57% of first choices, clear leader.
“Enterprise Legacy Giants (e.g., IBM Sterling, Axway, Fortra GoAnywhere, MOVEit): ... vastly over-engineered for a 30-person company.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, scale prompt
“you want to avoid massive enterprise Managed File Transfer (MFT) suites like IBM Sterling, Progress MOVEit, or Fortra’s GoAnywhere” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
“Exploited in 2023 (CVE-2023-0669) by the Cl0p group, impacting roughly 130 victims in just ten days” MiniMax M2.5, negative prompt
“Enterprise Legacy Giants (e.g., IBM Sterling, Axway, Fortra GoAnywhere, MOVEit): ... vastly over-engineered for a 30-person company.” Gemini 3.5 Flash, scale prompt
78 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 12 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1077 links across 146 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page.
The ten pages named in the most answers, by full address. A page here is one the models returned with a recommendation, not one the index endorses.
| Company and products | Share | Own site cited | Name searches, Google | AI search demand, est. | Organic visits | Paid search a month, est. | Google ads, last 30 days | Best Google position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files.com files.com | 57% | 121 | 880 | 79 | 61,282 | $21 | 33 | |
| Couchdrop couchdrop.io | 8% | 31 | 880 | 9 | 2,829 | $272 | 45 | 8 |
| CData Arc cdata.com | 8% | 19 | 90 | 0 | 19,412 | 120 | 9 | |
| SFTPGo sftpgo.com | 6% | 18 | 1,300 | 11 | 800 | |||
| SFTP To Go sftptogo.com | 4% | 30 | 260 | 19 | 3,879 | 26 | ||
| AWS parent site AWS Transfer Family 4% | 4% | 43 | 368,000 | 114,001 | ||||
| Diplomat MFT Basic Edition | 4% | |||||||
| GoAnywhere MFT goanywhere.com | 2% | 87 | 720 | 45 | 30,833 | 43 | 4 | |
| Diplomat MFT | 2% | 30 | 0 | |||||
| CrushFTP crushftp.com | 2% | 10 | 880 | 9 | 390 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 3 of them are among the sites the models cited here (comparitech.com, g2.com, kiteworks.com). The first result for “best managed file transfer solution” is softwarereviews.com.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:15 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:04 | yes | 3 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:47 | yes | 22 | 27 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:39 | yes | 15 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:47 | yes | 23 | 11 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:33 | yes | 24 | 55 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:13 | yes | 13 | 40 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:18 | yes | 12 | 34 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:38 | yes | 18 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:47 | yes | 12 | 24 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:29 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:22 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:44 | yes | 19 | 23 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:05 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 22:09 | yes | 20 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:18 | yes | 22 | 30 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 01:31 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:16 | yes | 8 | 18 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:14 | yes | 19 | 22 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:21 | yes | 23 | 37 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:47 | yes | 20 | 120 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:21 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 5 | 7 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:23 | yes | 13 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:17 | yes | 16 | 4 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:20 | yes | 18 | 10 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 23:12 | yes | 11 | 8 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:24 | yes | 23 | 56 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:35 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:57 | no | 0 | 29 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:29 | yes | 15 | 23 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:34 | yes | 22 | 166 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:20 | yes | 12 | 17 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:56 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:50 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-04 23:59 | yes | 27 | 31 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 22:41 | yes | 15 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:48 | yes | 23 | 10 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:39 | yes | 8 | 6 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 23:34 | yes | 25 | 36 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:41 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:09 | yes | 8 | 39 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:23 | yes | 19 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:05 | yes | 23 | 57 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 23:14 | yes | 5 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:54 | no | 0 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:09 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:55 | yes | 21 | 30 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:32 | yes | 19 | 5 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:41 | yes | 15 | 9 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:33 | no | 0 | 7 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 8 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-04 23:14 | yes | 5 | 20 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 22 | 36 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:35 | yes | 9 | 73 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:04 | no | 0 | 14 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:23 | yes | 17 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:04 | yes | 6 | 7 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:04 | yes | 17 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:51 | yes | 18 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:41 | yes | 21 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 5 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:19 | yes | 24 | 38 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:23 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:52 | yes | 21 | 58 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 23:56 | yes | 23 | 25 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:29 | yes | 24 | 22 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-04 22:23 | yes | 23 | 34 s |
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