Managed file transfer for small business buyers
Asked as “managed file transfer solution”, and as “secure SFTP server for business file exchange”, on behalf of a small B2B company. 52 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the November 2026 Edition.
Standing · first-choice share
56%
Clear leader
56Files.com08Couchdrop06SFTP To Go31others
56% of first choices, clear leader.
Since October 2026▼−1Since October 2026: 57% → 56%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.Files.com held the lead, −1 point on 57%, inside the 11-point floor.
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.This pageMid-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.Standing →
Files.com56%Clear leader▼−1Since October 2026: 57% → 56%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.This pageMid-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.Standing →The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a small B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince October 2026
01Files.com56%2%63endorsed leader▼−1Since October 2026: 57% → 56%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.57% → 56%
Files.com56%2%63endorsed leader▼−1Since October 2026: 57% → 56%, −1 point. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.57% → 56%02
Couchdrop8%0%23accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 8% → 8%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 8%
Couchdrop8%0%23accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 8% → 8%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.8% → 8%03
SFTP To Go6%0%25accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 4% → 6%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 6%
SFTP To Go6%0%25accepted challenger▲+2Since October 2026: 4% → 6%, +2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 6%05AWS Transfer Family2%30%27criticized challenger▼−2Since October 2026: 4% → 2%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.4% → 2%
06
GoAnywhere MFT2%59%39criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%
GoAnywhere MFT2%59%39criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.2% → 2%Show the seven products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
13MOVEit0%80%20criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
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Axway SecureTransport0%79%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Axway SecureTransport0%79%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%12
Progress MOVEit Transfer0%72%18criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Progress MOVEit Transfer0%72%18criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%10
Globalscape EFT0%40%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Globalscape EFT0%40%10criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%09
JSCAPE MFT Server0%36%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
JSCAPE MFT Server0%36%14criticized challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%07
Cerberus FTP Server0%7%15accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
Cerberus FTP Server0%7%15accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%08
MASV0%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 0%
MASV0%0%10accepted challenger=heldSince October 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise.0% → 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.
For buyers
Head to headHead-to-head pages are published for mid-market buyers, so these open on mid-market figures, not small business.
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
One product takes 56% of first choices here, so the chart would put twelve markers in one corner and one at the far edge. The two measurements it plots are columns in the standing above: share, and the negative label rate. Seven products carry a negative rate above 25% in this category.
What they warned about
Eight of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX 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.
MOVEit
80%
16 of 20 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 7 hard negative
“Avoid for tight budgets: MOVEit, Cerberus FTP (self-hosted can be cheaper but requires maintenance), or Thru” Grok 4.20, budget prompt
GoAnywhere MFT59%
23 of 39 labels negative · 12 of 14 models · 5 hard negative
“What to Avoid - GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling, MOVEit: Enterprise-grade with pricing to match (often $10,000+)” Kimi K2, budget prompt
Progress MOVEit Transfer72%
13 of 18 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“Legacy Enterprise Suites (Avoid) ... Fortra GoAnywhere MFT & Progress MOVEit Transfer: ... Why to avoid:” Qwen 3.7 Flash, negative prompt
Axway SecureTransport79%
11 of 14 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 3 hard negative
“Received a high negative rating, indicating widespread dissatisfaction or concerns among users.” Mistral Small, 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
73 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. 810 links across 153 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 · G236 answers · 60 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Files.com29 answers · 58 citations · 12 models
27 answers · 32 citations · 9 models
26 answers · 37 citations · 11 models
26 answers · 31 citations · 11 models
26 answers · 28 citations · 11 models
vendor site · SFTP To Go20 answers · 27 citations · 11 models
19 answers · 28 citations · 8 models
vendor site · CyberPress19 answers · 19 citations · 8 models
vendor site · Couchdrop16 answers · 23 citations · 9 models
publisher (Gane)15 answers · 15 citations · 4 models
13 answers · 15 citations · 9 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.
