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