Need a useful FTP (File Transfer Protocol) tool?
I get asked quite often by people what I’d recommend as a useful FTP (File Transfer Protocol) tool. Here is my answer!
There’s a lot of software out there that does this job, and everyone has their favourites, but I must admit that I’m a big fan of SmartFTP (http://www.smartftp.com/).
This type of tool is really useful for manually moving data files around systems in your organisation, and between your organisation and third parties. Sometimes email just isn’t practical, especially if the files are large. Also, a good FTP tool is essential if you ever need to upload to, or download from, your website anything that isn’t dealt with via some sort of content control process on your site itself. For example, it’s how we update the database that contains our tips and case studies on our site.
I’ve been using SmartFTP for 8 years now. It’s user friendly, it gets the job done well and I find it very intuitive to use. Also, it doesn’t cost the earth - the standard version costs under £20. They’ve recently released version 3.0 and it’s even better than ever.
So, if you’re looking for a powerful but useable FTP tool, I’d recommend you try SmartFTP on a 30 day free trial and see what you think. Like me, you might never look back!
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