
Cleo Integration Cloud, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, Progress MOVEit TransferOne alternative
Files.comTwo alternatives
Diplomat Managed File Transfer, MOVEitQwen 3.7 FlashIBM Sterling B2B IntegratorProgress GoAnywhere MFTChangedIBM Sterling B2B Integratoragainst: JSCAPE MFT ServerProgress MOVEit Transferno first choiceagainst: Accellion KITWORKS, Dropbox, Google Drive, HelpSystems/GoAnywhere, Pure-FTPd, WeTransfer, vsftpd
Four alternatives
Aspera, Axway SecureFile Transfer, GoAnywhere MFT, Red Hat Connect EnterpriseThree alternatives
Citrix ShareFile, GlobalSCAPE eSafe Secure FTP, IBM Sterling B2B IntegratorFour alternatives
Axway SecureTransport, GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer, Red Hat Managed File TransferThree alternatives
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Globalscape EFT, IBM AsperaKimi K2IBM Sterling Secure File Transferagainst: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferGoAnywhere MFTChangedno first choiceGoAnywhere MFTagainst: Files.com, IBM AsperaKiteworks MFTagainst: GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, Progress MOVEit Transferagainst: AWS Transfer Family, Cleo Integration Cloud, CrushFTP, GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, Progress MOVEit Transfer, Wing FTP
Two alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Axway Managed File TransferThree alternatives
Globalscape EFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, JSCAPE MFT ServerFour alternatives
Axway SecureTransport, Fortra, IBM, ProgressTwo alternatives
MOVEit Transfer, Raysync EnterpriseTwo alternatives
Axway SecureTransport, Globalscape EFTGLM 4.7 FlashXFortra GoAnywhere MFTKiteworks MFTChangedProgress MOVEit TransferFiles.comagainst: Axway Secure Transport, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Globalscape EFT, Progress MOVEit Transferno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
Cleo Integration Cloud, Progress MOVEit Transfer, bTrade TDXchangeTwo alternatives
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, JSCAPE MFT ServerFour alternatives
Axway AMT, Cleo Integration Cloud, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Globalscape EFTMiniMax M2.5GoAnywhere MFT, bTrade TDXchangeKiteworks MFT, MOVEitChangedFortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferMASVagainst: GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEitIBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, MOVEitagainst: Microsoft OneDrive, SharePointagainst: Accellion FTA, Aspera, GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEit Transfer, ShareFile, Titan MFT
One alternative
Progress MOVEit TransferTwo alternatives
GoAnywhere MFT, Serv-U MFTNine alternatives
Axway Managed File Transfer, CData Arc, Cleo Integration Cloud, Coviant Diplomat, Files.com, Globalscape Enhanced File Transfer, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, JSCAPE MFT Server, SolarWinds Serv-U MFTThree alternatives
Filemail Enterprise, JSCAPE MFT Server, Smash EnterpriseTwo alternatives
Axway SecureTransport, GoAnywhere MFTGPT-6 LunaCleo Integration CloudIBM Sterling Secure File TransferChangedno first choiceagainst: Cleo Integration Cloud, Cleo MFTCerberus FTP Serverno first choiceagainst: Accellion File Transfer Appliance, Cleo Harmony, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, LexiCom, Progress MOVEit Transfer, VLTrader
Three alternatives
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, SEEBURGER BISOne alternative
Axway SecureTransportFive alternatives
Axway SecureTransport, Fortra Globalscape EFT, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, Progress MOVEit TransferThree alternatives
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, LiquidFiles, Progress MOVEit TransferMuse Glimmer 30BAxway AMPLIFY Managed File TransferGlobalscape EFTChangedno first choiceFiles.com, JSCAPE MFT Serverno first choiceagainst: Accellion File Transfer Appliance, FTA, Acronis MassTransit, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer, Proofpoint Secure Share, Qlik
Six alternatives
Cleo Integration Cloud, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Globalscape EFT, IBM Sterling B2B Integrator, Kiteworks Secure Managed File Transfer, Progress MOVEit TransferThree alternatives
Files.com, Kiteworks MFT, SolarWinds Serv-U MFTOne alternative
GoAnywhere MFTaaSBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency.
