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Add to SafariWhen comparing FileZilla vs SmartFTP, the Slant community recommends FileZilla for most people. In the question“What are the best FTP clients for Windows?” FileZilla is ranked 2nd while SmartFTP is ranked 9th. The most important reason people chose FileZilla is:
Supports FTP, FTPS (SSL) and SFTP (SSH).
Specs
Question Ranking
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 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.
Cons
Con Installs junk software on your computer
The installer will install adware by default.
Con Certain functionality is behind a paywall
