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Amazon DCV vs X2Go: catalog facts
Amazon DCV	X2Go
Free No additional charge on Amazon EC2; you pay only for the EC2 resources you use.	Free Free and open source, with optional professional support from third parties.
Self-hosted	Windows, macOS, Linux
Bandwidth-adaptive streaming for graphics-heavy applications Runs in the cloud or in your own data center	Clients for Windows, macOS and Linux Can publish single applications as well as full desktops
Oriented toward AWS and business workloads rather than home users Proprietary software	Server side runs on Linux only Some linked Windows client builds date from 2020
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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