# AWS Transfer Family alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 221 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where AWS Transfer Family holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/aws-transfer-family/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Files.com: 53
- GoAnywhere MFT: 12
- Progress MOVEit Transfer: 12
- Fortra GoAnywhere MFT: 7
- Axway SecureTransport: 6
- SFTPGo: 5

## Managed file transfer

**Small business**: 70 of 84 answers did not name AWS Transfer Family (AWS Transfer Family is #5 of 13 at 2%).

- Files.com: first choice in 32 of those 70
- SFTP To Go: first choice in 4 of those 70
- Couchdrop: first choice in 3 of those 70
- Diplomat MFT Basic Edition: first choice in 3 of those 70
- SFTPGo: first choice in 3 of those 70
- GoAnywhere MFT: first choice in 2 of those 70
- MFT Gateway: first choice in 2 of those 70
- Coviant Diplomat MFT: first choice in 1 of those 70

**Mid-market**: 74 of 84 answers did not name AWS Transfer Family (AWS Transfer Family is #5 of 16 at 4%).

- Files.com: first choice in 14 of those 74
- bTrade TDXchange: first choice in 5 of those 74
- Fortra GoAnywhere MFT: first choice in 4 of those 74
- GoAnywhere MFT: first choice in 4 of those 74
- Progress MOVEit Transfer: first choice in 3 of those 74
- Axway SecureTransport: first choice in 2 of those 74
- SFTPGo: first choice in 2 of those 74
- CData Arc: first choice in 1 of those 74

**Enterprise**: 77 of 84 answers did not name AWS Transfer Family (AWS Transfer Family is #12 of 14 at 0%).

- Progress MOVEit Transfer: first choice in 9 of those 77
- Files.com: first choice in 7 of those 77
- GoAnywhere MFT: first choice in 6 of those 77
- Axway SecureTransport: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Cleo Integration Cloud: first choice in 4 of those 77
- IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer: first choice in 4 of those 77
- Fortra GoAnywhere MFT: first choice in 3 of those 77
- JSCAPE MFT Server: first choice in 3 of those 77

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