🆚 FTP vs. TLS
- 📈 TLS is much more popular than FTP.
- 🌍 TLS is more popular in all countries.
FTPType
About
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol for transferring files between a server and a client.
Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a cryptographic protocol that provides end-to-end encryption of data transmitted over the Internet, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and authentication between communicating systems.
It is used in HTTPS to secure communication between browsers and servers, combining asymmetric cryptography for key exchange, symmetric encryption for data transfer, and digital certificates to verify server identity.
Headquarters
datatracker.ietf.orgCategories
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
Market share
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Awards
- ⭐ 10th most popular in the United States in the Networking category.
- ⭐ 10th most popular in Germany in the Networking category.
- ⭐ 10th most popular in Lithuania in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in France in the Networking category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Compare alternatives
Technologies with similar characteristics.
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- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.