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 11:21 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 08:44 | yes | 3 | 5 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 16:24 | yes | 6 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:12 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:00 | yes | 5 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:56 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:43 | yes | 22 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:53 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:03 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 15:43 | yes | 14 | 51 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:22 | yes | 15 | 25 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:24 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 16:13 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:55 | yes | 13 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:48 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:12 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:08 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 18:23 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:24 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:49 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 15:24 | yes | 24 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 13:01 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 16:54 | no | 0 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:03 | yes | 19 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:48 | yes | 22 | 319 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 11:54 | yes | 10 | 21 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:24 | yes | 3 | 13 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:10 | yes | 14 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 13:17 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 11:26 | yes | 8 | 9 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 11:22 | yes | 12 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:31 | yes | 10 | 6 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:42 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 11:16 | yes | 9 | 9 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:53 | yes | 23 | 40 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 10:07 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 15:37 | no | 0 | 35 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 16:45 | yes | 19 | 63 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 08:55 | yes | 23 | 66 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 10:01 | yes | 18 | 88 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:15 | yes | 6 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:01 | yes | 12 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:30 | yes | 17 | 9 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 19:37 | yes | 3 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 15:39 | yes | 11 | 27 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 19:13 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 19:35 | yes | 5 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:27 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:21 | yes | 23 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 14:59 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:19 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:08 | yes | 23 | 86 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:55 | yes | 23 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 15:59 | yes | 16 | 81 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:13 | yes | 3 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 19:29 | yes | 19 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 19:32 | yes | 17 | 12 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 16:13 | yes | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 17:56 | no | 0 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 11:32 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:23 | yes | 15 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 13:18 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:11 | yes | 22 | 58 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 18:21 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 14:22 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 10:47 | yes | 12 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 17:34 | yes | 15 | 39 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:16 | no | 0 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:51 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:23 | yes | 15 | 28 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:49 | yes | 20 | 11 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:32 | yes | 4 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.6-flash (asked for gemini-3.5-flash; the API answered as this version) | 2026-11-01 19:31 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 12:40 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:58 | yes | 10 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 08:58 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:36 | yes | 24 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:27 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 19:04 | yes | 5 | 47 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:46 | yes | 25 | 33 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 15:09 | yes | 25 | 183 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:00 | yes | 22 | 79 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:20 | yes | 4 | 21 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 18:50 | yes | 25 | 39 s |
Normalization in this category
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Category-scoped readings
Axway read as Axway SecureTransport
Axway (AMPLIFY MFT) read as Axway SecureTransport
Axway (SecureTransport / AMPLIFY MFT) read as Axway SecureTransport
Cleo read as Cleo Integration Cloud
Cleo (Cleo Integration Cloud / Cleo Harmony) read as Cleo Integration Cloud
Cleo (Harmony, VLTrader, LexiCom) read as Cleo Integration Cloud
Cleo Integration Cloud MFT read as Cleo Integration Cloud
Fortra GoAnywhere read as Fortra GoAnywhere MFT
Fortra's GoAnywhere read as Fortra GoAnywhere MFT
GoAnywhere read as GoAnywhere MFT
GoAnywhere (Fortra) read as GoAnywhere MFT
GoAnywhere (by OpenText) read as GoAnywhere MFT
IBM Aspera on Cloud read as IBM Aspera
IBM Sterling read as IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer
IBM Sterling (Secure File Transfer/GoAnywhere) read as IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer
JSCAPE (Redwood) read as JSCAPE MFT Server
JSCAPE (now Cleo) read as JSCAPE MFT Server
JSCAPE MFT read as JSCAPE MFT Server
JSCAPE MFT (Redwood) read as JSCAPE MFT Server
JSCAPE MFT by Redwood read as JSCAPE MFT Server
JSCAPE by Redwood read as JSCAPE MFT Server
Kiteworks read as Kiteworks MFT
Kiteworks (Private Data Exchange / MFT) read as Kiteworks MFT
Kiteworks (formerly Accellion) read as Kiteworks MFT
Progress MOVEit read as Progress MOVEit Transfer
Progress MOVEit (MOVEit Automation) read as Progress MOVEit Transfer
Progress MOVEit Cloud read as Progress MOVEit Transfer
SolarWinds Serv-U read as SolarWinds Serv-U MFT
SolarWinds Serv-U MFT Server read as SolarWinds Serv-U MFT
bTrade read as bTrade TDXchange
Unresolved, counted raw
Accellion KITWORKS
Accellion Kiteworks
Acronis MassTransit
Axeda
Axway AMT (Application Management Toolkit)
Axway Secure Transport
Axway SecureFile Transfer
Azure Blob SFTP
Azure File Services
Clearswift
Coviant Software Diplomat MFT
Coviant Software's Diplomat
Fortra Globalscape MFT
GlobalSCAPE eSafe Secure FTP
GoAnywhere MFTaaS
HelpSystems/GoAnywhere
IBM Cloud MFT
IBM File Transfer Service
IBM MFT
IBM Sterling Secure+ File Transfer
IBM webMethods Managed File Transfer
IIS FTP
Ipswitch WS_FTP Server
Jadaptive Secure File Exchange Server
Legacy FTP / SFTP Servers
LiquidFiles
Progress GoAnywhere MFT
Proofpoint Secure Share
Pure-FTPd
Rebex Buru SFTP Server
Red Hat Connect Enterprise
Red Hat Managed File Transfer (R-MFT)
SFTP-based solutions
SRT's Titan SFTP Server
Seasoned MFT
South River Technologies Titan MFT
Sterling Connect:Direct
Syncplify Server
TIBCO Managed File Transfer
Tectia SSH
Thorn Tech (SFTP Gateway)
Titan MFT
basic Linux OpenSSH daemons
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.