MXterm Pro vs Termius
A side-by-side of two tools in the same category. Facts come from each vendor's own pages, checked 2026-10-20.
| MXterm Pro made by us | Termius | |
|---|---|---|
| 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). | FreemiumStarter free (local vault, SSH, SFTP, port forwarding, AI autocomplete); Pro $10/month billed annually; Team $20/seat/month billed annually; Business $30/seat/month billed annually; Enterprise custom (seen 2026-10-20) |
| source | Proprietary | ? |
| SSH | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
| SFTP | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
| Tabs | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
| Split panes | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
| Port forwarding | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
| Jump host | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| X11 | ? not verified | ? not verified |
| Serial | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| Telnet | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| Mosh | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| Cloud sync | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| Team sharing | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| Scripting / API | ? not verified | ? not verified |
| AI agents | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
| MCP | ? not verified | ? not verified |
| Phone control | ? not verified | ? not verified |
| Mobile app | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
+ Termius is stronger at
- Same app family on macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android, with host data synced across them on Pro and above
- Host chains (jump hosts), SSH agent forwarding and serial connections moved to the free tier in desktop 10.1.0 (2026-09-21)
- Team and Business plans offer shared vaults, shared session logs and, on Business, granular vault access control
+ 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 Termius if
- People who manage the same set of servers from a laptop and a phone and are willing to pay for sync.
- 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 Termius if
- Anyone who wants a no-account, fully offline, self-hosted tool or needs documented X11 forwarding.
- skip MXterm Pro if
- Anyone who needs an X11 server, RDP/VNC, serial consoles or a hosted team vault today.