When comparing PromptPal vs Fox Term, the Slant community recommends PromptPal for most people. In the question“What are the best terminal emulators for Windows?” PromptPal is ranked 30th while Fox Term is ranked 34th. The most important reason people chose PromptPal is:
You can have PromptPal open automatically with the same tabs as used in the most recent session, starting in the same directories.
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Pros
Pro Tabbed UI makes the user's life easier
You can have PromptPal open automatically with the same tabs as used in the most recent session, starting in the same directories.
Pro Multiple shells supported
PromptPal supports several shells (including Powershell) and it allows you to choose which shell to run through the preferences.
Pro Persistent, editable command history
You can mark most used commands in PromptPal as favourites.
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
Although there's a free trial available, PromptPal is not free to use.
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)