When comparing WinSSHTerm vs SmarTTY, the Slant community recommends WinSSHTerm for most people. In the question“What are the best SSH clients for Windows?” WinSSHTerm is ranked 15th while SmarTTY is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose WinSSHTerm is:
WinSSHTerm is free for anyone to use.
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Pros
Pro Freeware
WinSSHTerm is free for anyone to use.
Pro Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts are especially valuable for professionals.
Pro Supports X Server
There is easy, automatic integration with X Server and starts/stops can take place with the launch/exit of WinSSHTerm.
Pro Supports file transfer
The user can start a WinSCP session inside WinSSHTerm, without the need to duplicate the session in WinSCP.
Pro Highly portable
The user can run WinSSHTerm from a USB drive on different computers.
Pro Ready for production use
There are no annoying bugs in WinSSHTerm. Navigation tools and keyboard shortcuts are a great time saver, especially if you have to manage multiple connections.
Pro Multi-tabbed with SFTP
Supports telnet and serial port as well.
Pro Free
Pro Smart Terminal
Open and edit remote files with Windows Explorer - similar experience.
Cons
Con Not a true terminal emulator
It's a PuTTY interface and it's mostly used to access remote machines through ssh, so it may not be very suitable for working on a local machine.
Con Unintuitive (alien) smart command-line mode
And shortcuts.
