Managed file transfer
Asked as “managed file transfer solution”, and as “secure SFTP server for business file exchange”, on behalf of a mid-market B2B company. 49 first choices recorded across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, fourteen models each. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories: how the two compare.
Standing · first-choice share
43%
Clear leader
43Files.com08Progress MOVEit Transfer06Cerberus FTP Server43others
43% of first choices, clear leader.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment; they sit side by side and are never added together.
The standing
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company. Ordered by share.
ProductFirst-choice shareNegative rateLabelsQuadrantSince September 2026
02
Progress MOVEit Transfer8%35%31criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 8% now.
Progress MOVEit Transfer8%35%31criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 8% now.04
Cleo Integration Cloud4%12%17accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 4% now.
Cleo Integration Cloud4%12%17accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 4% now.07
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT4%47%19criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 4% now.
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT4%47%19criticized challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 4% now.Show the six products at 0%, ordered by negative rate
13
Axway SecureTransport0%20%20accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
Axway SecureTransport0%20%20accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.10IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer0%7%14accepted challengernewNew since September 2026: not ranked then, 0% now.
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured
Bars are the share of first choices, 0 to 100Every product with at least 10 labels here. Every product name links to its product page.
Head to head
All twenty-eight head-to-head pages: the top eight products, each against each
Files.com vs Diplomat MFTFiles.com vs GoAnywhere MFTFiles.com vs Fortra GoAnywhere MFTFiles.com vs CouchdropProgress MOVEit Transfer vs Cerberus FTP ServerProgress MOVEit Transfer vs Cleo Integration CloudProgress MOVEit Transfer vs Diplomat MFTProgress MOVEit Transfer vs GoAnywhere MFTProgress MOVEit Transfer vs Fortra GoAnywhere MFTProgress MOVEit Transfer vs CouchdropCerberus FTP Server vs Cleo Integration CloudCerberus FTP Server vs Diplomat MFTCerberus FTP Server vs GoAnywhere MFTCerberus FTP Server vs Fortra GoAnywhere MFTCerberus FTP Server vs CouchdropCleo Integration Cloud vs Diplomat MFTCleo Integration Cloud vs GoAnywhere MFTCleo Integration Cloud vs Fortra GoAnywhere MFTCleo Integration Cloud vs CouchdropDiplomat MFT vs GoAnywhere MFTDiplomat MFT vs Fortra GoAnywhere MFTDiplomat MFT vs CouchdropGoAnywhere MFT vs Fortra GoAnywhere MFTGoAnywhere MFT vs CouchdropFortra GoAnywhere MFT vs Couchdrop
Recommended versus criticized
Every product with at least 10 labels here, on both axes. The 30% line names a quadrant, not the verdict above: that one needs more than 40%.
Criticized challengerCriticized default
Negative label rate →
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0%First-choice share → · lines at 30% share and 25% negative60%
Key
01Files.com43%
Files.com43%02Progress MOVEit Transfer8%
Progress MOVEit Transfer8%03Cerberus FTP Server6%
Cerberus FTP Server6%04Cleo Integration Cloud4%
Cleo Integration Cloud4%05Diplomat MFT4%
06GoAnywhere MFT4%
GoAnywhere MFT4%07Fortra GoAnywhere MFT4%
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT4%08Couchdrop2%
Couchdrop2%09AWS Transfer Family2%
10IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer0%
11JSCAPE MFT Server0%
JSCAPE MFT Server0%12Kiteworks MFT0%
Kiteworks MFT0%13Axway SecureTransport0%
Axway SecureTransport0%14MOVEit0%
15Globalscape EFT0%
Globalscape EFT0%What they warned about
Two of fourteen models held their first choice under the paraphrase. Claude Haiku 4.5, GPT-5.4 mini, Perplexity Sonar, Grok 4.1 Fast, Mistral Small, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Llama 4 Maverick, Qwen 3.7 Flash, Kimi K2, GLM 4.7 FlashX, MiniMax M2.5 and Muse Glimmer 30B changed. A high negative share on a product with few labels is a warning. A low share on a product with many labels is salience, not sentiment.
