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Fortra's Globalscape WAFS vs MOVEit comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Fortra's Globalscape WAFS
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
26th
Average Rating
4.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MOVEit
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.2
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Managed File Transfer (MFT) category, the mindshare of Fortra's Globalscape WAFS is 1.3%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MOVEit is 6.2%, down from 9.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed File Transfer (MFT) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
MOVEit6.2%
Fortra's Globalscape WAFS1.3%
Other92.5%
Managed File Transfer (MFT)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user2754 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a construction company with 51-200 employees
We dropped the product because of the corruption issue.
Two main issues. 1) It can be a bandwidth resource hog over a small WAN link. We would routinely saturate a 3Mbps link with WAFS. This can be mitigated with tuning what gets replicated. 2) In some cases, it can look like the files get replicated because the files have the correct date, file size, etc. However, the file itself was actually all nulls. In our replication case, we had more than 10,000 files get corrupted this way (out of 1.2 million). GlobalScape support basically said that there were issues with W2K8 R2 but the problem actually dated back to 2008 on a W2K3 server.We dropped the product because of the corruption issue.
reviewer2758260 - PeerSpot reviewer
Support Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Have managed secure file transfers by creating tasks and hosts with encryption and authentication
The most valuable feature of MOVEit is that it is the easiest tool to transfer files from point A to point B. If there is any failure, we have logs to check what the error is for transferring the file.We use MOVEit's encryption features through an inbuilt script in our organization to encrypt or decrypt files. We also have zip and unzip scripts; if there is a large amount of data or large size of data, we zip that file to reduce its size before transferring it to the destination, and while transferring it, we unzip that through our script. When it comes to encryption, there are two types, namely PGP encryption and decryption. For encryption, we need a public key, and for decryption, we need a private key. For MOVEit's user authentication feature, we need permission to access a particular location or folder. If we see any authentication error, it indicates that there is some change in the SSH key or password. If someone changes the password or SSH key and we enter that password incorrectly, we are unable to log into that particular account. In general, for authentication, we use SSH key.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"When it works, WAFS is a good way to keep data synchronized between multiple servers in multiple locations."
"A significant advantage is that MOVEit eliminates the need for manual job monitoring and execution, as jobs are scheduled to run automatically based on scripts, with some running daily and others monthly, like insurance company billing processes that generate reports at month-end without manual intervention."
"We are consultants and end-users; I would recommend MOVEit because it's a great integration tool, I'm able to achieve whatever the requirements are, and it's also secured since it's in a cloud environment, so there won't be any loss of information."
"The tool’s GUI is very simple."
"Top of the list would be the huge collection of different path planning algorithms that are great and state of the art."
"The convenience of renaming files and using time stamps to segregate them has been very valuable."
"MOVEit's automation and scheduling features are good, and they are easy to configure workflows."
"Within our organization, we have two different networks and there is no communication between these different networks, and we use MOVEit if we need a file from one network to another network, as well as for the secure transfer of these files among the employees, which are not supposed to be shared over email."
"It satisfies our requirements but they don't do new improvements as per the market."
 

Cons

"In some cases, it can look like the files get replicated because the files have the correct date, file size, etc. However, the file itself was actually all nulls."
"Communication can be improved between the product owners and users."
"Since I have to monitor two times a day, it would be nice if they have script templates."
"Compressed data not managed very well."
"The product must improve its security features."
"MOVEit's pricing is a little high. Regarding pricing and licensing cost, I am not overall satisfied."
"MOVEit could be improved with some minor updates; the user interface could be more intuitive, and there could be more customization freedom and flexibility."
"If the transfers are more or the file size is big, it takes more time. It doesn't have much capacity to process multiple files at the same time. It can get stuck or take a lot of time to process the files."
"At times, we had connection issues with MOVEit, and it had a tendency to reboot without any reason."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's cost-effective."
"Technical support is only available with a paid license."
"I haven't really priced out many other products like this, but I feel it's reasonable. Their upgrade support after hours was going to be $6,000. I just made the decision to wing it and just do it during business hours and call support if there was a problem."
"When compared to other products I've used, I believe MoveIt is worth the money someone might pay to use it."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
18%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

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Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise19
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for MOVEit?
MOVEit's pricing is a little high. If you are running on-premises, it should be acceptable, but if you move to cloud or SaaS, it is substantial. Regarding pricing and licensing cost, I am not overa...
What needs improvement with MOVEit?
In terms of deployment, it is Windows-based since it is developed in .NET. It only supports the Windows-based platform. In the current era, deploying and managing in Windows is still not developer-...
What is your primary use case for MOVEit?
I am discussing the on-premises version, and we manage both on-premises and SaaS implementations. I have integrated MOVEit's user authentication feature. We are using our own authentication, which ...
 

Also Known As

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Ipswitch File Transfer, Ipswitch Managed File Transfer
 

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