27 answers · 12 models
26 answers · 11 models
22 answers · 9 models
20 answers · 11 models
19 answers · 8 models
17 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 8 models
15 answers · 9 models
15 answers · 4 models
14 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 | 56% | 128 | 880 | 79 | 61,282 | $21 | 33 | |
| Couchdrop couchdrop.io Couchdrop 8%, Couchdrop Link 0% | 8% | 28 | 880 | 9 | 2,829 | $272 | 45 | 8 |
| SFTP To Go sftptogo.com | 6% | 37 | 260 | 19 | 3,879 | 26 | ||
| SFTPGo sftpgo.com | 6% | 17 | 1,300 | 11 | 800 | |||
| Qbox Plus | 4% | |||||||
| MFT Gateway mftgateway.com | 4% | 9 | ||||||
| Diplomat MFT Basic Edition | 4% | |||||||
| AWS parent site AWS Transfer Family 2% | 2% | 50 | 368,000 | 114,001 | ||||
| SFTPCloud sftpcloud.io | 2% | 5 | ||||||
| ShareFile | 2% |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (comparitech.com, couchdrop.io, g2.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 a small B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which secure SFTP server for business file exchange would you recommend to a small business that sells to other businesses?”Comparative“What are the top managed file transfer solutions for a small team and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best managed file transfer solution for a small company with a tight budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 30 person company evaluating a managed file transfer solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which managed file transfer solutions should a small business avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choiceCouchdropChangedExaVaultagainst: ActiveBatchSFTPCloudno first choiceagainst: Axway SecureTransport, BMC Control-M, GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEit
One alternative
ExaVaultThree alternatives
Diplomat MFT, Dropbox Transfer, SolarWinds Serv-U MFTFour alternatives
Couchdrop, Files.com, JSCAPE MFT Server, SolarWinds Serv-U MFTGPT-5.4 miniFiles.com, GoAnywhere MFTGlobalscape EFT ArcusChangedFiles.comFiles.comagainst: GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEitno first choicenothing named
Three alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Globalscape EFT Arcus, MOVEitOne alternative
Globalscape EFTThree alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Globalscape EFT, GoAnywhere MFTOne alternative
AWS Transfer FamilyGemini 3.5 FlashFiles.comagainst: GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEitFiles.comHeldFiles.comagainst: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferSFTPGoagainst: GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferFiles.comagainst: Fortra GoAnywhere MFTagainst: Axway AMPLIFY MFT, Dropbox, FileZilla Server, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, GlobalScape EFT (Enterprise File Transfer) - Enterprise Edition, Google Drive, IBM Sterling Managed File Transfer, Microsoft OneDrive, Oracle MFT, ProFTPD, Progress MOVEit Transfer, vsftpd
Three alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Cerberus FTP Server, CouchdropThree alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, Couchdrop, SFTPCloud.ioFour alternatives
Citrix ShareFile, Couchdrop, Kiteworks MFT, SFTP To GoFour alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, Couchdrop, CrushFTP, SFTP To GoFour alternatives
Couchdrop, ExaVault, Progress MOVEit Transfer, SFTPToGoPerplexity SonarFiles.comagainst: Axway SecureTransport, CompleteFTP, GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEitFiles.comHeldFiles.comagainst: GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferCompleteFTPagainst: Cleo Integration Cloud, GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, MOVEitno first choiceagainst: Axway SecureTransport, Cerberus, CompleteFTP, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, Kiteworks MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer, Seeburger, Serv-U, Titan
Three alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Cleo Integration Cloud, SFTP To GoFour alternatives
Couchdrop, SFTP To Go, Serv-U MFT, Titan SFTP ServerFour alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, CompleteFTP, Coviant Diplomat MFT, SFTP To GoFour alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Files.com, SolarWinds Serv-U MFT, South River TitanGrok 4.20Files.comagainst: DropboxFiles.comHeldagainst: Bitvise, SFTPGoFiles.comagainst: AWS Transfer Family, Axway SecureTransport, Globalscape EFT, IBM Aspera, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, MOVEit, Thru or Diplomat MFT, woc.spaceFiles.comagainst: AWS Transfer Family, Cerberus FTP, GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Aspera, MOVEit, ThruFiles.comagainst: Axway SecureTransport, Dropbox, IBMagainst: ActiveBatch, Axway Managed File Transfer, GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Aspera, Progress MOVEit Transfer, SolarWinds Serv-U MFT, Stonebranch, bTrade TDXchange
Three alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEitThree alternatives
ExaVault, JSCAPE MFT Server, SFTP To GoFour alternatives
GoAnywhere MFT, Qbox Plus, SolarWinds Serv-U MFT, TitanFileThree alternatives
Qbox Plus, SFTP To Go, SFTPCloudThree alternatives
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Globalscape EFT, Progress MOVEit TransferMistral SmallFiles.comFiles.comHeldagainst: Bitvise SSH Server, Core SFTP ServerFiles.comagainst: MOVEitFiles.comno first choiceagainst: Axway SecureTransport, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, JSCAPE MFT Server, MOVEit, Progress MOVEit Transfer
Five alternatives
ArcESB, CData Arc, Cleo Integration Cloud, Couchdrop, Qbox PlusThree alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, GoAnywhere MFT, MASVTwo alternatives
