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Add to SafariWhen comparing Xshell 6 vs Fox Term, the Slant community recommends Xshell 6 for most people. In the question“What are the best terminal emulators for Windows?” Xshell 6 is ranked 11th while Fox Term is ranked 34th.
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Pros
Pro Connections management
Pro Has tabs
Pro Compose bar to send a string to multiple servers at once
Pro Local shell interface to control Xshell
Pro Great option for enterprises
Xshell 6 caters to enterprises with features such as multi-tab UI, dynamic port forwarding, scripting support, support for ASCII as well as non-ASCII characters, etc.
Pro Can use any system font
Pro Tunneling bar
Channel monitoring and dynamic port forwarding.
Pro User defined key map support
Pro Task automation with VB script
Pro Multi-Terminal
Many terminals in one, save-able, restart-able, session.
Pro Simple
Minimalist. All you need is to connect to a serial host.
Cons
Con Not free
The subscription costs $89 per year.
Con No stable portable version
Any portable version present is wrapper. It moves files from portable folder to appdata and backward, which often cause dataloss
Con Dated
Hasn't been updated for a while, so your Windows will need legacy .NET runtime support. (Windows will automatically detect this and initiate the update, if needed)
