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SFTPGo vs Pure-FTPd: catalog facts
SFTPGo	Pure-FTPd
Freemium The Community edition is free and open source under the AGPL, with all core protocols and…	Free Free and open source under a BSD licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	macOS, Linux, Self-hosted
Serves SFTP, FTPS, HTTPS and WebDAV from one process Stores files on local disk, encrypted local disk, S3, Google Cloud Storage or Azure Blob	Can run fully non-root with chroot emulation and virtual accounts Optional TLS encryption via OpenSSL
AGPL licensing is a problem for some organisations Advanced compliance features are in the paid Enterprise edition	FTP only; SFTP is handled by a separate SSH server No Windows support listed
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: BSD
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 21, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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