People look for a TeamViewer alternative when the annual subscription is the thing they notice: it renews automatically, it is tiered for individuals, teams and enterprises, and the price rises with each step. They move to a cheaper per-computer service, to a self-hosted tool they run themselves, or to a specialist for gaming, helpdesk or managed IT.
Short answer: The closest replacements for TeamViewer in our remote desktop software ranking are RustDesk, Splashtop and RemotePC. Choose RustDesk if you want to run the relay server yourself and keep connection data on your own infrastructure. All 11 alternatives below are ranked products from Best Remote Desktop Software in 2026, and each says where it differs from TeamViewer.
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Pricing: Annual auto-renewing subscription for the person offering support; Individual, Teams and Enterprise tiers
Established in: Germany
Built for: Large organisations that value a familiar brand and enterprise tiers
Not for: Small buyers who want monthly flexibility and a quick price check
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Why buyers look past TeamViewer
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An annual subscription that renews itself
TeamViewer states that it sells annual subscriptions that are billed and renewed on an annual basis. That suits a company with a settled number of support staff. It suits a freelancer or a household less well, and a small business that only needs occasional access can end up paying for a full year of a tier it uses lightly.
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Three tiers, and the top one is quoted
The pricing page sorts customers into individual users, teams and large enterprises. For the enterprise product, TeamViewer Tensor, licensing is fully customised, so there is no list price to compare. Our retrieval of the plan prices on the page returned no figures, because they load in the browser, and we do not state prices we could not read.
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A large platform for a simple job
TeamViewer describes itself as a Digital Workplace platform and its remote product bundles AI-assisted troubleshooting, device management, policies and role-based access. If the job is to reach one office PC from home, most of that is unused. Lighter tools do only that, at a lower price, or free.
Free for personal use; per user for Warp, Teams and Enterprise, billed annually, published
Low-latency remote desktop for creative and gaming work, owned by Unity
you need smooth remote access for creative work or gaming and not a helpdesk
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What each one does differently
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RustDesk
Singapore · Free open source client; paid self-hosted server plans per login user and managed device, annual billing, published
RustDesk is open source and free to use as a client. Its paid plans sell a self-hosted server: Individual at $11.88 a month for one login user and 20 devices, Basic at $23.88 for 10 users and 100 devices, billed annually only. TeamViewer is hosted by its vendor. RustDesk puts the server, and its upkeep, on you.
Switch from TeamViewer if you want to run the relay server yourself and keep connection data on your own infrastructure.
United States · Annual billing per user for access plans, published; Enterprise quoted; free trial
Splashtop publishes per-user annual prices: Solo $6 a month, Pro $8.25, Performance $13 (240 FPS, 4:4:4 colour), plus SOS remote support from $22 a month per concurrent technician. TeamViewer sells one platform in quoted tiers. Splashtop splits access and support into separate products, and Enterprise is quoted.
Switch from TeamViewer if you want a published per-user price and a separate product for helpdesk work.
United States · Monthly, annual or two-year billing by number of computers, published; 7-day trial
RemotePC prices by number of computers rather than by technician: Solo covers 1 computer, Pro 10, Team 50 and Enterprise 100, with 2-year totals from $44.25 and a 7-day trial without a card. Extra computers cost $20 each per year. TeamViewer ties price to who is supporting, not to how many machines.
Switch from TeamViewer if you manage a fixed number of your own machines and want a low per-computer price.
India · Free plan; paid plans per technician, monthly or annual billing; 15-day trial
Zoho Assist is priced per technician with concurrent sessions per tier: 2 for Standard, 4 for Professional, 6 for Enterprise, and unlimited for unattended access. It has a free plan and a 15-day trial with no card. TeamViewer's tiers are built around people and devices instead. Session recording is Enterprise only.
Switch from TeamViewer if you run a small helpdesk and want to start on a free plan.
Italy · Free for non-professional use; subscription for 3 months to 3 years, published
Supremo sells Solo at 8.17 euros a month on a 1-year term (11.00 on 3 months), Business from 14.84 with up to 3 simultaneous connections, and Professional from 31.42 with security monitoring. Billing runs from 3 months to 3 years, excluding VAT. Unlimited enabled devices and users are included. Extra connections cost 39 euros each per year.
Switch from TeamViewer if you want a flexible term and unlimited devices at a fixed price.
Luxembourg · Annual subscription per server, published; the Player viewer is free; free trial
NoMachine offers a Personal Edition, a free Player viewer, mobile clients and enterprise server products sold as software subscriptions. A separate Network subscription, monthly or annual, lets you reach machines behind firewalls. TeamViewer wraps connection brokering into one price. NoMachine separates the software from the network service.
