PuTTY and SuperPuTTY both are popular SSH clients used by developers, programmers, and administrator. Both serve the same purpose but offer unique features.
Overview of PuTTY vs SuperPuTTY
SuperPuTTY is a copy of PuTTY. It is built on the same code base as PuTTY. It is primarily designed to manage multiple sessions. It is useful for users to work with many sessions make them easily to manage.
PuTTY is a trusted platform for secure remote connectivity. It is an open source used by Administrator, and developer to simply access the other server.
User Interface
SuperPuTTY interface is same as PuTTY. It enables the user tabbed interface. Now users can manage multiple session in single window. It helps the user to easily manage and switch between the session.
PuTTY does not have tabbed interface. To manage the multiple sessions user has to open a separate window.
Multiple Platform
SuperPuTTY is available for WindowsOS only, but to install it, primary requisite is to install putty. You cannot use SuperPuTTY without PuTTY. It works with PuTTY as an add-on.
PuTTY is available for Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
Support Protocol
SuperPuTTY supports the RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), VNC (Virtual Network Computing), SSH, and Telnet connection.
PuTTY supports SCP, SFTP, rlogin, and raw pocket connection.
Session Management
Both SuperPuTTY and PuTTY offer session management like edit, save, delete, load, and organize the session. But in SuperPuTTY tabbed interface enhance its capability to manage the session.
Price
SuperPuTTY and PuTTY two are freely available software.
Security
SuperPuTTY and PuTTY two offer the almost same the level of security to user for remote connection.
Performance
Both SuperPuTTY and PuTTY known for their lightweight and performance. But SuperPuTTY takes the advantages by having the tabbed interface, and built-in file transfer capabilities.
Summary
The choice between SuperPuTTY and PuTTY depends upon on you need and preference. If you need a lightweight tool with simple interface then PuTTY is the right choice. However, if you need a rich feature interface then SuperPuTTY is better.