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Best IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer Alternatives in 2026

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20 platforms from file transfer services ranked against IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    SendSafely Free plan AndroidapiextensioniOSLinux 8.5
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs SendSafely
  2. 2
    rclone Free plan AndroidapiLinuxMacself-hosted Free8.4
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs rclone
  3. 3
    Progress MOVEit Transfer Free trial AndroidapiiOSself-hostedWeb 8.2
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Progress MOVEit Transfer
  4. 4
    OpenText Managed File Transfer apiWeb 8.2
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs OpenText Managed File Transfer
  5. 5
    Globalscape EFT Free trial apiself-hostedWebWin 8.2
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Globalscape EFT
  6. 6
    SFTPGo Free trial apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb €50/mo8.2
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs SFTPGo
  7. 8
    Files.com Free trial AndroidapiiOSMacWin $199/mo8.1
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Files.com
  8. 9
    WeTransfer Free plan api Free8.1
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs WeTransfer
  9. 10
    TransferNow Free plan api €0.20/mo8.1
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs TransferNow
  10. 11
    ProjectSend Free plan apiself-hostedWeb $19/mo8.1
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs ProjectSend
  11. 12
    Wing FTP Server Free plan AndroidapiiOSLinuxMac $199/mo8.1
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Wing FTP Server
  12. 13
    Transloadit Free plan AndroidapiiOSMacWeb 8.1
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Transloadit
  13. 14
    FileFast Free plan AndroidapiextensioniOSMac $5.99/mo8.1
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs FileFast
  14. 15
    IBM Aspera on Cloud Free trial apiWeb $1.07/mo8.0
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs IBM Aspera on Cloud
  15. 16
    Couchdrop Free trial apiWeb $50/mo8.0
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Couchdrop
  16. 17
    Smash Free plan api $10/mo8.0
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Smash
  17. 18
    MyAirBridge Free plan api 8.0
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs MyAirBridge
  18. 19
    Axway SecureTransport api 7.9
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Axway SecureTransport
  19. 20
    Resilio Connect api 7.9
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Resilio Connect
  20. 21
    Serv-U Managed File Transfer Server Free trial AndroidapiiOSLinuxself-hosted $335/mo7.9
    IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer vs Serv-U Managed File Transfer Server

IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer alternatives compared

#PlatformScoreFree planFromRuns on
1SendSafely8.5Free plan—Android, API, Browser, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
2rclone8.4Free planFreeAndroid, API, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3Progress MOVEit Transfer8.2No—Android, API, iOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows
4OpenText Managed File Transfer8.2No—API, Web
5Globalscape EFT8.2No—API, self-hosted, Web, Windows
6SFTPGo8.2No€50/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
8Files.com8.1No$199/moAndroid, API, iOS, Mac, Windows
9WeTransfer8.1Free planFreeAPI
10TransferNow8.1Free plan€0.20/moAPI
11ProjectSend8.1Free plan$19/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
12Wing FTP Server8.1Free plan$199/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
13Transloadit8.1Free plan—Android, API, iOS, Mac, Web
14FileFast8.1Free plan$5.99/moAndroid, API, Browser, iOS, Mac, Web
15IBM Aspera on Cloud8.0No$1.07/moAPI, Web
16Couchdrop8.0No$50/moAPI, Web
17Smash8.0Free plan$10/moAPI
18MyAirBridge8.0Free plan—API
19Axway SecureTransport7.9No—API
20Resilio Connect7.9No—API
21Serv-U Managed File Transfer Server7.9No$335/moAndroid, API, iOS, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
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Questions about IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer alternatives

What is the best alternative to IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer?

SendSafely, number 1 in file transfer services with a score of 8.5 out of 10. The others here: rclone, Progress MOVEit Transfer, OpenText Managed File Transfer and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer?

SendSafely is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 10 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, open and connectable first: a public API, open-source code, the depth of its documentation and a free tier to try it on. Model lists are sorted by the figure in their title, exactly as each provider publishes it.