--- title: XShell Reviews meta\_title: 'XShell Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 12 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how XShell works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 12 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: IT Management url: https://www.g2.com/categories/it-management --- # XShell Reviews & Product Details NetSarang Computer, Inc. develops performance driven network connectivity software for the global market. * * * Seller [NetSarang Computer](https://www.g2.com/sellers/netsarang-computer) Discussions [XShell Community](https://www.g2.com/products/xshell/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![MobaXTerm](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "MobaXTerm") MobaXTerm 4.6/5(110) ](https://www.g2.com/products/mobaxterm/reviews) [ ![PuTTY](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "PuTTY") PuTTY 4.5/5(353) ](https://www.g2.com/products/putty/reviews) [ ![SecureCRT](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "SecureCRT") SecureCRT 4.8/5(54) ](https://www.g2.com/products/securecrt/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/xshell/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 12 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Sheetal K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sheetal K.") SK Sheetal K. Assistant Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/14/2023 "Review of Xshell" 5/5 What do you like best about XShell? Most users appreciate XShell's user-friendly interface, tabbed management, support for various protocols (SSH, SFTP, Telnet), and scripting capabilities.It is easy to use as there are multiple tabs system in it,and very fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about XShell? Some users reported that the free version of XShell lacks some advanced features found in the paid version. Also sometimes customer support and occasional user reviews about bugs.tabs of Xshell often does not get displayed due to which we need to re run the script and use it again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is XShell solving and how is that benefiting you? XShell, as a terminal emulator, helps users securely access and manage remote systems through various protocols like SSH, SFTP, and Telnet. It solves the problem of remote command-line access, facilitating system administration, configuration, and troubleshooting tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Shamir J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shamir J.") SJ Shamir J. Technical Architect Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/20/2023 "XShell: Great networking tool to remote connect Linux Machines" 5/5 What do you like best about XShell? Multiple Linux Terminals can be connected and viewed in multiple tabs in single Window when is not available in tools like Putty. It is really fast, reliable. One other most liked feature for me is creating duplicate Sessions in Xshell which helps when multiple Instances of same connection needed. It could be useful during System Test. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about XShell? Nothing major which I disliked about this tool. It serves the purpose very well.It could be better if auto reconnection is provided when there are network fluctutations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is XShell solving and how is that benefiting you? User friendly Interface for remote connecting multiple Linux Machines simultaneously. Duplicate Sessions helps in System Test and improves productivity. Example: SIP call flow Orig and Term flow need multiple instances of the Terminal. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mahmud H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mahmud H.") MH Mahmud H. Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/16/2023 "The best SSH client." 4.5/5 What do you like best about XShell? Xshell is a very powerfull tool in networking field. As a network engineer I use this tool on a day to day basis, its fast, reliable and with a really good session management system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about XShell? Haven't found one yet, I have been using this for over a year and it has never caused an issue so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is XShell solving and how is that benefiting you? Using xshell we are performing our remote access to network devices such as routers and switches, it has been a great alternative to something like putty and the features help our work get done faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 4/13/2023 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite NK Nazarii K. Software Enginner Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/21/2022 "Very useful product for Web Server Management" 5/5 What do you like best about XShell? I am a web developer, so I am working with many Web Hostings. Usually their system is Linux. So I use terminal to manage the hostings. For this my purpose, Xshell is very suitable and helpful. Thank you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about XShell? The weekness of Xshell is working with other tools such as XManager, XFtp, etc for many purposes. Of course, their features are different, but hope to use One tool for those purposes. Thank you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is XShell solving and how is that benefiting you? With XShell, I can easily many my web hosting systems and resources, users, softwares with high speed and correctly. It helps me to host many web sites easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Praveen M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Praveen M.") PM Praveen M. AWS Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/21/2022 "Xshell is a terminal emulator used to login to the servers via ssh, telnet and rlogin." 4.5/5 What do you like best about XShell? The interface is good; the setup menu can be easily accessible and easy to use. It can be used for file transferring from local machines to remote servers easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about XShell? Experienced some minor issues like crashing the software etc, hope they will fix it in the next updates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is XShell solving and how is that benefiting you? SSH to the servers from windows machines can be done quickly by using XShell, and we can setup some scripts in the XShell interface to rn it automatically once we login to the server. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Harsimran S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Harsimran S.") HS Harsimran S. Design, Implementations and Deployments Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 12/20/2022 "Best of both worlds." 4.5/5 What do you like best about XShell? Ease of use Windows version is pretty stable Easy to do automation Lots and lots of short commands options. Loads of tunnels/proxy options Much easier to use compared to mobaxterm Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about XShell? Apple version Below secure crt in terms of Automation options Tmux doesn't work properly Builtin tools for diff and comparison are not there Sftp options completely missing Strong macros Cloud based short commands Linuxsimulation like cygwin Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is XShell solving and how is that benefiting you? Having 100+ ssh sessions at one time Running bunch of commands at same time Short commands can be shared within team Modem commands do work well Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Nuwan K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nuwan K.") NK Nuwan K. Senior Systems Engineer - Linux Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/20/2022 "I use xshell daily" 5/5 What do you like best about XShell? I am using xshell daily for my linux server access task, i orgernized my ssh servers and create passwors less authentication using key wizard of the xshell, i can log to the servers faster Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about XShell? There is few colors for tabs, need to add colors to tab, and also can not create folder in folder in saved sesion. Some times the ssh private key preaspase not working correctly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is XShell solving and how is that benefiting you? I can manage multiple ssh sessions and i can work many servers at one time so i can resolve my issues very fastly and i can ssh to thr servers very soon as soon as possible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mridul S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mridul S.") MS Mridul S. Manager Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/2/2023 "I feel excited when I use Xshell because it was outstanding product" 5/5 What do you like best about XShell? The quality of product actually they given a trust to use again again his service because it was different others service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about XShell? Nothing because I used again again but I can't see any dislike part Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is XShell solving and how is that benefiting you? The coustmor support and resolve essues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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