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What is GoAnywhere MFT?

GoAnywhere MFT is an award-winning managed file transfer software which streamlines, secures, and automates critical file transfers through a centralized enterprise-level solution. It’s the world’s fastest-growing MFT product and easily allows organizations to connect to internal and external systems, as well as exchange encrypted data using industry standard protocols (e.g., OpenPGP, AES, FTPS, SFTP, HTTPS, AS2/AS3/AS4,and GPG). GoAnywhere MFT goes beyond securing file transfers to seamlessly work with the applications you need daily such as EDI and cloud integration. This solution can save you time and money, improve data security, and help meet compliance requirements, as well as help secure data-centric and zero trust architectures. With our MFTaaS option, we manage infrastructure and set up; you leverage our enterprise MFT platform in a hosted deployment. Start your30-day trial, get a quote, or request more information at www.goanywhere.com. ** GoAnywhere Ranks as the #1 Managed File Transfer Solution in Report by Info-Tech Research Group ** GoAnywhere is proud to be part of Fortra’s comprehensive cybersecurity portfolio. Fortra simplifies today’s complex cybersecurity landscape by bringing complementary products together to solve problems in innovative ways. These integrated, scalable solutions address the fast-changing challenges you face in safeguarding your organization. With the help of the powerful protection from GoAnywhere MFT and others, Fortra is your relentless ally, here for you every step of the way throughout your cybersecurity journey.

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Product Description

GoAnywhere MFT is a managed file transfer solution which automates and secures file transfers using a centralized enterprise-level approach.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

GoAnywhere MFT is the fastest-growing product in the managed file transfer market. Here are three key areas we excel:

#1 Feature Rich:
In head-to-head competitor comparisons, GoAnywhere's expansive offering of automation, EDI, and integration capabilities place our MFT software in the lead. Unlike many MFT products that only support a select few platforms, GoAnywhere is deployable on a variety of platforms including Windows, IBM i, Linux, AIX, Mac OS, VMware, EC2, Azure, and Docker.

#2 Flexibility
Unlike many MFT solutions, GoAnywhere allows you to license the features you need. For instance, you could license only the SFTP server or AS2 modules. When compared with other enterprise-level MFT solutions, GoAnywhere consistently presents a higher ROI than competitors.

#3 Top-Rated Support and Training:
Customers rave about our first-rate support and training. This is an aspect of our company that we take pride in. Simply read our reviews to see how our customer support is top-rated.


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Fortra
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1982
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Problem solver. Proactive protector. Relentless ally.These three pillars represent who Fortra is as a positive changemaker for cybersecurity. Our approach is different, and we're proud of that. We transformed the industry by bringing the leading solutions into one best-in-class portfolio, creating a stronger line of defense from a single provider. But we know cybersecurity is always changing, and we should never get too comfortable. It's why our team of expert problem solvers is dedicated to building leading solutions and adapting to stay ahead of the ever-evolving threat landscape. We also understand that we're more powerful together, so we prioritize collaboration with customers throughout every step of their unique cybersecurity journeys. We take the time to listen to each organization's concerns, and provide integrated, scalable solutions to help put any worries to rest. Because ultimately, we know that the road to creating a stronger, simpler future for cybersecurity begins with the daily commitment of finding better ways to provide peace of mind to our customers.We are your cybersecurity ally.We are Fortra.


