Best TeamViewer Alternatives in 2026
Nine remote desktop tools compared on unattended-device caps and per-seat pricing, the two things that push a TeamViewer buyer to switch, with prices checked on vendor pages in September 2026.
AnyDesk Solo covers 100 managed devices for $346.80 a year, well past TeamViewer Remote Access's 3-device cap at $24.90 a month. Splashtop starts at $6 a month per user. Zoho Assist has a real free plan and paid tiers from $10 a technician a month. RustDesk is free if you self-host it yourself.
Key facts9 tools compared: AnyDesk, Splashtop, Zoho Assist, ConnectWise ScreenConnect, RustDesk…
- 9 tools compared: AnyDesk, Splashtop, Zoho Assist, ConnectWise ScreenConnect, RustDesk, RemotePC, Parsec, NinjaOne Remote, Chrome Remote Desktop
- Splashtop (best for: IT teams that want per-user remote access pricing instead of TeamViewer's per-device pricing): From $6/mo (Solo, billed annually at $72/year); Pro $8.25/user/mo; Performance $13/user/mo; no free plan.
- Zoho Assist (best for: Small support teams that want a genuine free plan plus separate attended and unattended pricing): Free plan available; Remote Support Standard $10/technician/mo billed annually; Professional $15/mo; Enterprise $24/mo.
- ConnectWise ScreenConnect (best for: MSPs that want a self-hostable remote support tool with an audit trail, not a consumer-style access app): From $30/mo (One, billed annually, single license); Standard $45/mo annual ($59 monthly); Premium $55/mo annual.
TeamViewer's licenses are priced around a number nobody sees until checkout: unattended devices. Remote Access stops at three. Business stops at 200 and still runs $50.90 a month. Most of the switching we hear about does not start with a support ticket about the software. It starts with someone adding a fourth device to the entry plan and getting told to upgrade.
The nine tools below fix that in different ways: a flat device count that goes further per dollar, a genuine free tier, a license you buy once instead of renewing, or a self-hosted build where the device cap does not exist because you run the server.
Top Picks
Based on features, real-world fit, and value for money.
A named-user license covers 100 managed devices for one flat annual fee, more headroom than TeamViewer's entry tier at a similar price.
From $28.90/mo (Solo, billed annually at $346.80/year); Standard $49.90/mo; Advanced $111.90/mo; Ultimate custom.
Teams that want TeamViewer's speed without TeamViewer's device-count upgrade cliff
Per-seat pricing starting under TeamViewer Remote Access's monthly rate, with a separate SOS product for one-off customer support sessions.
From $6/mo (Solo, billed annually at $72/year); Pro $8.25/user/mo; Performance $13/user/mo; no free plan.
IT teams that want per-user remote access pricing instead of TeamViewer's per-device pricing
One of the few tools here with a real free plan, then Standard at a lower per-technician rate than TeamViewer Business.
Free plan available; Remote Support Standard $10/technician/mo billed annually; Professional $15/mo; Enterprise $24/mo.