Switch from TeamViewer if you want a remote desktop product you can run on your own servers and add network access separately.
Slovenia · Annual subscription tiers by users and devices; self-hosted licence; 15-day trial
ISL Online comes in cloud plans (Starter with 1 user and 10 managed devices, Standard with 40 licensed users and 1,000 devices, Premium unlimited) and a self-hosted licence, with a 15-day trial. Prices are shown per year but did not render for us. TeamViewer's pricing page lists hosted subscriptions.
Switch from TeamViewer if you need a vendor-supported product that you can host on your own server.
Cyprus · Free version; one-time Personal Lifetime licence; business subscription; self-hosted licence
Getscreen runs in the browser and has a free version for individual use, a one-time Personal Lifetime payment, business plans with a price calculator, and a self-hosted version. We could not retrieve Getscreen's actual prices, so compare them on its site before moving.
Switch from TeamViewer if you want a one-time payment for personal use or a browser-based tool.
United States · Per concurrent technician, annual or monthly billing, published; Enterprise quoted; cloud or on-premise licence
ScreenConnect belongs to the ConnectWise platform alongside RMM and PSA, and ConnectWise asks visitors to request pricing instead of listing it. It sits inside a wider IT management suite. TeamViewer also lists managed service providers as a customer group, but sells a broader platform and publishes tiers by user type.
Switch from TeamViewer if you already use ConnectWise tools for ticketing and monitoring.
United States · Free and open source; you pay only for hosting and administration
Apache Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway under the Apache License 2.0, supporting VNC, RDP and SSH through an HTML5 browser. It costs nothing, but you install, secure and run it. It reaches machines over those protocols, not through an installed support agent.
Switch from TeamViewer if you have IT staff and want browser access to servers and desktops over RDP, VNC or SSH.
United States · Free for personal use; per user for Warp, Teams and Enterprise, billed annually, published
Parsec aims at low-latency desktop capture: a free personal plan at 60 FPS, Warp at $8.33 a month annually, Teams at $30 and Enterprise at $45. The free and Warp plans are for personal, non-commercial use only, and plans fall under Unity's terms. It targets gaming and creative use, not IT support sessions.
Switch from TeamViewer if you need smooth remote access for creative work or gaming and not a helpdesk.
TeamViewer stays the right choice for an organisation that needs attended and unattended support across Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS, kiosks and rugged devices in one product, with multi-factor authentication, role-based access and device policies managed centrally. TeamViewer reports more than 620,000 customers and a German operating company in Göppingen.
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What moving off TeamViewer involves
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Count your unattended devices first
Every alternative installs its own agent on each computer you want to reach without someone present. Make a list of those devices before you cancel, and test the new tool on a few of them. Switching agents on dozens of remote machines is the slow part of the move.
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Time the cancellation against the renewal
Because TeamViewer renews annually, the date that matters is the renewal date in your account. Run the new tool in parallel for a few weeks before it, and cancel in the account settings ahead of the date, not on it.
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Questions about replacing TeamViewer
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How does TeamViewer bill?
TeamViewer states that it offers annual subscriptions, billed and renewed annually. Its pricing page groups plans for individual users, teams and large enterprises, and the enterprise product, TeamViewer Tensor, has custom licensing.
Where is TeamViewer based?
The TeamViewer imprint names TeamViewer Germany GmbH, Bahnhofsplatz 2, 73033 Göppingen, Germany, as the provider of its services. Its company page lists the company as founded in 2005.
Is there a free TeamViewer alternative?
RustDesk's client is open source and free, Apache Guacamole is free and open source, Parsec has a free personal plan, Zoho Assist has a free plan, and Getscreen has a free version.
Each limits use differently, so read the terms before relying on one for work.
Which alternatives can I host myself?
RustDesk sells self-hosted server plans, ISL Online offers a self-hosted licence, Getscreen lists a self-hosted version, and Apache Guacamole is installed on your own server. TeamViewer is the vendor-hosted service.
Which alternatives suit an IT helpdesk?
Zoho Assist and Splashtop SOS price per technician, and ScreenConnect sits in ConnectWise's IT management suite. Supremo includes a Business plan with up to 3 simultaneous connections.
Does TeamViewer include AI features?
TeamViewer says its remote product includes built-in AI assistance for troubleshooting and for documenting support sessions at no extra cost.
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Checked 8 October 2026
TeamViewer pricing: Annual subscriptions billed and renewed annually, user categories, Tensor custom licensing, 30-day add-on trials.
