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