Solution Architect, Financial Services
The user interface is dated, simple and basic. It feels old, almost like Notepad in terms of style — and they have not improved it.
Files.com vs. GoAnywhere MFT
Modern File Orchestration — Without The Java Application Server
Files.com is the cloud-native alternative to GoAnywhere MFT. 4,000+ companies run their file transfer on Files.com instead, including Equifax, Cognizant, Michelin, TowneBank, and Banner Health.
No pushy sales process
Every protocol included
SOC 2 Type II audited
Live in minutes
4,000 organizations rely on Files.com every day
Real companies. Real file flows. Real results.
GoAnywhere Is Built On 20-Year-Old Java Technology
GoAnywhere is a Java application from 2008. Fortra acquired it from Linoma in 2016 and has kept selling the same fundamental product since. You install it on your own servers, you patch it yourself, and when there’s a security hole you drop everything and patch it again. There have been three big ones in 32 months.
To do what Files.com does, you have to buy multiple GoAnywhere add-ons: one for workflows, one for AS2, one for fast transfers (GoFast), one for email (Secure Mail), one for sharing (GoDrive), and more. Each is a separate license line.
Files.com is one product, built for the cloud from day one. SFTP, FTP, FTPS, WebDAV, Automations, Inboxes, Share Links, the on-premise Agent, AS2, PGP encryption, custom domain, and the REST API and seven official SDKs, all in one. We run it. You log in and use it.
What Real GoAnywhere Customers Say About GoAnywhere
Senior Software Engineer
It is a bit difficult to learn and master GoAnywhere MFT. There is a learning curve for new users, especially those without a strong technical background in file transfer protocols.
Engineer, Government
We had some issues with the customer support team's slow responses. The current response time can be challenging, especially when dealing with critical issues.
IT Director, Manufacturing
Licensing can be expensive and it depends upon which features you want to buy. The pricing structure is complex.
Three Critical GoAnywhere CVEs In 32 Months
GoAnywhere has had three serious security holes in under three years.
January 2023. A ransomware gang called Cl0p found a way to take over GoAnywhere’s admin console without even logging in. They hit more than 130 organizations.
January 2024. Another way to bypass GoAnywhere’s login was found. The day after Fortra announced it, working attack code was already public on the internet.
September 2025. A third hole, rated 10.0 out of 10.0 — the most severe rating possible. The Medusa ransomware gang was already using it a week before Fortra publicly admitted it existed.
Each time, every GoAnywhere customer had to drop everything and patch their own servers. The pattern is the same: every customer runs the same Java software on their own servers, so when attackers find a way in, they have a list of thousands of targets — all running the same product, all exposed at the same moment.
Files.com has operated for 15+ years without a single breach. Our platform doesn’t expose a per-customer server for attackers to find.
Where Files.com Wins
One Platform, Not Seven Modules
SFTP, FTP, FTPS, WebDAV, AS2 (Power tier and above), Automations, Sync Flows, Inboxes, Share Links, the on-premise Agent, Online Document Editor, PGP encryption, custom domain, and the REST API, in one product and one license. GoAnywhere charges for each of these as a separate add-on.
15+ Years Of Operation, Zero Breaches
GoAnywhere: three critical CVEs in 32 months.
Published Pricing Transparency
Files.com publishes pricing publicly. GoAnywhere routes every quote through Fortra sales, with per-module licensing that compounds across Workflow, AS2, GoFast, Secure Mail, and GoDrive.
White-Glove Migration, Run By Us
Files.com’s US-based engineering team runs the migration end-to-end. Trading-partner credentials, AS2 certificates, scheduled workflows, user accounts, and SSO configuration all move with our team doing the work. As much onboarding as your migration requires. GoAnywhere deployments routinely require weeks of Fortra professional services on top of your own team’s time.
#1 In Gartner Peer Insights For Managed File Transfer
And #1 across every G2 rating in the MFT category.
Files.com Agent + CLI Transfer Speed
Big files move fast. Our own speed-up technology runs over a 100 Gbit network and is built right into the Agent and command-line tool.
Customers Who Replaced GoAnywhere
Media & Entertainment
Gray Media Replaced GoAnywhere With Files.com—and Three People Govern File Transfer Across 130-Plus TV Stations
Scoped administration moved account support to station IT without giving local teams site-wide control.
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Health & Life Sciences
Cogir Senior Living Replaced Fortra's GoAnywhere With Files.com—Without Moving Its On-Premise Backend
Existing DNS names and legacy cipher support kept partner automations running while internal systems continued processing files behind Cogir's perimeter.
