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WinSCP Overview

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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
Year Founded
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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"Good Quality Solution"
It is easy to use, and support is always good.
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What do you like best about WinSCP?

Win scp is a free and reliable secured protocol app runs on windows operating system and manages the remote computer file system. Allows you to log in into SFTP and FTP and linux servers. Allows you to take out a terminal to run commands. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

Nothing as such. Onething which i observed is some times application will hang. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Application Deployment is very very easy and simple. Easy to check and search in GUI mode. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

The ease of transferring the files from our local drive to external server and vice versa. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

The progress of copying the data in the background is slow , may be due to the bandwidth. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We often need to get the month end files for review and and can be easily downloaded from the external servers in the cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

The best features of this software is the huge quantity of options that offers in terms of integration (putty, external editors) plus its management of sessions organized in tabs plus how it handles the storage of connections. And surprisingly it's free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

To be honest, WinSCP software has everything we need. Maybe as it happens with other software, it is only available for Windows and in my case, I work with Mac and Linux at home. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We use WinSCP to transfer files remotely as well as to connect to unix servers using SFTP protocol. Actually we store passwords within WinSCP and we connect through putty just to save time typing user and passwords. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

I like how easy to use this program is. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

In other applications it might be easy to get lost in your own files Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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It’s easy and effective Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We download our customers orders with it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

I am able to quickly ftp files and save bookmarks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

It seems very basic and would prefer to have an upload complete popup go through so that it is clearer that it was successful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We are able to integrate this with other software in order to upload various rate tables for different criteria and reports Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

It has a simple easy to use interface for people who know what they're doing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

File transfers typically lock up your connection for the duration of use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

If you're using windows to administrate computers its pretty essential Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Connecting to and manage a remote server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

It is quite fast to download and upload files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

Should produce an online version and limit extensive login procedures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Sharing files between us and our field suppliers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

The ability to navigate windows and sas server locations in one window Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

There are a bit too many functions that aren’t very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Advanced analysis on profitability for small business insurance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

It helps me to transfer files via FTP or SFTP, and is free. It is secure and have the sessions stored. It is also very easy to use. Just being able to drag and drop files from a windows computer to a remote server is such a saving of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

This tool is only available for windows and sometimes file transfer speed is too low. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

If you are searching for a tool to transfer files to remote server then according to me this is the best available tool and its very secure also, plus it can be integrated with putty. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am developing a website and I generally use WinSCP to transfer files onto the remote servers via FTP, SFTP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

- Lightweight and easy to use

- Regularly update the new version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

- Sometimes lag and stuck

- Edit function is limited Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

A software to transfer code to the server Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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