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT47%
9 of 19 labels negative · 9 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“This solution has had critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-0204) that allow unauthorized users to create admin users and bypass authentication” Claude Haiku 4.5, negative prompt
Progress MOVEit Transfer35%
11 of 31 labels negative · 8 of 14 models · 6 hard negative
“The vulnerability is reportedly being actively exploited... could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain unauthorised access to the MOVEit Transfer environment” Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt
GoAnywhere MFT25%
7 of 28 labels negative · 7 of 14 models · 4 hard negative
“you want to avoid heavy enterprise platforms (such as Progress MOVEit, Axway, or GoAnywhere MFT)” Gemini 3.5 Flash, budget prompt
CrushFTP100%
4 of 4 labels negative · 4 of 14 models · 1 hard negative
“CISA lists multiple exploited vulnerabilities, including authentication bypass and sandbox escape issues” GPT-5.4 mini, negative prompt
What they cite
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list: fourteen of the fourteen in this edition, and all six flagship models on the expanded tier.
Sites the answers cite
79 of 84 answers in this category came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models: citations where the model returns them, or the search results it consulted. 1087 links across 172 sites, every framing counted. Ranked by the number of answers carrying the site or page. None of the 252 answers across every segment cited this index's own page for the category.
vendor site · G237 answers · 69 citations · 13 models
vendor site · SFTP To Go37 answers · 40 citations · 11 models
vendor site · G236 answers · 36 citations · 12 models
35 answers · 41 citations · 11 models
vendor site · Kiteworks34 answers · 83 citations · 10 models
27 answers · 27 citations · 12 models
vendor site · SourceForge25 answers · 41 citations · 9 models
vendor site · Files.com24 answers · 41 citations · 12 models
vendor site · Cleo22 answers · 27 citations · 11 models
vendor site · GoAnywhere21 answers · 27 citations · 11 models
20 answers · 28 citations · 10 models
18 answers · 22 citations · 10 models
Pages the answers cite
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.
36 answers · 12 models
34 answers · 11 models
27 answers · 11 models
27 answers · 12 models
16 answers · 12 models
15 answers · 10 models
14 answers · 7 models
14 answers · 11 models
13 answers · 11 models
13 answers · 8 models
Search against answers
Each company's standing in the answers beside its site's footprint in Google search, one row a site: the products the models named on it with their shares, and the share they add up to; monthly searches on Google, and DataForSEO's estimate of AI search demand (modeled from search signals, directional, not a count of queries to any assistant), for the most-searched of the company's and its products' names (the name is in each row's hover text); estimated monthly organic visits to the site; and its best position in Google's top ten for “best managed file transfer solution”, “managed file transfer solution”, “managed file transfer solutions”. US estimates from DataForSEO and Google's Ads Transparency Center. A small company's site, or a mid-sized company's site for its flagship, is marked company; a product on a large parent's site (Google, Microsoft) has no site figures. A column with no figures for this category is left out, and an empty cell means none were seen, not none exist. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
| 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 | 43% | 121 | 880 | 79 | 61,282 | $21 | 33 | |
| Progress MOVEit Transfer progress.com | 8% | 75 | 30 | 1 | 964,341 | 55 | 8 | |
| Cerberus FTP Server cerberusftp.com | 6% | 34 | 590 | 6 | 10,833 | 83 | ||
| SFTPGo sftpgo.com | 6% | 18 | 1,300 | 11 | 800 | |||
| Fortra fortra.com Fortra GoAnywhere MFT 4%, Fortra 2% | 6% | 52 | 140 | 8 | 125,581 company | $34 | 60 | |
| Cleo Integration Cloud cleo.com | 4% | 182 | 170 | 1 | 63,575 | 41 | ||
| Diplomat MFT | 4% | 30 | 0 | |||||
| GoAnywhere MFT goanywhere.com | 4% | 87 | 720 | 45 | 30,833 | 43 | 4 | |
| Couchdrop couchdrop.io | 2% | 31 | 880 | 9 | 2,829 | $272 | 45 | 8 |
| AWS parent site AWS Transfer Family 2% | 2% | 43 | 368,000 | 114,001 |
Google's top ten for the three searches hold 21 sites; 4 of them are among the sites the models cited here (g2.com, goanywhere.com, kiteworks.com, softwarereviews.com). The first result for “best managed file transfer solution” is softwarereviews.com.
