# Globalscape, Thru vs GoAnywhere MFT Comparison | | Globalscape | Thru | GoAnywhere MFT | |---|---|---|---| | **Star Rating** | 4.6 out of 5 | 4.6 out of 5 | 4.6 out of 5 | | **Total Reviews** | 77 | 97 | 435 | | **Largest Market Segment** | Enterprise (55.2% of reviews) | Enterprise (50.5% of reviews) | Mid-Market (43.4% of reviews) | | **Entry Level Price** | Free Trial | Contact Thru for Quote | Free Trial | --- ## Top Pros & Cons ### Globalscape Pros: - Customer Support (10 reviews) - Ease of Use (9 reviews) Cons: - Complexity (4 reviews) - Difficult Learning (3 reviews) ### Thru Pros: - Customer Support (2 reviews) - Ease of Use (2 reviews) ### GoAnywhere MFT Pros: - Features (101 reviews) - Automation (83 reviews) Cons: - Complexity (77 reviews) - Difficult Learning (53 reviews) --- ## Ratings Comparison | Rating | Globalscape | Thru | GoAnywhere MFT | |---|---|---|---| | **Meets Requirements** | 9.1 (55 reviews) | 9.4 (62 reviews) | 9.2 (317 reviews) | | **Ease of Use** | 9.0 (56 reviews) | 9.4 (62 reviews) | 8.9 (322 reviews) | | **Ease of Setup** | 8.7 (51 reviews) | 9.1 (31 reviews) | 8.6 (292 reviews) | | **Ease of Admin** | 8.6 (48 reviews) | 9.4 (29 reviews) | 9.1 (214 reviews) | | **Quality of Support** | 9.0 (54 reviews) | 9.5 (60 reviews) | 8.9 (311 reviews) | | **Has the product been a good partner in doing business?** | 8.9 (49 reviews) | 9.4 (27 reviews) | 9.2 (210 reviews) | | **Product Direction (% positive)** | 9.1 (54 reviews) | 9.1 (52 reviews) | 9.0 (318 reviews) | --- ## Pricing ### Globalscape #### Entry-Level Pricing Plan: SFTP Server Bundle Price: Free Trial Key Features: - SFTP Server - FTPS Server [Browse all 5 editions](https://www.g2.com/products/globalscape/pricing) #### Free Trial Yes ### Thru #### Entry-Level Pricing Plan: Enterprise Price: Contact Thru for Quote Description: https://www.thruinc.com/pricing/ Key Features: - Schedule File Transfer Workflows - Auditing of Transactions - Guaranteed Delivery [Learn more about Thru](https://www.g2.com/products/thru/reviews) #### Free Trial Yes ### GoAnywhere MFT #### Entry-Level Pricing Plan: 30 day free trial Price: Free Trial Description: Protect, simplify, and automate your data exchanges with GoAnywhere MFT. Start your 30-day on-premises or cloud trial today, and improve your file transfer processes Key Features: - Support for Any Environment - Automatic Encryption - Secure File Exchange with Trading Partners [Learn more about GoAnywhere MFT](https://www.g2.com/products/goanywhere-mft/reviews) #### Free Trial Yes --- ## Features Comparison By Category ### Managed File Transfer (MFT) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Globalscape** | 8.9/10 | 54 | | **Thru** | 9.3/10 | 39 | | **GoAnywhere MFT** | 8.5/10 | 231 | #### Data Delivery | Feature | Globalscape | Thru | GoAnywhere MFT | |---|---|---|---| | **Load Balancing** | 9.0 (22 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.3 (24 reviews) | 8.5 (158 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Application Integration** | 9.0 (23 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.3 (27 reviews) | 8.7 (181 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **File Transfer Acceleration** | 8.7 (21 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.5 (28 reviews) | 8.9 (173 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Content Routing** | 9.0 (21 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.0 (24 reviews) | 8.5 (157 reviews) ✓ Verified | #### Functionality | Feature | Globalscape | Thru | GoAnywhere MFT | |---|---|---|---| | **Mobile Support** | 8.8 (12 reviews) ✓ Verified | 8.6 (23 reviews) | 7.4 (140 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Encryption** | 9.2 (40 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.8 (32 reviews) | 9.4 (201 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Extensibility** | 8.5 (30 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.1 (29 reviews) | 8.7 (161 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Reporting and Analytics** | 7.9 (32 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.1 (31 reviews) | 8.3 (181 reviews) ✓ Verified | #### Governance | Feature | Globalscape | Thru | GoAnywhere MFT | |---|---|---|---| | **Access Control** | 9.0 (33 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.4 (31 reviews) | 8.9 (173 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Compliance** | 9.2 (37 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.5 (32 reviews) | 8.9 (173 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Provisioning and Governance** | 9.2 (34 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.2 (33 reviews) | 8.9 (168 reviews) ✓ Verified | #### Core Transfer Infrastructure - Managed File Transfer (MFT) | Feature | Globalscape | Thru | GoAnywhere MFT | |---|---|---|---| | **Load Balancing** | 9.0 (22 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.3 (24 reviews) | 8.5 (158 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **File Transfer