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Globalscape EFT vs GoAnywhere MFT comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 8, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

ROI

Sentiment score
7.0
Globalscape EFT offers cost reduction, increased efficiency, stability, and operational insights, leading to substantial financial and operational gains.
Sentiment score
5.6
GoAnywhere MFT saves costs and time through automation, efficiency, security, and ease of use, enhancing overall resource management.
It has custom reports which are inbuilt, showing things such as how many files are going through, what the file sizes are, and if any invalid logins have happened.
GoAnywhere can perform the work of three people, leading to a decrease in manpower needs for automation and file transfer.
There is a drastic improvement in time; at least a 50% to 60% improvement in terms of effort.
We have cut down the time by 50% by utilizing this solution.
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Globalscape EFT support is knowledgeable and collaborative, though response times vary; regional teams enhance service for specific zones.
Sentiment score
6.0
GoAnywhere MFT's customer service is praised for professionalism, but some desire faster response times and improved first-level support.
A quicker response would be appreciated.
It's not a situation where you raise a ticket and wait for 48 hours to get a response; it's immediate.
They have their number on their website to call, and they are fast and available all the time.
The support technician who worked with me initially owned the ticket through the whole process, even after escalating to developers or higher-level support.
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.6
Globalscape EFT excels in scalability, ease of expansion, and reliability, despite needing platform optimization and a web version.
Sentiment score
6.2
GoAnywhere MFT is scalable, user-friendly, supports diverse platforms, and efficiently manages connections for process automation and integration.
While I sometimes find difficulties with GCP, it works fine and flawlessly on AWS, especially since we have a large customer base and vendors where we send numerous files daily.
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.
I would rate the scalability of GoAnywhere MFT as a ten.
Stability is excellent, downtime is rare, and even large files can be transferred completely without any problem.
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
5.9
Globalscape EFT is stable generally, with occasional issues in on-prem deployments, scaling challenges, and rare slowness mostly resolved.
Sentiment score
6.6
GoAnywhere MFT is praised for stability, minimal downtime, reliable performance, with responsive support and near-perfect satisfaction ratings.
Sometimes we encounter error logging issues or the system goes down, requiring us to connect with the cloud engineer.
The stability of the application itself is excellent.
Stability is excellent, downtime is rare, and even large files can be transferred completely without any problem.
It works very well, especially when kept up to date.
 

Room For Improvement

Globalscape EFT struggles with cloud integration, large file handling, and requires interface, performance, auditing, and functionality improvements.
GoAnywhere MFT needs improvements in UI design, documentation, training, support, pricing, DNS, security, connectivity, speed, and integration.
If I'm transferring large batches, it takes them in threads. Globalscape EFT uploads the files on a threading basis, such as 100 files at a time, and the rest of the files will be in a queue system.
Globalscape EFT is prone to errors because one single click can lead to a file being sent to another vendor, and it doesn't give any warning if the code goes out of certain loops.
That's the only thing that could help if the application could log what caused the error for us to prevent it.
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.
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.
 

Setup Cost

Globalscape EFT is cost-effective with flexible licensing, appreciated for robust features, easy setup, and overall enterprise value.
GoAnywhere MFT pricing is flexible with custom quotes, offering good value despite potential costs for extra features or modules.
It operates as a pay-as-you-go model.
Azure is significantly more expensive.
There are approximately 30% to 40% savings.
For the Indian market, the pricing is particularly high.
 

Valuable Features

Globalscape EFT offers user-friendly interfaces, strong security, and integration features, ideal for high-volume, complex, and compliant data management.
GoAnywhere MFT offers automation, security, integration, and scalability, enhancing efficiency with seamless file transfers and compliance support.
It is flexible because you can modify many aspects in Globalscape EFT.
It provides multiple cipher options for HTTPS and SFTP protocols, utilizing AES-based algorithms for secure communication and data transfer.
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.
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.
 

Categories and Ranking

Globalscape EFT
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
10th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
GoAnywhere MFT
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
1st
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
68
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2025, in the Managed File Transfer (MFT) category, the mindshare of Globalscape EFT is 3.8%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of GoAnywhere MFT is 10.7%, up from 6.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed File Transfer (MFT) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
GoAnywhere MFT10.7%
Globalscape EFT3.8%
Other85.5%
Managed File Transfer (MFT)
 

Featured Reviews

Sumit Mundik - PeerSpot reviewer
Includes encryption and decryption functionalities with advanced workflow engine
The most effective feature is its advanced workflow engine. Another feature is the flexibility of the code we use to create tasks. For example, with other tools, you receive only one notification upon completing or failing the task. However, in Globalscape, you can set up step-by-step email notifications. For instance, if you pick up a file from the source location, you can add a condition to send an email notification to a specific address once that step is successful. Conversely, a different notification can be sent to a designated address if the step fails. This allows us to receive notifications for each process step without waiting for the entire task to complete.
Rohan Suryawanshi - PeerSpot reviewer
Automation simplifies file transfer and builds confidence in security
I appreciate the features of GoAnywhere MFT such as advanced workflows to automate all the transfer and reduce manual effort. The logs and reporting are very helpful for checking all the compliances. The encryption is quite good. The main feature which is very useful is connectors to connect it with cloud services such as AWS, Azure, GCP. The automation in GoAnywhere MFT really helps us because it reduced the manual work significantly. We can transfer hundreds of files with zero manual interventions. The audit trails also help during the compliance audits. It has given stakeholders more confidence in the security of file transfer. It also helped developers to securely transfer the files. Overall, the impact was very good and positive in our business and personal improvements.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
15%
Computer Software Company
11%
Healthcare Company
9%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Healthcare Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business41
Midsize Enterprise13
Large Enterprise31
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Globalscape Managed File Transfer?
It bolsters security with features like Data Loss Prevention and seamless integration with DLP for a safe and compliant environment which enables real-time document sharing and control over file ac...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Globalscape Managed File Transfer?
I never looked at the pricing for Globalscape EFT because it was at the management level where my line manager handled it. I was a team lead, so we only did the RFQs and everything. I never had a c...
What needs improvement with Globalscape Managed File Transfer?
When comparing Globalscape EFT with other tools such as IBM Sterling and GoAnywhere, they each have different features for bulk transfers. There are a few issues with Globalscape EFT. If I'm transf...
What do you like most about Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT?
GoDrive eliminates the need to use the exchange server for file sharing.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT?
It is around market value. It is neither too high nor too low, but balanced.
What needs improvement with Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT?
Regarding data parsing on files such as XML and JSON, we mostly perform manipulations on the files themselves. I am unable to accomplish this with the predefined functions provided by GoAnywhere MF...
 

Also Known As

Globalscape GlobalSCAPE Managed File Transfer
HelpSystems GoAnywhere MFT, GoAnywhere MFT, GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer,
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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McKesson City of Modesto, California Kwik Trip Northwestern University Charter Communications
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