FileZilla Server Features (2026): What’s Included Free

FileZilla Server is a cross-platform file transfer server supporting FTP and FTPS. You can run it on Windows, macOS, and Debian Linux machines.

The features of FileZilla Server include:

  • Support for certain file transfer protocols, including FTP and FTPS. (Note: SFTP is exclusively offered on FileZilla Pro Enterprise Server.)
  • Manage users, with the ability to control their access based on system-wide credentials, if desired.
  • Create, manage and update X.509 certificates.
  • Let’s Encrypt® certificate generation process integrated.
  • Configurable logging.
  • Transfer speed limits for both uploads and downloads.
  • Throttling out (banning) temporary specific users based on predefined criteria.
  • Filtering of connections based on IP addresses.

The video tutorial below shows the main features of FileZilla Server.

Video tutorial: FileZilla Server

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FileZilla Pro Enterprise Server (FZPES) goes beyond FileZilla Server with full SFTP support, Active Directory integration, and Second Factor Authentication (2FA) — ideal for teams and enterprise environments that require stronger security and broader protocol coverage.

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