Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer vs GoAnywhere MFT vs IBM Sterling File Gateway comparison

Axway and Fortra are both solutions in the Managed File Transfer (MFT) category. Axway is ranked #7 with an average rating of 8.6, while Fortra is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.6. Axway holds a 4.4% mindshare in MFT, compared to Fortra’s 9.2% mindshare. Additionally, 86% of Axway users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 99% of Fortra users who would recommend it.

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

ROI

Sentiment score

7.5

Axway AMPLIFY MFT streamlined file transfers, reduced IT team size, saved time and costs, and improved compliance and ROI.

Sentiment score

4.8

GoAnywhere MFT improves efficiency by automating file transfers, enhancing security, reducing errors, and offering quick ROI and cost-effectiveness.

Sentiment score

6.6

IBM Sterling File Gateway is valued for cost-effectiveness, ease of use, robust support, and simplifies monitoring, enhancing retail processes.

Regarding risk mitigation and compliance, features like encryption, audit trails, and role-based access have lowered the likelihood of compliance issues.

Manikanth Reddykistammagari

Senior System Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

I have definitely seen a return on investment with Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer because a lot of scripts used to be needed for file transfers, but now it is all managed on one system online, which is where we saved a lot of costs.

Shashikumar N

Tech lead at BNP Paribas

I have seen the highest return on investment with Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer because we use it every day, and it saves a lot of time.

Siddhardha G

Associate at Ltim

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GoAnywhere can perform the work of three people, leading to a decrease in manpower needs for automation and file transfer.

Chandan Yadav

Tech Consultant at BTPL

There is a drastic improvement in time; at least a 50% to 60% improvement in terms of effort.

AnandSingh2

IT Engineer at Cohesity

In terms of percentage, for the amount of volume we are doing with GoAnywhere MFT and its functionality, I would estimate it has provided about a 50% return in four years.

reviewer2726091

Manager Managed File Transfer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

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Customer Service

Sentiment score

8.0

Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer is praised for efficient, prompt customer service, though some weekend support limitations are noted.

Sentiment score

6.4

GoAnywhere MFT's customer service is knowledgeable but needs faster complex issue resolutions and ticket system improvements.

Sentiment score

6.0

IBM Sterling File Gateway support is mixed; praised for availability but criticized for delays, inefficiencies, and outsourcing concerns.

They have been especially helpful with troubleshooting complex scenarios and assisting with best practice recommendations.

Manikanth Reddykistammagari

Senior System Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

On a scale of 1 to 10, I rate the customer support for Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer a 10.

Siddhardha G

Associate at Ltim

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It's not a situation where you raise a ticket and wait for 48 hours to get a response; it's immediate.

SusangRamesh

Product Marketing Manager at OJCommerce, LLC

They not only help you resolve issues but also ensure that you feel comfortable managing them in the future.

Junaid Shaik

Technology Lead at Infosys

We can also email them, so through live chat I asked my questions and they cleared them, providing good technical support.

Jayamahavarshini S

Software Engineer Intern at a university with 11-50 employees

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Regarding the technical support of IBM Sterling File Gateway, I would rate their job about nine.

Devarshi Buch

CEO at Logic Systech Pvt Ltd

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Scalability Issues

Sentiment score

5.9

Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer is praised for scalability in AWS and on-premises, despite potential transfer delays.

Sentiment score

6.6

GoAnywhere MFT is scalable and adaptable, efficiently supporting large data volumes and users across diverse enterprise needs.

Sentiment score

6.4

IBM Sterling File Gateway is highly scalable with some complexity and effective for large transactions, but performance may drop.

The platform scales well both horizontally and vertically, making it suitable for enterprise environments with evolving transfer needs.

Manikanth Reddykistammagari

Senior System Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We can roll up to about ten instances and handle a lot of file transfers.

Shashikumar N

Tech lead at BNP Paribas

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The scalability is ten out of ten because it works effectively even with many users, large files, and a lot of data moving at once.

Virginia Kanyi

Customer Service Manager at techmastiff

I would rate the scalability of GoAnywhere MFT as a ten.

reviewer2726091

Manager Managed File Transfer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Stability is excellent, downtime is rare, and even large files can be transferred completely without any problem.

