Head to head
Remote access tools compared, pairing by pairing
55 comparisons covering every pairing of 11 remote access, remote support and RMM products. Each page sets out what the two products are actually for, how their licensing meters differ, whether each covers attended and unattended access, the platforms they reach, the security and audit questions to put to both, and a two-week trial that produces a decision you can defend. No competitor prices, tiers or feature lists are quoted anywhere, because packaging in this market changes several times a year and any figure would be stale within months.
The products covered
Category and licensing meter for each product, so you can see at a glance which pairings are like-for-like and which cross a category boundary.
| TeamViewer | Remote support and remote access suite. Metered on named operator licences with concurrency limits. Attended and unattended. |
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| AnyDesk | Remote access and remote support tool. Metered on named operator licences with session and device tiers. Attended and unattended. |
| Splashtop | Remote access and remote support product family. Metered on per-product-line subscriptions, metered by user or by device. Attended and unattended. |
| ScreenConnect | Remote support tool with self-hosting options. Metered on concurrent technician licences. Attended and unattended. |
| LogMeIn / GoTo | Remote access and IT support suite. Metered on per-technician subscriptions with bundled modules. Attended and unattended. |
| RustDesk | Open-source remote access. Metered on free software, with optional paid self-hosted server licensing. Attended and unattended. |
| NinjaOne | RMM platform. Metered on per managed endpoint. Unattended only in practice. |
| Atera | RMM platform. Metered on per technician, with unlimited devices. Unattended only in practice. |
| Zoho Assist | Remote support tool. Metered on per technician, with separate unattended device packs. Attended and unattended. |
| Chrome Remote Desktop | Free browser-based remote access. Metered on free, tied to a google account. Attended and unattended. |
| Microsoft RDP | Built into the operating system. Metered on included with windows licensing. Unattended only in practice. |
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Every comparison
Grouped by product. Each pairing has one canonical page, so a comparison appears under both of the products it covers.
TeamViewer compared with
A long-established remote support and remote access suite covering attended helpdesk work, unattended device access and a range of add-on modules.
AnyDesk compared with
A lightweight remote access and support tool known for a small client and responsive session performance on constrained connections.
Splashtop compared with
A product family split across personal and business remote access to your own computers, attended remote support for other people's devices, and wider IT management bundles.
ScreenConnect compared with
A technician-oriented remote support tool, historically popular with MSPs, offered with cloud and self-hosted deployment options.
LogMeIn / GoTo compared with
A remote access and IT support suite, now largely presented under the GoTo brand, bundling remote support with adjacent helpdesk and management modules.
RustDesk compared with
An open-source remote desktop tool that can be used with public relay servers or pointed at a relay you host yourself.
NinjaOne compared with
A remote monitoring and management platform where remote control is one capability inside patching, alerting, scripting and asset management.
Atera compared with
An RMM and professional services automation platform priced per technician rather than per device, aimed at MSPs and internal IT teams.
Zoho Assist compared with
A remote support and unattended access tool sold both standalone and as part of the wider Zoho application suite.
Chrome Remote Desktop compared with
A free, browser-based remote access tool tied to a Google account, designed mainly for reaching your own computers.
Microsoft RDP compared with
Microsoft's Remote Desktop Protocol, built into Windows, giving a remote desktop session to a machine you can already reach on the network.
How these are written
Licensing models rather than prices, capability categories rather than claims about a named rival, and every check phrased as something you can verify yourself in a trial or in the vendor's own documentation. Where 247connect is the narrower product, the pages say so.