When comparing FileZilla vs ForkLift, the Slant community recommends ForkLift for most people. In the question“What are the best FTP clients for OS X?” ForkLift is ranked 3rd while FileZilla is ranked 4th.
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 Regular updates
Pro Functionality
Pro FTP transfer speed is very high
Pro Support
Cons
Con Installs junk software on your computer
The installer will install adware by default.
Con No refund policy
Con Cannot sftp:// open links in client
E.g. this does not work --- sftp://dev.xxxx-xxxx-yyyyy-yyyy-zzzzzzzzzzz@appserver.dev.xxxx-yyyy-zzz-aaaa-bbbbbb.crush.in:2222