Transfer Files Server to Server in 4 Steps

FTP to FTP File Transfer connects to both of your FTP servers at the same time and streams files from one to the other — nothing is saved to your PC in between. Here's the full walkthrough.

01

Connect Your Servers

Enter the host, port, username, and password for each server in the two connection panels — or pick This PC on either side for uploads and downloads. Toggle FTPS/Explicit TLS for encrypted transfers and enable passive mode if your server is behind a firewall.

Save each server as a connection profile once, and reconnect with a single click next time. There's no limit on saved profiles.

FTP Server This PC FTPS/TLS Passive Mode Saved Profiles
Connecting to two FTP servers in FTP to FTP File Transfer
02

Browse & Select Files

Both servers appear side by side in a dual-panel file browser. Navigate folders on each panel independently, just like Windows Explorer. Select a single file, multiple files with Ctrl+Click, or entire folders.

Right-click for file management: compress selections into a ZIP archive in memory, extract ZIP, TAR, TAR.GZ, TAR.BZ2, or TAR.XZ archives directly on the destination server, rename, delete, or create nested directories.

Dual Panel Multi-select Compress Extract Rename & Delete
Browsing and selecting files in the dual-panel file browser
03

Transfer & Monitor

Click the arrow button and the transfer starts immediately. Files stream from the source server, through your connection, straight to the destination — never saved to your PC. No temp files, no disk space used, no download-then-upload double work.

Watch live progress per file: transfer speed, percentage complete, and elapsed time. The real-time queue shows every file as Queued, Success, or Failed, so a single failed file never goes unnoticed.

Live Progress Speed Meter Transfer Queue Error Report
Real-time transfer progress between two FTP servers
04

Verify in the Activity Log

Every connection event, directory listing, and file operation is captured in the full activity log with timestamps and severity levels. When the queue shows all green, your migration is done — and you have a complete record to prove it.

If anything failed, the log tells you exactly which file and why, so you can retry just that file instead of starting over.

Timestamps Log Levels Per-file Status Audit Trail
Activity log showing timestamps and event levels

All 4 Transfer Directions Supported

The same dual-panel workflow covers every direction you need — pick a source and a destination, and go.

FTP → FTP

Server to server directly — the headline feature. Migrate sites and move backups without local copies.

PC → FTP (Upload)

Push local files and folders up to any FTP server, with the same queue and logging.

FTP → PC (Download)

Pull files from a server down to your machine — single files, selections, or whole folders.

PC → PC (Local Copy)

Use the same dual-panel interface to copy between local folders too.

Transfer queue with Queued, Success, and Failed tabs

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