Qbox Plus, woc.spaceDeepSeek V4 FlashFiles.comagainst: Cerberus FTP Server, GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferFiles.comHeldagainst: Bitvise SSH Server, JSCAPE MFT Server, OpenSSHFiles.comagainst: GoAnywhere MFT, JSCAPE MFT Server, Progress MOVEit TransferDiplomat MFT Basic Editionagainst: GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEitno first choiceagainst: AWS Transfer Family, Axway SecureTransport, GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Aspera, MetaDefender MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer, Stonebranch
One alternative
SFTP To GoTwo alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, SFTP To GoOne alternative
MASVThree alternatives
CompleteFTP, Qbox Plus, TitanFileLlama 4 MaverickFiles.comFiles.comHeldno first choiceQbox PlusFiles.comagainst: AWS Transfer Family, Axway SecureTransport, GoAnywhere MFT, JSCAPE MFT Server, MOVEit
Three alternatives
ArcESB, CData Arc, CouchdropTwo alternatives
Files.com, Serv-U MFTQwen 3.7 FlashFiles.com, Qbox PlusFiles.comChangedFiles.comAWS Transfer Familyagainst: Box, Dropbox, Entrust, IBM GoAnywhereShareFileagainst: Signiant, WeTransferagainst: AWS Transfer Family, Azure Blob Storage, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer, SolarWinds Serv-U MFT
Two alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, CouchdropTwo alternatives
Bitvise SSH Server, SFTP GatewayThree alternatives
Couchdrop, MASV, SFTP-To-GoThree alternatives
OpenMFT, SFTP.com, Windows Server SFTPOne alternative
MOVEitKimi K2Couchdrop, Files.comagainst: GoAnywhere MFTSFTP To GoChangedFiles.com, SFTP To Goagainst: Coviant Diplomat MFT, GoAnywhere MFTSFTPGoagainst: GoAnywhere MFT, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, MOVEitno first choiceagainst: GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEitagainst: AWS Transfer Family, Axway SecureTransport, Globalscape EFT, GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer
Three alternatives
Bitvise SSH Server, Files.com, OpenSSHTwo alternatives
Couchdrop, SharetruFive alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, Files.com, MFT Gateway, Qbox Plus, Serv-U MFTGLM 4.7 FlashXCouchdropFiles.comChangedTitanFileagainst: GoAnywhere MFTSinoSendFiles.comagainst: Dropbox, ExaVault, Globalscape EFT, Google Drive, IBM Aspera, Microsoft OneDrive, Progress ShareFile, Qbox Plus, SendSpace, WeTransfer
Three alternatives
Files.com, GoAnywhere MFT, MFT GatewayThree alternatives
Bitvise SSH Server, OpenSSH, SFTPGoThree alternatives
Diplomat MFT, Files.com, MFT GatewayThree alternatives
CompleteFTP, Qbox Plus, woc.spaceThree alternatives
GoAnywhere MFT, JSCAPE MFT Server, ThruMiniMax M2.5Files.comFiles.comHeldGoAnywhere MFTDiplomat MFT Basic Edition, MFT Gatewayagainst: GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEit, Serv-Uno first choiceagainst: AWS Transfer Family
Four alternatives
Cleo Integration Cloud, Diplomat MFT, GoAnywhere MFT, MFT GatewayThree alternatives
GoAnywhere MFT, OpenSSH, SFTP To GoFive alternatives
ExaVault FTP, Files.com, MASV, Progress MOVEit Transfer, TitanFileThree alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, Files.com, SFTPGoGPT-6 LunaFiles.comFiles.comHeldagainst: AWS Transfer FamilyFiles.comagainst: GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEitSFTPGoagainst: Files.comno first choiceagainst: Accellion File Transfer Appliance, Cleo Harmony, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, LexiCom, MOVEit Transfer, VLTrader
Two alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, SFTP To GoOne alternative
Couchdrop LinkTwo alternatives
Couchdrop, ExaVault on-prem applianceOne alternative
Couchdrop LinkMuse Glimmer 30BCouchdrop, Files.comagainst: Cleo Integration Cloud, Diplomat MFT, JSCAPE MFT ServerSFTP To GoChangedCoviant Diplomat MFT, Files.comagainst: Axway SecureTransport, GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEitMFT Gateway, SFTP To Gono first choiceagainst: Axway MFT, Axway SecureTransport, Cleo Integration Cloud, Coviant, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Globalscape EFT, MetaDefender Managed File Transfer, Progress MOVEit Transfer
Three alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Qbox Plus, SFTP To GoFour alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, Files.com, OpenSSH Server, SFTPGoTwo alternatives
Qbox Plus, SolarWinds Serv-U MFTThree alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, GoMFT, Qbox PlusBold 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 18:45 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 09:39 | yes | 2 | 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 11:15 | yes | 9 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 14:45 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 15:29 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:28 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:27 | yes | 20 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:47 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 5 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 17:14 | yes | 23 | 51 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:45 | yes | 20 | 20 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:28 | yes | 14 | 22 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 13:11 | yes | 3 | 18 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 08:47 | yes | 10 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 09:33 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 14:53 | yes | 5 | 7 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 13:04 | no | 0 | 15 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:52 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 16:01 | yes | 5 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 09:58 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 11:51 | yes | 23 | 20 