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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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Praha, CZ
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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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What do you like best about WinSCP?

Most like option is transfer file option,It is very easy to transfer the files to particular servers.There are several file type options as well . binary mode / text etc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

Most dislike is , sometime winscp may stuck when we transfer high capacity files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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This is very good SW for any organization Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We use the for transfer important patch files to the servers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

Very intuitive interface. Maintains files between sessions. Works with other text editors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

Difficult to disable some warnings and errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Remote file manipulation and transfer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

I have used WinSCP in my project and it is used to transfer files from windows to Linux and Linux to windows.

It is a very simple and easy tool to use.

I have downloaded this tool very easily.

It provides us a graphical user interface to transfer files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

I have checked that Linux and Mac version of this tool are not available. Only the windows version is available to use.

Also, I have to rewrite the session data every time whenever I used this application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

It is a very simple and easy tool to transfer file from windows to Linux machine and Linux machine to windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I have used this tool to transfer file from windows to Linux and vice versa.

I have used Raspberry Pi in my Automation project and it supports raspbian operating system and Linux commands. This tool was used to manage files transfer between windows and remote machine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

With WinSCP I can move the files of the websites from the computer that I'm developing to the servers very fast. Normally I use FTP or SFTP but sometimes I need to copy files direct to a server, and I use with SCP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

In general everything it's ok. Some times the application crash in windows, but probably is related with the connections, not with the program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

It's the best alternative to move files, it's free and opensource. Also there are portable versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Basically move files throw the web servers and my laptop or desktop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

The connection is secure and reliable. Especially the edge of security makes it standing out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

The GUI interface can be more intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

The most importance part is the connection is secure, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

achieve connection from PC to applications' hosts for installation package transfer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

the accuracy is very good and user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

its not updated the new records need to refresh it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

for data transfer best resource. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

time saving. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

WinSCP is a very basic, easy to use FTP and SFTP system. You can edit pages and download / upload things into websites very easily and use different designs to make the use easier for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

There is not much to dislike. It is very basic and gets the job done fine. There isn't too many ways to become fancy with an FTP program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

This is a very simple piece of kit. You need to know some information about coding and what FTP and SFTP is Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

using WinSCP has made large uploads and duplication easier for us and also editing HTML websites very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

It's a good application if you work with windows as desktop and you have the servers in Linux like Ubuntu. With Winscp you can transfer the files very fast, between nodes, and it's compatible with SCP and FTP. The SCP works throw SSH tunnel. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

I don't have any dislike of winscp. It do what I need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

It's a small application that allows to move files throw SCP and FTP/SFTP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It permits me to move files like programs, between the servers and windows computers that I have to install the new programs for example. It's fast and easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

Software is free and easy to use; you can use it to securely transfer folder not only files i seconds. It is virtual shared folder without the paperwork. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

The only downside is that it is not available for mobile users and that it needs to be downloaded there is no option to use a web based version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

It is worth having even just to use as a back up. I would recommend clearing this with your IT department as this si the only step that took a long time for me, everything else has been very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am quickly able to receive month end report from vendors with HIPAA and financial information as soon as the data becomes available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

Easy to use, and includes lots of useful functionality.It supports FTP, SFTP and other protocols. User interface is very good when compared to filezilla. i like the way it remembers the previously used directories and opens the same folder next time, which reduces my work. Drag and drop functionality is another one which makes my life easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

In SFTP Due to the encrypted connection the data transmission is slower then with FTP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

i would like to recommend all the developers who access code in secure way and inexpensive way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

we use aws and godaddy hosting for our development. Winscp helps us to easily connect to the servers code securely. AS access to cpanel and hosting environment is not recommended to all users so, winscp helps to access with restriction on content. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.