GoAnywhere MFT vs Progress MOVEit

Google Drive

Google Workspace

LimeWire

Google Drive is a cloud storage and backup platform to access files, docs, photos & more, store them in a safe place, and collaborate with other people

Google Workspace is a suite of applications from Google which offers a number of tools to communicate and collaborate with colleagues, store files, and manage data from all devices.

LimeWire is a file upload platform that allows users to share files of any size. The platform caters to a wide range of industries and individuals, enabling them to transfer documents, photos, videos, and other digital assets.

GoAnywhere MFT is an enterprise-ready managed file transfer solution that allows you to simplify, encrypt and automate file transfers.

Access Controls/Permissions

Activity Dashboard

Activity Tracking

Alerts/Notifications

Audit Management

Audit Trail

Authentication

Collaboration Tools

Compliance Management

Compliance Tracking

Drag & Drop

Encryption

File Integrity Monitoring

File Management

File Transfer

HIPAA Compliant

Intrusion Detection System

Log Management

Mobile Access

PCI Assessment

PCI Compliance

Real Time Synchronization

Reporting/Analytics

Reporting & Statistics

Search/Filter

Secure Data Storage

Single Sign On

SSL Security

Third-Party Integrations

Two-Factor Authentication

Version Control

Workflow Management

GoAnywhere MFT

Windows

Web-based

iPad

Android

Linux

iPhone

Progress MOVEit

Globalscape EFT

Core Server Bundle

 Collaboration Bundle

 Starter Bundle

 Premium Bundle

 Enterprise Bundle

Server Administrator

We can send emails from the App or Webpage with links to download files.

Social marketing campaign manager

It's somehow friendly with secure data encryption and allows automated and streamlined file.

Fast searching of logs to check know who delete, move or create a file.

TEchnical consultant

regarding the support, i am sitting out of india the support comes from US, so i am feed up with the time zone problems.

Software Engineer

Goanywhere MFT has made it possible to integrate in a single platform all file transfers with a high level of security.

System Analyst

The only ding I can give it is that options that don't pertain to certain tasks, are not "disabled" so you have to be sure to read the notes and help in order to know when to use/not use an option.

It is very easy to schedule shipments, with very precise timing.

Although there is no scripting involved, the flow of the projects still leans well into my logical thinking mind.

Strategic Account Specialist

File transfer automation procedures has been simplified by GoAnywhere MFT in our organization.

IBM i Systems Analyst

The biggest problems I have had with the software have turned out to be caused by external issues...

Team Lead

Very easy to pick up and use - then you keep finding more functionality.

Lead System Engineer

Easy to manage - easy to set up so saving alot of manual work.

Task Automation

File Encryption

Logging and Auditing

Customer Support

Secure Transfer

Scripting

Scheduling and Monitoring

Bugs and Issues

Freelancers

Large Enterprises

Small Business

Mid-size Business

Fortra

Dropbox Business

Dropbox Business is an off-site server for file syncing, storage and sharing which allows teams of all sizes to save and share files of any format and access them anywhere, on any device

Progress ShareFile

Progress ShareFile provides users with the ability to send, receive and share large business files securely. Through the ShareFile portal, offer clients a personalized, company-branded and password-protected platform from which to collaborate on files.

Governed file sharing with encryption, role-based access controls, audit logging and automation for secure collaboration.

Active Directory Integration

Alerts/Escalation

Archiving & Retention

Backup and Recovery

Cloud Backup

Cloud Encryption

Configurable Workflow

Credential Management

Customizable Branding

Customizable Reports

Customizable Templates

Data Governance

Data Security

Data Synchronization

Disk Encryption

Document Management

Document Storage

Electronic Signature

Event Logs

For Healthcare

ISO Compliance

Key Management

Messaging

Microsoft Outlook Integration

Monitoring

Multi-Language

P2P Encryption

Password Management

Policy Management

Real-Time Monitoring

Real-Time Reporting

Remote Synchronization

Risk Management

Role-Based Permissions

Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance

Secure Login

Security Auditing

Self Service Portal

Sensitive Data Identification

Synchronization Scheduling

Two-Way Synchronization

Vulnerability Scanning

The interface is very light to load a big data about users and folders.

