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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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"Good Quality Solution"
It is easy to use, and support is always good.
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Farhan A.
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Lead Software Engineer
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about WinSCP?

It is the best tool available in MS windows to copying files from local system to server using FTP and SFTP. It is an open-source tool. It is also available in a portable setup that does not require installation in windows. It can be automated using scripts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

We cannot edit the keyboard shortcut. The existing keyboard shortcut seems weired to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

The best tool available in the market to connect with your server and copying/replacing files. It saves a lot of time by providing a user-friendly interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It provides us a user-friendly interface to copy local files to serve.r It saves a lot of time in comparison to using shell/Command prompt. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

WinSCP supports FTP, SFTP, SCP and FTP.When compared with the competition, it can easily download huge files without errors. With help of SSL the file transfers are secure too! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

This application has nothing to be disliked. It's not only free, but it also gets the job done. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I'm using WinSCP to transfer files from my local system to the server using the simple drag and drop.I also use its built it editor to directly edit files on the server Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

Winscp is fast and reliable too.

Its robustness helps us on transferring large files in minor timings.

Apart from this, it helps us not creating duplicate files.

The feature helps us create a new directory and rename the directory then, and it is also very nice.

We have been using this tool since 5 years and shall further use it unless we get a nice competetor to this files transfering tool.

Doenload feautre of this tool is too commedable

Earlier we used to work in single session but dual session is just replacing tools as beyond compare Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

Not many cons are their part from the fact it take time to load for the first time.

Connection of Notepad ++ with this tool would further help usin analyzing the text files kept on this tool more effeciently

Currently notepad take much time when we want to open large text files

Would also like to add the zipped files are not able to get extracted properly when you are inside this tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

100% recommended to others as i have been using in last 5 years Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We are using it as a significant place to locate all our EAR and WAR,

To check bug fixing, we have to change the configuration files of WAR very frequently, and Winscp helps us in doing that wonderfully with a much faster response,

To add to this, Winscp also helps us store log files generated at run time from the application.

User shall view logs to find bugs at run time with the help of this tool

. Otherwise, it shall become quite hectic, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jaime M.
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What do you like best about WinSCP?

it is an incredible tool to access ftp and sftp servers with a good graphical interface and the addition of putty Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

can be improved from the interface part to make it more intuitive for the user Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Access FTP / SFTP servers with ease, upload and download documents Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Omkar Vilas M.
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What do you like best about WinSCP?

Its command-line interface is user-friendly.

Its multitasking and scripting make it easy.

It's portable and can be used with different software.

It's compatible with Windows, Linux and macOS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

The graphical user interface could be improved; otherwise, it's perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

Keep it up! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am using sharing files from virtual machines to my windows pc every day. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

SSH Integration

File sharing

Different Sessions

Multiple colors for different Sessions

Storing sessions

Free to install and use

multiple PPK file stores Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

Very Slow transfer speed

for daily drive to access file and change I use winscp and to transfer large files I use filezilla. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

Nice tool to work with FTP, easy integration with existing editors. but file transfer speed is too slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I am a Software Engineer, Every time I have to Access multiple servers to get live data and deply our code base in the server, for this purpose and to access the files I use winscp.

Usually I will have to access multiple servers, I use different colour coding for different servers to be more productive and reduce confusions.

The file transfer feature is nice but the transfer speed is very slow, so I use file zilla for larger and more file transfer required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about WinSCP?

It is very easy to use, its scope is so simple and the tool perform in the same simple way Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

According to my opinion there are no weakness points to notify Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

Just use it, try it, it is very simple to use so that everyone can spend few minutes in learning the usage Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We use it internally to move large files from a remote location to our local device and viceversa Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sushma K.
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What do you like best about WinSCP?

WinSCP is a Great Tool for Remote File Transfer Operations and also offers the Simple User Interface.

Using the Drag and Drop Feature, users can upload or download the Files.

It is straightforward to connect with Remote Servers.

It provides the Command Line Interface as well as GUI for Working with FTP Operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

WinSCP discovered a unique new feature and No dislikes about the WinSCP Platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We have used the WinSCP Platform to transfer files to remote servers and thus could transfer files to remote servers in a safe manner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Bushra M.
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What do you like best about WinSCP?

.File sharing

.Free and easy use

.Easy to connect with remote server

.Drag and drop facility to upload and download the file Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

.On reconnect asked for the password again even password is already saved for the session. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

. Copying File from Linux to windows Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Giuseppe M.
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What do you like best about WinSCP?

-Free, open source graphical user interface for the FTPS, FTP, and SCP protocols.

-Simple and powerful, no unnecessary extras. Save different site profiles and connect to remote server with one click.

-Terrific SCP and SFTP client. Easy to use, and includes lots of useful functionalities.

-Drag and drop support, allows to transfer files simply by dragging them.

-Included text editor You can open files from remote servers directly in a text editor, make desired modifications and save file without downloading on local computer and upload it again.

-Available in multiple languages .

-No boltware, no ads. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about WinSCP?

-File transfer speed is very low some times, even using SCP protocol.

-Only available on Windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering WinSCP:

It will suit if you want a SCP (secure copy) client for Windows that uses SSH and offers a rich feature set. It includes a built-in terminal, it can launch Putty directly, allows remote file editing, direct transfer and transfer queuing, and has the ability to limit download speed rates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I use WinSCP for daily management tasks on our Windows/Linux servers. The easily organized tabbed interface, internal editor, session list, and the many keyboard shortcuts make it a pleasure to use. The addition of a command line interface is great since it make easy to use with bash commands. A huge plus is the small size and portability, since it can be easily moved to different management servers and stored in a flash drive. It's an application that requires a bit of technical knowledge to use properly (especially if you use built-int Putty function), but when you overcome the initial hurdles and learn the keyboard shortcuts it's huge time saver. Support is excellent, it's well documented and the developer is active on deliver new updates, plus the community in the winscp.net forums. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.