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Blink Shell vs Xshell

Blink Shell

blink.sh

Xshell

xshell.com

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FigureBlink ShellXshell
Price from$1.67/moFree
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYesYes
Open source——
Windows—Yes
iOSYes—
Plans published24
Spec score · SSH Clients8.3 (#6)7.6 (#24)
Founded20161997
SupportThe maker directs users to its documentation and community channels, including GitHub and Discord.One year of updates and technical support is included with the listed perpetual licenses as maintenance.

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Blink Shell

  • Blink Build$7.99 a month
  • Blink+$19.99 a year

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Xshell

  • Free licenseFree
  • Xshell$119, paid once
  • Xshell Plus$139, paid once
  • Xmanager Power Suite$399, paid once

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Blink Shell

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Xshell

Xshell is a Windows terminal for connecting to remote hosts and managing sessions. It supports SSH1, SSH2, SFTP, Telnet, Rlogin, serial, and RDP, with SFTP and port forwarding among its listed capabilities. Session, quick command, tab, and file managers help organize remote hosts. Users can create command buttons, trigger actions from terminal patterns, compose multiline input, and generate scripts from terminal input and output. Multiple tabs and tab groups can sit in one window; scripting is available in VB, JScript, and Python. Authentication profiles can store authentication variables for one or more sessions, with profile changes reflected in dependent sessions. Security features include public-key, password, and keyboard-interactive authentication, SSH PKCS#11 and CAPI, multiple encryption algorithms, and master-password encryption for saved passwords. Xshell interoperates with Xmanager, Xagent, and Xftp. The free license is restricted to personal, home, and educational use, excluding commercial use. Paid perpetual single-user options include Xshell at $119, paid once, Xshell Plus at $139, paid once, and Xmanager Power Suite at $399, paid once. A 30-day evaluation is offered without a credit card.

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