Best SSH Clients in 2026
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35 SSH clients ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
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4 Oct 2026last checked
Input list SSH Clients 10 channels on this page · 49 of 80 spec lines stated by the makers
Ch Tool Free planPaid fromSupported protocolsSupported platformsSFTP supportPort forwardingSession managementTeam session sharing Spec sheet Score
26 Prompt Free planNoPaid fromnot statedSupported protocolsSSH, Telnet, Mosh, Eternal Terminal, and port forwardingSupported platformsmacOS, iOS/iPadOS, and visionOSSFTP supportnot statedPort forwardingYesSession managementtabsTeam session sharingnot stated 5/8spec lines stated 5.9
27 Tera Term Free planYesPaid fromnot statedSupported protocolsnot statedSupported platformswindowsSFTP supportnot statedPort forwardingnot statedSession managementnot statedTeam session sharingnot stated 2/8spec lines stated 5.9
28 Xshell Free planYesPaid fromnot statedSupported protocolsSSH1, SSH2, SFTP, TELNET, RLOGIN, SERIAL, RDPSupported platformsWindows 10/11; Windows Server 2012/2016/2019/2022SFTP supportYesPort forwardingYesSession managementtabsTeam session sharingnot stated 6/8spec lines stated 5.9
29 ConnectBot Free planYesPaid fromnot statedSupported protocolsSSH, TelnetSupported platformsAndroidSFTP supportnot statedPort forwardingYesSession managementtabsTeam session sharingnot stated 5/8spec lines stated 5.8
30 mRemoteNG Free planYesPaid fromnot statedSupported protocolsRDP, VNC, SSH, Telnet, HTTP/HTTPS, rlogin, raw sockets, PowerShell remoting, AnyDesk, SFTP, SCPSupported platformsWindows 10, Windows 11, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, and 2022SFTP supportYesPort forwardingYesSession managementtabsTeam session sharingnot stated 6/8spec lines stated 5.8
31 AbsoluteTelnet Free planNoPaid fromnot statedSupported protocolsSSH1, SSH2, Telnet, SFTP, XMODEM, YMODEM, ZMODEMSupported platformsWindows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows 11SFTP supportYesPort forwardingYesSession managementtabsTeam session sharingnot stated 6/8spec lines stated 5.7
32 KiTTY Free planYesPaid fromnot statedSupported protocolsSSH, TelnetSupported platformsWindowsSFTP supportnot statedPort forwardingYesSession managementbasicTeam session sharingnot stated 5/8spec lines stated 5.7
33 SHELLNGN Free planNoPaid fromnot statedSupported protocolsSSH, SFTP, RDP, VNC, TelnetSupported platformsWeb browser; responsive mobile web accessSFTP supportYesPort forwardingnot statedSession managementtabsTeam session sharingYes 6/8spec lines stated 5.7
34 SmarTTY Free planYesPaid fromnot statedSupported protocolsSSH, SCPSupported platformsWindows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, 2008SFTP supportnot statedPort forwardingnot statedSession managementtabsTeam session sharingnot stated 4/8spec lines stated 5.7
35 SuperPuTTY Free planYesPaid fromnot statedSupported protocolsSSH, SCP, RDPSupported platformsWindowsSFTP supportnot statedPort forwardingnot statedSession managementtabsTeam session sharingnot stated 4/8spec lines stated 5.7
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