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Bitvise SSH Client

 62 likes

SSH client for file transfer, terminal and tunneling.

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License model

  • Free PersonalProprietary

Country of Origin

  • GB flagUnited Kingdom

Platforms

  • Windows
3.4 / 5 Avg rating (7)
62likes
7comments
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  1.  Portable
  2.  Support for SFTP
  3.  SSH
  4.  Port Forwarding
  5.  Terminal-based

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Bitvise SSH Client information

  • Developed by

    GB flagBitvise
  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Free Personal product.
  • Pricing

    One time purchase (perpetual license) that costs $0.
  • Rating

    Average rating of 3.4
  • Alternatives

    61 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English

Our users have written 7 comments and reviews about Bitvise SSH Client, and it has gotten 62 likes

Bitvise SSH Client was added to AlternativeTo by ponas on Sep 20, 2009 and this page was last updated Mar 23, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
lecho9
Sep 8, 2019
2

I was looking for an SSH client. Simple and usefull for an simple user like me. Well putty maybe is good, but this app has ALL in ONE... ssh, ftp... Remembers login and pass - one click and i am connected to my server... Very nice app. Thank you alternative to for discovering this.

Top Negative Comment
escoles
Feb 9, 2014
1

The default SSH terminal color settings render directory names as dark-blue on black, with bleed-through from the Windows CMD window background color on some lines, making the terminal really painful to use for a long period of time. So, don't bother with it if you plan to spend a lot of time in shell.

Also, the user interface is much more complex than it needs to be, and documentation is poor.

Updates are slow -- version 4.x was said to be 'at end of development cycle' c. 2010, and we're still on v. 4.x as I write this in 2014.

Guest
Jan 5, 2022
0

I like how easy it is to configure. It doesn't have the problems putty has with securing ssh private keys on windows.

Guest
Sep 23, 2021
0

Bitvise does not actually provide support.

If you call there is no answer, and there is no voice mail system.

If you leave a support request, they don’t answer unless they ‘feel like it’.

If thier instructions are not clear, they don’t like to clarify. They insult the requestor and tell them they are a bore to ask such a question.

deranjer
Nov 27, 2017
1

While this software has an amazing feature list, the interface is painful at best. I prefer single window apps (MobaXterm does this well) and tabbed sessions for quick and easy switching/access and this software is clunky and rather painful to use.

Seth
Oct 30, 2014
0

Unlike Putty and its spin-offs, so far as I can tell the Bitvise SSH client does not support dynamic (drag and drop) re-sizing of the terminal windows. You have to open the terminal windows properties and manually enter in a fixed terminal size, just like the Windows command prompt.

That alone was a deal killer for me.

harveyV
Apr 15, 2013
1

Was using Putty for a long time. Came across Bitvise SSH Client and was quite impressed on the functionality and features offered by it. Good job Alternativeto

What is Bitvise SSH Client?

SSH and SFTP client for Windows incorporates:

  • one of the most advanced graphical SFTP clients;
  • state-of-the-art terminal emulation with support for the bvterm, xterm, and vt100 protocols;
  • support for corporation-wide single sign-on using SSPI (GSSAPI) Kerberos 5 and NTLM user authentication, as well as Kerberos 5 host authentication;
  • support for RSA and DSA public key authentication with comprehensive user keypair management;
  • powerful SSH port forwarding capabilities, including dynamic forwarding through integrated SOCKS and HTTP CONNECT proxy;
  • powerful command-line parameters which make the SSH client highly customizable and suitable for use in specific situations and controlled environments;
  • an advanced, scriptable command-line SFTP client (sftpc);
  • a scriptable command-line remote execution client (sexec) and a command-line terminal emulation client (stermc);
  • an FTP-to-SFTP bridge allowing you to connect to an SFTP server using legacy FTP applications;
  • Bitvise SSH Server remote administration features;
  • single-click Remote Desktop forwarding.