When comparing Cyberduck vs SmartFTP, the Slant community recommends Cyberduck for most people. In the question“What are the best FTP clients for Windows?” Cyberduck is ranked 3rd while SmartFTP is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose Cyberduck is:
Sticks to being a simple FTP app without adding more features. No need for other file managing features that are not related to FTP purposes. A client that is simply a nice GUI as apposed to just using a command line.
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Pros
Pro Dedicated FTP app that performs well
Sticks to being a simple FTP app without adding more features. No need for other file managing features that are not related to FTP purposes. A client that is simply a nice GUI as apposed to just using a command line.
Pro Easy and intuitive user interface
Pro Free to download
It's free to download from the developers according to the FAQ, however donation models are not allowed on the Mac store, which is why it costs $23.99 there.
Pro S3 and WebDav
Browses Amazon Simple Storage Service like your harddisk and supports about any webdav service like box, dropbox, google drive or your own personal nas.
Pro SSH Key Setting
Can set different SSH Key for each connection, whereas in CuteFTP it's set for the whole application.
Pro Visual compare
SmartFTP is capable of comparing two folders and display visually the differences between them.
Pro Has an integrated editor
SmartFTP has a capable integrated text editor with support for syntax highlighting, folding, auto-complete, brace and indent highlighting, utf-8 characters, etc.
Pro Interface similar to windows explorer
Pro Built-in tty
SmartFTP includes a terminal emulator.