Add comparision to prior arts

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@@ -195,6 +195,24 @@ $ upterm host --server wss://YOUR_HEROKU_APP_URL -- YOUR_COMMAND
 $ ssh -o ProxyCommand='upterm proxy wss://TOKEN@YOUR_HEROKU_APP_URL' TOKEN@YOUR_HEROKU_APP_URL:443
 ```
 
+## How is Upterm compared to prior arts?
+
+Upterm is an alternative to [Tmate](https://tmate.io).
+
+Tmate is a fork of an older version of Tmux. It adds terminal sharing capability on top of Tmux 2.x.
+Tmate doesn't intend to catch up with the latest Tmux, so any Tmate & Tmux users must maintain two versions of the configuration.
+For example, you must [bind the same keys twice with a condition](https://github.com/tmate-io/tmate/issues/108).
+
+Upterm is designed from the group up not to be a fork of anything.
+It builds around the concept of linking the input & output of any shell command between a host and its clients.
+As you see above, you can share any command besides `tmux`.
+This opens up a door for securely sharing a terminal session using containers (I will explain more in a future post).
+
+Upterm is written in Go.
+It is more friendly hackable than Tmate that is written in C because Tmux is C.
+The Upterm CLI and server (`uptermd`) are compiled into a single binary.
+You can quickly [spawn up your pairing server](#deploy-upterm) in any cloud environment with zero dependencies.
+
 ## License
 
 [Apache 2.0](https://github.com/jingweno/upterm/blob/master/LICENSE)