Comparison of FTP server software

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The table below compares basic characteristics of FTP Servers. This list is not exhaustive.

Name	Managed by	Target Niche	OS	Features	License
BulletProof FTP Server	BulletProof Software LLC	Commercial and Home-Use	Windows 98/ME, NT/2000, XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003/2008	Activity and Traffic Monitor, User Quota system, Bandwidth Throttling, Virtual File System, Advanced Logging, GUI Administration with Windows System Service Support, Event Manager (eg: React on file upload), Resumed Upload/Downloads, Anti-Hammering, Ratio Support (Private File Trading)	Proprietary
Cerberus FTP Server	Cerberus, LLC	Commercial and home use	Windows NT,2000,XP,2003, Vista	Simple Administration, TLS/SSL security, IPv6, logging, Active Directory authentication, virtual file system	Free for personal use
Cleo VLTrader	Cleo Communications, Inc.	Secure, High or medium volume, mission critical B2B communications. Multi-protocol: FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, AS2, AS3, ebMS, OFTP, MQ Series, SMTP, SMTP/s, FTP/PGP, SSH FTP and Fax	Windows XP Pro/2000/2003 - Windows 2000 or2003 server, Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, AIX	Client and Server Functionality, FTP Server, AS2 Server, AS3 Server. Certificate Manager, Real-time reporting, Integrated Scheduler, Web-based operation, Integration, Trading Partner Management, Role-based Accounts, Robust Scripting & Error Handling, Network deployment, Web Portal, Load balancing, High Availability / Failover	Proprietary
CrossFTP Server	Crossworld	Medium traffic, secure enabled (couples well with FTP and FTPS)	Windows, Mac OS X, Linux/Unix variants	GUI Administration, TLS/SSL security, monitoring, logging, File/LDAP/Database backend, Web Start with CrossFTP Client included	Apache License V2.0
CrushFTP Server	Ben Spink	Commercial to Home User	Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Unix, Solaris	FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV, Remote Administration, WebInterface, Zipped Uploads and Downloads, Plugin Architecture, Usage Reports, User Email Event Notification, Server Email Alerts, Protocol Translation, SQL, LDAP, Virtual File System, AJAX + XSLT, Adobe PDF Form Posting and Uploads, User and Group Inheritance, Virtual File System Chaining, Virtual Domains, Quotas, Ratios, Bandwidth Limiters, Live Graphs, GUI Administration, XML, Self Update, Automatic Backups, UTF-8	Proprietary
Fastream IQ Web/FTP Server	Fastream Technologies	Commercial application	Windows 2000, XP Home/Professional, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Server 2003 and Vista	Web server included, TLS/SSL security control, Remote administration	Proprietary
FileZilla Server	Tim Kosse	Medium traffic, medium security, non-critical	Windows NT,2000,XP,2003	Simple administration, TLS/SSL security control, Remote administration, virtual file system	GPL
IceWarp Server	IceWarp Software	Commercial and free editions	Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, 2003 Server, XP, Vista	FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, WebDAV, OTP/S-KEY, Remote GUI or Command Line Interpreter, User and Group Management, Home and Shared Folders, Virtual Hosts, Quotas, Bandwidth Throttling, Live Statistics, Automatic Synchronization, Integration with Email/IM, Active Directory and LDAP Mirroring, Service Monitoring, Watchdogs, Events	Proprietary
Internet Information Services	Microsoft	Commercial applications	Windows NT, 2000, XP Professional, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Server 2003 and future releases	Remote administration inside Active Directory	Proprietary
JSCAPE Secure FTP Server	JSCAPE	Commercial applications	Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X	Support for FTP, FTPS, SFTP/SSH, HTTP/S and WebDAV protocols. User authentication support for LDAP, Active Directory and database user repositories. Virtual file system, multiple domains and extensive support for triggers and business process automation.	Proprietary with free Community Edition available.
KDE Public File Server (kpf) [1]	Rik Hemsley	small menu bar applet	Linux, BSD etc. with KDE	lightweight, basic, configurable, graphical monitoring	GPL
ProFTPd	The proftpd Project	Fast, secure, modulable	Linux, Mac OS X, Windows (with cygwin)	LDAP Authentication, TLS/SSL security control, Shaping traffic, SQL or LDAP or File Quota, Ratio ...	GPL
Pure-FTPd	Frank Denis	Production and secure environments	Linux, Solaris, HPUX, Mac OS X and FreeBSD, (Potentially Windows though unofficial)	TLS Encryption, Flexible authentication	BSD
Serv-U	Rhinosoft	High traffic, production and secure environments	Windows	NT-SAM, Active Directory, Ldap, TLS/SSL, Traffic Shaping, SQL, File Quota, Ratio, HIPAA Compliant	Free for Personal Use, Corporate versions available
Sysax Multi Server	Codeorigin, LLC	Commercial and free editions for secure and high traffic environments	Windows	Support for FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SSH, Telnet, HTTP, and HTTPS protocols. Supports Windows account authentication and custom user accounts. Supports automation through execution of server side scripts based on account triggers.	Proprietary with free Personal Edition
Vsftpd	Chris Evans	High traffic, production and secure environments (couples well with ssh for sftp)	Linux/Unix variants	Flexible configuration via PAM, impressive list of high-profile users	GPL
War FTP Daemon	Jarle ("jgaa") Aase	Commercial and home use, production environments, no government use	Windows	SSL, Python plugins, Quotas, soft links, file comments (via NTFS streams), EMail/SMS event notification, bandwidth limiter, NAT	Proprietary (Freeware)
wzdftpd	Pierre Chifflier	Modular, extensible, feature rich	Linux, Windows & BSD	TLS, VFS, UTF-8, IPv4/6, Zeroconf, CRC, TCL, Perl, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, customizable via SITE commands, event triggers, support for plugins/modules/scripting	GPLv2 or later
zFTPServer	Västgöta-Data AB	Commercial and home use	Windows NT,2000,XP,2003	Strong TLS/SSL security control, Remote administration, Advanced virtual filesystem, Anti-Hammering, System Service support	Proprietary (Freeware with paid extensions/support)
Name	Managed by	Target Niche	OS	Features	License