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.ShowHide
How they answered
Six framings of the same buying question, each sent to every model in a fresh session with search on. One row per model, so a row shows whether it held its answer under rewording, what it named when cost was the constraint, and what it argued against. Computed from the raw judge labels.
ShowHideModelDirect“What is the best managed file transfer solution for a mid-market B2B company?”Paraphrase“Which secure SFTP server for business file exchange would you recommend to a mid-sized B2B company?”Comparative“What are the top managed file transfer solutions and how do they differ?”Budget-constrained“What is the best managed file transfer solution for a company with a limited budget?”Scale-constrained“We are a 500 person company evaluating a managed file transfer solution. What should we look at?”Negative“Which managed file transfer solutions should I avoid or be cautious about?”
Claude Haiku 4.5Progress MOVEit TransferCerberus FTP Server, CouchdropChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceagainst: Cleo MFT Products, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Gladinet CentreStack, MOVEit Transfer
Four alternatives
Cleo Integration Cloud, Diplomat MFT, Files.com MFT, JSCAPE MFT ServerTwo alternatives
ExaVault, JSCAPE MFT ServerGPT-5.4 miniFortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferProgress MOVEit TransferChangedProgress MOVEit TransferDiplomat MFTagainst: AWS Transfer Familyno first choiceagainst: CrushFTP, GoAnywhere MFT, Ivanti CSA, MOVEit Transfer
Five alternatives
Diplomat MFT, Files.com, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, JSCAPE MFT Server, SFTP To GoOne alternative
SolarWinds Serv-U MFTThree alternatives
Axway Managed File Transfer, IBM Aspera, IBM Sterling Secure File TransferOne alternative
GoAnywhere MFTGemini 3.5 FlashFiles.comagainst: Axway SecureTransport, IBM Sterling Secure File TransferFiles.comHeldagainst: OpenSSHFiles.com, GoAnywhere MFTagainst: Progress MOVEit TransferSFTPGoagainst: Axway SecureTransport, GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferFiles.comagainst: Accellion FTA, Cleo MFT, CrushFTP, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Gladinet CentreStack, Globalscape EFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer
Three alternatives
Cleo Integration Cloud, Couchdrop, Fortra GoAnywhere MFTThree alternatives
Couchdrop, SFTP To Go, SFTPGoThree alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Cleo Integration Cloud, JSCAPE MFT ServerSeven alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, Couchdrop, Diplomat MFT, DocEvent.io, FileAgent, SFTP To Go, WaarpFive alternatives
Couchdrop, Diplomat MFT, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, SFTP To Go, bTradePerplexity SonarProgress MOVEit TransferFiles.comChangedagainst: FileZilla Serverno first choiceExaVault, Files.comno first choiceagainst: FTP, GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEit, email-based transfer
Two alternatives
Cleo Integration Cloud, GoAnywhere MFTThree alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, CompleteFTP, CouchdropOne alternative
GoAnywhere MFTGrok 4.1 FastGoAnywhere MFTagainst: IBM Sterling File GatewaySFTP To GoChangedagainst: CrushFTP, SFTPGoFortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferFiles.comagainst: Dropbox, Globalscape EFT, GoAnywhere MFT, Google Driveno first choiceagainst: MOVEitagainst: Accellion FTA, Axway SecureTransport, Cleo MFT, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Globalscape EFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer
Four alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, Diplomat MFT, Files.com, Progress MOVEit TransferOne alternative
Files.comFour alternatives
Axway SecureTransport, Cleo Integration Cloud, Globalscape EFT, IBM Sterling Secure File TransferThree alternatives
Couchdrop, FileZilla Server, SFTPGoMistral SmallAxway Managed File Transfer, Files.comFiles.comChangedagainst: OpenSSHno first choiceFiles.comno first choiceagainst: Axway SecureTransport
Two alternatives
IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, SEEBURGER Managed File TransferTwo alternatives