Very good performance to transfer big files between user

Good experience working with a great MFT in the market and the full audit to transfer files.

IT Analyst

The interface is very intuitive and makes encrypting the files for transferring easy as well as using other's keys for opening the files we pull from them.  

Integration Developer

I'm not sure there is another piece of enterprise software that ever so swiftly and easily learned to enjoy using!

Editor-In-Chief

The drag-and-drop task builder in MOVEit allows the team to create a new assignment in minutes.

Applications Support Analyst

MOVEit helps for us to solve problems with needing to securely transfer files to vendors in an automated manner.

The solution has allowed us to eliminate all batch file-based moving activities across our organization.

One downside to MOVEit is that I've found it difficult to, for example, create a task that cleans up file folders that are older than three weeks.

System Administrator 

In addition, the ability to set jobs to move only new files reduces the chance of errors.

The majority of our file transfers and manipulation tasks are pre-programmed and run without the need for human intervention.

Systems Engineer

Although both products place me in the middle of any two given entities, they also allow me to bridge the gap between sender and consumer for critical operations, including payroll and bank transactions.

Infrastructure Engineer

The best part of this software is the fact that you can configure and put into production a secure file transfer in minutes, and you'll be able to do everything that's been requested.  

Technical Support Specialist

There was no way around this limitation so we had to setup a completely isolated FTP environment to handle this use case.

I also appreciate that we can incorporate notification emails in the event of task failure/success.

We can trust that no matter what else is going on in our environments, file transfer can be trusted to up and running.

Module Lead

Users can simply drag & drop the files on to this software and can save the time.

Business Development Executive

I use Progress MOVEit in my both professional and personal space because of its reliablility, security, simple to use, and safety features.

Need more installed scripts for the highly safe and secure file transmission.

We have to transfer the large chunk of files during the Deployment times.

Most commonly, this is the version of the MySQL connector. But, again, these should be relatively straightforward requests.

IT Project Manager

It does not utilize the UDP for much faster file transfer, other software at the market utilize the UDP and can transfer the file security 10 times faster than the TCP SFTP protocol

Applications and programming Manager

This has allowed us to easily manage, monitor, and report what data is leaving our organization via file transfers.  

It wasn't expensive so it fit in the budget.   Once we got it going, we quickly realized that it would do WAY more than we thought, and inside of about a year, we had EVERY other transfer script and workflow moved over to it, with full logging, security, and notifications (which we didn't have before).  

Prior to MOVEit we had file transfer tasks housed on multiple servers around the organization and each one of these transfers was custom scripted.  

Logs clearly show file names and times.  

Systems Administrator

Sending files securely and receiving files securely

Software developer

My favorite feature is the file sharing feature.

MOVEit drag and drop task builder allows the team to setup a new task in a matter of minutes.

MOVEit was simple to set up, and their customer service gave all of the information we required.

We bought and installed MoveIT Central to do some quick internal and external file moving that our Unix team couldn't (wouldn't?) do.  

It took considerable effort to work through the installation concerns.

I think the only drawback is its not the prettiest to look at.

Security Administrator

I primarily use a locally installed version of the software to connect to and manage the server.

Senior Manager, Client Support

The tool is reliable and requires little maintenance and support.

Application Support Engineer

It does pull reports but it's not a simple process and the ability to tie into something like Power BI is not there.

Then we purchased MoveIT DMZ (Transfer?) and we replaced all of our other FTP/SFTP functions as well.  

Senior Systems Application Analyst / Programmer

We utilize a hosted SFTP solution, file transfer operations (both internal and external), and monitoring of those file transfer jobs through our MOVEit software collection.  

Program Analyst

The alternative is sending files as attachments in encrypted emails.

Transfer is super-secure, and able to handle large volumes of file activity.  

System Administrator

Logging and Auditing is weak, and needs to be working on and made easier to view quickly and search.

MOVEit is the system primarily used for submitting requested files.

There's not much we don't like about MOVEit.   But it would be nice to have a smoother transfer of tasks from a testing environment to production.  

IT Support Analyst II

The feature I like the most is the ability to have tasks start other tasks so that you can create processes that require little to no intervention.

IT Director

API allows for custom app development if desired

GoAnywhere MFT vs Progress MOVEit Comparison (2026)

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