IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer comparisons

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IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer is compared head-to-head with Progress MOVEit Transfer, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT and OpenText Managed File Transfer and more: 7 head-to-heads in Managed File Transfer Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer head-to-head

• IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Progress MOVEit Transfer
• FGIBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Fortra GoAnywhere MFT
• OMIBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs OpenText Managed File Transfer
• IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs IBM webMethods MFT
• SUIBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Serv-U Managed File Transfer Server
• IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs JSCAPE Managed File Transfer
• IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Cleo Integration Cloud

IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs each of them

#	Tool	Paid from	Protocol support	Deployment options	Workflow automation	Audit trail	Score
4	IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer		Broad	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	8.9
1	Progress MOVEit Transfer		Broad	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	9.2
2	FGFortra GoAnywhere MFT		Enterprise	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	9.0
5	OMOpenText Managed File Transfer		Broad	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	8.8
6	IBM webMethods MFT	$2,565/mo	Broad	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	8.7
7	SUServ-U Managed File Transfer Server	$335/unit/mo	Broad	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	8.5
8	JSCAPE Managed File Transfer		Enterprise	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	8.4
9	Cleo Integration Cloud		Broad	Hybrid	Yes	Yes	8.3

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