Small support teams that want a genuine free plan plus separate attended and unattended pricing
| Tool | Pricing | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| AnyDesk | From $28.90/mo (Solo, billed annually at $346.80/year); Standard $49.90/mo; Advanced $111.90/mo; Ultimate custom. | Teams that want TeamViewer's speed without TeamViewer's device-count upgrade cliff |
| Splashtop | From $6/mo (Solo, billed annually at $72/year); Pro $8.25/user/mo; Performance $13/user/mo; no free plan. | IT teams that want per-user remote access pricing instead of TeamViewer's per-device pricing |
| Zoho Assist | Free plan available; Remote Support Standard $10/technician/mo billed annually; Professional $15/mo; Enterprise $24/mo. | Small support teams that want a genuine free plan plus separate attended and unattended pricing |
| ConnectWise ScreenConnect | From $30/mo (One, billed annually, single license); Standard $45/mo annual ($59 monthly); Premium $55/mo annual. | MSPs that want a self-hostable remote support tool with an audit trail, not a consumer-style access app |
| RustDesk | Free, open source, self-hosted; paid server license from $11.88/mo billed annually for hosted console features. | Technical teams that would rather run their own relay server than pay a per-device fee forever |
| RemotePC | From $1.95/mo (Solo, billed annually); Pro $6.22/mo; Team $18.72/mo; 7-day free trial, no card required. | Solo operators and small shops that want the lowest sticker price in this list and do not need MSP features |
| Parsec | Free (Personal); Warp $8.33/mo billed annually ($9.99 monthly); Teams $30/mo annual ($35 monthly); Enterprise $45/mo. | Anyone who needs near-zero input lag, from remote video editing to cloud gaming, more than device management |
| NinjaOne Remote | No public list price; sold only inside the NinjaOne platform, quote-only; 14-day free trial available. | MSPs already running or evaluating NinjaOne's RMM platform who want remote access bundled in, not a separate bill |
| Chrome Remote Desktop | Free, no paid tier; requires a Google account; no published device or seat limit. | Anyone who wants a working remote-access baseline today, with zero budget and zero setup beyond a Google account |
Pricing read from each vendor's own pricing page, checked Sep 2026. 1 of 9 sells by quote only and publishes no price; that entry says so rather than estimating. 1 of 9 publishes prices for some plans and quotes the rest.
AnyDesk
A named-user license covers 100 managed devices for one flat annual fee, more headroom than TeamViewer's entry tier at a similar price.
- Pricing
- From $28.90/mo (Solo, billed annually at $346.80/year); Standard $49.90/mo; Advanced $111.90/mo; Ultimate custom.
Best for: Teams that want TeamViewer's speed without TeamViewer's device-count upgrade cliff
Pros
- Solo's device cap is over 30 times TeamViewer Remote Access's 3-device limit, at a comparable price point
- Standard adds single sign-on and MSI mass deployment for 20 licensed users, features TeamViewer reserves for its top tiers
- A real perpetual-feeling annual license, not a monthly meter that jumps when you add one more machine
Cons
- Free only for personal, non-commercial use; every tier on the order page is a paid professional license
- The order flow shows a first-year discount, so budget for the full renewal price the second year
Splashtop
Per-seat pricing starting under TeamViewer Remote Access's monthly rate, with a separate SOS product for one-off customer support sessions.
- Pricing
- From $6/mo (Solo, billed annually at $72/year); Pro $8.25/user/mo; Performance $13/user/mo; no free plan.
Best for: IT teams that want per-user remote access pricing instead of TeamViewer's per-device pricing
Pros
- Solo's annual rate undercuts TeamViewer's cheapest monthly tier for a single user with unattended access
- Performance adds 4K streaming and file transfer priority, aimed at creative work rather than basic screen-sharing
- Remote Support (SOS) is billed and sold separately from remote access, so a support desk is not paying for seats it does not use
Cons
- No permanent free plan; every product line runs on a trial, then a card
- SOS starts at a per-concurrent-technician rate that climbs fast for a growing support team
Zoho Assist
One of the few tools here with a real free plan, then Standard at a lower per-technician rate than TeamViewer Business.
- Pricing
- Free plan available; Remote Support Standard $10/technician/mo billed annually; Professional $15/mo; Enterprise $24/mo.
Best for: Small support teams that want a genuine free plan plus separate attended and unattended pricing
Pros
- The free plan covers basic ad-hoc support, not a time-limited trial that expires
- Unattended Access is priced and sold separately from Remote Support, so you are not paying attended-session rates for always-on device access
- Professional adds mobile device support and custom branding without jumping to an enterprise-only tier
Cons
- Standard's unattended plan caps at a fixed device count before you need Professional
- Session count per technician is capped even on Enterprise, unlike TeamViewer's unlimited concurrent sessions on higher tiers
ConnectWise ScreenConnect
Built for MSPs from the ground up, with an on-premises deployment option that removes ConnectWise's servers from the connection path entirely.
