# Managed file transfer for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "managed file transfer solution" and as "secure SFTP server for business file exchange", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/it-data/managed-file-transfer/enterprise

**Standing:** Files.com leads with 15% of first choices; verdict contested. 55 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Files.com](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/files-com/index.md) | 15% | 7% | 30 |
| 2 | [Progress MOVEit Transfer](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/progress-moveit-transfer/index.md) | 13% | 36% | 45 |
| 3 | [GoAnywhere MFT](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/goanywhere-mft/index.md) | 11% | 24% | 29 |
| 4 | [IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/ibm-sterling-secure-file-transfer/index.md) | 9% | 25% | 32 |
| 5 | [Kiteworks MFT](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/kiteworks-mft/index.md) | 7% | 0% | 13 |
| 6 | [Cleo Integration Cloud](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/cleo-integration-cloud/index.md) | 7% | 18% | 22 |
| 7 | [Axway SecureTransport](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/axway-securetransport/index.md) | 5% | 21% | 29 |
| 8 | [JSCAPE MFT Server](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/jscape-mft-server/index.md) | 5% | 6% | 18 |
| 9 | [MOVEit](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/moveit/index.md) | 5% | 42% | 12 |
| 11 | [Fortra GoAnywhere MFT](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/fortra-goanywhere-mft/index.md) | 4% | 42% | 31 |
| 12 | [Globalscape EFT](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/globalscape-eft/index.md) | 2% | 17% | 18 |
| 20 | [AWS Transfer Family](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/aws-transfer-family/index.md) | 0% | 7% | 14 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 130 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: no first choice
- GPT-5.4 mini: GoAnywhere MFT; alternatives Axway Managed File Transfer, Progress MOVEit Transfer, Stonebranch MFT, Thru
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Cleo Integration Cloud; alternatives Axway SecureTransport, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Managed File Transfer, Kiteworks MFT
- Perplexity Sonar: Cleo Integration Cloud; alternatives Axway SecureTransport, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer
- Grok 4.20: IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, MOVEit; alternatives GoAnywhere MFT
- Mistral Small: Axway SecureTransport; alternatives Cleo Integration Cloud, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, Kiteworks Secure Managed File Transfer, Progress MOVEit Transfer
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Cleo Integration Cloud; alternatives GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer
- Llama 4 Maverick: Axway SecureTransport; alternatives Cleo Integration Cloud, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, Progress MOVEit Transfer
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: IBM Sterling B2B Integrator; alternatives Aspera, Axway SecureFile Transfer, GoAnywhere MFT, Red Hat Connect Enterprise
- Kimi K2: IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer; alternatives AWS Transfer Family, Axway Managed File Transfer
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT; alternatives Cleo Integration Cloud, Progress MOVEit Transfer, bTrade TDXchange
- MiniMax M2.5: GoAnywhere MFT, bTrade TDXchange; alternatives Progress MOVEit Transfer
- GPT-6 Luna: Cleo Integration Cloud; alternatives Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, SEEBURGER BIS
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer; alternatives Cleo Integration Cloud, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Globalscape EFT, IBM Sterling B2B Integrator

## Sources the answers cite

72 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- kiteworks.com: 33 answers, 55 citations
- pro2col.com: 28 answers, 52 citations
- files.com: 22 answers, 35 citations
- sftptogo.com: 21 answers, 26 citations
- g2.com: 20 answers, 35 citations
- southrivertech.com: 19 answers, 21 citations
- bluefinch-esbd.com: 18 answers, 28 citations
- expertinsights.com: 18 answers, 19 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://pro2col.com/mft-software-tools-list (21 answers)
- https://expertinsights.com/data-security-and-privacy/the-top-managed-file-transfer-solutions (16 answers)
- https://pro2col.com/compare-mft (16 answers)
- https://softwaretestinghelp.com/managed-file-transfer-software (16 answers)
- https://southrivertech.com/blog/7-factors-to-evaluate-when-choosing-enterprise-managed-file-transfer-mft (16 answers)
- https://files.com/managed-file-transfer (15 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/managed-file-transfer-mft/enterprise (13 answers)
- https://sftptogo.com/blog/best-enterprise-mft-solution (12 answers)
- https://cleo.com/blog/knowledge-base-top-mft-solutions (11 answers)
- https://static.fortra.com/globalscape/pdfs/guides/gs-mft-buyers-guide.pdf (9 answers)

## Warned against

- Fortra GoAnywhere MFT: 13 of 31 labels 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 Transfer: 16 of 45 labels 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 MFT: 7 of 29 labels negative. "avoid solutions with per-seat licensing (like traditional MFT vendors such as MOVEit or GoAnywhere)" (MiniMax M2.5, budget prompt)
- MOVEit: 5 of 12 labels 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)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
New leader: IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer (16%) to Files.com (15%). Margin 6 points, within noise.

- Files.com: 8% to 15%, +7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 4 → 1 of 130.
- Progress MOVEit Transfer: 6% to 13%, +7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 6 → 2 of 130.
- IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer: 16% to 9%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 1 → 4 of 130.
- Cleo Integration Cloud: 14% to 7%, −7. Inside the floor by 4 points · rank 2 → 6 of 130.
- MOVEit: 0% to 5%, +5. Inside the floor by 6 points · rank 102 → 9 of 130.
- Kiteworks MFT: 4% to 7%, +3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 9 → 5 of 130.
- JSCAPE MFT Server: 8% to 5%, −3. Inside the floor by 8 points · rank 5 → 8 of 130.
- Fortra GoAnywhere MFT: 6% to 4%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 7 → 11 of 130.
- AWS Transfer Family: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 11 → 20 of 130.
- SolarWinds Serv-U MFT: 2% to 0%, −2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 13 → 22 of 130.
- GoAnywhere MFT: 10% to 11%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 3 of 130, unchanged.
- Axway SecureTransport: 4% to 5%, +1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 8 → 7 of 130.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.