We performed a comparison between Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT and JSCAPE by Redwood based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Managed File Transfer (MFT) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."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."
"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."
"GoAnywhere stands out for its user-friendly project creation, intuitive testing and troubleshooting, and especially its notification system, which keeps me informed of any issues that need attention, a feature we lacked before."
"We like that GoAnywhere helps to centralize the exchange of data among our systems, employees, and customers."
"The SFTP and encryption functionality works well, and SFTP is the bulk of what we use."
"The most valuable feature of MFT is the security it provides for our data. MFT allows us to add additional authorization and passwords to any file attachments we send via email, and also to limit the number of times the recipient can download the file."
"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."
"All of it is valuable, but the most valuable would be the ability to release medical records without having a limitation for size and not having to deal with the fax machine."
"We receive customized email notifications and alerts regarding user activities and the number of login attempts."
"It offers audit trails and reporting tools, allowing users to track file transfers, monitor user activities, and produce regulatory compliance reports."
"The product's most valuable feature is the high availability clustering."
"We can send the data quickly and securely."
"The JSCAPE MFT Server offers support for diverse protocols such as FTP(S), SFTP, SCP, AFTP, OFTP, and TFPT."
"The user interface feels easy to use."
"One of the standout features of this particular tool is its automation capabilities."
"Triggers are something that is very useful as they automate the use of boilerplate code, and we can define certain functionality of certain tasks also."
"One of the things that I wish is to not necessarily have to set up a username and password for people with whom we don't frequently share files. For instance, if I want to share files with a patient who is not somebody with whom we share files all the time, I would like them to somehow verify who they are and be able to push the file to them. I shouldn’t have to set them up as a user with a password. It should be almost like Dropbox."
"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."
"If the hostname has a dash in it then it does not work."
"Upgrading was a challenge and I ran into some problems along the way."
"API functionality wasn't part of our initial unit testing because it wasn't necessary then. However, shortly after implementing GoAnywhere, two different vendors approached us to do API transactions. We checked to see if GoAnywhere could do this and found that it was supposed to have that capability, but it broke down."
"In some scenarios, when you are in a cluster environment, the load-balancing capabilities of the gateway need to be improved a little. This functionality needs some improvement."
"The process of adding a vendor is very easy. You just point and click. You create your job, schedule, and project, and off you go. You just need to know what the processes do when you add in a new job that runs daily and so on. For us, it is not a problem, but maybe the documentation on that could be a little more straightforward. We, however, have no problems figuring that out. It is pretty straightforward for us."
"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."
"Support for more complicated workflows, such as conditional logic or branching, could be added to allow users to create more advanced automation processes."
"Improving the error handling feature can help users to identify and resolve issues more quickly and efficiently."
"With constant software releases and updates, detailed notifications and documentation on the improvements along with the comparison of the past and present features would be helpful to understand and use it better."
"Iteratively enhancing the user interface could help with streamlining workflows to make them more intuitive and user-friendly."
"Enhancing the user interface would make it more accessible and appealing to the new users and it will definitely enhance the user experience."
"The price is too high and the product line is too complex."
"The user interface is something that has to be worked on."
"The cost of the tool is relatively high and can pose a problem to medium and small-scale companies who are trying to overcome their on-premise server limitations."
Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT is ranked 7th in Managed File Transfer (MFT) with 27 reviews while JSCAPE by Redwood is ranked 8th in Managed File Transfer (MFT) with 21 reviews. Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT is rated 9.2, while JSCAPE by Redwood is rated 9.0. 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 JSCAPE by Redwood writes "Versatile, streamlines the entire file transfer procedure, and offers good support". Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT is most compared with MOVEit, IBM Sterling File Gateway, Sterling Commerce Connect:Direct, Kiteworks and Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer, whereas JSCAPE by Redwood is most compared with MOVEit, Control-M, ActiveBatch by Redwood, Fortra's Globalscape Managed File Transfer and Kiteworks. See our Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT vs. JSCAPE by Redwood report.
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