MXterm Pro vs AgentsRoom
A side-by-side of two tools that overlap but start from different places. Facts come from each vendor's own pages, checked 2026-10-20.
| MXterm Pro made by us | AgentsRoom | |
|---|---|---|
| platforms | macOSWindowsLinux | macOSWindowsLinuxiOSAndroid |
| price | FreemiumFree plan, no account (unlimited terminal panes, up to 5 SSH servers, 1 Control Room with 2 agents). Pro: lifetime licence from $29 for 3 devices for the first 100 licences, then from $8.9/month (seen 2026-10-20 on mxterm.net). | FreemiumSeen 2026-10-20: Free (2 projects, 6 parallel agents); Pro EUR 7.99/month or EUR 75/year (unlimited projects/agents, cloud agents); Team EUR 15.99/seat/month, 3-seat minimum; 'Plus' is earned, not sold. Requires your own AI CLI subscription. |
| source | Proprietary | ? |
| SSH | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
| SFTP | ✓ yes | ? not verified |
| Tabs | ✓ yes | ? not verified |
| Split panes | ✓ yes | ? not verified |
| Port forwarding | ✓ yes | ? not verified |
| Jump host | ? not verified | ? not verified |
| X11 | ? not verified | ? not verified |
| Serial | ? not verified | ? not verified |
| Telnet | ? not verified | ? not verified |
| Mosh | ? not verified | ? not verified |
| Cloud sync | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| Team sharing | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| Scripting / API | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| AI agents | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
| MCP | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| Phone control | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| Mobile app | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
| Multi-agent | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| Git worktrees | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
+ AgentsRoom is stronger at
- Runs on macOS, Windows and Linux with iOS and Android companions
- Per-ticket or per-agent git worktrees with dependencies installed and .env copied
- Four MCP servers (Backlog, Terminal Commands, Prompt Library, Browser)
- Very frequent releases (v1.223.1 on 2026-10-20; changelog claims shipping since March 2026)
+ MXterm Pro is stronger at
- Runs several AI coding agent CLIs side by side in a Control Room, optionally one git worktree per agent
- SSH hosts, an SFTP panel with an editor, and local terminal panes live in the same tabbed window
- Local-first: conversation records stay on your machine and provider keys sit in the OS keychain
- Free plan needs no account and has no pane limit
~/which to pick
- pick AgentsRoom if
- Developers juggling many projects and agents who want status, backlog and mobile oversight on any desktop OS.
- pick MXterm Pro if
- Developers who run AI coding agents and SSH sessions together and want one native window, plus phone access to those sessions.
- skip AgentsRoom if
- Users wanting an open-source tool or a plain SSH/SFTP client.
- skip MXterm Pro if
- Anyone who needs an X11 server, RDP/VNC, serial consoles or a hosted team vault today.