Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT for Linux
Fortra | 7.7.0Linux/Unix, Amazon Linux Amazon Linux 2023 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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Your the only choice for self-managed MFT solution in Kubernetes
What do you like best about the product?
it is written in Java, vendor provides official Docker image, many features (processing files, downloading, uploading, processing file content, anti-virus), fast and stable, many plugins for cloud services (we use Azure Data Lake, Sharepoint and Google Cloud Storage, but there are many others), PCI DSS compliant (encrypted folders), easy handling of the attached DB content (backup, migration, etc.) from the UI, HA capabilities. The product very extended capabilities in configuring templates of workflows which can be easily parametrized and reused to setup many integrations using one re-usable template.
What do you dislike about the product?
Deployment in Azure AKS requires some manual steps (DB setup, licensing) which have to be managed manually (during initial setup), the vendor is working on K8S support and helm charts.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We managed to setup self-managed, cloud native MFT solution in Azure Kubernetes (AKS) thanks to the product. NO other MFT vendor offers a Docker image and mostly other products require Windows OS to install a product. We configured about ~100 integrations and another 200 are in a queue, so the target will be to process over a million of files daily. We use sftp (pull, push), Azure Data Lake, Google cloud storage and Sharepoint as sources and targets of our integration. We setup templates of one file: puller, sender and processor templates which are re-used in all integrations. We do rename, (un)compress files, use trigger files and some of the files contain PCI data.
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Secure and automated file transfers for businesses
What do you like best about the product?
One of the best things about GoAnywhere MFT is how it secures and automates file transfers so that confidential data is protected as it moves from point to point. It is used by our team to cut down on manual involvement and move files between departments and external partners. I like its scheduling utility, the ability to schedule transfers before time. This has allowed us to keep consistency in file exchanges, so that we are sending and receiving the file when we need to, without having to intervene.
What do you dislike about the product?
The downside of GoAnywhere MFT is that error logs aren’t detailed enough when a transfer fails. If anything does not go as expected, the system gives you very little information of what went wrong. It has resulted in situations where certain file exchanges take longer than they should, and troubleshooting takes longer than it should. Additionally, the time slated for configuring new workflow turns out to require somewhat more manual setup than is suggested by the features available. The maintenance has been more time consuming than anticipated due to these factors.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
With GoAnywhere MFT there is no more time wasting manually securing and verifying file transfers. Previously, encrypting and reviewing each document was too time consuming and prone to mistakes. Everything is encrypted on its own, no extra manual work required, and it figures that data remains protected. This has been a great improvement in handling financial documents and sensitive business records, speeding up the process and at the same time making it more secure and less prone to human error.
GoAnywhere Trusted Solution
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use and integration. Customer support is great.
What do you dislike about the product?
User administration could be streamlined and simplified to improve efficiency and reduce complexity.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automation and security.
Quick and effective support process
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use.
Implementation process very straight forward.
easy support process for logging tickets.
Implementation process very straight forward.
easy support process for logging tickets.
What do you dislike about the product?
We're receiving an overwhelming number of application logs, many of which seem unnecessary or not particularly useful.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Secure file transfer and data management.
Problem: having to Transfer sensitive files securely between systems, partners, or clients
Problem: having to Transfer sensitive files securely between systems, partners, or clients
GoAnywhere
What do you like best about the product?
The product works very well, it is easy to install updates. Installation is quite easy. Our company uses this daily and it appears to be able to handle the load. There is a lot of features. Customer support is easy to connect with .
What do you dislike about the product?
Documentation does not really show you how to do things it is mostly explaining what things are. I have many issues when setting up projects and the Support stance is more for break fix issues (They want you to purchase Professional Services for new integrations) but I have a hard time with that because the documentation is not good enough for me to create the projects/workflows correctly which makes the integration of some of these features very difficult
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
this is replacing an older version of Globalscape MFT it was chosen for the vast amount of features that allow you to customize your work
An Intuitive & Effective Product
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to manage and manipulate data with intuitive no-code automation tooling is great and has helped introduce efficiencies to operations that were previously done manually. The supporting documentation is up there with the best I've experienced and there have been very few times where a query has been left unanswered by the user guide. From integrating third-party API requests to accessing internal databases, the user experience is efficient and effective. I use the product weekly and I'm rarely left scratching my head for answers.
What do you dislike about the product?
GoAnywhere MFT helps you make complicated workflows, easy to automate. Unfortunately, it also has a tendency to make the easy things complicated. There have been a number of time where I've had to include multiple automation steps just to achieve something that a single line of Python or JavaScript could achieve.
They also claim to handle files of any size but I've experienced issues when performing operations on very large file sizes.
They also claim to handle files of any size but I've experienced issues when performing operations on very large file sizes.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automation of data transfer.
Fast and reliable solution
What do you like best about the product?
We can implement many different types of integrations with MFT and implementation time would be very less.
Customer support is good.
Customer support is good.
What do you dislike about the product?
Looking for options to integrate with CI CD.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
we had 500+ file transfers with various client and various connectivity. GoAnywhere had solution for every scenario.
Awesome transfer and reporting software
What do you like best about the product?
I love the tools that are available and the online forum for real world examples. Once you have done initial design work of resources, the rest of what you need to do becomes much simpler and adaptable to whatever your needs are for reporting and file transfer needs. Customer support is also extremely good. Ease of use is nice for getting started and producing results early. I frequently use it for developing solutions and have been for 15 years.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have no complaints but I would like to see more examples. One thing is that while it can handle multiple tabs on excel, it cannot handle multiple tabs on excel in a template fashion with fixed formats.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It solved all our needs for SFTP transfers to secure vendors. This is very important considering we work with government processes.
Best tool to streamline file transfers
What do you like best about the product?
The most helpful part of GoAnywhere is the how to guidelines that are provided in the site. You have a solution for most file transfer issues! When it comes to automation, it’s very user friendly and straightforward! This tool reduced my need for an overnight team since it took care of processing jobs at odd times.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are time when the alerts will fill up your inbox, if a job fails it will continue to try and send you emails over and over of its failure.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automation of file transfers. The problem that is solving is the need to have 4-5 employees overnight, with this tool, I only need 1 person in call in case something fails.
Robust manage file transfer capability with support of modern connectors
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of use, very quick development time, efficient and scalable manage transfer solution.
What do you dislike about the product?
not very good support for complex transformation specially with xml file types.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Automated , efficient and secure file transfers between different internal and external systems and good logging.
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