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4.0 out of 5
"Great MFT product, Support could use some work."
It does what you need it to do. GoAnywhere is a system I "inherited" from one of my co-workers, but it is a product that I truly like, even thou...
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Soroush p.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
3.5 out of 5
"MFT admin user"
I think the UI is intuitive and easy to learn. Having all sorts of connect resources, the ability to create workflows and schedule them at ease is ...
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Anthony S.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"GoAnywhere Enterprise Solution"
GoAnywhere is an extremely versatile and multi-faceted MFT tool. I have yet to run into something that it can't do. And we've barely the scratched ...
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GoAnywhere MFT Demo - GoAanywhere MFT Dashboard
GoAnywhere provides dozens of dashboard gadgets that display vital statistics and activity for your system. Admin users can customize and add gadgets, organize their layout, and even share dashboards with others.
GoAnywhere MFT Demo - Project Explorer
From this menu, you can create projects, organize projects into folders, and secure the folders to make them accessible only to authorized users.
GoAnywhere MFT Demo - Job Statistics & Reports
An essential feature for compliance auditing. Using the reporting feature in GoAnywhere, PDF reports can be created interactively or automatically that contain system, Project, and Web User activity. The Audit Logs page allows Admin Users to view and search logs for each service the Admin User ha...
GoAnywhere MFT Demo - Web User Settings
Both Admin and Web Users can be added to Groups with similar rights and responsibilities. There are also Admin and Web User security settings that can be customized for each user type.
GoAnywhere MFT Demo - GoAnywhere Web Client
Our modernized web client dashboard makes ad hoc file sharing between users and systems easy with simple drag-and-drop.
GoAnywhere MFT Demo - EDI File Translation
With GoAnywhere’s built-in EDI features, you can centralize your encryption and data translation right in the product. No separate tools are required. This all-in-one approach will help you save the time and costs that are traditionally required to hard-code data maps. GoAnywhere’s other features...
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Anthony S.
AS
Senior Technical Specialist
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about GoAnywhere MFT?

GoAnywhere is an extremely versatile and multi-faceted MFT tool. I have yet to run into something that it can't do. And we've barely the scratched the surface of using it for automation & API integration. We've also been able to have it integrate with our AWS, GCP and SharePoint environments easily. I've had to engage help and support on many instances and they have always provided great assistance in a timely manner. Would recommend GoAnywhere with two thumbs up

We use it daily for 100s of a job between various environments. It was easy to transfer old jobs to it and integrate new jobs. The implementation was helped by the support team at Fortra providing expert advice.

Overall its a great & versatile tool. Bit of a learning curve (especially if you haven't done any object oriented programming before). But the biggest strength is that it integrates really well with older systems (FTP environments, on-prem servers) and also with newer cloud environments (SharePoint, AWS, GCP) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GoAnywhere MFT?

Occasionally, some of the more advanced functions within cloud environments are still being developed. So while Fortra is quick to add things in we have had some delays waiting for an exact feature or integration to be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GoAnywhere MFT solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have to transfer tons of files between different financial institutions and oursleves. GoAnywhere provides the tool necessary to automate these processes securely. I have the assurance that no matter what environment, protocol, cert or encryption someoene else is using - I can do it in GoAnywhere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mark A.
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File Movement Engineer
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about GoAnywhere MFT?

Fast efficient and mutli platform MFT solution. Combining a very good File transfer server supporting SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS and adds a very powerful scripting engine. This means we have been able to connect the scripts to read CSV files and write data directly into databases, have also hooked GAMFT to monitor fields in Salesforce and can trigger actions if needed.

Our system is very heavily used with in excess of 4000 processes spread accross 150ish customers handleing millions of files movements every month between internal systems.

GAMFT can be hooked into many different end points to either extract information or push data to.

Support is generally very good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GoAnywhere MFT?

Some of the reporting is basic, but with SQL connections back to its own DB it gereate any report you need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GoAnywhere MFT solving and how is that benefiting you?

helping to move nearly 3m SFTP transfers per month between customers.

Connecting to many internal system including MQ servers, Databases, Saleforce and cloud services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Chris Bailey of GoAnywhere MFT

Mark,

Thanks for the review!

The link I attached below lets you vote on some features being considered for GoAnywhere and submit ideas for new features (button in top right). There is also a link to book a time to chat with me about our roadmap or any ideas you have. Looking forward to hearing from you!

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Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about GoAnywhere MFT?

It does what you need it to do.

GoAnywhere is a system I "inherited" from one of my co-workers, but it is a product that I truly like, even though I did not test and select it.

I like the GUI, it is clean and organized so it is easy to find what you need. I find myself just randomly looking at features to see what else the program can do.

Besides, the basic sending and retreiving of files, I have used their "double" scheduling, customized the error logging, write custom job logs to email, use monitors, and trigger files, renamed files, used conditionals, loops, used pgp encryption and decryption, certificate based logins, read/wrote files, and a lot more that I don't recall right now.

