SmartFTP (x86) 3.0.1026.7

2.8 out of 5 stars 2.8 (608 votes)

(February 25, 2009)

Windows 2000/2003/2008/Home Server/Vista/XP / Shareware; $36.95 / 47,918 downloads

SmartFTP allows you to transfer files across the Internet. Features include SSL (Implicit/Explicit), FXP Support, Multiple connections, Proxy Firewall support, Drag and Drop from Explorer, and Remote Directory caching. It is a solid FTP client that is constantly being improved. Take it for a test ride today and see for yourself its many outstanding features.

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  1. 3 out of 5 stars
    jcollake

    Reviewing 3.0.1026.7 (Apr 13, 2009)

    [edit to original comment] I was a little critical of SmartFTP recently. However, after trying numerous other FTP clients, I must say that despite the occasional bug in SmartFTP, it remains on of the most easy to use FTP applications out there. It is lacking in some areas, but its UI is nicely integrated with explorer and very convenient. I find that I work faster with SmartFTP than with other FTP clients.

    I hope to see more active development on it in the future, including a big QA check to ensure that all known errata is fixed. Then it will be perfect and well worth the cost.

  2. 3 out of 5 stars
    frodo888

    Reviewing 3.0.1024.6 Beta (Oct 16, 2008)

    All new versions are not free anymore. It's simply a demo version of the shareware version.

  3. 1 out of 5 stars
    Diam0nd

    Reviewing 3.0.1024.6 Beta (Oct 16, 2008)

    Terrible, terrible, terrible GUI. Barely usable

    I mean, FileZilla can do the same things, got the same ugly GUI, but unlike SmartFTP FZ is free. So why pay for something that you can have for free?

  4. 1 out of 5 stars
    Undesired Username

    Reviewing 2.5.1008 Beta (Jul 14, 2008)

    This posting is way out of date, since version 3.0 is out now. That's what I just ran a trial of--very briefly.

    A room full of drunk, retarded monkeys couldn't come up with a buggier mess than SmartFTP. It took me about 3 minutes to find annoying, reproducible bugs.

    The only people who seem to do QA are freeware developers. Unfortunately, they're also the ones who are least interested and/or able to add features and documentation to their programs--perhaps because they're busy doing QA (which, I fully acknowledge, must come first).

    As a nice little bonus, SmartFTP leaves a slew of CLSID keys and other crap in the registry and on the file system after it has been [COUGH] "uninstalled".

    There's no excuse for commercial software to be this pathetic. I work for a software vendor--no I won't say who--but they'd NEVER release crap like this.

  5. 1 out of 5 stars
    mcolgin

    Reviewing 2.5.1008 Beta (Jul 7, 2008)

    BPFTP Server/Client are way better: http://www.bpftp.com

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