Fortra's Globalscape WAFS vs MOVEit comparison

Fortra and Progress Software are both solutions in the Managed File Transfer (MFT) category. Fortra is ranked #23, while Progress Software is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.1. Fortra holds a 1.0% mindshare in MFT, compared to Progress Software’s 9.4% mindshare. Additionally, 94% of Progress Software users are willing to recommend the solution.

Fortra's Globalscape WAFS

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0% willing to recommend

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94% willing to recommend

Fortra's Globalscape WAFS

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Fortra's Globalscape WAFS and MOVEit based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Fortra's Globalscape WAFS

Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)

23rd

Average Rating

4.0

Reviews Sentiment

5.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

MOVEit

Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)

3rd

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.3

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2025, in the Managed File Transfer (MFT) category, the mindshare of Fortra's Globalscape WAFS is 1.0%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MOVEit is 9.4%, down from 9.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Managed File Transfer (MFT) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
MOVEit	9.4%
Fortra's Globalscape WAFS	1.0%
Other	89.6%

Managed File Transfer (MFT)

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it_user2754

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.

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Kiran Raju L

Project Manager at Cognizant

User adaptability impresses with room for enhanced reporting features

The solution lacks a flow view wherein you will not be able to see the integrated jobs in a flow diagram view. This becomes trickier to understand which flow is failing unless you were part of the design team. Reporting for MOVEit needs a lot more work. For example, if I have to pull a task report for a specific requirement such as its history and task attributes, the report doesn't come in a CSV format, which is consumable. It always comes in a scripted format. When you have to show the report to management, they don't understand the scripted format. They need everything in Excel. The reporting feature needs to work on having it in an Excel format. It has been pretty stable, but we were hit by malicious malware attacks in the last two years more comparatively. Depending upon the type of license that is owned and the support with the license, it is up to par with other leading marketing tools.

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

17%

Insurance Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

Healthcare Company

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	2
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	15

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What do you like most about MOVEit?

The automation is generally very simple that helps with operational efficiency. Since we mainly created interfaces and scheduled transfers, the tool itself handled the file transfer automation.

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What is your primary use case for MOVEit?

I am part of the IT service where our client is the actual owner of the MOVEit service. The service covers the end-to-end administration of tasks for file transfers and other utilities along with u...

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Also Known As

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Ipswitch File Transfer, Ipswitch Managed File Transfer

Overview

With WAFS you can synchronize files, simplify collaboration, eliminate errors, and decrease bandwidth usage. Files can be located anywhere in the world, even in the cloud, providing remote file access from anywhere. Reduce 95% of network traffic by transparently replicating files between servers or desktops on any scale, while boosting performance. With the WAFS Vault, there's no need for a backup solution in every office. All locations save their documents to the Vault.

Fortra

Ipswitch Managed File Transfer is an automated file transfer system to manage, view, and control all file transfer services. You will always know where your files are with predictable and secure delivery, extensive reporting, and easy integration with existing systems.

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Sample Customers

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Cambridgeshire County Council, Capita Document & Information Services, Enterasys, City of Guelph, Hermes

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