The Best WinSCP AlternativesTop FTP Clients & File Managers like WinSCP

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   FileZilla

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   Open-source FTP solution offering FTP, FTPS, and SFTP support. FileZilla Pro expands protocol options to WebDAV, Amazon S3, and more with FileZilla Server for comprehensive file management.

   78 FileZilla alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source (GPL-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • FTP Client
   • File Manager

   Origin

   • Germany
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Bundleware

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • PortableApps.com
   • ReactOS
   • Haiku

   • Germany
   • EU

   

   

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   Be aware that installing FileZilla on your computer might install some bundleware/malware on your machine.

   FileZilla vs WinSCP Comments

   Top Positive Comment by greenseeker · Mar 2, 2022

   Contrary to many of the comments here, Filezilla does support SFTP. Both SFTP and SCP are SSH-based file transfer protocols and usually when you can use one, you can use both. SCP doesn't allow browsing the filesystem, it's transfer only, so WinSCP is actually using a hacky workaround: https://winscp.net/eng/docs/requirements#scp

   I prefer WinSCP, personally, but Filezilla is a perfectly good alternative.

   Top Negative Comment by Guest · Jul 3, 2020

   It's not an SCP client, just (S)FTP

   Positive comment by Tiziano · Feb 24, 2026

   They accomplish similar goals by presenting information and allowing actions to be taken in similar ways. WinSCP has the edge because it integrates PuTTy and the UI is a little more intuitive and versatile. The only reason i stopped using Filezilla and adopted WinSCP was simply because with Filezilla you have to wait until a file operation has completed (such as recursive directory deletion or file transfer), whereas WinSCP allows you to work asyncronously. Both have done nothing but improve over the years, so my comments may not be valid for long..!

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   • FileZilla is Freemium and Open SourceWinSCP is Free and Open Source
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   Cyberduck

    474 likes

   A libre FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Azure & OpenStack Swift browser.

   98 Cyberduck alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • FTP Client
   • File Manager

   Origin

   • Switzerland

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows

   • Switzerland

   

   

   

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   Cyberduck vs WinSCP Comments

   Negative comment by vglist · Mar 9, 2022

   Does not support ssh sudo su

   Positive comment by Guest · Jun 21, 2019

   Some AVs block FileZilla on macOS for some reason and I couldn't use it. Cyberduck is excellent alternative Open Source as it is very similar to all of them.

   Negative comment by Guest · Mar 22, 2016

   ssssh in command line not GUI

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   • Cyberduck is Freemium and Open SourceWinSCP is Free and Open Source
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   ForkLift

    105 likes

   Dual pane macOS file manager featuring SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, cloud drives, real-time activity view, folder sync, drag-and-drop file transfers, preview panel, multi-rename, batch operations, server connections, text editing, themes, and tagging for efficient workflows.

   136 ForkLift alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Freemium
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • File Manager
   • File Sync

   Origin

   • Hungary
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • Hungary
   • EU

   

   

   

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   FileZilla

   Open-source FTP solution offering FTP, FTPS, and SFTP support. FileZilla Pro expands protocol options to WebDAV, Amazon S3, and more with FileZilla Server for comprehensive file management.

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   Transmit

    149 likes

   Transmit is a fast and wonderful file transfer app. It supports every major cloud storage provider, and it looks awfully nice.

   54 Transmit alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • FTP Client
   • File Manager

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac

   • United States

   

   

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   muCommander

    126 likes

   muCommander is a lightweight, cross-platform file manager with a dual-pane interface. It runs on any operating system with Java support (Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD, Solaris...).

   120 muCommander alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • File Manager

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • BSD
   • Java

   • France
   • EU

   

   

   

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   Bitvise SSH Client

    63 likes

   SSH client for file transfer, terminal and tunneling.

   77 Bitvise SSH Client alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free Personal
   • Proprietary

   Application typeApplication types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • SSH Client

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Windows

   • United Kingdom

   

   

   

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    gFTP

     19 likes

    gFTP is a simple GTK+ based ftp client for Linux. Supports the FTP, FTPS (control connection only), HTTP, HTTPS, SSH and FSP protocols, FTP and HTTP proxy server support, supports FXP file transfers (transferring files between 2 remote servers via FTP), UNIX, EPLF, Novell...

    42 gFTP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • FTP Client

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Xfce

    • United States

    

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    CarotDAV

     50 likes

    CarotDAV is a Simple WebDAV / FTP / SkyDrive / DropBox / GoogleDrive / Box / SugarSync client for Windows OS, available free of charge. It is also able to read GoogleDocs or IMAP.

    48 CarotDAV alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • Cloud Storage

    Origin

    • Japan

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • Japan

    

    

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    termscp

     3 likes

    A feature rich terminal UI file transfer and explorer with support for SCP/SFTP/FTP/Kube/S3/WebDAV.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • FTP Client

    Origin

    • Switzerland

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • BSD

    • Switzerland

    

    

    

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    SmartFTP

     28 likes

    SmartFTP is an FTP (File Transfer Protocol), FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV, S3, Google Drive, OneDrive, SSH, Terminal client. It allows you to transfer files between your local computer and a server on the Internet.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    • FTP Client

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Windows

    • Germany
    • EU

    

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    Faro Client

     5 likes

    Faro is a modern desktop client for SFTP, FTP, SSH, S3-compatible, WebDAV, and cloud storage. Save a server once,

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    • FTP Client

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Ubuntu

    • United States

    

    

    

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    AeroFTP

     5 likes

    A modern, open-source file manager and client for FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, and S3, featuring an AI assistant, cloud sync, and military-grade encryption.

    51 AeroFTP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (GPL-3.0)

    Application type

    • FTP Client

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Snapcraft

    

    

    

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