Alternatives to Cardea
Cardea is a Remote Access product. No one has suggested an alternative yet. If you know one, please add it.
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About Cardea
Cardea is an SSH bastion server with access control, session recording, and optional TPM-backed key protection.
Other Remote Access services
Services in the same category that haven't been suggested as Cardea alternatives yet. If one fits, add it as an alternative.
- SSparkView
Browser-based remote access solution. No VPN client; just deploy the software in the DMZ. Access VMs, desktops, servers, and apps anytime, anywhere, without complex and costly client rollouts or user management.
Self-hostable - TTermius
Cross-platform SSH client with synced hosts and keys, SFTP, port forwarding and shared team vaults.
- MMoshi
Mobile SSH and Mosh terminal built for running AI coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex on your own machines.
- Engity's Bifröst
Highly customizable SSH server with several ways to authorize a user and options where and how to execute a user's session.
Open sourceSelf-hostable - Firezone
Secure remote access gateway that supports the WireGuard protocol. It offers a Web GUI, 1-line install script, multi-factor auth (MFA), and SSO.
Open sourceSelf-hostable - Guacamole
Clientless remote desktop gateway supporting standard protocols like VNC and RDP.
Open sourceSelf-hostable