I've had a lot of requests, some of them odd, some of them stupted be for a few days, but I was always able to figure it out. Bottom line is that GoAnywhere just works, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GoAnywhere MFT?

Support. Getting information on how to use the product and features is difficult.At one point it looked like they had a nice support forum going, where customers could post questions and support or other customers would answer. That unfortunatley was closed and is in a read only state. There is still a lot of good information there.

In addition, working with support is a hassle. Their ticketing system is not integrated with email, so conversations you have with support personnel is not logged in the system unless you cut and paste it in there. Also it feels like anytime you ask support a question about how to use the product or how the product works, they automatically refer you to professional services for a paid engagement. They need to understand the difference between the customer asking them to write a project versus the customer asking for help to be able to write the project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GoAnywhere MFT solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using it to centralize and control repeating files transfer jobs in and out of our organization. Pulling in he workflow from a users desktop Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PM
User Interface &amp; Workflow Engineer
Consumer Goods
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about GoAnywhere MFT?

GoAnywhere MFT functions as an excellent managed file transfer solution which brings substantial improvements to our data transfer operations. GoAnywhere MFT provides an intuitive interface that enables all users including non-technical staff to move through its system. Through automation we complete work tasks and eliminate human mistakes as well as minimize time consumption. The solution provides complete data protection through data encryption and access control features which ensures the security of sensitive information when transfers occur. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GoAnywhere MFT?

Our team has faced minor problems during GoAnywhere MFT usage because of delays in file synchronization with big files. The software needs an improved mechanism to manage failed transfers since it currently demands user assistance to fix such issues. The problems we have encountered with GoAnywhere MFT do not disrupt our main operational processes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GoAnywhere MFT solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our organization previously faced difficulties both in moving big files and protecting their security. GoAnywhere MFT established an efficient solution to handle secure file transfer operations. The software eliminates our need to spend time searching for email approvals because it processes them automatically. Our team now dedicates more time to other tasks because we eliminated manual errors through the software platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Insurance
AI
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about GoAnywhere MFT?

The simplicity of implmentation and learning the product. Creating projects and resources is semi-intuitive, as long as you have a basic understanding of workflows and sudo code. Each page you navigate to has a helpful "?" you can click on to get full details on all options available for use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GoAnywhere MFT?

We really like the product, but support has declined over the past few years. I believe this is primarily due to the product’s growing popularity and an insufficient support team to handle all technical requests. Additionally, since we are on the IBM i system, I feel that much of the IBM i expertise has been lost over time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GoAnywhere MFT solving and how is that benefiting you?

GoAnywhere is solving all of our workflow automation in a common language (XML) that helps us interconnect multiple systems of different types. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Karthik kumar S.
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Digital Marketing Executive
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about GoAnywhere MFT?

GoAnywhere MFT allows me to securely and effectively automate file transfers. More-over proper alerts are delivered for each file transfer and automation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GoAnywhere MFT?

Im working from India, however the GoAnywhere support team is from United States. Due to the geographical time difference there is a dely in response for the support tickets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GoAnywhere MFT solving and how is that benefiting you?

On a regular bases my SAP application generates multiple files. Using GoAnywhere im able to pick the files and drop it to the desired destination. Earlier i was doing it manually. By GoAnywhere MFT this process is automated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Chris Bailey of GoAnywhere MFT

Karthik,

Thanks for the review! I have passed on your feedback to the support manager. FYI, we have bolstered our staffing in the last 18 months to provide a follow the sun support model. Hoping this will help when you have future cases. Please reach out to me if you want to discuss your concerns.

The link I attached below lets you vote on some features being considered for GoAnywhere and submit ideas for new features (button in top right). There is also a link to book a time to chat with me about our roadmap or any ideas you have. Looking forward to hearing from you!

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Bhaskar R.
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Associate Dir_ Solution Architect Workday, Corporate and External Affair Apps
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about GoAnywhere MFT?

It is easy to use , maintain and great price. We have over 90 + transport programs. Together with our Main HCM it is a great technological arsenal when it comes to our file transfers.

GoAnywhere MFT’s blend of security, automation, compliance, and ease of use is what makes it stand out as a go-to solution for managed file transfer. Whether it's for internal file sharing, partner exchanges, or integrating with cloud platforms, GoAnywhere covers a lot of bases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GoAnywhere MFT?

