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Free S3 Client for Windows
WinSCP is an open source free S3 client for Windows. You can get it from WinSCP download page. Latest stable WinSCP version is 6.3.5.
What is S3 Client?
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is an object storage service offering industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. Amazon S3 and also other cloud storage services support S3 API.
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An S3 client is a software which enables users to perform various operations on S3 buckets and objects, such as uploading, downloading, and managing files stored in the cloud.
File Transfers
You can use WinSCP to transfer files both manually and automatically.
Why Use WinSCP as Your S3 Client?
Well, there are many reasons, but one of them is for sure that WinSCP supports a variety of transfer protocols, so you can use one tool for both secure and insecure file copying. Read more about all WinSCP supported protocols.
Further Reading
- Connecting to Amazon S3 service;
- Accessing Google Cloud Storage bucket with WinSCP;
- Connecting securely to Cloudflare R2 storage/bucket with S3;
- Connecting securely to Backblaze B2 storage/bucket with S3;
- Guide to uploading files to cloud;
- Guide to automating operations (including upload);
- Other Guides to using WinSCP.