ExaVault, Titan SFTP ServerTwo alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, Diplomat MFT Basic EditionDeepSeek V4 FlashFortraFiles.comChangedFortra GoAnywhere MFTFiles.comno first choiceagainst: Accellion File Transfer Appliance, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, JSCAPE MFT Server, Legacy FTP/SFTP servers, Progress MOVEit Transfer, SolarWinds Serv-U MFT
Three alternatives
Axway SecureTransport, Files.com, Progress MOVEit TransferFour alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, Couchdrop, ExaVault, SFTP To GoSix alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Axway SecureTransport, Cleo Integration Cloud, IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer, Kiteworks MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferThree alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server (On-Premises) — Professional Edition, MASV, SFTPGoLlama 4 MaverickCleo Integration CloudFiles.comChangedno first choiceno first choiceno first choiceagainst: GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEit
Three alternatives
Axway SecureTransport, Diplomat MFT, TDXchangeTwo alternatives
Couchdrop, ExaVaultQwen 3.7 FlashSeeburgerFiles.comChangedIBM Sterling Secure File TransferMFT Gatewayno first choiceagainst: Cleo MFT, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer
Three alternatives
Axway SecureTransport, FalconX.io, GoAnywhere MFTTwo alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, SolarWinds Serv-U MFTFour alternatives
Axway Managed File Transfer, GoAnywhere MFT, Kiteworks MFT, Progress MOVEit TransferThree alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Dafile, IBM AsperaKimi K2Diplomat MFTAWS Transfer Family, Files.comChangedGoAnywhere MFTagainst: Globalscape EFTCoviant Diplomat MFT, Files.comno first choiceagainst: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer
Four alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, Files.com, GoAnywhere MFT, JSCAPE MFT ServerThree alternatives
Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer, SFTPGoThree alternatives
Axway SecureTransport, IBM Aspera, Progress MOVEit TransferTwo alternatives
FilePilot, FileZilla ServerGLM 4.7 FlashXGoAnywhere MFTSFTPGoChangedProgress MOVEit TransferFiles.comagainst: prefect-managedfiletransfer, tranzfer‑mftno first choiceagainst: Cleo Integration Cloud, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer
Two alternatives
Kiteworks MFT, MOVEitOne alternative
Files.comSix alternatives
Axway Managed File Transfer, Citrix ShareFile, Globalscape EFT, GoAnywhere MFT, JSCAPE MFT Server, SolarWinds Serv-U MFTSeven alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, CompleteFTP, FilePilot, GoAnywhere MFT, Kestra, LunaTransfer, copypartyMiniMax M2.5Cleo Integration Cloud, Fortra GoAnywhere MFTFiles.com, SolarWinds Serv-U MFTChangedno first choiceFiles.comno first choiceagainst: Accellion File Transfer Appliance, Cleo Integration Cloud, CrushFTP, Globalscape EFT, GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEit Transfer, Wing FTP
Two alternatives
Files.com, Progress MOVEit TransferTwo alternatives
ExaVault, Titan SFTP ServerFour alternatives
Cerberus FTP Server, Diplomat MFT Basic Edition, FileZilla Server, MASVGPT-6 LunaFiles.comagainst: GoAnywhere MFTFiles.comHeldno first choiceSFTPGono first choiceagainst: Accellion File Transfer Appliance, Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom, Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer
Three alternatives
Axway MFT Cloud Services, Cleo Integration Cloud, MOVEitTwo alternatives
GoAnywhere MFT, MOVEitOne alternative
Files.comMuse Glimmer 30BFiles.comagainst: Progress MOVEit TransferCerberus FTP ServerChangedFortra GoAnywhere MFTCerberus FTP Serverno first choiceagainst: Fortra GoAnywhere MFT, Progress MOVEit Transfer
Two alternatives
Cleo Integration Cloud, GoAnywhere MFTThree alternatives
Files.com, Globalscape EFT, JSCAPE MFT ServerFive alternatives
AWS Transfer Family, Citrix ShareFile, Files.com, IBM Aspera, Progress MOVEit TransferFour alternatives
FileZilla, Files.com MFT, SolarWinds Free SFTP/SCP Server, WinSCPBold is the first choiceAlternatives are counted; the count opens them.What the answer argued against
The record
One row per call: the version string exactly as returned, whether the model searched, sources cited, and latency. Full answer text is in the free responses file. Download the record
Eighty-four rows: every prompt, every model, every answer.
