BURSUcm vs Warp
Feature availability is compared against each product's permanent free tier where one exists. Paid-only capabilities are marked Paid; a product without a permanent free edition is marked as such.
| Product | Price | Free edition |
|---|---|---|
| Warp Warp | $20 per month for Build; Business $50 per user per month; AI runs on credits | Free plan: Warp-hosted AI is pay-as-you-go, your own key is free; Warp Drive sharing limited; hosts come from your SSH config |
| BURSUcm | Free one edition, no per-user licence | Everything: unlimited connections, tunnels, users and devices; BURSUcloud sync with fair-use limits per account |
- Yes
- Limited
- Paid
- Partly
- No
| Feature | Warp from $20/mo | BURSUcm Free |
|---|---|---|
| Price and licence | ||
| Free for business use | Yes | Yes |
| Unlimited saved connections in the free version | Partly Hosts come from your SSH config; no connection tree | Yes |
| Platforms | ||
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android and iOS apps | No | Yes Free apps that open the same BURSUcloud catalog |
| Protocols | ||
| SSH and Telnet | Partly SSH; no Telnet | Yes |
| RDP remote desktop | No | Yes Built-in engine with H.264, multi-monitor and RD Gateway |
| VNC | No | Yes |
| Apple Remote Desktop with High Performance (Apple silicon Macs) | No | Yes AppleRD: GPU video and the Mac's audio; the Mac's host key verified before the password |
| WinRM / PowerShell on Windows servers | No | Yes |
| SFTP and FTP file transfer | No | Yes File panel beside the terminal, plus a two-pane manager |
| Built-in web browser tab | No | Yes A full browser with downloads; desktop apps |
| Jump hosts and SSH tunnels | Partly Through your SSH config and the ssh command | Yes ProxyJump chains; local, remote and SOCKS5 tunnels |
| Cloud and team | ||
| Sync across devices | Limited Warp Drive, limited on the Free plan | Yes BURSUcloud; the server stores ciphertext only |
| Team sharing with per-folder rights | Paid Business, $50 per user per month | Yes Read, edit and reveal-password rights per folder |
| Encrypted credential vault | No Keys and passwords stay in your SSH setup | Yes AES-256-GCM under a master password; TOTP codes too |
| Passwords from KeePass, 1Password or Bitwarden | Partly 1Password secrets as environment variables | Yes Imports all three, one-time codes included; desktop apps |
| Shared database you host yourself | No | Yes SQLite locally, your own PostgreSQL, or BURSUcloud |
| AI | ||
| AI assistant acts inside live sessions | Yes Warp Agent; Warp-hosted usage is metered | Yes SSH and WinRM, and RDP on Windows: reads the output, runs commands with your approval |
| Your own API key or a local model | Yes BYOK and OpenAI-compatible endpoints on the Free plan | Yes OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, DeepSeek; Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp; one checkbox turns AI off |
| Specialised | ||
| Mosh (roaming shell) | No | No |
| Serial console | No | Yes Windows, Linux and macOS apps |
| S3 and WebDAV storage | No | No |
| MCP integration | Yes MCP servers in the agent | No |
| Native Kubernetes | No | No |
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