SolarWinds Serv U FTP server alternative
Are you looking for a SolarWinds FTP server alternative? Replacing Serv U FTP with a solution such as Couchdrop is simple, easy and can be up and running in less than a couple of minutes.
Couchdrop is a native cloud FTP server that offers a secure cloud based file transfer software as a service. Like most SaaS offerings it is fully managed, globally hosted and is an affordable monthly subscription. Depending on your use case Couchdrop can bind your organisation to a geographical region of your choice, or it can establish a globally redundant presence to meet security and performance requirements.
Unlike other FTP solutions such as Serv U, Couchdrop FTP enables you as an organisation to bring your own storage natively. This means Couchdrop FTP does not store your data, or sync your data. When interacting with files through Couchdrop FTP all data is pushed to your mounted cloud storage in real-time. This functionality enables you as an organisation to set your own data retention, backup and security policies for data at rest. An additional benefit is there is no vendor lock-in, you own your data and can move it at anytime.
If bringing your own storage is not viable, then Couchdrop FTP offers the ability to use its own secure hosted storage that can be hosted in a region of your choice and is encrypted with AES256.
As well as FTP support, Couchdrop FTP supports access to your file system through SFTP, FTPS, SCP, Rsync, S3, HTTPS API, Email and a secure web portal. With Couchdrop it is easy to access your data regardless of your end users technical capability or organisational requirements.
Couchdrop FTP is a simple, affordable monthly subscription. In contrast to Serv U FTP, Couchdrop is an all in one cloud hosted solution which means you don’t need to run your own file transfer servers, provide your own storage and pay for data transfer and other underlying costs. This removes engineering time, maintenance ensures your team can prioritise other tasks. As well makes the solution globally accessible and ready at all times.
As the Couchdrop FTP platform is cloud hosted, it keeps user management simple and visible. There is no need to work in CLI or clunky interfaces, configuring a user is as easy as providing a username, password or key, setting their root directory, file operation permissions and enabling/disabling secure/insecure protocols. There are additional extras such as setting IP whitelisting per user, 2FA, creating API keys, etc.
Managed File Transfer, much like SolarWinds Serv U, Couchdrop also acts as a managed file transfer software solution. Through its widely supported access protocols, ability to mount multiple storage endpoints and cloud native infrastructure, it can make system to system or user to system exchange easy. Through its Managed File Transfer offering it provides file automation that on certain conditions certain events can take place. An example would be a customer dumps multiple files in a single folder within Box, based on keywords within the file name, Couchdrop can deliver each file to a different folder or storage endpoint. This was written about further in another blog post.
For more information, support or to get started with your own file automation, go to https://couchdrop.io.
