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Convenient file transfers between windows and remote hosts, drag-and-drop file transfers, simple interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Difficult to navigate the directories, search functionality doesn't work well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Very easy setup, just download and install, then you're ready to go.
Good interface, nice and easy to save predefined connection details for quick re-entry.
Good security features ensure your password is always protected and never open to view.
The program is very fast, takes seconds to start up and is very quick to FTP into a site.
The dual pane view is extremely useful, as you can have your own local directory open in WinSCP while still FTPing into your desired website.
The way WinSCP displays the websites information architecture is also very well laid out and makes sense to any new user.
WinSCP is regularly updated, ensuring any security flaws are speedily found and patched. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Some of the fields are hidden amongst menus, so if you didn't know you were missing a particular piece of information, it might take a while to track down what information you need.
The user interface is rather dated, like something you would see in Windows 98. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It's an open-source and free solution for managing secure file transers for multiple protocols. It has an easy-to-use two-pane interface, but also has many buttons and features for some specific use cases. I really only use drag-and-drop with SFTP, and it works wonderfully for that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I think it could use a better (or more obvious) way to do SSH agent handling. PuTTY has a built-in key authentication module, but I'm not sure how to leverage that in WinSCP. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
WinSCP is a very easy to use and free option for those that need to connect to an FTP or SFTP server. As a video editor I use SFTP's to deliver my final projects and the speed and easy of use of WinSCP are what I appreciate the most. The stability is also paramount for me. I usually work on tight deadlines with large file transfers so the ease of mind that comes with the stability of WinSCP is also a huge asset. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
If I had to pick one thing that I dislike about WinSCP it would be that it is maybe a little too basic. I love how easy to use it is, but the user interface is a little bit basic. Although for the price you can't complain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
first best thing is its available for free. it has a good user interface and very easy to use.
single tool to perform SCP and FTP/SFTP tasks. Easy to maintain credentials. configuration migration is very easy from system to system.installer package is very light weighted and requires minimum effort for installing. winSCP have good documentation and forum is also very to get your issues resolved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
sometimes it gets freeze if the remote directory have large number of files. file transfer is also slow in SFTP mode. the error description also need some improvement. sometimes we really wonders, what is the exact problem with the connection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The easy to use user interface.You have all the options you need to work with your unix files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Somewhat slow at times and some features can be added. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The commander window screen!! It is so comfortable and easy to work with, just being able to darg&drop files from a windows computer to a linux box is such a saving of time.
I work a lot with linux and very often one wastes more time navigating tih the command line than doing actual business, combining winscp with ssh session saves a lot of time just using winscp to copy and browse files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
I don't like much the fact that winscp wants to do too much stuff and the things that it should do as a plus it doesn't do it. For example sudoing or su- to gain root access once logged is often very important to manage correctly files.
Also some kind of scripting integration could be very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Theres always that time when your on a windows PC and you need to get a file onto your *NIX server. WinSCM makes this easy whether you have SCP or FTP running.
It connects quickly, lets me copy files to and from our servers and mainly it is very stable even on some of the slower networks.
The GUI is also fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Sometimes if WinSCP has been closed incorrectly it will prompt to delete temporary files, I know it only takes a second to click no but it can be a pain when trying to quickly upload something whilst on the phone to a client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The best thing about WinSCP is that it's reliable, secure, doesn't crash. You can manage configurations for remote devices. You can also store password for each remote machine entry. WinSCP can send KeepAlive packets so your connection won't be terminated automatically for no activity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Often even when you have keep alive enabled connection is lost. When you want to copy folder with many single files it will take ages to complete. For example - it's better to upload ZIP archive to remote machine and unzip it than trying to upload already unzipped archive. First way is xxx times faster.
Also, sometimes it takes time display certain directories on your remote machine and user experience is not the best. WinSCP just freezes during fetching list of files in directory. Especially if there's long response time from server or lots of files in directory. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
