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Globalscape EFT vs MOVEit comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Dec 21, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
7.0
Globalscape EFT offers cost reduction, increased efficiency, stability, and operational insights, leading to substantial financial and operational gains.
Sentiment score
4.2
MOVEit delivered substantial first-year returns with immediate cost savings, improved satisfaction, and efficient file management despite minor feature requests.
It has custom reports which are inbuilt, showing things such as how many files are going through, what the file sizes are, and if any invalid logins have happened.
Software Developer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.2
Globalscape EFT support is knowledgeable and collaborative, though response times vary; regional teams enhance service for specific zones.
Sentiment score
5.4
MOVEit customer service is generally effective with responsive support, though some users note delays and prefer alternative solutions.
A quicker response would be appreciated.
Technical Lead at Equifax Inc.
For the cloud environment, they had taken only 16x5 support, but for the on-premises, they had taken 24x7 support.
Project Manager at Cognizant
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.6
Globalscape EFT excels in scalability, ease of expansion, and reliability, despite needing platform optimization and a web version.
Sentiment score
6.3
MOVEit is highly scalable, efficiently managing growth and large data transfers, with user confidence in its expansion capabilities.
While I sometimes find difficulties with GCP, it works fine and flawlessly on AWS, especially since we have a large customer base and vendors where we send numerous files daily.
Transmission Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The scalability of MOVEit is not an issue; it scales up easily to handle large volumes of data when customers need to transfer it.
Support Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
5.9
Globalscape EFT is stable generally, with occasional issues in on-prem deployments, scaling challenges, and rare slowness mostly resolved.
Sentiment score
6.8
MOVEit is stable with occasional issues during upgrades, but users appreciate its reliability, performance, and response improvements.
Sometimes we encounter error logging issues or the system goes down, requiring us to connect with the cloud engineer.
Transmission Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I have not faced any downtime or outages with it anywhere.
Support Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The server sometimes becomes unresponsive or crashes, causing MOVEit jobs to fail and generating multiple tickets.
Technical Lead at HCLSoftware
We were hit by malicious malware attacks in the last two years more comparatively.
Project Manager at Cognizant
 

Room For Improvement

Globalscape EFT struggles with cloud integration, large file handling, and requires interface, performance, auditing, and functionality improvements.
MOVEit needs improved data handling, security, scalability, interface, and support features for better user experience and connectivity.
If I'm transferring large batches, it takes them in threads. Globalscape EFT uploads the files on a threading basis, such as 100 files at a time, and the rest of the files will be in a queue system.
Software Developer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Globalscape EFT is prone to errors because one single click can lead to a file being sent to another vendor, and it doesn't give any warning if the code goes out of certain loops.
Transmission Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Improving SharePoint connectivity usage, which has limitations, would open up considerable usage and enhance MOVEit significantly.
Senior Technical Support Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
If I have to pull a task report for a specific requirement such as its history and task attributes, the report doesn't come in a CSV format, which is consumable.
Project Manager at Cognizant
We would also want to add new capabilities, and incorporating artificial intelligence could be useful as well.
Support Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
 

Setup Cost

Globalscape EFT is cost-effective with flexible licensing, appreciated for robust features, easy setup, and overall enterprise value.
MOVEit users consider pricing reasonable; additional support incurs extra costs, but the product is viewed as cost-effective.
It operates as a pay-as-you-go model.
Software Developer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
 

Valuable Features

Globalscape EFT offers user-friendly interfaces, strong security, and integration features, ideal for high-volume, complex, and compliant data management.
MOVEit provides secure, user-friendly file transfer with robust encryption, automation, and monitoring features ensuring data integrity and protection.
It is flexible because you can modify many aspects in Globalscape EFT.
Transmission Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
When files are placed in the transfer server, they are completely encrypted, and even administrators with access to the storage service cannot identify files due to different IDs.
Senior Technical Support Engineer at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
MOVEit encryption features protect data during transfer.
Technical Lead at HCLSoftware
The file transfer utility of MOVEit is most user-friendly and easy to understand.
Project Manager at Cognizant
 

Categories and Ranking

Globalscape EFT
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
12th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
MOVEit
Ranking in Managed File Transfer (MFT)
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.3
Number of Reviews
18
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Managed File Transfer (MFT) category, the mindshare of Globalscape EFT is 4.1%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of MOVEit is 7.9%, down from 9.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Managed File Transfer (MFT) Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
MOVEit7.9%
Globalscape EFT4.1%
Other88.0%
Managed File Transfer (MFT)
 

Featured Reviews

RD
Software Developer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Seamless integration and enhanced automation streamline complex tasks while opportunities exist for improved batch file processing
The best feature of Globalscape EFT is that it has inbuilt encryption. We can use outside PGP encryption or we can use the inbuilt encryption as well, enabling us to do the encryption file transfer to the destinations. The other thing is that, by using the advanced workflow, we can make complex integrations for ease, and the workflow allows us to have alerts and everything by using email notifications through SMTP. We utilize the advanced automation capabilities, and we can also integrate to Azure. In one of the projects, we use Globalscape EFT as an intermediate integration and we use SAP BI where they send the files to Globalscape EFT. We take the files and push them to the banking system, where we get the response and return that back to the SAP system. Globalscape EFT can integrate with the Azure cloud systems as well. We can upload as many files as we can, and we can automate everything using SFTP software such as FileZilla, WinSCP, or any of the SFTP tools.
Kiran Raju L - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Cognizant
User adaptability impresses with room for enhanced reporting features
The solution lacks a flow view wherein you will not be able to see the integrated jobs in a flow diagram view. This becomes trickier to understand which flow is failing unless you were part of the design team. Reporting for MOVEit needs a lot more work. For example, if I have to pull a task report for a specific requirement such as its history and task attributes, the report doesn't come in a CSV format, which is consumable. It always comes in a scripted format. When you have to show the report to management, they don't understand the scripted format. They need everything in Excel. The reporting feature needs to work on having it in an Excel format. It has been pretty stable, but we were hit by malicious malware attacks in the last two years more comparatively. Depending upon the type of license that is owned and the support with the license, it is up to par with other leading marketing tools.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Healthcare Company
11%
Energy/Utilities Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
18%
Insurance Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise16
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Globalscape Managed File Transfer?
I never looked at the pricing for Globalscape EFT because it was at the management level where my line manager handled it. I was a team lead, so we only did the RFQs and everything. I never had a c...
What needs improvement with Globalscape Managed File Transfer?
Globalscape EFT is prone to errors because one single click can lead to a file being sent to another vendor, and it doesn't give any warning if the code goes out of certain loops. The user interfac...
What is your primary use case for Globalscape Managed File Transfer?
Currently, I'm working on Globalscape EFT 2020. The usual use cases for Globalscape EFT that we are applying involve imports and data that we send from our organization to different vendors, and so...
What do you like most about MOVEit?
The automation is generally very simple that helps with operational efficiency. Since we mainly created interfaces and scheduled transfers, the tool itself handled the file transfer automation.
What needs improvement with MOVEit?
From the support perspective, the logging system could be improved. When MOVEit jobs fail and vendor support is needed, sometimes vendor contact details are not properly documented. This creates is...
What is your primary use case for MOVEit?
We are from a software organization where we have a US healthcare project. The hospitals use the application for file transfer from one location to another location, transferring banking, financial...
 

Also Known As

Globalscape GlobalSCAPE Managed File Transfer
Ipswitch File Transfer, Ipswitch Managed File Transfer
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Information Not Available
Cambridgeshire County Council, Capita Document & Information Services, Enterasys, City of Guelph, Hermes
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