Alternatives to AnyDesk
Fast remote desktop tool with low latency and simple session codes. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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AnyDesk
Fast remote desktop tool with low latency and simple session codes.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as AnyDesk.
TeamViewer
Remote access and remote support across desktop and mobile platforms.
TeamViewer covers the same Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS platforms and also needs a paid licence for commercial use, but free sessions can be cut short by its commercial-use detector.
RustDesk
An open-source remote desktop tool you can point at your own relay server instead of somebody else’s cloud.
RustDesk is open source under AGPL-3.0 and lets you run your own relay server, so sessions avoid a commercial cloud, though it has no iOS client listed.
Chrome Remote Desktop
Google's free remote desktop service for reaching and controlling your computers from a web browser.
Chrome Remote Desktop is free with no paid tier and runs in a web browser, but it requires a Google account and offers fewer management features for remote support.
NoMachine
High-performance remote desktop with audio, video and file transfer.
NoMachine is also closed source on the same five platforms, is paid rather than freemium, and adds smoother video and audio, multi-monitor, printing and file transfer.
RealVNC Connect
Commercial VNC remote access tool with a free Lite plan for personal use.
RealVNC Connect uses VNC with cloud connectivity, and its free Lite plan is limited to personal use on three devices with a single simultaneous connection.
MeshCentral
A self-hosted remote monitoring and management server with web-based remote desktop, terminal and file transfer for every machine you run an agent on.
MeshCentral is a free, open-source, self-hosted server giving web-based remote desktop, terminal and file transfer, but you must secure the server and install an agent on each machine.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Tactical RMM
A self-hosted remote monitoring and management tool with agents for Windows, Linux and macOS.
Atera
A hosted IT management platform combining remote monitoring, ticketing, patch management and AI agents.
Windows App
Microsoft's remote desktop client for connecting to Windows PCs, Remote Desktop Services and cloud desktops.
Apache Guacamole
A self-hosted remote desktop gateway that gives browser access to machines over VNC, RDP and SSH.
TigerVNC
A fast, cross-platform VNC client and server built for real work, including 3D and video over the wire.