| Prompt | Model | Version string | Time (UTC) | Searched | Sources | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct recommendation | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:59 | yes | 9 | 8 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:02 | yes | 3 | 6 s |
| Direct recommendation | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 01:09 | yes | 13 | 29 s |
| Direct recommendation | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-04 23:07 | yes | 17 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:02 | yes | 25 | 9 s |
| Direct recommendation | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:03 | yes | 9 | 7 s |
| Direct recommendation | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:15 | yes | 24 | 31 s |
| Direct recommendation | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:55 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Direct recommendation | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:01 | yes | 10 | 35 s |
| Direct recommendation | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:25 | yes | 17 | 23 s |
| Direct recommendation | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 22:53 | yes | 23 | 45 s |
| Direct recommendation | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:41 | yes | 17 | 24 s |
| Direct recommendation | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:49 | yes | 5 | 21 s |
| Direct recommendation | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 01:54 | yes | 21 | 29 s |
| Paraphrase | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 15 | 10 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-04 22:54 | yes | 2 | 5 s |
| Paraphrase | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:46 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Paraphrase | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:02 | yes | 16 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-04 23:59 | yes | 24 | 9 s |
| Paraphrase | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:34 | yes | 5 | 4 s |
| Paraphrase | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:43 | yes | 22 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 23:17 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Paraphrase | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:39 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:34 | yes | 18 | 28 s |
| Paraphrase | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-04 23:40 | yes | 15 | 57 s |
| Paraphrase | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 5 | 16 s |
| Paraphrase | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-04 23:18 | yes | 4 | 19 s |
| Paraphrase | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 23:14 | yes | 23 | 24 s |
| Comparative | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:03 | yes | 10 | 8 s |
| Comparative | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:57 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:05 | yes | 17 | 27 s |
| Comparative | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 17 | 5 s |
| Comparative | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:05 | yes | 18 | 8 s |
| Comparative | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 01:02 | yes | 12 | 12 s |
| Comparative | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:05 | yes | 20 | 50 s |
| Comparative | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:55 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Comparative | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:43 | yes | 14 | 45 s |
| Comparative | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:54 | yes | 18 | 29 s |
| Comparative | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:59 | yes | 19 | 21 s |
| Comparative | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 00:26 | yes | 12 | 25 s |
| Comparative | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 8 | 28 s |
| Comparative | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-04 22:33 | yes | 13 | 35 s |
| Budget constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 23:15 | no | 0 | 4 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:50 | yes | 4 | 5 s |
| Budget constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:56 | yes | 36 | 29 s |
| Budget constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:09 | yes | 14 | 3 s |
| Budget constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 01:32 | yes | 24 | 11 s |
| Budget constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-04 22:11 | yes | 14 | 7 s |
| Budget constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-04 22:38 | yes | 24 | 24 s |
| Budget constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:13 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Budget constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:02 | yes | 10 | 26 s |
| Budget constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 23 | 21 s |
| Budget constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:37 | yes | 21 | 112 s |
| Budget constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:16 | yes | 13 | 23 s |
| Budget constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 00:06 | yes | 2 | 15 s |
| Budget constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:40 | yes | 15 | 18 s |
