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ThinLinc vs Amazon DCV: catalog facts
ThinLinc	Amazon DCV
Freemium Free for small deployments; larger installations need paid licences.	Free No additional charge on Amazon EC2; you pay only for the EC2 resources you use.
Linux, Web, Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Native and web clients Free tier for small deployments	Bandwidth-adaptive streaming for graphics-heavy applications Runs in the cloud or in your own data center
Proprietary Aimed at organisations more than single home users	Oriented toward AWS and business workloads rather than home users Proprietary software
Downloadable app, Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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