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GoAnywhere MFT vs Safe-T Secure Application Access 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

GoAnywhere MFT
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
100
Ranking in other categories
Managed File Transfer (MFT) (1st)
Safe-T Secure Application A...
Average Rating
7.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN (37th), Access Management (30th), ZTNA (19th)
 

Mindshare comparison

GoAnywhere MFT and Safe-T Secure Application Access aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. GoAnywhere MFT is designed for Managed File Transfer (MFT) and holds a mindshare of 8.9%, up 8.9% compared to last year.
Safe-T Secure Application Access, on the other hand, focuses on Enterprise Infrastructure VPN, holds 1.0% mindshare, up 0.3% since last year.
Managed File Transfer (MFT) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
GoAnywhere MFT8.9%
MOVEit7.3%
Control-M6.4%
Other77.4%
Managed File Transfer (MFT)
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Safe-T Secure Application Access1.0%
OpenVPN Access Server12.2%
Prisma Access by Palo Alto Networks6.3%
Other80.5%
Enterprise Infrastructure VPN
 

Featured Reviews

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%.
it_user787671 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Engineer
Needs to be easier to configure and to display logs more simply
We use only it for scanning files for viruses. That's the only feature we use in this product It needs to be easier to configure, it should be something that's working well with other sources. It should be something that allows me to see the logs simply. One to three years. Sometimes it doesn't…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"GoAnywhere MFT's connectors are very important to my daily operations because the flexibility to connect to different third-party applications makes GoAnywhere MFT shine compared to other MFT solutions."
"The best feature of GoAnywhere is that transfers are straightforward if there are no other requirements from the source and destination. It doesn't require much maintenance."
"The main benefits I have seen from using GoAnywhere MFT are that it removes all manual efforts through automation and reduces manual file transfer because we have scheduled our jobs."
"It enabled us to allocate staff toward other work. All the time that we would have wasted worrying about this stuff and correcting problems is put into other parts of our job. That's one of the best things about it, is that we don't waste time on these projects. We just don't have to worry about them because it lets us know if there's a problem."
"GoAnywhere stands out for its user-friendly project creation, intuitive testing and troubleshooting, and especially its notification system, which keeps me informed of any issues that need attention, a feature we lacked before."
"The aspects I appreciate most about GoAnywhere MFT are that many things are all in one platform, as I can use it for file transfer, for security purposes, for audit purposes, managing files across my team, and managing automation-based tasks."
"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, and it has given stakeholders more confidence in the security of file transfer."
"The automation capabilities are amazing. They help to reduce manual transfer tasks and handle the daily repetitive tasks that we do. It also ensures overall efficiency."
"This product allows us to actually send it straight from our email to the other person's email in a safe way, where we can meet all our regulations and still keep the data in our control."
"Safe-T SDA has allowed my organization to secure my office applications and makes it harder for hackers to be able to hack into my internal office web applications."
"Safe-T is very good for users because it has a plug-in for Outlook."
"If you need a solution for sending big files to customers or for receiving large files from them, this is a very good solution."
"If you want a very flexible system that you can easily integrate, and develop interfaces for it or plug-ins to other application environments, it's probably the most flexible"
"We use only it for scanning files for viruses."
"From a technical point of view, products are stable and scalable, and we do appreciate the personal touch the sales engineers (SE) support and development bring, as well as the personal touch of the sales support, the free online, and web-based training."
"It's easy to use over the web. A user who is not in the office can use it and securely insert files."
 

Cons

"One of the things that I wish is to not necessarily have to set up a username and password for people with whom we don't frequently share files. For instance, if I want to share files with a patient who is not somebody with whom we share files all the time, I would like them to somehow verify who they are and be able to push the file to them. I shouldn’t have to set them up as a user with a password. It should be almost like Dropbox."
"GoAnywhere MFT is a strong tool, but a few improvements could make it even better."
"The product could be improved by being modular. There are more features in the core product than any client needs."
"I think that this product has most of the features we require, although the license is expensive."
"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."
"Improvement in support or product relies on being ingenious, supportive, and listening to its customer base."
"There's not a lot of improvement I can think of. Maybe in the tools section, there is a SQL Wizard which works really well. I think that the SQL Wizard could use some improvement - it's a little slow when moving from page to page."
"For instance, if an account on a secure FTP server has expired, the monitor that uses that account doesn't announce to us that it's having a problem."
"I'm not sure what advice I would give others about this product because I don't like Safe-T."
"In terms of improvement, they need to be much more strict regarding the roadmap, about timelines and when new features will be up in production."
"Better UI. A better UI for the people that manage all the processes of Safe-T. Some of the UI is not as intuitive as you would like it to be."
"One important thing that we haven't found in this product is the ability to provide a read-only view for documents. Also, the ability for the customer to add annotations to these documents."
"The cloud solution is not that great especially with Swiss customers."
"Setting up Safe-T SDE is very complex. It is not straightforward, and it requires much understanding on the concepts of the product."
"Setting up Safe-T SDE is very complex. It is not straightforward, and it requires much understanding on the concepts of the product."
"When we have something that we want improved, it takes a little bit of time until it can be fixed."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing is based on a one-time license."
"The product is not cheap, but it is not expensive."
"The pricing of GoAnywhere MFT is affordable compared to other similar products. It's not expensive, according to me. What influenced my purchase decision was the fact that the product was quite affordable."
"The pricing is decent for mid-sized and small-sized companies. It is good for startups or mid-scale companies."
"Licensing can be expensive and it depends upon which features you want to buy."
"Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT carries a higher price tag than other MFT solutions."
"It would be good for the company to explore a modular approach to selling the product so it could be cheaper and more attractive to users."
"It is very attractive. In terms of the capacity of the product and functionality, it is a good price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Performing Arts
11%
Healthcare Company
9%
Media Company
9%
Religious Institution
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business92
Midsize Enterprise29
Large Enterprise47
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Questions from the Community

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...
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Also Known As

HelpSystems GoAnywhere MFT, GoAnywhere MFT, GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer,
Safe-T SDA, Safe-T, Safe-T Software-Defined Access
 

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Sample Customers

McKesson City of Modesto, California Kwik Trip Northwestern University Charter Communications
Government of Israel, eviCore Healthcore, Glen Imaging, Sarin, LBG, Rollomatic, Boegli-Gravures SA, Banque Heritage, Groupe Minoteries, Temenos, ZEK, RLM Finsbury, Harel Insurance, Meitav Dash
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