MXterm Pro vs Voltius
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 | Voltius | |
|---|---|---|
| platforms | macOSWindowsLinux | macOSWindowsLinuxAndroid |
| 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 $0 (no account); Pro $7/month billed yearly or $9 monthly (14-day trial, no card); Teams $15/user/month yearly or $18 monthly (3-user min); Business $25/user/month yearly or $30 monthly (3-user min, commercial license). |
| source | Proprietary | Open source |
| SSH | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
| SFTP | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
| Tabs | ✓ yes | ? not verified |
| Split panes | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
| Port forwarding | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
| Jump host | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| X11 | ? not verified | – no |
| Serial | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| 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 | ? not verified |
| MCP | ? not verified | ✓ yes |
| Phone control | ? not verified | ? not verified |
| Mobile app | ✓ yes | ✓ yes |
+ Voltius is stronger at
- Source open under AGPLv3 including client, server and crypto; 772 GitHub stars and a release the day before checking
- Free tier includes SFTP, serial, Docker, port forwarding and E2EE sync via Gist, Cloudflare or S3
- Team vaults with roles and audit logs on paid tiers
- MCP server (52 tools, off by default) usable from Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor or VS Code
+ 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 Voltius if
- Windows or Linux users wanting an open-source Termius-style client with self-chosen sync backends.
- 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 Voltius if
- Mac-first users who want a mature, non-experimental macOS build or an iOS app today.
- skip MXterm Pro if
- Anyone who needs an X11 server, RDP/VNC, serial consoles or a hosted team vault today.