When comparing FileZilla vs Transmit, the Slant community recommends Transmit for most people. In the question“What are the best FTP clients for OS X?” Transmit is ranked 1st while FileZilla is ranked 4th. The most important reason people chose Transmit is:
The app is Beautiful and easy to use, as well looks amazing alongside other osx apps.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Secure FTP support (FTPS/SFTP)
Supports FTP, FTPS (SSL) and SFTP (SSH).
Pro Free and open source
FileZilla is free open-source software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License free of charge. Basically this means that everyone, including corporate entities, can use FileZilla, including but not limited to private, educational and commercial use.
Pro Offers Server Mode
Can be used as an FTP server also, allowing easy file sharing.
Pro Cross-platform
In addition to Windows, FileZilla client is available for Unix, OSX and Linux.
Pro Suppots FTP and FTPS
FileZilla Server is a server that supports FTP and FTP over SSL/TLS which provides secure encrypted connections to the server.
Pro Kind of de-facto standard
If you're troubleshooting things, everybody will first try if it works with File-Zilla.
Pro Beautiful and easy to use
The app is Beautiful and easy to use, as well looks amazing alongside other osx apps.
Pro Supports Amazon S3 & WebDAV
In addition to FTP, allows exchanging data with SFTP or WebDAV servers or your Amazon S3 storage.
Pro Can enable a server connection as a normal disk in your Finder
So you can access your storage without the Transmit client.
Pro FTP Sync
Scans local and remote for difference and only transfer modified files. It's not rsync, but it's the next best thing
Pro Fastest file upload and download
Pro Long term reliability
We're using Transmit for at least a decade with all our client's sites. It just works and it blends into our MacOS workflow seamlessly -- what more can you ask for? If you don't want to pay for a license, you'll pay with your time.
Cons
Con Installs junk software on your computer
The installer will install adware by default.