IBM Aspera
IBM Aspera is a managed file transfer product from IBM for moving very large files at high speed · ibm.com ↗
Named, too few times to rank.
A product needs 10 labels in a category before a share is stated. IBM Aspera has 9.
Why models recommend it
“Choose solutions (e.g., IBM Aspera, Kiteworks, or Axway) that utilize reverse proxies/gateways in the DMZ”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Negative question · first choice
“a high-speed file transfer platform built for organizations moving massive datasets”Claude Haiku 4.5 · Comparative question · alternative
“Choose IBM Aspera if your primary bottleneck is transfer speed over long distances”Gemini 3.5 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
“Choose IBM Aspera if you are moving huge files or working with video/media.”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Comparative question · alternative
What gives them pause
“without the high cost and complexity of massive enterprise suites (like IBM Aspera or Accellion)”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Paraphrase question · warning
“also specifically named in 2023 threat reports as MFT products exploited by threat actors”Kimi K2 · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as IBM Aspera, over the 23 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 6 | View → | |
| 12 | 3 | View → | |
| 11 | 1 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → | |
| 8 | 2 | View → | |
| 8 | 1 | View → | |
| 7 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 6 | 0 | View → | |
| 5 | 1 | View → |
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on IBM Aspera's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Great for individuals with a simple, one-time file-sharing use case; Great for small organizations delivering simple, fixed-volume projects to multiple locations; Best for mid-size companies in need of multiple workspaces and simple automation; Designed specifically for entry-level, on-premise deployments
- Price stated
- Starting at $1.07 USD per GB of transfer per month*; Starting at $22.10 USD monthly plan with 1TB/year*; Starting at $660.00 USD monthly plan with 6TB/year*; Starting at $11,916.00 USD per license per year*
- Starting price
- 1.07
- Free plan or trial
- Free 14-day trial
- Certifications
- ISO 27001
- Hosting
- UK
- Customers named
- FILMFEST MÜNCHEN, FOX Sports, DMC, base, LCTV, FOX Sports Australia, Cinedigm, National Instruments
- Also from IBM
- IBM AI Fairness 360, IBM API Connect, IBM Apptio Cloudability, IBM Aspera Managed File Transfer, IBM Business Automation Workflow, IBM Cloud Databases and 100 more
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.
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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 19 of the 23 answers that named IBM Aspera and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
Seventy-three of the seventy-three domain citations in answers naming IBM Aspera 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |