I paid $34 for Transmit 4 in 2013 and $35 launch price for Transmit 5 in 2017. Before that I used Cyberduck (and donated in 2010 to remove the banner!) I have a

I paid $34 for Transmit 4 in 2013 and $35 launch price for Transmit 5 in 2017. Before that I used Cyberduck (and donated in 2010 to remove the banner!) I have also used Filezilla a lot on multiple OSes. Transmit is better software. I mostly prefer it because it is better at managing favorites, I prefer its file editing workflow, I prefer its control over transfers and aesthetically I like the UI and how it presents multiple panes. Its directory mounting story is pretty good. I trust it more when I have multiple transfers in progress, etc. The use of tabs in the 5 update and easier search filtering of favorites has been worth the update so far. Ideally everything I do would be a git deploy or an rsync command, but since it's not, I am happy to pay a quality software publisher to remove a lot of headache from annoying FTP and S3 operations. It's no different than why I pay for a good text editor or image editor even though I can get anything done in a free alternative.