FTP or SFTP or maybe FTPS, HTTPS … As you see, there are so many options for a file transfer that it can be sometimes very difficult to answer the question “What is the best way to secure your data when transferring?”

This article is meant to help you to hunt down a question of the differences between FTP and SFTP, and which one is the best choice for protecting the transfer of your files. Despite sounding quite similar, there is a significant difference between FTP vs SFTP. However, both these protocols are widely used for data exchange.