Files.com is the modern, cloud-native alternative to JSCAPE. JSCAPE markets itself next to MOVEit and GoAnywhere, but it’s an on-premise Java server you deploy and patch yourself, with a dated interface and a “hosted” option that’s just the same software on a VM. Files.com runs the same protocols and a deeper automation and partner surface as a managed cloud platform: nothing to install or patch, with modern apps on top. 4,000+ organizations run their file transfer on Files.com, the #1-rated MFT platform in Gartner Peer Insights.
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JSCAPE is an enterprise-style MFT product: a Java application you install and run on your own servers, with AS2, a workflow engine, and partner management, positioned as MOVEit or GoAnywhere for less. On paper it ticks the enterprise-MFT boxes.
In practice it carries the costs of the on-premise generation it comes from. You deploy it, patch it, scale it, and size it yourself. The admin interface looks and works like the on-prem Java software it is. The “hosted” option is the same binary on a single-tenant VM rather than a cloud-native service. And the workflow and partner surface underneath is thinner and more manual than the pitch implies.
Files.com is the modern version of that pitch. It runs the same protocols and AS2, ships deeper automation and partner onboarding, and does it as a managed cloud platform: nothing to install or patch, a modern interface, and native apps your team uses every day.
JSCAPE is software you install, deploy, patch, and scale on your own infrastructure. Files.com is a managed platform: there is no server to stand up and no Java runtime to keep current. You log in and it is running, patched by us, with an on-premise Agent to reach the systems that have to stay in your data center.
JSCAPE looks and operates like the on-premise Java software it is. Files.com is a modern web platform with native desktop, mobile, and CLI apps and a drive you mount. The people who use it every day get a product built this decade, not a console built to configure a server.
JSCAPE markets an enterprise-MFT feature list, but its workflow engine and partner surface run thinner than the pitch suggests. Files.com ships first-class automation, transformation, and partner onboarding: the depth a buyer shopping enterprise MFT expects.
JSCAPE’s hosted option is the same application running on a VM. Files.com is a true multi-tenant cloud platform built for the file workload: it moves files over a 100 Gbit network, scales without you sizing a box, and mounts your existing storage across S3, Azure, Google Cloud, and on-prem so nothing has to migrate to get started.
Files.com is the #1-rated MFT platform in Gartner Peer Insights, used by 4,000+ organizations including Equifax, Cognizant, and Michelin, and in production for 15+ years. File orchestration is the whole company, and the platform gets all of it.
Every capability legacy MFT licenses as a module, plus the ones it never had — on one platform, with published pricing.
Dedicated, fully managed SFTP, FTPS, and FTP 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 ServerBranded 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 CollaborationMove 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 TransfersTrigger 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 AutomationsReshape 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 & ExtractNative 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.
Files.com Starter is $199/month with SFTP, FTPS, FTP, and WebDAV all included — no per-protocol surcharge, no quote to get a number. When you outgrow the included counts, the overages are cheap, not a forced upgrade.
The vendors JSCAPE measures itself against: their customers moved to Files.com. Spanx and Alight left MOVEit, Moelis left Globalscape EFT, and Yamaha retired its DMZ server. Here's how.
Live SFTP and AS2 order channels had to move partner by partner because Spanx could not force every vendor and warehouse onto the same migration schedule.
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Custom domains, automatic identity provisioning, and centrally enforced policies let Alight remove its MFT team from every client exchange without weakening control.
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Moving the bank’s sensitive production transfers took a flow-by-flow lift-and-shift that preserved its encryption, service accounts, and surrounding integrations.
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A two-partner model gave YMMC a repeatable way to move each counterparty off the internet-facing server while automating delivery, archiving, and expiration.
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Files.com has run for 15+ years with zero breaches. The controls your auditors ask about are standard here, not add-ons.
Independently audited, every year.
Certified under FedRAMP 20x at Class A, with Class B in progress.
BAA and DPA available, with EU and regional data residency.
AES-256 at rest, TLS 1.2 and 1.3 in transit.
SAML SSO, SCIM provisioning, MFA, and granular role-based access.
Every action logged immutably and streamed to your SIEM.
No Level 1 runaround, no script, no callback queue. When something breaks, you reach a seasoned file transfer expert who can actually fix it.
Talk to file transfer experts who understand how you work.
A dedicated Customer Engineer and a step-by-step plan — most teams are live within five business days.
Clear documentation, training materials, and how-to guides.
“Files.com's strengths are simplicity, ease of use, and the cloud connectors. We don't have to invent custom infrastructure for every partner.”
“Files.com is versatile — it can manage many different situations from a single platform. We've consolidated multiple tools onto it.”
“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.”
What buyers ask most when comparing Files.com to JSCAPE.
Files.com is a managed, cloud-native File Orchestration Platform: the same MFT protocols as JSCAPE and a deeper automation and partner-onboarding surface, with nothing for you to install or maintain and a modern interface and native apps on top. JSCAPE is an on-premise Java MFT server you run and patch on your own infrastructure, with a single-tenant hosted option.
No. JSCAPE is on-premise-first software; its “hosted” option is the same Java application running on a single-tenant VM, not a cloud-native platform. Files.com is built as a true multi-tenant cloud service: it scales without you sizing a server, and it’s patched and operated for you.
Files.com is a cloud platform, and for the systems that must stay in your data center it uses the on-premise Agent, an outbound-only connection that reaches your on-prem servers and NAS with no inbound firewall change. You get the on-prem reach without operating an on-prem MFT server. If a contract genuinely mandates a fully self-hosted deployment, that is the one case JSCAPE’s on-prem model fits and ours doesn’t.
Yes. Files.com covers the protocols, partner exchange, and automation JSCAPE runs, and adds a managed cloud architecture, a modern interface, native apps, and a security posture you don’t have to patch. Teams move off JSCAPE when they hit a feature gap or no longer want to operate a self-hosted Java server.
Yes. Files.com publishes its pricing: $199/month Starter, $499/month Power, no contract required. JSCAPE is sold through a sales quote.
If a contract mandates a fully self-hosted deployment, JSCAPE runs on-premise and Files.com doesn’t. Otherwise, choose Files.com and stop patching a Java server to get enterprise MFT.
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