Which is faster?

[raversworld]

Just out of curiosity is ftp or uploading through cpanel faster or is it the same?

[Volt.Networks]

FTP, especially if you have larger or more files.

It's quick to login to FTP if you have the settings saved too.

[Dynash]

FTP. cPanel uses the normal HTTP method. Which as was said, isn't good at uploading huge files like 200mb>,

[RagekiJohn]

FTP is much better. Uploading via HTTP has too many restrictions such as file size limits. Plus, it doesn't have the option of allowing you to resume or pause uploads.

[MicGoogle]

use SSH + SFTP wayyy wayy faster

[microvps]

FTP is file transfer protocol.
HTTP is not protocol for file transfers and that's why it is not quicker for file uploading.
Use filezila (that is free FTP client) to upload files on the server
Hope that helps
Good luck

[Volt.Networks]

I use the FireFTP plugin for Firefox. Works like a charm :D

[Dan]

I use the FireFTP plugin for Firefox. Works like a charm :D

Same here. Very useful and has Drag n Drop features as well.
So yeah, as said FTP is way faster especially with larger files. However, as cPanel has the Extract feature, if you are uploading something into it's own directory, for example, yoursite.com/forums then just uploading the zipped folder via cPanel works too.

[~ServerPoint~]

Most of the customers prefer file zilla to upload their files.

[Technics]

SFTP is much quicker ;)

[microvps]

SFTP is much quicker ;)

I agree with you but that is used for the secure FTP connection which is not commonly used.