WinSCP comparisons
WinSCP is compared head-to-head with Tabby, OpenSSH and PuTTY and more: 7 head-to-heads in SSH Clients, each with the specs and prices we checked.
WinSCP head-to-head
- WinSCP vs Tabby
- WinSCP vs OpenSSH
- WinSCP vs PuTTY
- WinSCP vs Solar-PuTTY
- WinSCP vs Tectia SSH Client
- WinSCP vs Termius
- WinSCP vs WindTerm
WinSCP vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Supported protocols | Supported platforms | SFTP support | Port forwarding | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | WinSCP | Yes | Free | SSH, SFTP, SCP, FTP, FTPS, WebDAV, WebDAVS, S3 | Windows | Yes | Yes | 8.8 |
| 1 | Tabby | Yes | Free | Windows, macOS, Linux | 9.2 | |||
| 2 | OpenSSH | Free | SSH 2, SFTP, SCP | Linux, macOS, Cygwin (Windows), and other Unix systems | Yes | Yes | 9.1 | |
| 3 | PuTTY | Yes | Free | SSH, Telnet, Rlogin, SUPDUP, raw, serial, SFTP, SCP | Windows and Unix | Yes | Yes | 9.0 |
| 4 | Solar-PuTTY | Yes | Free | SSH, Telnet, SCP, SFTP | Windows | Yes | 8.9 | |
| 6 | Tectia SSH Client | SSH v2, SFTP, SCP, TCP tunneling | Windows, macOS, Linux, AIX, Solaris, and other Unix platforms | Yes | Yes | 8.7 | ||
| 7 | Termius | Yes | $10/mo | SSH, SFTP, Telnet, Mosh, local terminal | Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, iPadOS | Yes | Yes | 8.6 |
| 8 | WindTerm | Yes | Free | SSH, SFTP, SCP, Telnet, Raw TCP, Serial, XModem, YModem, ZModem | Windows, macOS, Linux | Yes | Yes | 8.5 |
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Compared by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
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