# What terminal emulator is most trusted by systems administrators based on user reviews?

<p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Hey G2 community, I've been trying to answer a question: which<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/terminal-emulator"> </a><a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/categories/terminal-emulator">terminal emulator</a> is most trusted by systems administrators based on user reviews? Looking at a few options in this category, based on user reviews:</p><ol>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/putty/reviews"><strong>PuTTY</strong></a> (4.5 stars, 353 reviews): A single portable executable that connects to any SSH, Telnet, Rlogin, or serial target in seconds, with saved sessions that store full connection profiles and Pageant agent forwarding that handles key authentication once for the entire workday.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/mobaxterm/reviews"><strong>MobaXTerm</strong></a> (4.6 stars, 110 reviews): Tabbed SSH, RDP, VNC, SFTP, and serial connections managed under one interface on Windows, with an embedded X11 server for running graphical remote applications without a separate install.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/securecrt/reviews"><strong>SecureCRT</strong></a> (4.8 stars, 54 reviews): Cross-platform session management across Windows, Mac, and Linux with Python scripting for automating infrastructure tasks and FIPS 140-2 compliant cipher configuration for enterprise environments.</li>
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<a class="a a--md" elv="true" href="https://www.g2.com/products/iterm2/reviews"><strong>iTerm2</strong></a> (4.7 stars, 51 reviews): Split panes, per-project profiles, and shell integration that lets macOS-based sysadmins run parallel sessions without juggling separate windows or losing terminal state on network drops.</li>
</ol><p class="elv-tracking-normal elv-text-default elv-font-figtree elv-text-base elv-leading-base elv-font-normal" elv="true">Which of these does your team rely on day-to-day? Curious whether the choice has shifted at all as remote infrastructure environments have gotten more complex.</p>

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## Comments
### Comment 1

&lt;p&gt;&quot;Trusted&quot; means something specific in this category. The moments that matter are the bad ones: a dying server at 2am, a locked-down machine where you can&#39;t install anything. Trust goes to the tool that adds zero failure modes of its own in those moments. That&#39;s really why PuTTY holds its rating after all these years. A single file with no installer can&#39;t be broken by an update, doesn&#39;t need admin rights, and behaves exactly like it did in 2010. Feature-rich tools are more pleasant on a good day. The trust question is about the worst day.&lt;/p&gt;

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- Posted at: 7 days ago
- Author title: Tech Consultant





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