AnyDesk Alternatives for Remote Support and Remote Access

AnyDesk is a remote desktop app for support desks and people who reach their own computers from elsewhere. It is still active, and the pricing page says it stays free for personal use, with a free tier capped at 3 managed devices and a 5-entry address book. Two things push people to look around. The first is cost: paid plans are billed yearly only, and the price for an extra concurrent connection rose from $29.90 to $44.90 a month in October 2026, according to PricingSaaS, which tracks the page. The second is trust. In February 2024 the company confirmed that attackers had reached its production servers.

The seven picks below cover the three jobs AnyDesk usually does: helping someone else, reaching your own machines unattended, and streaming a work PC with low lag. Open source and free options come first, then paid tools for support teams. AnyDesk prices are US list prices as tracked by PricingSaaS in November 2026.

Prices below are as of November 6, 2026. Our method is on How we review tools.

Quick comparison

RustDesk

RustDesk looks and behaves much like AnyDesk: a numeric ID, a password, and a session window with file transfer and chat. The difference is control. The client is AGPL-3.0 licensed, and you can use the project's public relay, run your own free server, or pay for Server Pro, which adds a web console, user logins and device management. Version 1.5.1 shipped on November 1, 2026 with verification of signed update metadata and a trusted-device upgrade, per the release notes.

Builds cover Windows on x86-64 and Arm, macOS, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Flatpak and Android, with an iOS app in the App Store and a web client. After the AnyDesk breach, many admins wanted a relay server they run themselves. RustDesk is the cheapest way to get one.

Best for: IT teams and MSPs that want to host the relay themselves and pay little or nothing.

Pricing:

• Free: $0 for the open source server, with online status and community support only
• Individual: $11.88 per month billed yearly, 1 login user, 20 managed devices, unlimited concurrent connections
• Basic: $23.88 per month billed yearly, 10 login users, 100 managed devices
• Customized: from $23.88 per month plus $1.20 per extra user and $0.12 per extra device

Watch out for:

• The free server is bare. The pricing page lists only online status and community support for it; the web console, user accounts and device groups are Pro features.
• Self-hosting means you patch and secure the relay yourself, and there is no monthly billing; every Pro plan is paid yearly.

Official site: RustDesk.

TeamViewer

TeamViewer is the product AnyDesk was built to compete with, so most features have a direct match: unattended access, a device list, session reports and a free tier for home use. Licensing works the same way too. TeamViewer's pricing overview says only the expert starting the session needs a licence, and the person being helped does not.

The upper plans go further than AnyDesk's into IT management, with add-ons for mobile device management, endpoint protection and asset management sold through sales. Nonprofit and education buyers get 30% off.

Best for: Help desks that want AnyDesk's model with more management add-ons.

Pricing:

• Free for personal use
• Remote Access: $24.90 per month, billed yearly
• Business and Premium: see TeamViewer's pricing page
• Corporate: $245.90 per month, billed yearly

Watch out for:

• Free users can be flagged. TeamViewer keeps a knowledge base article on the commercial use suspected message, and community threads report free sessions timing out once that flag appears.
• Subscriptions renew every 12 months unless you cancel at least 28 days before the term ends, per the pricing overview.

Official site: TeamViewer.

Splashtop

Splashtop splits remote access and remote support into separate products, which keeps the entry price low. Solo costs $72 a year for one person reaching their own computers, and Pro is $99 per user a year, per the pricing page. Help desks buy SOS instead, licensed per concurrent technician.

The Streamer, which runs on the computer you connect into, is available for Windows, macOS, Linux, Chromebook and Android. The Business app you connect from also runs on iOS. If phones and tablets are your main way in, our Parallels Access alternatives page compares mobile-first apps in more detail.

Best for: Freelancers and small teams who want unattended access at a lower yearly price than AnyDesk Solo.

Pricing:

• Solo: $6 per month, billed yearly at $72
• Pro: $8.25 per user per month, billed yearly at $99 per user
• Performance: $13 per user per month, billed yearly at $149 per user
• SOS remote support: from $22 per month, billed yearly at $259 or $399 per concurrent technician
• Enterprise: contact sales

Watch out for:

• There is no free plan for remote access, only trials, so it does not replace AnyDesk's free personal tier.
• Remote access and help desk support are different subscriptions. A team doing both pays for Pro and SOS.

