--- title: "FTP vs SFTP: understanding these two meanings" description: "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 que" author: "Peter Norton" published: 2019-01-10 updated: 2019-01-11 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/33718/ftp-vs-sftp-understanding-these-two-meanings category: "internet" tags: ["internet"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # FTP vs SFTP: understanding these two meanings This [article](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84667/how-congress-government-misused-the-article-356) is meant to help you to [hunt](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/44561/which-ministry-launched-the-talent-hunt-for-artists-and-give-them-a-platform-to-showcase-their-talent-on-the-national-stage) down a [question](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/45034/what-is-a-parliamentary-question) of the [differences](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85280/comparative-differences-dell-vs-hp-which-one-is-better) between [FTP](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43989/how-to-connect-to-godaddy-ftp-server) and SFTP, and which one is the best [choice](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/38706/name-the-bollywood-actress-who-became-the-first-india-to-bag-an-award-at-the-american-awards-show-people-s-choice-award) for protecting the [transfer](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96869/how-to-transfer-pictures-from-an-iphone-onto-a-mac-computer) of your files. Despite sounding quite similar, there is a significant [difference](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84555/google-analytics-4-ga4-vs-universal-analytics-actual-difference) between FTP and SFTP. However, both these protocols are widely used for [data exchange](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/160367/why-json-is-commonly-used-in-data-exchange-between-different-systems-and-languages). ![FTP vs SFTP: understanding these two meanings](https://ftp-mac.com/images/upload/articles/ftp_sftp/ftp_sftp.jpg)\ Read more --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/33718/ftp-vs-sftp-understanding-these-two-meanings Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.