ESftp features included Crash recovery--no more lost transfers due to power outages or system crashes, support for new firewall/proxy and host types, SOCKS 4.0 and 5.0 support, remote file viewing and editing, corrections to FTP servers for year 2000 compliance, Input Command, which allows you to directly input any command an FTP server supports, complete recursive directory upload/download/overwrite or delete. a progress rate display, default transfer mode option in session parameters, prompts for file overwrites and preserving file date and time, a favorites list similar to that of Internet Explorer, resume broken downloads or uploads, background transfers, time-outs, the ability to delete to the Recycle Bin, port numbers and passive file transfers.

ESftp also includes transfer panes, Smart Reconnect, and advanced file-filtering parameters. ESftp's Connection Manager comes preloaded with lots of popular FTP sites and adding your own FTP sites is easy.