| Scale constrained | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-04 22:21 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 00:16 | no | 0 | 10 s |
| Scale constrained | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:35 | yes | 10 | 24 s |
| Scale constrained | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 01:53 | yes | 18 | 4 s |
| Scale constrained | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:39 | yes | 13 | 8 s |
| Scale constrained | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:03 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Scale constrained | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 00:32 | yes | 8 | 89 s |
| Scale constrained | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-05 00:50 | yes | 5 | 3 s |
| Scale constrained | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 00:27 | yes | 5 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-05 01:02 | yes | 12 | 26 s |
| Scale constrained | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 01:21 | yes | 8 | 33 s |
| Scale constrained | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 14 | 25 s |
| Scale constrained | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:12 | yes | 2 | 21 s |
| Scale constrained | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:42 | no | 0 | 6 s |
| Negative framing | Claude Haiku 4.5 | claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 | 2026-10-05 00:19 | yes | 18 | 9 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-5.4 mini | gpt-5.4-mini-2026-03-17 | 2026-10-05 01:56 | yes | 3 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Gemini 3.5 Flash | gemini-3.5-flash | 2026-10-05 00:34 | yes | 23 | 31 s |
| Negative framing | Perplexity Sonar | sonar | 2026-10-05 00:00 | yes | 19 | 4 s |
| Negative framing | Grok 4.1 Fast | spacexai/grok-4.1-fast-non-reasoning via vertex | 2026-10-05 00:37 | yes | 23 | 10 s |
| Negative framing | Mistral Small | mistral/mistral-small via mistral | 2026-10-05 00:54 | yes | 5 | 5 s |
| Negative framing | DeepSeek V4 Flash | deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash via deepinfra | 2026-10-05 01:10 | yes | 25 | 60 s |
| Negative framing | Llama 4 Maverick | meta/llama-4-maverick via bedrock | 2026-10-04 22:44 | yes | 5 | 2 s |
| Negative framing | Qwen 3.7 Flash | alibaba/qwen3.7-flash via alibaba | 2026-10-05 01:44 | yes | 19 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | Kimi K2 | moonshotai/kimi-k2 via novita | 2026-10-04 22:50 | yes | 25 | 20 s |
| Negative framing | GLM 4.7 FlashX | zai/glm-4.7-flashx via zai | 2026-10-05 00:15 | yes | 23 | 64 s |
| Negative framing | MiniMax M2.5 | minimax/minimax-m2.5 via minimax | 2026-10-05 01:27 | yes | 15 | 27 s |
| Negative framing | GPT-6 Luna | gpt-6-luna | 2026-10-05 01:09 | yes | 4 | 30 s |
| Negative framing | Muse Glimmer 30B | meta/muse-glimmer-30b via togetherai | 2026-10-05 00:14 | yes | 22 | 31 s |
Normalization in this category
Every judgment call made between the raw labels and the numbers above, listed so it is visible and reversible.
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Category-scoped readings
Axway read as Axway SecureTransport
Cleo read as Cleo Integration Cloud
Cleo (Harmony, VLTrader, LexiCom) read as Cleo Integration Cloud
Cleo Integration Cloud MFT read as Cleo Integration Cloud
Fortra GoAnywhere read as Fortra GoAnywhere MFT
Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT read as Fortra GoAnywhere MFT
Globalscape read as Globalscape EFT
Globalscape (Fortra EFT) read as Globalscape EFT
Globalscape (HelpSystems) read as Globalscape EFT
Globalscape (now HelpSystems/ Fortra EFT) read as Globalscape EFT
GoAnywhere read as GoAnywhere MFT
IBM Aspera Managed File Transfer (MFT) read as IBM Aspera
IBM Sterling read as IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer
IBM Sterling MFT read as IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer
IBM Sterling MFT (powered by Aspera) read as IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer
IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer / Sterling File Gateway read as IBM Sterling Secure File Transfer
JSCAPE read as JSCAPE MFT Server
JSCAPE (by Redwood) read as JSCAPE MFT Server
JSCAPE MFT (by Redwood) read as JSCAPE MFT Server
JSCAPE MFT by Redwood read as JSCAPE MFT Server
Kiteworks read as Kiteworks MFT
Kiteworks (formerly Accellion) read as Kiteworks MFT
Progress MOVEit read as Progress MOVEit Transfer
SolarWinds Serv-U read as SolarWinds Serv-U MFT
Unresolved, counted raw
Axway MFT Cloud Services
Azure Data Box
Azure Data Lake Storage
Bitvise SSH Server
Cerberus FTP Server (On-Premises) — Professional Edition
Cleo Harmony, VLTrader, and LexiCom
Cyberduck
Dafile
DocEvent.io
FalconX.io
FileAgent
FileWave
FileZilla Client
IBM Aspera on Cloud
Ivanti CSA
Legacy FTP/SFTP servers (e.g., plain FTP, old WS_FTP)
LunaTransfer
OpenText (formerly Micro Focus) MFT
OpenText MFT
Serv-U Managed File Transfer Server
SolarWinds Free SFTP/SCP Server
Syncplify Server!
TDXchange
Titan FTP Server
VanDyke VShell
Vendor A
Vendor B
Vendor C
Waarp
copyparty
email-based transfer
prefect-managedfiletransfer
tranzfer‑mft
Discontinued, still offered
No shut-down product was recommended here.