What is FTP?

FTP dates to the early internet and still lingers in traditional web hosting. To use it you install an FTP client, enter a server address, a username, and a password, then drag files into the correct directory on the remote machine. It works, but it is a workflow built for administering a server, not for the simple act of sharing a single document with one person. Every step is a chance to put the file in the wrong folder or fumble a credential.

Most people reaching for FTP only want a file to be openable at a URL. That does not need a protocol from 1971. NudgeHost replaces the entire dance with drag-and-drop uploads. You share a file now by dropping the file onto the page, and a link comes back. There is no host string to remember and no directory to navigate. If your project is several files, you zip it and the bundle serves as a small site, which is the case FTP was traditionally used for.

The practical difference is time. FTP is minutes of setup per server; dropping a file is seconds, and the result is a clean shareable link rather than a path buried on a server you now have to maintain. Hosting is free to start and the pricing page raises the limits. FTP still has a place in old-school server administration, but for getting a file in front of someone it is the long way round.