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Add to SafariWhen comparing SecureCRT vs Remmina, the Slant community recommends SecureCRT for most people. In the question“What are the best SSH clients for UNIX-like systems?” SecureCRT is ranked 6th while Remmina is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose SecureCRT is:
Some of us still need actual VT220 emulation to log into OpenVMS machines. SecureCRT does a superior job at it.
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Question Ranking
Pros
Pro VT220 emulation
Some of us still need actual VT220 emulation to log into OpenVMS machines. SecureCRT does a superior job at it.
Pro Buttons bar
SecureCRT while not free has the ability to make common commands in to button for faster command processing. Commands like: exit, clear, :wq!, ls -lha and the etc.
Pro Scriptable via Python API
Has a Python API to control most aspects of the terminal and sessions. Scripts can be bound to buttons, menu items, and keyboard shortcuts.
Pro Puts emphasis on security
SecureCRT has strong data encryption and secure authentication through the support of password and public keys.
Pro Straightforward user interface
It's easy and fast to find what you want, nice for daily use.
Pro Supports multiple remote desktop protocols
Remmina supports a number of protocols for accessing remote desktops - RDP, SSH, XDMCP, NX, and SPICE.
Pro You can manually adjust the quality of connection
To more effectively manage the available bandwidth, you can change the speed of your connection. This lets you sacrifice some of the quality of multimedia in favor of more speed.
Pro All connections are organized in groups
All connection profiles can be neatly organized into groups, making managing a large of machines simple.
Cons
Con Not free
Paid product. Some nice additional Cygwin type features and server version are integrated, but for most users the feature set probably does add enough value for a paid only client.
Con Expensive
Con No RDP server, only client
Remmina is only a remote client (VNC, RDP). It has no server features.
