New entry: WebDrive by South River Technologies
WebDrive is a piece of software in the vein of SftpDrive and RedDrive, but more powerful.
Like the previously mentioned products, it maps remote SSH servers as virtual drives on the local machine, enabling seamless file read/write access.
Unlike SftpDrive, it supports other protocols beside SFTP: WebDAV, FTPS, Front Page, regular FTP and Amazon S3.
What sets it apart from RedDrive, which also supports those additional protocols? Well, the fact that WebDrive is still supported and under development by its parent company, unlike RedDrive, which has been discontinued in favor of AnyClient (an inferior solution in my opinion).
What’s that you’re asking? Ah, yes… of course there’s a downside: it’s not free, and it’s not cheap either. At $59.95, it’s considerably more expensive than SftpDrive ($39.99). Still, if you need the extra protocol support (I hear Amazon S3 is popular these days), you might feel it’s worth shelling out the extra bucks and get WebDrive.
Here’s a short, 10-step, WebDrive guide for creating a test SFTP connection to a remote server…
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- Step 1: name the connection and choose a drive letter
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- Step 2: choose the connection protocol
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- Step 3: fill in the server address
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- Step 4: enter your username and password
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- Step 5 (optional): check the connection test results
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- Step 6: confirm new connection
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- Step 7: review the connection parameters
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- Step 8: open My Computer and look for the new drive
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- Step 9: do some real testing
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- Step 10 (optional): check the console messages