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Flux vs GoAnywhere MFT comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 22, 2026

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Categories and Ranking

Flux
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
25th
Average Rating
10.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Workload Automation (29th)
GoAnywhere MFT
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
100
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Managed File Transfer (MFT) category, the mindshare of Flux is 1.7%, up from 0.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GoAnywhere MFT is 8.9%, up from 8.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed File Transfer (MFT) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
GoAnywhere MFT8.9%
Flux1.7%
Other89.4%
Managed File Transfer (MFT)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user4080 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Lightweight and extensible with great support staff
* Lightweight * Uses java standards * Can run in j2se or j2ee environments * Can run as embedded or standalone * Works with multiple db or in-memory * Great support staff * Extensible * Cluster(able) * Can integrate and be a major player in any SOA environmentFlux has made excellent design choices the benefits of which can be passed down to customers in terms of price and capability. I don't see any IT vendor rival this.
Anuj Bhagwat - PeerSpot reviewer
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%.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Excellent customer support"
"Flux has made excellent design choices the benefits of which can be passed down to customers in terms of price and capability."
"The pricing is reasonable."
"Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT offers robust security as its most valuable feature."
"GoAnywhere MFT has many features that I appreciate, but most of all, it automates repetitive file transfers, so we don't have to waste our time doing them manually."
"I will definitely recommend this product to other users because it's very easy to deploy, develop, and learn, and it's also more cost-effective than other products."
"If it's dealing with SFTP or any kind of secure transfer, we don't hear about it; it's good and everything works."
"The encryption feature is very impressive in GoAnywhere MFT, and the encryption provided by the company is much stronger than other file transferring software."
"For what we pay to GoAnywhere every year, we are getting a fantastic deal."
"It is probably the best software that I've had for the money that we spend for it."
 

Cons

"Need a better way to track a particular work item through multiple, independent workflows."
"It would be nice to have more file transform capabilities for transforming xml and csv documents."
"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."
"I experience occasional downtime and some glitches."
"In terms of improvement for GoAnywhere MFT, they could enhance the support, as there have been cases where we needed support due to the application getting stuck for no reason, and usually, the issue gets fixed by restarting the application."
"GoAnywhere MFT has lower capabilities because it has limited features, but it serves its purpose."
"They advertise 24/7 support and response within 24 hours, but they are taking at least two days to reply."
"I like that you can tweak the interface so much, but it would be nice to be able to tweak it some more. The ability to further tweak the interface would be advantageous, as our end users had some questions about modifications that we could not address."
"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."
"Everything works fine, but I feel that the user interface can be improved, especially the layout. They can make the dashboards more customizable."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The cost is fine. It is probably the best software that I've had for the money that we spend for it. I am not aware of any costs in addition to the standard licensing fees. I don't pay for it. IT pays for it."
"The cost of GoAnywhere versus the value it brings to our data transfer operations is reasonable... The cost is relatively expensive but, back to the car analogy, that's to be expected with a Ferrari."
"When it comes to secure systems that we have used, the price point can get a whole lot higher. You might end up saving in the short term with other solutions, but are you getting a secure product? Do you feel confident in that? Will you be able to get any support afterward? From my experience, based on the price point and the service that we got, it was a good value for our money."
"Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT pricing is competitive."
"I get the invoices, and its price is fine and appropriate. It is well priced. Even if it was double the price, we'd use it. For us, it is indispensable. We're not going to go anywhere else. There are no additional costs. Its licensing is good. There is just one charge that we get. That's it."
"GoAnywhere's price is justified by its features and the time it saves me."
"Licensing can be expensive and it depends upon which features you want to buy."
"The product's pricing is reasonable."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Healthcare Company
12%
Retailer
10%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Insurance Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Healthcare Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business87
Midsize Enterprise29
Large Enterprise46
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT?
The pricing of GoAnywhere MFT is reasonable, considering the features, cost, and licensing.
What needs improvement with Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT?
It takes a little time to understand all of the workflow, and it has a bit of a learning curve, even with the easy interface. When we were trying to set up the software at the start, it took us a f...
What is your primary use case for Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT?
For GoAnywhere MFT, we have explored some of the connectors like Salesforce and SharePoint. In our case, we used it for most of the basic integrations, not the very advanced ones, so it was quite e...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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

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Sample Customers

MetLife DHL Express The Clearing House Payments Company ADP Bank of New York Mellon Conway, Inc Carnegie Mellon University
McKesson City of Modesto, California Kwik Trip Northwestern University Charter Communications
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