- Pricing
- From $30/mo (One, billed annually, single license); Standard $45/mo annual ($59 monthly); Premium $55/mo annual.
Best for: MSPs that want a self-hostable remote support tool with an audit trail, not a consumer-style access app
Pros
- On-premises hosting is available on paid tiers, something TeamViewer does not offer to most customers
- Session recording and a full audit trail are standard, not an add-on, which matters for compliance-heavy support desks
- The One plan is a genuine single-license entry point for a solo technician, cheaper than TeamViewer's entry tier
Cons
- Monthly billing costs noticeably more per month than the annual rate on both Standard and Premium
- The interface is built for technicians, not end customers; it is a harder sell for a small business owner who just wants remote access
RustDesk
Open-source and free to self-host; the paid tiers cover a hosted admin console and SSO, not the core remote-control feature.
- Pricing
- Free, open source, self-hosted; paid server license from $11.88/mo billed annually for hosted console features.
Best for: Technical teams that would rather run their own relay server than pay a per-device fee forever
Pros
- The core client and server are free and open source, with no device cap when you run the infrastructure
- Individual and Basic add login users and a managed-device console without forcing a SaaS subscription
- Pricing is explicitly for the self-hosting solution, not a per-endpoint SaaS meter, so cost does not scale with fleet size the way TeamViewer's does
Cons
- Self-hosting means you own uptime, security patching and server costs, a real job TeamViewer and AnyDesk do for you
- The vendor is explicit that annual billing is the only option; there is no monthly plan for the paid console
RemotePC
The cheapest named plan here by a wide margin, built by IDrive for individuals and small offices rather than managed service providers.
- Pricing
- From $1.95/mo (Solo, billed annually); Pro $6.22/mo; Team $18.72/mo; 7-day free trial, no card required.
Best for: Solo operators and small shops that want the lowest sticker price in this list and do not need MSP features
Pros
- Solo's annual rate is a fraction of TeamViewer Remote Access's monthly price for one user and one computer
- Team scales to 50 computers with unlimited users on one flat annual rate, no per-seat meter
- A 2-year commitment option locks in a lower monthly-equivalent rate for buyers who know they are staying
Cons
- Solo's one-computer limit means most buyers land on Pro instead, at a higher published rate
- No session recording or the compliance features ScreenConnect and Zoho Assist build in for support teams
Parsec
Built for latency first: sub-16ms input lag on a free personal tier, with Teams adding admin controls TeamViewer bundles by default.
- Pricing
- Free (Personal); Warp $8.33/mo billed annually ($9.99 monthly); Teams $30/mo annual ($35 monthly); Enterprise $45/mo.
Best for: Anyone who needs near-zero input lag, from remote video editing to cloud gaming, more than device management
Pros
- The free Personal tier already includes low-latency streaming, not a crippled trial of the paid product
- Warp adds multi-monitor support and improved color at a lower monthly rate than TeamViewer Remote Access
- Purpose-built for real-time work like video editing and gaming, where TeamViewer's relay-first design shows more lag
Cons
- No unattended-device management console the way AnyDesk or TeamViewer Business provides for IT fleets
- Enterprise is billed annually only, with no monthly option for larger teams
NinjaOne Remote
Not a standalone product: remote access bundled into the NinjaOne endpoint management platform, priced only on request.
- Pricing
- No public list price; sold only inside the NinjaOne platform, quote-only; 14-day free trial available.
