ForkLift vs Transmit
Both replace CloudMounter and Mountain Duck update renewals.
| Fact |  ForkLiftDual-pane file manager that also mounts your servers |  TransmitFile transfer to servers and cloud storage, bought once |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.95 | $45 |
| Licence | This versionThe next major is a new purchase | This versionThe next major is a new purchase |
| The catch | Updates stop when your one- or two-year window ends; the version you have keeps running | A future Transmit 6 would be a separate purchase, as the jump from 4 to 5 was |
| Against a subscription | 8 monthsAgainst CloudMounter at $29 a year | 19 monthsAgainst CloudMounter at $29 a year |
| Seats | 1 MacSingle User covers one Mac; the Family licence covers all the Macs in a household. | No Mac count statedPanic licenses per person rather than per Mac. Their support page states that a licence "permits you to use the app on all of the Macs in use by you, as long as you are the only one using the app" - a second person needs their own licence. |
| Developer account | None needed | Optional |
| Works offline | Partly | No |
| Apple Silicon | Native | Native |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| On Setapp | Yes | No |
| Buy direct | Buy direct |
Both prices read 22 Sep 2026, on the pages these buttons open. Minimum macOS and App Store rating are not established for either app, so those rows are left out.
In their own right
ForkLift
A two-pane Finder replacement that speaks SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, SMB, S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive and Dropbox, so a local folder and a remote one sit side by side in one window. Sold as a licence you keep, with a fixed window of updates.
Transmit
Panic's file transfer app for macOS: SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box and more in a two-pane window, with fast parallel transfers and remote servers mountable in Finder.