{"id":8966,"date":"2021-06-18T08:32:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T15:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/docs\/porta-sftp-server\/introductions\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T23:33:13","slug":"introductions","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/docs\/porta-sftp-server\/introductions\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"sera-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/sera-uploads\/2023\/11\/App_logo.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:840px;height:220px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sera-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Note.<\/em> <\/strong><span style=\"color:crimson;\">Some of the documentation is hidden and can be accessed by members once logged in.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sera-block-paragraph\">Porta SFTP Server is designed to make your SFTP clients establish connections to your file server securely. The latter is created by a Healthcare data analyst\/scientist who tolerates a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">security-first approach strategy<\/span> for any software development. The company created several flavors of the software as you can see in the following below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"sera-block-heading\" id=\"why-use-porta-sftp-server\">Why use Porta SFTP Server?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sera-block-paragraph\">Before you share files with anyone, you have to make sure that you only share the files via secured connections. Porta SFTP Server is secured, super light in size, with an easy-to-use graphical user interface. The software lets you manage server keys and user credentials for authentications before establishing connections to any SFTP client. With Porta SFTP Server you eliminate the risk of sharing files in an unsecured transmission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"sera-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Free Edition <\/strong>&#8211; This edition can be used both for personal and basic one-time business use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sera-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"sera-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Professional Edition<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Professional Edition has all the features of the Free Edition and can run as a Windows Service (Daemon). This is also designed for business purposes and comes with Email and Upgrade support at an affordable price.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sera-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"sera-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Business Edition<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; This edition has more features and is optimized. This is good for businesses that want to administer multiple users with absolute data protection. Also, this edition supports Eleven (11) types of relational databases such as <em>MSSQL<\/em>, <em>MySQL<\/em>, and <em>PostgreSQL<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sera-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sera-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note:<\/strong>&nbsp;We only provide support to the subscriber (Who bought the software), and some of the policies may change without notice. Also, In addition, it is your responsibility to learn how to use the software by referring to our documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sera-block-paragraph\">If you stop your subscription in any of the paid versions and want to get support and updates in the future, then you have to buy again at the original price plus (+) any additional increases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"sera-block-heading\" id=\"usage\">Usage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sera-block-paragraph\"><strong>Warning:<\/strong>&nbsp;Except for the free edition, for every edition of the Porta SFTP Server that is portable, migratable, and can be used on an unlimited number of machines, you as a subscriber should be the ONLY one who can use the software. Any damage or loss of any third party from the distributed copy of the Porta SFTP Server with your license on it will be your responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"sera-block-paragraph\">Although we do not track any usage for the Portable Porta SFTP Server, it is your responsibility to use the software or application honestly and properly that complies with EULA. Please read the additional information on PORTA SFTP SERVER&#8217;s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" referrerpolicy=\"origin\" href=\"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/conditions-of-use\/\" target=\"_blank\">Conditions Of Use<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong style=\"color:crimson;\">DOWNLOAD THE PRODUCT FROM OUR WEBSITE ONLY<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":8965,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_is_vendor_doc":"0","footnotes":""},"doc_tag":[192,193],"class_list":["post-8966","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_tag-best-free-sftp-server","doc_tag-portable-sftp-server"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/sera-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/sera-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/sera-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/sera-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8966"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/sera-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25556,"href":"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/sera-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8966\/revisions\/25556"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/sera-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/8965"}],"next":[{"title":"Executive Summary","link":"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/docs\/porta-sftp-server\/product-summary\/","href":"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/sera-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/16412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/sera-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portasftpserver.com\/sera-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=8966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}