Acceleration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 9.1 (31 reviews) | | **Application Integration** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.9 (38 reviews) | | **Content Routing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (27 reviews) | #### Platform Capabilities - Managed File Transfer (MFT) | Feature | Globalscape | Thru | GoAnywhere MFT | |---|---|---|---| | **Encryption** | 9.2 (40 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.8 (32 reviews) | 9.4 (201 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Mobile Support** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.3 (25 reviews) | | **Reporting and Analytics** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.5 (33 reviews) | | **Extensibility** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.7 (32 reviews) | #### Security & Compliance Controls - Managed File Transfer (MFT) | Feature | Globalscape | Thru | GoAnywhere MFT | |---|---|---|---| | **Access Control** | 9.0 (33 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.4 (31 reviews) | 8.9 (173 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Compliance** | 9.2 (37 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.5 (32 reviews) | 8.9 (173 reviews) ✓ Verified | | **Provisioning and Governance** | 9.2 (34 reviews) ✓ Verified | 9.2 (33 reviews) | 8.9 (168 reviews) ✓ Verified | #### Intelligent Automation & AI - Managed File Transfer (MFT) | Feature | Globalscape | Thru | GoAnywhere MFT | |---|---|---|---| | **Anomaly Detection** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.2 (22 reviews) | | **Automated Policy Enforcement** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.9 (23 reviews) | | **Predictive Resource Allocation** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 7.5 (22 reviews) | | **Intelligent Routing** | Not enough data | Not enough data | 8.1 (25 reviews) | ### File Transfer Protocol (FTP) | Product | Score | Reviews | |---|---|---| | **Globalscape** | N/A | N/A | | **Thru** | 8.8/10 | 9 | | **GoAnywhere MFT** | 8.8/10 | 102 | #### Management | Feature | Globalscape | Thru | GoAnywhere MFT | |---|---|---|---| | **File Management** | Not enough data | 9.4 (8 reviews) | 9.1 (88 reviews) | | **Synchronization** | Not enough data | 8.3 (8 reviews) | 8.9 (82 reviews) | | **Scheduling** | Not enough data | 8.6 (7 reviews) | 9.3 (92 reviews) | | **Performance** | Not enough data | 8.3 (8 reviews) | 9.0 (90 reviews) | #### Functionality | Feature | Globalscape | Thru | GoAnywhere MFT | |---|---|---|---| | **File Transfer** | Not enough data | 9.6 (8 reviews) | 9.5 (89 reviews) | | **Language Support** | Not enough data | 8.1 (8 reviews) | 8.1 (73 reviews) | | **File Backup** | Not enough data | 8.3 (8 reviews) | 8.3 (80 reviews) | | **Mobile Support** | Not enough data | 7.1 (7 reviews) | 7.2 (73 reviews) | #### Security | Feature | Globalscape | Thru | GoAnywhere MFT | |---|---|---|---| | **Encryption** | Not enough data | 9.8 (8 reviews) | 9.2 (84 reviews) | | **Authentication** | Not enough data | 10.0 (8 reviews) | 9.1 (86 reviews) | | **Access Control** | Not enough data | 9.8 (8 reviews) | 9.3 (83 reviews) | --- ## Categories **Shared Categories (2):** [File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/file-transfer-protocol-ftp), [Managed File Transfer (MFT) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/managed-file-transfer-mft) --- ## Reviewer Demographics ### By Company Size | Segment | Globalscape | Thru | GoAnywhere MFT | |---|---|---|---| | **Small-Business** | 13.4% | 18.9% | 20.6% | | **Mid-Market** | 31.3% | 30.5% | 43.4% | | **Enterprise** | 55.2% | 50.5% | 36.0% | ### By Industry #### Globalscape - **Financial Services:** 14.3% - **Information Technology and Services:** 11.1% - **Insurance:** 9.5% - **Banking:** 6.3% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 6.3% - **Government Administration:** 4.8% - **Architecture & Planning:** 3.2% - **Computer Networking:** 3.2% - **Computer Software:** 3.2% - **Government Relations:** 3.2% - **Other:** 34.9% #### Thru - **Luxury Goods & Jewelry:** 11.6% - **Information Technology and Services:** 10.5% - **Financial Services:** 9.5% - **Leisure, Travel & Tourism:** 8.4% - **Marketing and Advertising:** 7.4% - **Computer Software:** 5.3% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 4.2% - **Telecommunications:** 3.2% - **Government Administration:** 3.2% - **Hospitality:** 3.2% - **Other:** 33.7% #### GoAnywhere MFT - **Information Technology and Services:** 18.2% - **Hospital & Health Care:** 10.4% - **Financial Services:** 9.0% - **Computer Software:** 5.0% - **Insurance:** 3.6% - **Retail:** 3.1% - **Marketing and Advertising:** 2.5% - **Government Administration:** 2.5% - **Transportation/Trucking/Railroad:** 1.7% - **Telecommunications:** 1.7% - **Other:** 42.3% --- ## Alternatives ### Alternatives to Globalscape - [Progress MOVEit](https://www.g2.com/products/progress-moveit/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (525 