SFTP Servers
This is a list of stand-alone SFTP servers. If you want to write an application that acts as a SFTP server, see the list of SFTP server components instead.
Minimalist SFTP servers
Good for quick & dirty testing. (Almost) no configuration. Easy to setup and run.
| Name | Note |
|---|---|
| Rebex Tiny SFTP Server | Free SFTP server from the authors of this site. |
| Core Free Mini SFTP server | Note: search for 'free mini sftp server' download link. |
Full-featured SFTP servers
Software for heavy-duty file transfer.
| Name | Note |
|---|---|
| Rebex Buru SFTP Server | SFTP, SCP, SSH server for Windows from authors of this site. Free for non-commercial use. |
| Axway SecureTransport | |
| Bitvise SSH Server | SFTP/SSH server for Windows. |
| Cerberus SFTP | |
| CompleteFTP | FTPS/SFTP/SCP/SSH server from EnterpiseDT |
| Copssh | SSH and SFTP server for Windows based on OpenSSH and Cygwin with custom installer and admin UI |
| Core FTP server | |
| Cornerstone MFT | Secure MFT Server with clustering, PGP encryption and Active Directory |
| Couchdrop | The simple cloud SFTP/FTP/Rsync server and API that works with cloud storage like Dropbox. |
| CrushFTP | File transfer server with support for SFTP, SCP, FTPS and HTTPS. |
| FileZilla Pro Enterprise Server | Commercial version of open source FTP server added a SFTP protocol support. Windows only. |
| freeFTPd | |
| FTPShell Server | SSH and SFTP server for Windows |
| GlobalScape EFT Server | |
| GoAnywhere MFT / Fortra | MFT server with SFTP support. |
| Jadaptive Secure File Exchange Server | An open-source SFTP server that simplifies access to on-premise and cloud storage |
| JScape MFT Server | MFT server with SFTP support written in Java. |
| nSoftware SFTP server | SFTP server for Windows. Free for non-commercial use. |
| OpenSSH | The most widely used SFTP/SSH server on the planet. Perfect for Linux or *BSD, not so great on Windows. Open source. |
| Powershell Server | SFTP, SSH, PowerShell |
| Provide server | A file server solution with SFTP support in some editions. |
| Serv-U MFT Server | Also know as Solarwinds Serv-U MFT server. |
| SFTPGo | Opensource SFTP server with several storage plugins for Linux, macOS and Windows written in Go. |
| SFTPPlus | MFT server with support for SFTP, SCP, FTPS and HTTPS on Windows, Linux & UNIX |
| SilverShield | SSH and SFTP server for Windows |
| Syncplify | SSH2, SFTP and FTPS server |
| Tectia SSH Server | Enterprise SFTP/SSH server from the creators of the SSH protocol. |
| Titan FTP Server | SFTP, FTP/SSL and FTP server for Windows |
| VanDyke VShell Server | SSH2/SFTP/FTPS file transfer server for Windows, Linux & Mac with fine-grain access control and configuration. |
| Wing FTP Server | |
| WS_FTP Server Corporate | |
| Xlight | Windows FTP and SFTP Server |
