Konsole vs ZOC
Konsole
konsole.kde.orgZOC
emtec.comSide by side
| Figure | Konsole | ZOC |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $79.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 5 |
| Spec score · Terminal apps | 8.7 (#4) | 8.2 (#15) |
| Spec score · Terminal Emulators | 8.5 (#9) | 7.8 (#28) |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany | Nürnberg, Germany |
| Integrations | The handbook documents a D-Bus interface for controlling Konsole windows and sessions. | ZOC supports DDE on Windows and AppleScript on macOS, and provides HLLAPI with TN3270 and TN5250 emulations. |
| Intended users | The documentation describes Konsole as a text-only command-line interface for users running a command shell. | The maker describes ZOC as built for system administrators, network engineers, and IT professionals. |
| Scripting API | Yes | Yes |
| SSH support | Yes | Yes |
| Support | The page links to the Konsole Handbook, KDE Forum, bug reporting, and a developer mailing list. | The maker says support is included with a ZOC license and provides a support request form for questions or problems. |
| Supported platforms | Linux,Windows,macOS | Windows,macOS |
Plans
ZOC
- ZOC9 License$79.99 a month
- Upgrade to ZOC9 from v8.xx$29.99, paid once
- Upgrade to ZOC9 from v7.xx or older$49.99, paid once
- ZOC9 license$79.99, paid once
- ZOC9 site license$12,980, paid once
In their own words
Konsole
Konsole is a terminal emulator for running a command shell and controlling a computer through a text-based command line. It is listed for Linux, Windows, and macOS and is free and open source under GPL-2.0+. Tabs and multiple profiles organize sessions; profiles can also automate common commands, including SSH connections to another machine. A tab can be split into left-right or top-bottom views, and its layout can be saved to a file. Konsole supports bookmarks, searching, and saving output or scrollback as a text or HTML file. Monitoring can notify users about silence, activity, a shell prompt, or a finished process. With shell integration enabled, it distinguishes prompts, input, and output and provides visual hints for commands that resulted in errors. A D-Bus interface allows software to control Konsole windows and sessions. Linux installation options include application stores, distribution package managers, and Flathub. The project links to Windows and macOS platform pages, including nightly installers for Windows and macOS ARM and Intel; those builds are intended for testing and come from the latest development branch.