While I don't have much concerns, the support team used to have Chat Option but it is no longer available. Some times it takes more time. Lately support team response is not up to the mark. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GoAnywhere MFT solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easy to use, Not much complexity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Chris Bailey of GoAnywhere MFT
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Bhaskar,

Thanks for the review!

The link I attached below lets you vote on some features being considered for GoAnywhere and submit ideas for new features (button in top right). There is also a link to book a time to chat with me. Looking forward to hearing from you!

See how GoAnywhere MFT improved
Verified User in Manufacturing
UM
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about GoAnywhere MFT?

GoAnywhere MFT provides many options to retrieve, manipulate, and process data. It's easy to use interface allows you to quickly create, test, and implement projects. If unsure how to start, several project templates exist, providing the basics needed to accomplish your task. It's proven to be an invaluable tool for our company. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GoAnywhere MFT?

I have used GoAnywhere MFT for many years. With the latest release being used (7.6.0), I really don't have any dislikes with this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GoAnywhere MFT solving and how is that benefiting you?

GoAnywhere MFT is used for data reconciliation (reporting) with our EDI processes, along with other standard reporting needs. It is also used for inventory feeds to non-EDI customers. Any process that requires to run on a schedule and either report or manipulate data, GoAnywhere MFT is either considered or used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Chris Bailey of GoAnywhere MFT

Thanks for the review!

The link I attached below lets you vote on some features being considered for GoAnywhere and submit ideas for new features (button in top right). There is also a link to book a time to chat with me about our roadmap or any ideas you have. Looking forward to hearing from you!

See how GoAnywhere MFT improved
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about GoAnywhere MFT?

Works great, robust functionalities for what it's designed to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GoAnywhere MFT?

1st: Can be cumbersome to use if the level of script technicalites, esp. with custom expressions, is not enough with the administrator.

2nd point: Also, not GUI (graphical user interface) enough when comes to troubleshooting during emergencys. Ask oneself, why does it need a prebuilt or take time to build a module script step before you can visualize the folder structure on the connected side, or to quickly make a simple COPY or MOVE, etc.??

3rd point: I hear at one time there was a feature where multiple tabs can hold its own unique session if user were wanting to say, open one project on one chrome tab, and another project on another chrome tab, and compare script steps or edit/modify by learning to visualize one with another. But some time back, this feature was removed, because if you try to do this, some time passes and the one of the tab will refresh to make it the same as the other, hence only 1 tab, or project is only allowed. Currently, the HELP function enables a dedicated open tab and holds that. Why can't this apply when having to visualize one project mft script versus another? Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GoAnywhere MFT solving and how is that benefiting you?

Scheduling automation, monitoring, sending large sensitive information files, and differing formats so the added key management system and all it's security features are essential benefits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Chris Bailey of GoAnywhere MFT
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Thanks for the review! Regarding some of the items you mentioned you dislike, can you visit the link I attached and submit those requests?

The link I attached below lets you vote on some features being considered for GoAnywhere and submit ideas for new features (button in top right). There is also a link to book a time to chat with me. Looking forward to hearing from you!

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JH
IT Software Eng Sr
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about GoAnywhere MFT?

Customer Service is genuine and personally tailored and Technical support is outstanding. Each project and support case is treated with the utmost respect and care. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GoAnywhere MFT?

Documentation is pretty good, but can be improved by expanding some pieces, especially around errors and troubleshooting, going into a little more depth around Gateway/Clustering multiple environments as well as resources like S3 resources for multiple file upload Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is GoAnywhere MFT solving and how is that benefiting you?

Offering automation of file transfer across our whole Organization is a benefit to many at Banner. We are very happy with GoAnywhere and its vast capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Chris Bailey of GoAnywhere MFT

Janice,

Thanks for the review! We are always striving to be easier to use. If you have any specific examples of areas where you think we could expand in our docs, please let us know.

The link I attached below lets you vote on some features being considered for GoAnywhere and submit ideas for new features (button in top right). There is also a link to book a time to chat with me. Looking forward to hearing from you!

See how GoAnywhere MFT improved