We use GoAnywhere to filter files for our clients and set up SOP connections. Our clients are primarily large corporations, and we have around 10 specialists working with GoAnywhere.
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Goanywhere MFT Fortra Review
What do you like best about the product?
It's Automation, Integration and ease of use, ease of implementation
customer support
customer support
What do you dislike about the product?
User Interface needs to be enhanced and modera nized
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure File Transfer, Data source Integrations and File Automation
Improved productivity through automation from the source to the destination
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
GoAnywhere has improved productivity through automation from the source to the destination. It has improved build time because the files are transferred to them immediately.
We use the agents for other branches of our client. It's crucial that the agents enable us to extend MFT automation to remote systems because the agent is like a mini-GoAnywhere. The solution has saved time connecting securely with third parties that we need to collaborate with, especially our clients. We're dealing with SaaS, so it helped us secure our files and the cloud files being tested.
What is most valuable?
The best feature of GoAnywhere is that transfers are straightforward if there are no other requirements from the source and destination. It doesn't require much maintenance.
What needs improvement?
The reporting could be more customizable.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used Fortra's GoAnywhere for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate GoAnywhere 10 out of 10 for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
GoAnywhere can scale up to the enterprise level.
How are customer service and support?
I rate Fortra support nine out of 10. I'm very satisfied with the customer support. They can accommodate us when we need their help.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We had another product before we switched to Fortra. Their customer support couldn't answer our technician's questions fast enough, whereas Fortra gave us the answer we needed in a timely manner.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Fortra GoAnywhere 10 out of 10. I would recommend GoAnywhere, depending on a company's needs. It's appropriate for enterprises who want to securely transfer files from service to service.
GoAnywhere Managed File Transfer Solution
What do you like best about the product?
GA MFT is very helpful specially in automation of moving of our Client's files. Besides being an automation tool, GA MFT is very easy to administer and provides security using the most latest file transfer protocols. High maintenance programming is not an issue anymore because of GA MFT's Project Workflow with drag and drop Tasks. In addition to it, Technical Courses of the solution is free to access.
What do you dislike about the product?
In my honest opinion, GA MFT 10/10 but I understand that nothing is made perfect. I think GA MFT will be much greater if there will be a specific template of Project Workflow that will tackle each of the Tasks available in its Component Library. On the other hand, if price can still be considered for it to be more affordable though the features of GA MFT really worth its price.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
GA MFT is currently solving our client's file transfer automation needs including the encryption and securing the moving of files with industry's file transfer protocols. It benefit each of our client's with the easy scheduling of the automated file transfer at the same time having the security of hacking and data snooping.
The user-friendly web interface has transformed this process, allowing me to easily delegate tasks and finally share the responsibility
What is our primary use case?
While Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT offers features like secure email and file sharing, we primarily use it for its core functionality: secure file transfers. Our focus is on building automated jobs to manipulate and securely transfer files, and GoAnywhere effectively meets that need.
How has it helped my organization?
Before GoAnywhere MFT, I relied on manually written bash scripts on a Linux server to handle file transfers, creating a workload I couldn't share due to being the only Linux expert. GoAnywhere's user-friendly web interface has transformed this process, allowing me to easily delegate tasks and finally share the responsibility.
GoAnywhere has been instrumental in our secure data transfers with third parties, streamlining the process and saving us an estimated 40 hours per month. It eliminates the need for troubleshooting and writing custom scripts, making it an efficient and reliable solution.
What is most valuable?
GoAnywhere stands out for its user-friendly project creation, intuitive testing and troubleshooting, and especially its notification system, which keeps me informed of any issues that need attention, a feature we lacked before.
What needs improvement?
My only technical difficulty has been finding certificates nearing expiration. While this suggests room for improvement in certificate management, it's more likely I just need to consult the documentation.
Upgrading was a challenge and I ran into some problems along the way.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT for eight months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The only challenge I encountered with GoAnywhere was occasionally needing to increase the allocated Java memory. The software itself prompted me to do this when it started running low on resources. Luckily, my server had plenty of memory available, so I simply doubled or tripled the allocation. This was a straightforward configuration change and didn't seem to impact performance at all. GoAnywhere warned of potential slowdowns if I didn't address the memory issue, but I haven't experienced any performance problems myself.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
GoAnywhere has proven to be very scalable. I've been able to seamlessly add at least ten new connections since implementing it, demonstrating its ability to handle increased workloads.
How are customer service and support?
