We performed a comparison between Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT and SolarWinds Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Progress Software, BMC, IBM and others in Managed File Transfer (MFT)."It enabled us to allocate staff toward other work. All the time that we would have wasted worrying about this stuff and correcting problems is put into other parts of our job. That's one of the best things about it, is that we don't waste time on these projects. We just don't have to worry about them because it lets us know if there's a problem."
"Its speed is the most valuable because every integration used to take months with old SOA tools, integration buses, and that type of stuff. Now, we do integrations in a matter of days. Security is another valuable thing because every step in the workflow has an audit trace, which is great. This also brings a lot of confidence in automating business process workflows through this type of solution."
"The most valuable feature is the Advanced Workflows."
"This is a very good product for managing file transfers."
"The security and vendor management features are helpful in terms of providing access to data."
"File monitors are one of the most valuable features. We have about 400 file monitors running in GoAnywhere. They monitor the NAS locations where files arrive, and they kick off workflows. When a file arrives, GoAnywhere will identify that the file is there, move it to a consumption zone, then reach out to our enterprise scheduler through a REST API call."
"GoDrive eliminates the need to use the exchange server for file sharing."
"Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT supports the PeSIT protocol."
"We use SolarWinds Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server for internal file transfer."
"Fortra needs to offer more use cases for GoAnywhere MFT during training."
"There are a number of built-in tasks in GoAnywhere. One, in particular, the write to CSV task, is slow. If you have, say, 100,000 records in your row set and you want to write them to a CSV file, it takes a long time. That definitely requires performance improvement."
"There's one persnickety issue about NAS permissions. That is a problem we have run into with GoAnywhere. I would like to see more focus on compatibility with/enforcement of user roles and access permissions across NAS, among other things. We have filed a couple of tickets on that in the past."
"There's not a lot of improvement I can think of. Maybe in the tools section, they have an SQL Wizard and a URL Wizard, which are really good. I think that the SQL Wizard might need some improvement. I don't know how to improve it, but it's just a little slow here and there."
"GoAnywhere's interface could be a little more intuitive."
"The product could be improved by being modular. There are more features in the core product than any client needs."
"Improvement in support or product relies on being ingenious, supportive, and listening to its customer base."
"Its user interface can be improved. The current user interface is a little basic for some of the use cases. We have to use an external component to enhance it. When we need a more appealing user interface, we use an additional component, and that works okay."
"The solution’s technical support should be improved."
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Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT is ranked 7th in Managed File Transfer (MFT) with 27 reviews while SolarWinds Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server is ranked 20th in Managed File Transfer (MFT) with 1 review. Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT is rated 9.2, while SolarWinds Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server is rated 7.0. The top reviewer of Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT writes "Key to our workflow and our workload automation strategy, helping us trade and consume files". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server writes "The solution can be used for internal file transfer, but its technical support and third-party integrations should be improved". Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT is most compared with MOVEit, JSCAPE by Redwood, IBM Sterling File Gateway, Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct and Kiteworks, whereas SolarWinds Serv-U File Transfer Protocol Server is most compared with MOVEit and WS_FTP Server.
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