Rohan Suryawanshi

Senior Software Engineer at Opcito Technologies

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Stability Issues

Sentiment score

8.3

Axway AMPLIFY MFT is stable with rare issues, excelling in SaaS environments due to auto-scaling and high stability ratings.

Sentiment score

7.0

GoAnywhere MFT is stable, with minor issues due to external factors; regular maintenance enhances its reliable performance.

Sentiment score

6.2

IBM Sterling File Gateway is generally stable, with occasional bugs and issues, but cloud migration has improved overall performance.

Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer has demonstrated excellent stability with minimal unplanned outages or system failures.

Manikanth Reddykistammagari

Senior System Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer is pretty stable, and I would not have to log in day in and day out just for downtimes or anything.

Shashikumar N

Tech lead at BNP Paribas

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The stability of the application itself is excellent.

reviewer2747439

Observability & Monitoring Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees

Stability is excellent, downtime is rare, and even large files can be transferred completely without any problem.

Rohan Suryawanshi

Senior Software Engineer at Opcito Technologies

It works very well, especially when kept up to date.

Alexey Supryaga

System Administrator at a retailer with 501-1,000 employees

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Room For Improvement

Axway AMPLIFY MFT requires enhancements in monitoring, scalability, UI, analytics, APIs, and handling high-volume data to boost adoption.

GoAnywhere MFT needs a better user interface, ease of setup, faster support, and modern enhancements to improve user experience.

IBM Sterling File Gateway needs user management, interface, auto-deployment, performance, and licensing improvements for a better user experience.

An expanded API and automation would make it easier to integrate with DevOps tools to reduce manual tasks.

Manikanth Reddykistammagari

Senior System Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

There are a few features which are missing, perhaps including easier configuration for some of the protocols or file transfers.

Shashikumar N

Tech lead at BNP Paribas

It would be beneficial to improve integration capabilities, potentially add more built-in connectors, and include some AI capabilities.

IgmarRautenbach

Managing Director at Tegra Solutions

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That's the only thing that could help if the application could log what caused the error for us to prevent it.

Selvin Hernandez

Tech Support II at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We had to reach out to GoAnywhere support, and they were quick to provide support within a day, so we were able to complete that use case.

AnandSingh2

IT Engineer at Cohesity

when the application runs on a server and encounters problems, it doesn't provide detailed information on the server issues, which could help users troubleshoot better.

Vidyasagar Gupta

File Transfer Analyst at IG Group

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When there is an audit requiring proof that a file has gone in a secure way, most customers have not been able to prove it.

Devarshi Buch

CEO at Logic Systech Pvt Ltd

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Setup Cost

Axway AMPLIFY MFT offers robust features with varied pricing, considered good value for money, and smooth onboarding.

Enterprise buyers find GoAnywhere MFT cost-effective for its features, despite complex licensing and higher pricing concerns.

IBM Sterling File Gateway is costly but valued for secure transfers, cloud compatibility, and appealing to corporate organizations.

They bill us for the number of files we transfer instead of the environments we install, so it's value for money.

Shashikumar N

Tech lead at BNP Paribas

The AWS Marketplace subscription model made the initial setup cost lower and reduced the administration overhead for licenses.

Manikanth Reddykistammagari

Senior System Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer has been very reasonable.

Siddhardha G

Associate at Ltim

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Azure is significantly more expensive.

Dan McGuire

Enterprise Application Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

There are approximately 30% to 40% savings.

AnandSingh2

IT Engineer at Cohesity

It is cost-efficient.

Ramanuj Ghosh

Software Engineering Manager at State Street

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Valuable Features

Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer ensures secure, scalable, and efficient file management with automation, enhanced visibility, and seamless operation.

GoAnywhere MFT centralizes file transfers with robust automation, security, cloud integration, scalability, and ease of use for beginners.

IBM Sterling File Gateway offers secure, automated file transfers with high configurability, supporting large data volumes and multiple protocols.

Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer has positively impacted my organization because it has effectively provided us with all of the work logs and made us very compatible with the outside world while enforcing security standards inside the company.

Shashikumar N

Tech lead at BNP Paribas

Scalability and centralized management allow us to manage multiple partners and high volume from a single platform while maintaining strong security and visibility.

