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CloudDat vs Kiteworks comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

CloudDat
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.4
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Kiteworks
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
8th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
13
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Content Management (17th), Email Security (26th), Content Collaboration Platforms (14th), Secure Email Gateway (SEG) (9th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Managed File Transfer (MFT) category, the mindshare of CloudDat is 0.9%, up from 0.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Kiteworks is 4.0%, down from 9.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed File Transfer (MFT) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Kiteworks4.0%
CloudDat0.9%
Other95.1%
Managed File Transfer (MFT)
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2847603 - PeerSpot reviewer
Quality Engineering Specialist at a consultancy with 1,001-5,000 employees
Cloud platform has transformed real-time patient vitals monitoring and protects sensitive data
Improvement-wise for CloudDat, I think some days there is some latency. The scaling must be fast enough, but sometimes it avoids delays. That is one challenge we had. Sometimes the server might be down and there would be some downtime. That is one thing which we had a challenge with. When you use any policies, particular policies in that features, there would be some predictive analytics to improve that efficiency. It's more of having to always see what are the new features they have added and get advanced to that. That's one of the challenges we faced. In a real-time, one more thing is our project handles HIPAA, so it is always used by many users. Their scaling is also one of the features which we had a challenge with, actually. Regarding needed improvements for CloudDat, documentation-wise, from cloud, there are certain features where you can directly download, but that would not help you actually. You have to always be updated to cloud features. There are certain versions every time it gets updated and you have to always get updated to those new features. Documentation matters from previous to new features, all that. In real-time, I maintain a documentation which ensures every time what was in past and what is present and what we can do more in the coming days so that it can be more clear so that we have anything handled in a performance way. It should be documented and it is already documented. An improvement needed for CloudDat that I haven't mentioned yet is that it should secure more cloud dashboards to monitor patient vitals in real-time. As of now in IT, since I'm into healthcare, it generally helps with leaking risk of any particular patient's information, but in the dashboard, you will come to know everything. That's where I think it should hide. That's one feature I see which needs to be changed.
KT
Associate Consultant at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees
Streamlined global file sharing with user-friendly interface and self-service capabilities
I'm not a network expert, however, there must be some room for improvement. Perhaps there could be a notification to users about their bandwidth or network packet loss. If users receive such notifications, they can understand any disruptions are due to issues with their network or bandwidth rather than the site or Kiteworks. Additionally, I work from offshore India, and I told my client manager to communicate with the Kiteworks forum salesman regarding one feature. I noticed the Kiteworks login UI is very basic, lacking customization. Allowing more HTML tags to add hyperlinks or user-friendly information on the home page would be very useful.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Time-saving is one of the most crucial and one of the best features over here in CloudDat."
"It’s a great product that you should seriously consider and take the first step by training."
"The top two features are the two-factor authentication, which is pretty good. It's easily understood by the users. And their API is rather robust. We have numerous integrations that work off the API."
"The most useful feature of this solution is to share files with external parties and we can use this functionality to share files internally too."
"Scalability is impressive."
"Kiteworks is easy to manage and maintain with a user-friendly interface and I recommend it to anyone that requires a file-sharing system that supports SFTP."
"The benefits that Kiteworks has provided to its customers in terms of data sovereignty."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to allow end-users to manage their own information and data with minimal administration. That's the best feature from my perspective."
"I like Kiteworks or Accellion because it's continuously upgraded. I also know that it probably works with a lot of clients."
 

Cons

"Improvement-wise for CloudDat, I think some days there is some latency."
"We mainly had stability issues with kiteworks, where we were pushing the limits of its capability."
"It could be more stable. In the next release, it would be better if it was more stable with improved performance."
"The one feature, which I have also requested directly to Kiteworks, is to have a scheduled upgrade function. Currently, one of my engineers logs in after hours for the upgrade. We're a hospital, and we're 24/7, but the primary users are seven to five. So, we log in the early evening just to push a button to tell it to do the update. It would be nice if that could be very easily scheduled."
"There is no offboarding process for end-users in Kiteworks. It's a manual process. There is no automated syncing with LDAP and checking to see if the account is still active. It's a manual process to get people out of here, which isn't the best way."
"We have experienced some issues with stability due to bugs."
"Perhaps there could be a notification to users about their bandwidth or network packet loss."
"I would like to see immediate releases of fixes because now it takes at least a week. If that time span can be reduced to one day or two days, that would be very helpful for users so that things are sorted and transactions work smoothly."
"It would be nice if Kiteworks could provide a free version of the platform so that it could be used for a certain number of file transfers. We could be charged a fee if we exceeded the number of allotted file transfers."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I believe it's a little costly, but given the faith that we put into it from a security perspective to maintain the integrity of our patient information that is being transferred through this system, that's a small price to pay. So, on the surface, it might look like a lot of money, but depending on the need for security, which is where we feel it shines, it's okay price-wise."
"The solution is very expensive because we are buying with Malaysian Ringgit and it's sold in US dollars."
"They changed it midstream. We were being charged a certain flat rate for SFTP traffic. For whatever reason, at the beginning of the year, our pricing changed, and we are now being charged more for using a feature of the product than we were when we first bought it. That has been our experience with billing. It turned out to be more expensive than when we started with it."
"The price of Kiteworks is reasonable."
"It is not really expensive. I mean, to me it's obviously expensive, but it's worth it."
"The license management is changing and confusing. If I could make one change to it, it would be better license management through the API."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
10%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with CloudDat?
Improvement-wise for CloudDat, I think some days there is some latency. The scaling must be fast enough, but sometimes it avoids delays. That is one challenge we had. Sometimes the server might be ...
What is your primary use case for CloudDat?
My main use case for CloudDat is storing, processing, and analyzing data. At my project and company, we use platforms like AWS instead of some servers. This really helps when data is handled in rea...
What advice do you have for others considering CloudDat?
I can share specific outcomes related to time saved with CloudDat. You don't need to always access it each time. If a user can have multiple access to a particular cloud, then he can run in multipl...
What is Kiteworks?
Kiteworks is a secured file sharing platform that enables users to collaborate with different parties across a robust offering of secured protected channels. Users have the option of virtual privat...
What needs improvement with Kiteworks?
I'm not a network expert, however, there must be some room for improvement. Perhaps there could be a notification to users about their bandwidth or network packet loss. If users receive such notifi...
What advice do you have for others considering Kiteworks?
Scalability is impressive. It can be highly available, resilient, and scalable infrastructure. I can confidently give it a nine. It suits any level of organization, whether a small setup with two a...
 

Comparisons

 

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