#25 in Identity & Access ManagementUpdated 2026-08

MobaXterm

by MobaXterm · Windows terminal with an embedded X server and tabbed SSH client

25.5 — BenchRank score out of 100

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Overview

MobaXterm packages remote-access tools into a single portable Windows executable. It combines a tabbed SSH terminal based on PuTTY, an X.org-based X server with X11 forwarding and OpenGL, clients for RDP, VNC, telnet, rsh, SFTP, XDMCP and Mosh, and basic Cygwin commands such as bash, grep, awk, sed and rsync. Opening an SSH session also opens a graphical SFTP browser.

Best for: Windows users needing SSH, RDP, VNC and an X server for remote Unix work in one application.
Pricing: Home Edition is free to download and Professional Edition is paid, but the captured text shows no prices.

Strengths and trade-offs

Strengths

Single portable exe; no admin rights or extra libraries needed
Embedded X.org X server displays remote apps on the Windows desktop
SSH, RDP, VNC, telnet, SFTP, XDMCP and Mosh in one session manager
SSH sessions auto-open a graphical SFTP browser for editing files

Trade-offs

Windows only; no macOS or Linux client is mentioned
Use inside a company points to the paid Professional Edition
Only basic Cygwin commands, not a full Unix environment
More features and the Customizer are held back for Professional

How this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 0 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 62 out of 100
Customer sentiment: 80 out of 100
Changelog: 0 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 40 out of 100
Operational trust: 0 out of 100

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Openness: 0 out of 100

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