FTP client that offers support for FTP, FTPS and SFTP connections as well as rich-featured protocol, folder, user and connection management options.
- CompleteFTP
- Version :10.0
- License :Trial
- OS :Windows All
- Publisher :Enterprise Distributed Technologies
CompleteFTP Description
CompleteFTP is a software application developed to help you manage file transfers using secure connections, monitor your connections, check out detailed logs, and set up user permissions.
Installation process
The tool comes in three editions, namely Standard, Professional and Enterprise, and you can choose the desired one during the installation. The Standard one includes basic features of FTP, FTPS and SFTP connections, while the Professional version supports all standard protocols (FTP, FTPS, SFTP, SCP, HTTP and HTTPS) as well as Windows domain users, event notifications, SSH terminal access and advanced file permission.
The Enterprise edition is the most powerful one as it comes with support for multi-protocol gateway (for adding secure protocols to other servers), clustering capabilities and multiple sites supported on one server.
The version put to the test is the Standard one which includes essential features for handling file transfer tasks. What’s more, you need to set up an administrator password.
User interface
CompleteFTP adopts a multi-tabbed layout for helping you check out an overview of your file transfer tasks, configure several settings, manage users and folders, tweak the monitoring parameters, and alter the administrator settings.
The overview panel gives you a summary of all your actions. If it looks too crowded, you may opt for concealing several features from its panel, such as protocols, folders, users, connections, properties, and context help messages which come in handy especially for rookies as they provide short descriptions of the program’s functions. Plus, you are allowed to dock the panels included in the overview window.
Protocol, folder, user and connection management options
You can enable or disable the supported protocols, namely FTP, FTPS, FTPS implicit and SFTP. CompleteFTP gives you the possibility to view, add or delete folders used for file transfer capabilities, and hide or reveal system directories. Additionally, you may insert virtual, Windows, Windows Special or network/macro folders, and set up permissions.
The tool keeps a list with all your connections and provides details about the site, username, protocol, remote address, local port, and connected status. Plus, you may opt for killing the selected connections or all of them.
You can add new users, namely non-Windows or Windows users, remove them from the list, show system users, as well as apply general user settings by allowing anonymous FTP users, tweaking authentication methods and controlling the way passwords are dealt with (e.g. store encrypted passwords, permit password changes).
Monitoring module and admin settings
You can make the application automatically refresh all your connections, view a list with auto-bans, as well as read detailed logs about errors and warnings. The tool also lets you change the administrator username and password.
Configuration settings
CompleteFTP comes with several settings that help you enable or disable the FTP/FTPS connections and alter them by allowing anonymous connections, specifying the maximum number of anonymous connections, entering the port and IP address, and adding information about the server certificate.
Tweaking options are available for SFTP connections as well. You may specify the port, IP address, authentication methods (password, public key or both modes), RSA and DSA keys, as well as algorithms (key exchange methods, ciphers, compression and MAC algorithms, and public keys).
File system settings enable you to allow backslash separators and set up file naming rules. Plus, you can control server timeouts and limitations on the number of simultaneous connections to the server, and edit the server messages displayed to the user.
An overall efficient FTP client
All in all, the Standard Edition of CompleteFTP integrates essential functions and configuration settings for helping you transfer files. However, not all of its dedicated parameters are highly intuitive, so rookies may need to read the help manual thoroughly in order to learn how to work with it.