Manikanth Reddykistammagari

Senior System Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer saves a lot of time. If a human were to take a file from a destination, it would take time to search, log in, and place it in our server. It definitely takes a lot of time. A human might take two hours of time, but Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer will do it in two minutes if configured properly.

Siddhardha G

Associate at Ltim

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It provides multiple cipher options for HTTPS and SFTP protocols, utilizing AES-based algorithms for secure communication and data transfer.

Chandan Yadav

Tech Consultant at BTPL

I can produce reports for security and have full control over secure protocols allowed on the system, making it easy to comply with security standards such as Sarbanes-Oxley.

Dan McGuire

Enterprise Application Analyst at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Before, we had to write scripts and manually update them to move data around, encrypt files, or rename files. Now we just use the GUI to set the modules for transfers, encryption, renaming, and copying, allowing us to set it and schedule it to run without any user interaction.

Selvin Hernandez

Tech Support II at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

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The software has automation that at a fixed point in time triggers the copying of file A to B.

Devarshi Buch

CEO at Logic Systech Pvt Ltd

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Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Managed File Transfer (MFT) category, the mindshare of Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer is 4.4%, up from 4.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GoAnywhere MFT is 9.2%, up from 8.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Sterling File Gateway is 6.4%, down from 10.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Managed File Transfer (MFT) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
GoAnywhere MFT	9.2%
IBM Sterling File Gateway	6.4%
Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer	4.4%
Other	80.0%

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Manikanth Reddykistammagari

Senior System Analyst at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Centralized monitoring has improved secure file transfers and supports proactive operations

Centralized monitoring and alerting make it easier and quicker to identify failed or delayed transfers. Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer has secure protocol support like SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS, which allow safe data exchange with different partners. These features have positively impacted the organization by improving transfer reliability, strengthening security and compliance, reducing manual effort, and enabling faster issue resolutions. This helps ensure consistent delivery and better partner satisfaction. The automation and scheduling capability is especially valuable as it allows us to standardize recurring transfers, reduce manual interventions, and minimize errors. I also appreciate the retry and recovery mechanism, which helps ensure files are delivered when there are temporary network or partner-side issues. Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer's scalability and centralized management allow us to manage multiple partners and high volume from a single platform while maintaining strong security and visibility. Overall, the feature set helps us keep transfers reliable, secure, and easy to support in a production environment.

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Anuj Bhagwat

Dev Ops Engineer at a computer software company with 11-50 employees

Has enabled secure, centralized file sharing while saving significant time and resources

The best features in GoAnywhere MFT are that it's fast, reliable, and secure. First, the improvement is that we have resolved one of our security points with compliance. So that compliance point we resolved. And also it's a centralized file sharing system. All the users are able to access the file. There is no one-to-one sharing. It's improved about 80 to 85%. It saves about 80 to 90% resources. In terms of time, we can say 90 to 95% time is also saved because it avoids the one-to-one sharing and simply a user can put one centralized directory and all the users are able to access this solution and access the file. So it's 95%.

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Devarshi Buch

CEO at Logic Systech Pvt Ltd

Has supported consistent deployments and automation but needs better reporting and tracking

The disadvantages I see in IBM Sterling File Gateway include price and reporting. Reporting is not very easy. If 10 people are putting file transfer using this protocol, determining who did what file transfer, how long it took, what encryption was done, and whether it was accessed by somebody or whether it was fully done without any retrial is difficult. Reporting is a big problem in IBM tool, according to our customers' complaints. When there is an audit requiring proof that a file has gone in a secure way, most customers have not been able to prove it. Additionally, when there is a large file transfer which has to be done in multiple pieces because of bandwidth restriction, they have not been able to do splitting. The splitting was not possible during file transfer. Many customers have asked if they can split the file and then send it, or pick and choose and send it from a large file. It was also found that it was hogging the bandwidth whenever it was doing file transfer. Ultimately, we ended up selling HP also. The tracking and monitoring features of IBM Sterling File Gateway present some challenges, particularly with tracking, monitoring and compliance issues which RBI is asking for. While it was possible to address these issues, it required an expert to figure it out. When expertise business activity is required, it costs money to customers who are not willing to pay. Regarding future features to make it more competitive, automation email could be one feature I recommend where once the file transfer is done, an email or log should be created for the admin person confirming successful completion. Second is 24/7 support in case of any issues. IBM has never been able to give round-the-clock support whereas customers can ship files even at midnight. Our support is also based on support from IBM. The third improvement area could be automation release notes. IBM has never given us or customers notifications when a new release or patch has come. Whenever a patch is released, an email should go to the buyer or user and to the reseller so they can sync up whether to upgrade the patch or not.