reviews) - [Cleo Integration Cloud](https://www.g2.com/products/cleo-integration-cloud/reviews) — 4.4/5 stars (557 reviews) - [JSCAPE MFT Server](https://www.g2.com/products/jscape-mft-server/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (98 reviews) - [FileZilla](https://www.g2.com/products/filezilla/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (767 reviews) - [Axway Managed File Transfer (MFT)](https://www.g2.com/products/axway-managed-file-transfer-mft/reviews) — 4.5/5 stars (120 reviews) - [WinSCP](https://www.g2.com/products/winscp/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (228 reviews) - [Progress ShareFile](https://www.g2.com/products/progress-sharefile/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (1535 reviews) - [Files.com](https://www.g2.com/products/files-com/reviews) — 4.6/5 stars (295 reviews) - [IBM Sterling B2B Integrator](https://www.g2.com/products/ibm-sterling-b2b-integrator/reviews) — 4.2/5 stars (42 reviews) - 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Title: [How to Download Files Programmatically from folders of Enhanced File Transfer (EFT) ?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/24372-how-to-download-files-programmatically-from-folders-of-enhanced-file-transfer-eft) — 1 comment, 2 upvotes > **Top comment:** "Hello Ирина Павлушко, It is possible to get Files Programmatically by using Web Services from our Enhanced File Transfer. EFT supports both POST and GET..." - Title: [Can EFT prevent malware and personal or corporate data from being transferred?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/can-eft-prevent-malware-and-personal-or-corporate-data-from-being-transferred) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)* > **Top comment:** "EFT has an event rule action that will send files to an ICAP server for antivirus/DLP scanning and then can quarantine files that you do want transferred...." - Title: [What kind of authentication and access control capabilities are included in EFT?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-kind-of-authentication-and-access-control-capabilities-are-included-in-eft) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)* > **Top comment:** "EFT offers a built-in authentication provider that we call Globalscape authentication, or EFT can connect to external user databases (NTLM/AD, LDAP, ODBC)..." ### Thru - Title: [EFSS Integration with Outlook?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/1814-efss-integration-with-outlook) — 2 comments, 3 upvotes > **Top comment:** "I think you can use the one drive, it's available on outlook.com" - Title: [Will you any soon review the Thru update process so that it becomes more automatic and avoid (if not completly remove) manual actions when updating to newer versions onpremises?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/30556-will-you-any-soon-review-the-thru-update-process-so-that-it-becomes-more-automatic-and-avoid-if-not-completly-remove-manual-actions-when-updating-to-newer-versions-onpremises) — 1 comment, 1 upvote *(includes official response)* > **Top comment:** "Hi Andre thank you for your question. We are working on process improvements for updating Thru applications deployed on-premises." ### GoAnywhere MFT - Title: [Should it be a priority to update for every newly released version?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/24184-should-it-be-a-priority-to-update-for-every-newly-released-version) — 3 comments, 1 upvote > **Top comment:** "You should be at least with 2 or 3 releases at a min. However, it's always best to see the release notes to check if there are any emergency fixes that may..." - Title: [What is GoAnywhere MFT?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-goanywhere-mft) — 2 comments > **Top comment:** "It is a managed file transfer solution that allows you to move files from point A to point B. You can move data from various sources -using connectors..." - Title: [What is GoAnywhere MFT used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-goanywhere-mft-used-for) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "To automate file transfer using industry standard file transfer protocols." - Title: [What type of patterns does MFT support?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-type-of-patterns-does-mft-support) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "If by "patterns" you mean file naming patterns, then there would be no restrictions at all. If conversion between types is required, the GoAnywhere toolset..." - Title: [How do I transfer files using MFT?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/how-do-i-transfer-files-using-mft) — 1 comment > **Top comment:** "GoAnywhere MFT (GAMFT) allows you to transfer files server to server, person to person, and in between (a mix). GAMFT support several protocols like SFTP,..." --- **Source:** [G2.com](https://www.g2.com) | [Comparison Page](https://www.g2.com/compare/globalscape-vs-thru-vs-goanywhere-mft)