Official site: Splashtop.

Chrome Remote Desktop

Google's free tool covers the most common personal use of AnyDesk, fixing a relative's laptop. The other person opens a web page, generates a one-time code and reads it to you. Hosts can be Mac, Windows or Linux, and you connect from Chrome or the mobile app, per Google's help page.

For your own machines, you set a PIN and leave remote access on. There are no accounts to buy, no device limits listed and nothing to configure on the router; it needs outbound UDP, TCP 443 and port 3478 for STUN.

Best for: Home users who help family or reach a home computer now and then.

Pricing:

• Free, with a Google account
• No paid tier

Watch out for:

• Support sessions are short-leash by design. A code works once, and the person sharing must confirm every 30 minutes that the session should continue.
• On Linux you install a 64-bit Debian package, and Google warns that your desktop environment may not support more than one session at a time.

Official site: Chrome Remote Desktop.

RemotePC

RemotePC from IDrive prices by the number of computers rather than by connections. The SOHO plan covers 10 computers for one user, Team covers 50 computers with unlimited users, and Enterprise covers 100, per the pricing page. For someone who keeps a small fleet reachable around the clock, that can cost less than AnyDesk Standard.

Team and Enterprise also include on-demand remote support, so one plan covers both unattended access and helping a caller. Every plan has a 7-day trial that does not ask for a card.

Best for: Small offices with many unattended computers and few people connecting.

Pricing:

• Consumer: 1 computer, $1.84 per month billed yearly in the first year (list $2.46)
• SOHO: 10 computers, 1 user, $6.22 per month billed yearly in the first year (list $8.29)
• Team: 50 computers, unlimited users, $18.72 per month first year (list $24.96)
• Enterprise: 100 computers, unlimited users, $37.47 per month first year (list $49.96)

Watch out for:

• The discounts apply to the first year only, so budget for the struck-through list price at renewal.
• Going over the computer limit costs $20 per computer per year, so confirm the tier at checkout.

Official site: RemotePC.

Parsec

Parsec started as a game streaming tool, and it shows: 60 FPS capture, gamepad support and peer-to-peer encryption are in the free tier. The paid plans are aimed at studios that reach workstations for editing, 3D and game development, where compressed video and lag get in the way.

Paid plans add multi-monitor streaming, 4:4:4 colour, privacy mode and Wacom tablet support, per the pricing page. Teams and Enterprise add admin controls for a studio's machines.

Best for: Creative teams and gamers who need smooth video and pen input on a remote PC.

Pricing:

• Free: $0 for personal use
• Individuals (Warp): $8.33 per user per month, paid yearly
• Teams: $30 per user per month, paid yearly
• Enterprise: $45 per user per month, yearly only

Watch out for:

• Hosting is listed for Windows 10 and later and macOS 10.15 and later only. Linux machines cannot be the host.
• The free tier is for personal use, and it is not a help desk tool: there is no quick-support code flow like AnyDesk's.

Official site: Parsec.

Windows App and Remote Desktop

Many people install AnyDesk just to reach their own Windows PC. Windows already has Remote Desktop built in, and Microsoft's free clients connect to it: the Remote Desktop app on Windows and Android, and Windows App on macOS, iOS and iPadOS. The Remote Desktop guide walks through turning it on.

The same Windows App also opens Windows 365 Cloud PCs and Azure Virtual Desktop, so it is the client you will end up with if your company moves to Microsoft's cloud desktops.

Best for: People reaching their own Windows Pro PC from a Mac, phone or second PC.

Pricing:

• Free, included with Windows and the client app stores

Watch out for:

• Only Windows Pro can be the remote PC, per Microsoft's guide. Windows Home machines need a third-party tool or an upgrade.
• It is not built for helping strangers, and the web version of Windows App cannot connect to a remote PC at all. Reaching a home PC from outside also needs a VPN or port forwarding.

Official site: Windows App and Remote Desktop.

How to choose

When to stay with AnyDesk

Stay with AnyDesk if you use it for free at home and the 3-device limit is enough, or if your support team is trained on it and the yearly price fits. Make sure every install is on 8.0.8 or later, which carries the code signing certificate issued after the 2024 breach, as BleepingComputer reported. If you only need more simultaneous sessions, check the $44.90 connection add-on against a second tool before you move everything.

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