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

21%

Retailer

10%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Financial Services Firm

12%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

31%

Computer Software Company

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	5
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	9

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	67
Midsize Enterprise	21
Large Enterprise	44

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	4
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	12

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer?

My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer has been very reasonable.

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What needs improvement with Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer?

I think Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer can be improved in marketing, and they should also focus on more informat...

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What is your primary use case for Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer?

I use Axway AMPLIFY Managed File Transfer mainly for integration projects. It has been used to pick up files from a s...

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What do you like most about Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT?

GoDrive eliminates the need to use the exchange server for file sharing.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT?

Though I was not involved in the pricing and license cost, it is fairly industry standard.

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What needs improvement with Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT?

GoAnywhere MFT can be synchronized with artificial intelligence so that it can briefly explain what kind of document ...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for IBM Sterling File Gateway?

The cost-effectiveness of IBM Sterling File Gateway was a major factor in our decision to use it, in comparison to th...

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What needs improvement with IBM Sterling File Gateway?

The disadvantages I see in IBM Sterling File Gateway include price and reporting. Reporting is not very easy. If 10 p...

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Also Known As

SecureTransport, Axway SecureTransport, AMPLIFY MFT

HelpSystems GoAnywhere MFT, GoAnywhere MFT, GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer,

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Overview

As a multi-protocol MFT gateway, Axway SecureTransport provides the flexibility you need to support virtually any MFT use case. Secure, manage, and track file flows among people and applications inside your enterprise, and beyond your firewall to your user communities, mobile devices, and the cloud. Perform high-volume automated file transfers between systems, sites, lines of business and external partners, to user-driven communications and mobile, folder- and portal-based file sharing.

Axway

GoAnywhere MFT offers an intuitive interface with advanced workflows, robust security, and seamless integration across platforms. It automates file transfers, supports multiple protocols, and ensures strong encryption and centralized management for secure and efficient data exchange.

GoAnywhere MFT provides automation for secure file transfers using SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS protocols. It supports comprehensive logging, auditing, and threat protection. The platform's encryption and scalability enhance data exchange and operational efficiency in sectors like finance and healthcare. Users appreciate its integration capabilities with AWS, Azure, and Salesforce, reducing manual tasks and maintaining security with robust encryption through connectors.

What are GoAnywhere MFT's most important features?

Intuitive Interface: Easy navigation, facilitating better user experience
Advanced Workflows: Streamlines processes to save time
Robust Security: Strong encryption and threat protection
Seamless Integration: Connects with platforms like AWS, Azure, and Salesforce
Automation Capabilities: Reduces manual tasks, improving efficiency
Multiple Protocol Support: Utilizes SFTP, HTTPS, and FTPS for secure transfers

What benefits should users expect in reviews?

Enhanced Efficiency: Automation reduces manual processes
Data Security: Features strong encryption and comprehensive threat protection
Scalability: Supports large data volumes efficiently
Compliance Support: Meets industry-specific data regulations

GoAnywhere MFT is widely implemented in industries like finance and healthcare for secure data transfers and workflow management. It simplifies internal processes and enhances communication between systems, integrating seamlessly with platforms such as AWS and Salesforce, thus ensuring speed and security.

Fortra

Securely manage transfer files with authentication, encryption and audit trails while you retain administrative control of data using a library of templates.

Sterling File Gateway can help you increase secure and dependable file transfer with your trading partners. It consolidates disparate centers of file transfer activity and facilitates the security-rich exchange of file-based data over the Internet. It helps companies avoid the risk and operational issues that can result from using loosely controlled file-transfer servers.

IBM

Sample Customers

BNP Paribas Securities Services, Bollor_, E.ON AG Group, BMW Group, IdenTrust, Gassco, International Post Corporation, SNCF, DB Schenker Logistics, Logius, CSCA, La Poste

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