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Health & Life Sciences
Brightline Stopped Standing Up an FTP Server for Every New Client and Retired Fortra’s GoAnywhere With Files.com
One HIPAA-governed exchange layer gave each employer an isolated endpoint and kept serving Brightline after its business model changed.
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Health & Life Sciences
Hospital Security Reviews Become a Document Request After ITx Companies Replaces Fortra's GoAnywhere
Files.com supplied the independent SOC 2 and penetration test evidence ITx needed to keep hospital SFTP onboarding and its own compliance work moving.
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One Platform To Replace Your Whole File Stack
Every capability legacy MFT licenses as a module, plus the ones it never had — on one platform, with published pricing.
Cloud SFTP, FTP & MFT Server
Dedicated, fully managed SFTP, FTP, and FTPS endpoints, with every protocol your partners already use. No servers to patch and no DMZ to maintain.Replaces IBM Sterling, GoAnywhere, MOVEit, Axway, AWS Transfer Family
See Cloud SFTP ServerFile Sharing & Collaboration
Branded portals, secure share links, and request inboxes, plus co-editing for Office documents. Partners and customers get access with no account and nothing to install.Replaces Box, Dropbox, ShareFile, Egnyte
See CollaborationFast File Transfer & Acceleration
Move files up to 5 TB at full speed over any distance, with chunked, resumable transfers on standard protocols and custom UDP acceleration in the Agent.Replaces IBM Aspera, Signiant
See Fast TransfersAutomation & Workflows
Trigger on a file arriving, a schedule, or an event, then route, convert, and notify, with retries and alerts built in. The reliable replacement for the scripts and cron jobs nobody wants to own.Replaces fragile custom scripts and cron jobs
See AutomationsData Transformation & Format Conversion
Reshape files inline as they move: convert formats and pull fields out of EDI, HL7, XML, JSON, and CSV, so downstream systems get exactly what they expect.Replaces hand-built parsing and conversion scripts
See Transform & ExtractDesktop Drive & File Server Replacement
Native apps for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android mount your cloud storage as a local drive, so you can retire aging file servers and NAS without changing how people work.Replaces NetApp, Nasuni, aging NAS, Windows file servers
See File Server ReplacementEvery capability runs on one platform — SOC 2 Type II certified, HIPAA BAA available, with a complete audit trail on every action.
Security And Compliance, Built In
Files.com has run for 15+ years with zero breaches. The controls your auditors ask about are standard here, not add-ons.
SOC 2 Type II
Independently audited, every year.
HIPAA & GDPR
BAA and DPA available, with EU and regional data residency.
Encrypted End To End
AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2 and 1.3 in transit.
SSO, SCIM & MFA
SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, MFA, and granular role-based access.
Complete Audit Trail
Every action logged immutably and streamed to your SIEM.
Annual Penetration Testing
Third-party tests across the whole platform.
Every Support Request Reaches A Senior Engineer
No Level 1 runaround, no script, no callback queue. When something breaks, you reach a seasoned file transfer expert who can actually fix it.
All-Engineer Support Desk
Talk to file transfer experts who understand how you work.
- Replies in under an hour
- Talk straight to engineers
- We watch for problems
- We own the escalation
Onboarding Services
A dedicated Customer Engineer and a step-by-step plan — most teams are live within five business days.
- Migration planning
- Help on go-live day
- Workflow tuning
- Training for your team
Resources & Training
Clear documentation, training materials, and how-to guides.
- API documentation
- Video tutorials
- How-to guides
- Yearly in-person customer events
“Files.com's strengths are simplicity, ease of use, and the cloud connectors. We don't have to invent custom infrastructure for every partner.”
Tommy Chapley
Senior Software Engineer, Equifax
“Files.com is versatile — it can manage many different situations from a single platform. We've consolidated multiple tools onto it.”
Regis Litre
Chief Information Officer, Rag & Bone
“Files.com is robust and scales to a large enterprise. We get multiple files per minute, per second — and we're a 24/7 organization, so everything has to always be up.”
Nelson Miranda
Sr. Systems Engineer, Spirit Airlines
Files.com Vs. GoAnywhere FAQ
What buyers ask most when comparing Files.com to GoAnywhere.
The Decision
Choose Files.com. You get every protocol, automation, sharing, and the on-premise Agent in one license, at a published price you can hold against any GoAnywhere quote — and because we run it in the cloud, your team is never on call to patch a server the day the next CVE drops. There is no version of this where you keep running a 2008 Java app on your own hardware.
Move To Modern File Orchestration
4,000+ organizations run mission-critical file transfer on Files.com instead of GoAnywhere. Talk to our team or validate the technology on a free trial.
No pushy sales process