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Transmit allows you to connect using a variety of different protocols and cloud services. Not all of these protocols have the same level of support for various features and functions. Here’s a breakdown of protocols supported in Transmit 5, and their notable properties.

Buckets

Name ★
Amazon S3 ★
Amazon S3 with IAM Role ★
Backblaze B2 ★
Box
DreamObjects ★
Dropbox
FTP with Implicit SSL
FTP with TLS/SSL
FTP
Google Drive
Microsoft Azure ★
Microsoft OneDrive for Business
Microsoft OneDrive
OpenStack Swift ★
Rackspace Cloud Files ★
SFTP
WebDAV HTTPS
WebDAV

Emoji

Name ★
Amazon S3 ★
Amazon S3 with IAM Role ★
Backblaze B2 ★
Box
DreamObjects ★
Dropbox
FTP with Implicit SSL ★
FTP with TLS/SSL ★
FTP ★
Google Drive ★
Microsoft Azure ★
Microsoft OneDrive for Business ★
Microsoft OneDrive ★
OpenStack Swift ★
Rackspace Cloud Files ★
SFTP ★
WebDAV HTTPS ★
WebDAV ★

Empty Files

Name ★
Amazon S3 ★
Amazon S3 with IAM Role ★
Backblaze B2 ★
Box ★
DreamObjects ★
Dropbox ★
FTP with Implicit SSL ★
FTP with TLS/SSL ★
FTP ★
Google Drive ★
Microsoft Azure ★
Microsoft OneDrive for Business
Microsoft OneDrive
OpenStack Swift ★
Rackspace Cloud Files ★
SFTP ★
WebDAV HTTPS ★
WebDAV ★

Maximum File Size

Name Size Notes
Amazon S3 976GB https://help.panic.com/transmit/transmit5/s3/#increased-maximum-file-size-uploading
Amazon S3 with IAM Role 976GB https://help.panic.com/transmit/transmit5/s3/#increased-maximum-file-size-uploading
Backblaze B2 10TB https://www.backblaze.com/b2/docs/large_files.html
Box 2GB (5GB) https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360043697314-Understand-the-Maximum-File-Size-You-Can-Upload-to-Box
DreamObjects 10TB https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/215261938-How-to-upload-files-into-DreamObjects
Dropbox N/A https://www.dropbox.com/en/help/5
FTP with Implicit SSL N/A N/A
FTP with TLS/SSL N/A N/A
FTP N/A N/A
Google Drive 5TB https://support.google.com/drive/answer/37603?hl=en
Microsoft Azure 1TB https://github.com/Microsoft/azure-docs/blob/master/includes/azure-storage-limits.md
Microsoft OneDrive for Business 10GB https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3125202/restrictions-and-limitations-when-you-sync-files-and-folders-using-the-new-onedrive-for-business-sync-client
Microsoft OneDrive 10GB https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3125202/restrictions-and-limitations-when-you-sync-files-and-folders-using-the-new-onedrive-for-business-sync-client
Rackspace Cloud Files N/A https://developer.rackspace.com/docs/cloud-files/v1/general-api-info/limits/
SFTP N/A N/A
WebDAV HTTPS N/A N/A
WebDAV N/A N/A

OAuth

Name ★
Amazon S3
Amazon S3 with IAM Role
Backblaze B2
Box ★
DreamObjects
Dropbox ★
FTP with Implicit SSL
FTP with TLS/SSL
FTP
Google Drive ★
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft OneDrive for Business ★
Microsoft OneDrive ★
OpenStack Swift
Rackspace Cloud Files
SFTP
WebDAV HTTPS
WebDAV

File Rename

Name ★
Amazon S3 ★
Amazon S3 with IAM Role ★
Backblaze B2
Box ★
DreamObjects ★
Dropbox ★
FTP with Implicit SSL ★
FTP with TLS/SSL ★
FTP ★
Google Drive ★
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft OneDrive for Business ★
Microsoft OneDrive ★
OpenStack Swift ★
Rackspace Cloud Files1 ★
SFTP ★
WebDAV HTTPS ★
WebDAV ★

Right to Left Text in Filenames

Name ★
Amazon S3 ★
Amazon S3 with IAM Role ★
Backblaze B2 ★
Box
DreamObjects ★
Dropbox ★
FTP with Implicit SSL ★
FTP with TLS/SSL ★
FTP ★
Google Drive ★
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft OneDrive for Business
Microsoft OneDrive
OpenStack Swift ★
Rackspace Cloud Files ★
SFTP ★
WebDAV HTTPS ★
WebDAV ★

Remote Copy

File: Transmit is responsible for stepping through each remote folder and telling the server or service to copy any files.

Recursive: Transmit tells the server or service to copy a folder, and the server handles the rest.

Name ★
Amazon S3 File
Amazon S3 with IAM Role File
Backblaze B2 File
Box Recursive
DreamObjects File
Dropbox Recursive
FTP with Implicit SSL
FTP with TLS/SSL
FTP
Google Drive File
Microsoft Azure File
Microsoft OneDrive for Business Recursive
Microsoft OneDrive Recursive
OpenStack Swift
Rackspace Cloud Files
SFTP
WebDAV HTTPS Recursive
WebDAV Recursive

Move (Remote)

Name ★
Amazon S3 ★
Amazon S3 with IAM Role ★
Backblaze B2
Box ★
DreamObjects ★
Dropbox ★
FTP with Implicit SSL ★
FTP with TLS/SSL ★
FTP ★
Google Drive ★
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft OneDrive for Business ★
Microsoft OneDrive ★
OpenStack Swift ★
Rackspace Cloud Files
SFTP ★
WebDAV HTTPS ★
WebDAV ★

Preserve Modification Dates

Name ★
Amazon S3
Amazon S3 with IAM Role
Backblaze B2
Box
DreamObjects
Dropbox2 ★
FTP with Implicit SSL ★
FTP with TLS/SSL ★
FTP ★
Google Drive ★
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft OneDrive for Business
Microsoft OneDrive
OpenStack Swift
Rackspace Cloud Files
SFTP ★
WebDAV HTTPS
WebDAV

Maximum Simultaneous Transfers

Name ★
Amazon S3 Configurable
Amazon S3 with IAM Role Configurable
Backblaze B2 2
Box 2
DreamObjects Configurable
Dropbox 2
FTP with Implicit SSL Configurable
FTP with TLS/SSL Configurable
FTP Configurable
Google Drive 2
Microsoft Azure Configurable
Microsoft OneDrive for Business 2
Microsoft OneDrive 2
OpenStack Swift Configurable
Rackspace Cloud Files Configurable
SFTP Configurable
WebDAV HTTPS Configurable
WebDAV Configurable

  1. Rackspace does not support renaming folders, only files ↩︎

  2. Dropbox does not support preserving modification dates folders, only files ↩︎

This article was last updated on May 16, 2022