Managed file transfer · RankedCerberus FTP Server
Cerberus FTP Server is a managed file transfer server that runs on Windows and is deployed on premises · cerberusftp.com ↗
Read the same way at every company size.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Files.com is first at 56%.
Files.com is first at 33%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Files.com is first at 15%.
Why models recommend it
“unless you have a regulatory or data sovereignty requirement that mandates on-premise hosting, in which case Cerberus FTP Server is the standout choice”DeepSeek V4 Flash · Paraphrase question · alternative
“If you must keep data on-prem for compliance and already run Windows infrastructure, Cerberus FTP Server is the practitioner-favored SFTP server”Muse Glimmer 30B · Paraphrase question · alternative
“strong fit for teams needing FIPS 140-2 validation and HIPAA compliance without enterprise complexity”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Budget-constrained question · alternative
“Strong security features, detailed audit logging, Windows-focused with good AD integration”MiniMax M2.5 · Paraphrase question · alternative
What gives them pause
No model argued against it.
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Cerberus FTP Server, over the 30 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 10 | View → | |
| 15 | 0 | View → | |
| 11 | 2 | View → | |
| 10 | 3 | View → | |
| 10 | 1 | View → | |
| 9 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 0 | View → | |
| 7 | 3 | View → | |
| 7 | 1 | View → | |
| 6 | 1 | View → |
What the models named instead of Cerberus FTP Server →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Cerberus FTP Server's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- organizations
- Free plan or trial
- 25-day free trial
- Certifications
- PCI DSS, HIPAA, FIPS 140-2, GDPR
- Customers named
- Duke Health Technology Solutions, Companion Corporation
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
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. These counts come from 27 of the 30 answers that named Cerberus FTP Server and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Ninety-four of the ninety-four domain citations in answers naming Cerberus FTP Server came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-11 to 2026-10 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 195 | 3 | 2026-09-09 | MFT | |
| Glossary or explainer | 66 | 0 | 2025-12-21 | MFT | |
| Comparison | 8 | 0 | 2024-05-24 | MFT | |
| Report or ebook | 1 | undated |
Most recent
- 2026-09-09Using file transfer logs and audit trails to improve security and operations 2 blog
- 2026-09-02How to replace batch transfer with mft automation blog
- 2026-08-26Cerberus ftp server by redwood version 2026 3 cloud storage support security hardening and more blog
- 2026-05-26Cerberus ftp server by redwood version 2026 2 enhancing the quality of life for admins and users blog
- 2026-03-31Cerberus by redwood version 2026 1 hardening your environment with fips 140 3 and advanced security guardrails blog
- 2026-02-23Emerging compliance standards impacting file transfer in 2026 blog
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page cerberusftp.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. Read October 5, 2026.