Best for: MSPs already running or evaluating NinjaOne's RMM platform who want remote access bundled in, not a separate bill
Pros
- Bundled with patch management, monitoring and scripting, so a support desk is not stitching together separate remote-access and RMM tools
- A 14-day free trial covers the whole platform, not a stripped-down remote-access demo
- Ninja states its published RMM pricing scales down per endpoint at higher device counts, a different model from TeamViewer's flat device tiers
Cons
- Publishes no list price for the Remote product itself; every deal goes through a sales quote
- Buying remote access alone is not an option, you take the platform or you look elsewhere
Chrome Remote Desktop
Google's free remote-access app: no subscription, no license, no trial clock, at the cost of the admin features paid tools sell.
- Pricing
- Free, no paid tier; requires a Google account; no published device or seat limit.
Best for: Anyone who wants a working remote-access baseline today, with zero budget and zero setup beyond a Google account
Pros
- Costs nothing, with no time limit or feature paywall to run into later
- Works inside the Chrome browser or as a standalone app, so there is no separate install for basic access
- Good enough as the free baseline to test against before paying for any tool on this list
Cons
- No admin console, device inventory or audit trail, so it is not a fit for a support desk with more than one technician
- No session recording, custom branding or SSO, features every paid tool above includes on at least one tier
What it is
A TeamViewer alternative is remote desktop software that lets you view and control another computer over the internet, whether that is unattended access to your own machines or attended sessions where a customer clicks a link to let a technician in. The category splits on how it prices that access: per named device (TeamViewer, AnyDesk), per concurrent technician seat (Splashtop, Zoho Assist, ConnectWise ScreenConnect, RemotePC), or self-hosted, where you pay for the server license or nothing at all (RustDesk, Chrome Remote Desktop).
Techpresso data: Toolradar, the software directory we run, ranks 7 tools in its Best Remote Desktop Software guide out of the 1,602 productivity tools it tracks, as of September 2026 (toolradar.com/guides/best-remote-desktop-software). Six of those seven also appear below.
Why it matters
Device caps are the trap that per-seat software does not have. TeamViewer Business caps out at 200 unattended devices for $50.90 a month; go over and the next tier, Premium, is $120.90. An MSP running support for a dozen clients can blow past 200 endpoints before headcount even doubles. AnyDesk Standard covers 20 licensed users with single sign-on and MSI mass deployment for $598.80 a year, a flat annual number instead of a monthly upgrade cliff.
The second trap is paying for attended support tools you do not need. Zoho Assist and ConnectWise ScreenConnect both split pricing between attended (ad-hoc customer sessions) and unattended access, so a two-person IT team supporting five clients pays for sessions, not for every device those clients own. Get the split wrong and you are paying enterprise money for a two-person job.
Key features to look for
Pricing
Methodology: every price below was checked on the vendor's own pricing page in September 2026, in USD, with no third-party estimates.
TeamViewer's own tiers, checked on teamviewer.com/en-us/pricing in September 2026, are Remote Access at $24.90 a month for 3 unattended devices, Business at $50.90 a month for 200, Premium at $120.90 a month for 300, and Corporate at $245.90 a month for 500, all billed yearly.
Every price above was checked on the vendor's own pricing page in September 2026: AnyDesk on its order pages (order.anydesk.com/product/solo and the standard and advanced product pages), Splashtop, RustDesk, ConnectWise ScreenConnect, RemotePC and Parsec on their own pricing pages, and Zoho Assist on its pricing page after switching the currency selector to USD.
NinjaOne Remote publishes no list price for the standalone product; it is quote-only inside the NinjaOne platform. Chrome Remote Desktop has no pricing page because it has no paid tier.
