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WinSCP Overview

What is WinSCP?

WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client, FTP client, WebDAV client and SCP client for Windows (only for Windows). Its main function is file transfer between a local and a remote computer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers scripting and basic file manager functionality.

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WinSCP is an open source free SFTP client, FTP client, WebDAV client and SCP client for Windows (only for Windows). Its main function is file transfer between a local and a remote computer. Beyond this, WinSCP offers scripting and basic file manager functionality.


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WinSCP
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2000
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Sathyaseelan C.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"One Stop Solution for File Transfer"
GUI is always very much user friendly. File transfer is very ease Security at the top level. Multiple levels of security in login page
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Gurudatta B.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"WinSCP"
Ease of integration with different softwares like Datastage
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Austin O.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"Good Quality Solution"
It is easy to use, and support is always good.
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Nidhi R.
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What do you like best about WinSCP?

We can easily upload our files to remote server, file permissions can easily be changed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

The user interface can be improved as all the icons are very compactly plaved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WinSCP solving and how is that benefiting you?

It had made easy for even juniors to access the remote server files to upload or download file. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

Winscp is an open-source solution for connecting to a server using several protocols (SFTP/SCP/FTP/WEBDEV/AMAZON S3). The main advantage of WinSCP is that it allows us to send and download various types of files. Another advantage is the ability to integrate winscp with an external word processor so that we can edit files without downloading them. It is also worth mentioning that the interface is clear and very simple to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

While using Winscp I encountered problems with sending larger files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

If you are looking for a program that will allow you to upload and download files from the server you should consider trying WinSCP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WinSCP solving and how is that benefiting you?

By using WinSCP I can download and upload files to the server in no time at all. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

The connectivity between servers is very fast and reliable, file transfer speed is good and the process of doing it is very simple, it supports different operating systems, multiple server connectivity is one more great feature which works with a same speed even when you are connected with multi servers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

As in winscp the files are transferred through a mediator server which makes it time consuming cutting the mediator and making direct server-Server files sharing would save the time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

I recommend this tool for os-os file transfer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WinSCP solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mainly to transfer files, to take backup before releasing anything, to make remote connections over a network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

It is free File Transfer Protocol and quite good as free software. What i like most it is possibility of scripting and automation of tasks. But besides that there are number f positive things like portable usage, encryption of files etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

I can`t say that i can think of something negative maybe sometimes is too slow and didn`t work well with the VPN in the last company Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

You should at least try it since it is free and i think you will continue using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WinSCP solving and how is that benefiting you?

Transfer on files, working on them remotely, masking files... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

As someone who uses windows and linux throughout the network I find WinSCP perfect for quickly browsing files or transfering files or even doing a quick command line. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

Nothing much to dislike at all, it links into everything I need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WinSCP solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am able to quickly transfer files and do manual backups with ease locally with WinSCP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

The file transfer process is very simple in winscp, the short cuts will help reduce the time to transfer, winscp is leading tool to perform file transfers between windows and linux Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

In case of failure of transfer due to connectivity the user cannot resume the transfer again in winscp Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WinSCP solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mainly the file transfer functionalities between windows and linux through winscp application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

WinSCP is a Windows-specific tool indispensable for copying files between different computers on different platforms. It is compatible with the main protocols, SSH and FTP mainly, and their variants.

It is also easy to use and is open-source. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

The management of the stored sessions is not simple, and actually every time I use the application I have to rewrite all the data of the session. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

WinSCP is perfect for uploading files to other servers. It is widely used for web developers to upload the files they develop using the FTP or SFTP protocol, or in my case to copy files to the linux servers through the SSH / SCP protocol. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WinSCP solving and how is that benefiting you?

This application is basic for me to be able to move the files between Windows computers and Linux servers. Usually my servers are Linux but the notebooks are all Windows, so any management has to go through this application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

Good User interface for displaying the files. Easy login into any server and transferring the files between the folders. Getting the extension files arranged in manner so user understands to analyze the files storage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

I would expect session timeout for the server after some considerable time. to have security access to some folder as according the cadre of the employee. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

for easy file transfer too and fro from server and to understand the file structure in server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WinSCP solving and how is that benefiting you?

Transferring the files from putty and putting the tar from the server to local drive , make changes and transferring back to server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

It is very very easy to use tool. You just connect to the correct server, provide some very basic info of the application in use and you are all set to grab all the XML logs for the transaction you have performed on that particular app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

I dont dislike anything about this tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

A must try for those who haven’t especially if you are currently using PUTTY or SPLUNK for XML logs fetching purpose Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WinSCP solving and how is that benefiting you?

Fetching the fromtend, Insys and backend logs for the transactions that we submit on the frontend applications. When a defect is encountered on FE, this tool easily tells you as which API has failed and you cn grab the corresponding req/resp XMLs and pass on to the dev team for a fix. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

Easy to use.

Can connect to my cloud machine.

Manual transmission of files is easy.

Support internal shell and putty. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

Data transfer is very slow.

Logs our quickly as have small sessions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is WinSCP solving and how is that benefiting you?

Connecting to my cloud machine and data transfer to the file from my local. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.