Comparison of FTP server software packages

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Name	License	Platform	Details
Cerberus FTP Server	Proprietary	Windows only	LDAP authentication, HTTP / HTTPS remote administration, public key and client certificate authentication
CompleteFTP	trialware	Windows only	dashboard
CrushFTP Server	trialware	Mac OS X, Windows (all), Linux (all), *BSD, Solaris, IBM.	Hadoop and Google Drive for file data.
FileZilla Server	free software	Windows Mac OS X	FTP, FTPS , supports autoban, speedlimits, IP Filter, Groups, Shared folders, compression
Microsoft Internet Information Services	Proprietary	Windows only	FTP, FTPS, WebDAV and WebDAV over SSL (FTPS is supported in IIS 7 and later)
Sysax Multi Server	proprietary, Free Personal Edition	Windows (All Editions)	Secure FTP Server that also supports Secure Shell Access and Web browser based secure file transfer. Protocols supported include FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, Telnet, and Secure Shell . Features include web UI administration, server event triggers and scripting, and authentication using Windows, ODBC, or Active Directory. Certified for Windows Vista.
War FTP Daemon	free software	Windows 9X/2000/XP/2003	One of the original FTP servers made for the windows platform and still available.

Name	FOSS	Platform	Details
CrushFTP Server	No, proprietary	Mac OS X, Windows, Linux, *BSD, Solaris, etc.	Hadoop and Google Drive for file data. Support for CrushBalance load balancer, or others via proxy protocol v1 and v2.
glFTPd	No, proprietary	Linux, BSD, Mac OS X	Virtual users and groups, private paths, bandwidth throttling, upload/download ratio support, on the fly CRC calculating of files being uploaded, script support on almost all commands and operations, online user management, built-in statistics viewable using site commands, FTPS and ACL support. Supports FXP.
ProFTPD	Yes, GPL	Unix-like (Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and more^[1]), Windows with Cygwin	Feature rich and popular FTP daemon for Unix-like platforms. Many third party Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) available. SFTP can be supported via add-on module.^[2]
Pure-FTPd	Yes, BSD License	Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, and more	Supports FXP.
vsftpd	Yes, GPLv2	Linux, BSD, and more	RHEL. Others like Debian require an additional installation. GPLv2 license with exception for linking with OpenSSL.
WU-FTPD	No, proprietary	Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X and more	Main website seems offline, but continues development in the newer CC series

Name	Licence	Language	Platform	Details
pyftpdlib	MIT License	Python	Platform independent	A high-level portable library to easily write asynchronous FTP server implementation available for Python.

		Cerberus	Complete	CrushFTP Server	FileZilla	IIS	Multi Server
	License type	proprietary	proprietary	proprietary	GPL2	proprietary	proprietary
OS	Linux	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Mac OS X	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Unix	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
	Windows	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
User Interface	CLI	?	Yes	Yes	?	Yes, via PowerShell^[3]	?
	GUI integrated	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
	GUI(s) separately	Yes	Yes	?	?	?	?
	Web-based GUI	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?
Services	FTP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	SFTP	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
	FTPS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	SCP	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
	WebDAV	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
	HTTP/HTTPS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	AS2	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
Authentication	LDAP	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Active Directory	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
	Local	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Database	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
High Availability	Failover Cluster (active/passive)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
High Availability	Load Balancing (active/active)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	?
Automation	Event-handling	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	?
Automation	Scripting	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	?
		Cerberus	Complete	CrushFTP Server	FileZilla	IIS	Multi Server

		CrushFTP	ProFTPD	Pure-FTPd	vsftpd
	License type	proprietary	GPL	BSD	GPL2
OS	Linux	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Mac OS X	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Unix	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Windows	Yes	No	No	No
User Interface	CLI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	GUI integrated	Yes	No	No	No
	GUI(s) separately	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Web-based GUI	Yes	No	No	No
Services	FTP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	SFTP	Yes	Yes	No	No
	FTPS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	SCP	Yes	No	No	No
	WebDAV	Yes	No	No	No
	HTTP/HTTPS	Yes	No	No	No
	AS2	Yes	No	No	No
Authentication	LDAP	Yes	Yes	Yes	?
	Active Directory	Yes	No	No	No
	Local	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Database	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
High Availability	Failover Cluster (active/passive)	Yes	No	No	No
High Availability	Load Balancing (active/active)	Yes	No	No	No
Automation	Event-handling	Yes	Yes	?	?
Automation	Scripting	Yes	Yes	No	No
		CrushFTP	ProFTPD	Pure-FTPd	vsftpd