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AWS Transfer Family vs. GoAnywhere MFT

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAWS Transfer Family

by Amazon Web Services (AWS)

GoAnywhere MFT

by Fortra

Overall rating4.34.6
Review count208456
Ease of use8.99.1
Ease of setup8.58.8
Quality of support8.99.0
Meets requirements8.99.3
NPS53.43137374
Small Business48.8%20.9%
Mid-Market29.6%42.3%
Enterprise21.7%36.7%
Total page views4606,473
Total LLM citations5,24111,949

AWS Transfer Family

AWS Transfer Family offers fully managed support for the transfer of files over SFTP, AS2, FTPS, FTP, and web browsers directly into and out of Amazon S3 or Amazon EFS. You can seamlessly migrate, automate, and monitor your file transfer workflows by maintaining existing client-side configurations for authentication, access, and firewalls — so nothing changes for your customers, partners, and internal teams, or their applications.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Secure Transfer
  • Integration Capabilities
  • Easy Integrations
  • Features
  • Security

GoAnywhere MFT

GoAnywhere MFT is a secure managed file transfer solution that automates and secures file transfers between systems, employees, and partners. Keep sensitive data safe—in transit or at rest—with built-in security features and enterprise-level control that meets compliance requirements. GoAnywhere MFT easily allows organizations to connect to internal and external systems, as well as exchange encrypted data using industry standard protocols (e.g., OpenPGP, AES, FTPS, SFTP, HTTPS, AS2/AS3/AS4,and GPG).

Pros

  • Features
  • Automation
  • Ease of Use
  • Workflow Automation
  • Secure Transfer
  • File Transfer