The technical support is great. They provide quality responses.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We migrated from Linux and shell scripts to GoAnywhere for this task because the previous approach, while functional, lacked efficiency and user-friendliness.
How was the initial setup?
The initial deployment was straightforward. I completed the deployment on my own.
What about the implementation team?
The implementation was completed in-house.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
GoAnywhere's price is justified by its features and the time it saves me. In other words, the value I get from the software makes the cost worthwhile.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
After considering a few other options, GoAnywhere stood out due to positive reviews. A sales demo solidified my decision - it was significantly better than the competition.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT ten out of ten.
We evaluated GoAnywhere MFT's gateway feature, which adds security by placing a secure gateway at the network perimeter. However, since 90 percent of our connections already utilize a VPN, which offers its own encryption and security, we opted not to implement it. Similarly, we haven't invested in the secure forms functionality as we haven't identified a need for it.
GoAnywhere MFT itself requires minimal maintenance, only needing one patch upgrade so far. Additionally, while occasional Windows updates and server restarts are necessary, they are significantly easier to manage compared to maintaining and patching a Linux system.
GoAnywhere MFT stood out among the products we reviewed - it offered superior functionality at a surprisingly affordable price. Compared to other options, GoAnywhere felt like a clear winner in terms of both value and capability.
I recommend attending the demonstrations offered by the sales and presales engineering teams. They are product experts and are happy to provide hands-on demos where you can build a sample workflow. These sessions are very informative, and similar follow-up calls after purchase are also valuable. They can help you avoid unnecessary steps and ensure you're using GoAnywhere MFT to its full potential.
Easy to use ETL
What do you like best about the product?
Very flexible. Handles use cases that would require hours of development to handle otherwise.
What do you dislike about the product?
Tooling sometimes feels a little dated. But for the most part it works very well in any browser.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Being able to securely move data to our vendors and customers.
Operations Manager
What do you like best about the product?
What I really like about GoAnywhere is that the platform provides a user freidnly UI.This was very important when selecting a product due to the types of users we have at AlixPartners. In the work that we do, we have very non technical individuals using the site that need to provide us data right away and in a secure manner. To date, this product has been a hit for our users and we are looking to implement the product in other areas to replace our instance of Globalscape. From an Admin perspective, I love that its easy to administer, easy to upgrade and the features that are availble fit in with our business use cases perfectly.
What do you dislike about the product?
At this time, I dont think there is anything that I dislike about the product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
GoAnywhere has solved the administration burden that we were feeling with Globalscape. It has also helped us gain the trust back from our external clients that we are using a stable and easy to use platform. The platform is benefitting us by receiving cleints data 24/7/365 with minimal issues and also maintaining the amount of data that we exchange in a secure manner.
GoAnywhere MFT
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use. It's easy to install, has a user friendly GUI, is very secure, intergrates well in Azure Cloud and is a cost effective solution. I've been working with GoAnywhere for a few years now and the customer support is very responsive and eager to help resolve any issues.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to see more sample projects like a default starting point for different use scenarios.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The MFT provides inbound and outbound automation which eliminates the manual activity of having to periocially check and migrate files/data from A to B.
Good product for file transfers.
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to transfer large files via a secure email method. We also have customized workflows to manage file transfers.
What do you dislike about the product?
The complexity of the workflows can feel overwhelming, but the documentation is amazing to support the configuration.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Transferring large files securely and managing automated file transfers between various systems.
If your company moves files internally or externally you need GoAnywhere MFT!
What do you like best about the product?
GoAnywhere MFT is a single application that supports all of our file moves, for both internal users and external customers and vendors. The product is very scalable and supports more connection options than any other product we looked at. So far, there has not been a need for a connection type that GoAnywhere could not provide for us.
What do you dislike about the product?
Because of the incredible depth of GoAnywhere MFT capabilities and its ability to connect to so many resources and types of storage, there is a bit of a learning curve. But we have been able to get started quickly and continue to learn the nuances of GoAnywhere MFT as we go along.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
GoAnywhere MFT is our enterprise solution for managed file transfers and we use it for everything, including internal staff secure folders, both SFTP and web=based secure portals for internal and external customers, vendors, and employees. It allows us to use one product and connect to any and all storage resources that we need to have access to, and it allows us to move data and files from one resource type to another totally different resource seamlessly.
Good Products
What do you like best about the product?
File Transfer process made my work so easy
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't see anything hardstop for disliking the GOANYWHERE
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
MFT Automation made the work easy, it is saving lot of time
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