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 09:21 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 10:22 | yes | 5 | 27 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 14:14 | yes | 19 | 26 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 12:39 | yes | 10 | 71 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 08:38 | yes | 5 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 17:42 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 14:13 | yes | 15 | 20 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 17:07 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:06 | yes | 7 | 7 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 11:11 | yes | 6 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 15:46 | yes | 10 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:11 | yes | 10 | 19 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 12:17 | yes | 11 | 13 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 16:37 | yes | 23 | 45 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 12:15 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 18:54 | yes | 17 | 43 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:21 | yes | 25 | 47 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 10:19 | yes | 20 | 43 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 19:00 | yes | 5 | 22 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 09:49 | yes | 6 | 18 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:36 | yes | 24 | 40 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 14:12 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 10:13 | yes | 2 | 5 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 11:17 | yes | 12 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:23 | yes | 10 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:00 | yes | 5 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 16:41 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 13:54 | yes | 21 | 30 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:33 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 11:14 | no | 0 | 34 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 11:19 | yes | 18 | 68 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 16:24 | yes | 21 | 93 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 13:41 | yes | 20 | 64 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 15:19 | yes | 3 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 11:40 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 12:56 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 12:27 | no | 0 | 5 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 08:37 | no | 0 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 10:25 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 14:05 | yes | 14 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 15:08 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 17:03 | yes | 12 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 17:17 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 17:32 | no | 0 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 19:34 | yes | 19 | 32 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 11:21 | yes | 10 | 95 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 17:52 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 11:48 | yes | 1 | 15 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 09:19 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-11-01 10:23 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-11-01 15:33 | yes | 3 | 7 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 13:28 | no | 0 | 19 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-11-01 16:10 | yes | 10 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.20 | spacexai/grok-4.20-non-reasoning via xai | 2026-11-01 17:46 | yes | 20 | 16 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-11-01 10:31 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-11-01 14:44 | yes | 22 | 34 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-11-01 19:28 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-11-01 13:26 | yes | 5 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-11-01 12:24 | yes | 18 | 57 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-11-01 09:42 | yes | 24 | 65 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-11-01 16:19 | yes | 9 | 26 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-11-01 12:10 | yes | 4 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-11-01 12:39 | yes | 22 | 35 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Axway read as Axway SecureTransport
Cleo read as Cleo Integration Cloud
Fortra GoAnywhere read as Fortra GoAnywhere MFT
Globalscape read as Globalscape EFT
Globalscape (Fortra) read as Globalscape EFT
GoAnywhere read as GoAnywhere MFT
IBM Aspera on Cloud read as IBM Aspera
IBM Sterling read as IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer
JSCAPE MFT read as JSCAPE MFT Server
JSCAPE MFT (by Redwood) read as JSCAPE MFT Server
JSCAPE MFT by Redwood read as JSCAPE MFT Server
Kiteworks read as Kiteworks MFT
Progress MOVEit read as Progress MOVEit Transfer
Progress MOVEit (by Progress Software) read as Progress MOVEit Transfer
Progress MOVEit Cloud read as Progress MOVEit Transfer
SolarWinds Serv-U read as SolarWinds Serv-U MFT
Unresolved, counted raw
Axway AMPLIFY MFT
Cyberduck
Dropbox Transfer
ExaVault FTP
ExaVault on-prem appliance
GlobalScape EFT (Enterprise File Transfer) - Enterprise Edition
Google Cloud Storage Transfer Service
Google Workspace shared drives
IBM GoAnywhere
Kiteworks SaaS
MetaDefender MFT
OpenMFT
OpenSSH Server
Progress ShareFile
SFTP Gateway
SFTP-To-Go
SFTPCloud.io
SendSpace
Sharetru
South River Titan
Sysax
Thorn Tech SFTP Gateway
Thru or Diplomat MFT
Windows Server SFTP
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.