The cheapest paid entry point that still manages more than a handful of devices is RemotePC Pro; the best free option for real work is Zoho Assist's free plan, not Chrome Remote Desktop's admin-free baseline.
| Plan | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| TeamViewer Remote Access | $24.90/mo billed yearly | Up to 3 unattended devices, 1 licensed user |
| TeamViewer Business | $50.90/mo billed yearly | Up to 200 unattended devices, 14-day free trial |
| AnyDesk Solo | $28.90/mo ($346.80/year) | 1 licensed user, up to 100 managed devices |
| AnyDesk Standard | $49.90/mo ($598.80/year) | 20 licensed users, SSO, MSI mass deployment |
| AnyDesk Advanced | $111.90/mo ($1,342.80/year) | Adds namespace branding on the order page |
| AnyDesk Ultimate | Custom quote | Fully customizable license, sales-configured |
| Splashtop Solo | $6/mo billed annually | Individual remote access, no free plan |
| Splashtop Pro | $8.25/user/mo billed annually | Adds team management features |
| Splashtop Performance | $13/user/mo billed annually | 4K streaming, file transfer priority |
| Splashtop SOS | From $22/concurrent user/mo | Ad-hoc attended support, billed annually |
| Zoho Assist Free | Free | Basic ad-hoc remote support, 1 technician |
| Zoho Assist Remote Support Standard | $10/technician/mo billed annually | 2 simultaneous sessions per technician |
| Zoho Assist Remote Support Professional | $15/technician/mo billed annually | 4 simultaneous sessions per technician |
| Zoho Assist Remote Support Enterprise | $24/technician/mo billed annually | 6 simultaneous sessions per technician |
| Zoho Assist Unattended Access Standard | $10/mo billed annually | 25 unattended computers |
| ConnectWise ScreenConnect One | $30/mo billed annually | Single license, annual billing only |
| ConnectWise ScreenConnect Standard | $45/mo annual ($59/mo monthly) | Session recording, on-premises option |
| ConnectWise ScreenConnect Premium | $55/mo annual ($69/mo monthly) | Adds advanced branding and reporting |
| ConnectWise ScreenConnect Enterprise | Custom quote | Contact sales |
| RustDesk Free | Free | Open-source self-hosted client and server |
| RustDesk Individual | $11.88/mo billed annually | 1 login user, 20 managed devices, self-hosted console |
| RustDesk Basic | $23.88/mo billed annually | 10 login users, 100 managed devices, OIDC/LDAP |
| RemotePC Solo | $1.95/mo billed annually | 1 user, 1 computer |
| RemotePC Pro | $6.22/mo billed annually | 1 user, 10 computers |
| RemotePC Team | $18.72/mo billed annually | Unlimited users, 50 computers |
| RemotePC Enterprise | $37.47/mo billed annually | Unlimited users, 100 computers |
| Parsec Personal | Free | Sub-16ms streaming for individual use |
| Parsec Warp | $8.33/mo annual ($9.99 monthly) | Multi-monitor, improved color mode |
| Parsec Teams | $30/mo annual ($35 monthly) | Admin panel, team computer access |
| Parsec Enterprise | $45/mo billed annually | Teams API access, dedicated relay server |
| NinjaOne Remote | Custom quote | Bundled in the NinjaOne platform only |
| Chrome Remote Desktop | Free | No paid tier, requires a Google account |
The bottom line
Leave TeamViewer for AnyDesk if the 200-device ceiling on Business is the actual problem. Solo already covers 100 devices for less than TeamViewer's entry tier costs per year, and Standard adds SSO for a 20-person team. Leave it for Zoho Assist if you want a genuine free plan and separate attended and unattended pricing that a small support desk will not outgrow quickly.
Choose ConnectWise ScreenConnect if you are an MSP that needs on-premises hosting and a full session audit trail. Choose RustDesk if you would rather run your own server than pay per device, forever. Parsec is the right call when input lag matters more than device management, and Chrome Remote Desktop is the free baseline to test before paying for anything. Read the wider remote desktop software roundup on Dupple if TeamViewer was never the only tool you were considering. If remote access is one line in a bigger IT stack, see our help desk software guide, our business phone systems guide for the support line itself, and our cloud storage for business guide for the files these tools move. See full profiles for AnyDesk, TeamViewer, Splashtop and RustDesk on Toolradar, the software directory we run.
Cite this: Techpresso, "Best TeamViewer Alternatives in 2026," Dupple, September 2026.
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