Ammyy Admin vs AnyDesk (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Ammyy Admin and AnyDesk share a 2.4 GPA, both have a free plan and their prices can't be set side by side, so the choice depends on whether you care more about value for money and the free plan, where Ammyy Admin grades higher, or platforms, where AnyDesk does.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Ammyy Admin
Small portable remote desktop tool, free for non-commercial use
Free plan · from $33.90/yr
AnyDesk
Remote desktop app, free for personal use, licensed for business
Free plan
Which one is for you
Pick Ammyy Admin if
- Fits if you help family or friends on Windows and want a program that runs without installing
- Works for occasional personal support where the free licence's session limits don't matter
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you use a Mac, Linux or a phone, as only Windows is listed
- Not for you if you need commercial use for free, since the free licence is non-commercial
- Watch out: the newest build is from January 2019 and the news list ends that year, so it may not be kept up
- Watch out: the vendor's pages give 15 hours on one and 30 on another for ID connections
- Tight if you need more than a couple of sessions, as each paid licence runs two years and each machine needs one
Pick AnyDesk if
- Fits if you want to reach your own home computer from a phone or tablet without paying
- Works for firms that must keep remote access inside their own network and will talk to sales for Ultimate
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to see a price before talking to anyone, as we couldn't read one
- Not for you if your free use is really work, since the free version is for personal use only
- Tight if your free sessions run long, as they time out and need restarting
- Too light for teams on Standard, which has 20 users but one outgoing connection at a time; more cost extra
- Pricey if you need on-premises hosting, which is only on Ultimate and quoted by sales
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAAmmyy AdminFair | 2.4GPAAnyDeskFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BFree for non-commercial use, and commercial licences start at $33.90 per computer for two years, about $1.41 a month. That is under the $2.78 cheaper-quarter start. | CNo price could be read: AnyDesk's website answered our reader with a bot check, and its help centre sends buyers to the pricing page. With no figure to set against TeamViewer or Splashtop for the same job, it gets the C we give any missing price. Personal use is free; work use needs a licence. |
| Free plan and trial | BThe free licence needs no payment but is for non-commercial use only, with two outgoing and one incoming session, and ID connections can be limited to 15 to 30 hours a month. | CFree for personal, non-commercial use, which covers reaching your own computers. But free sessions time out and have to be restarted, and any outgoing connection for work needs a paid licence. No trial is on record. |
| Features | CNo-install use, unattended access, a file manager, voice chat and encrypted sessions. The latest build is 3.8 from 2019 and the feature page names Windows only up to version 8. | CAttended and unattended access, remote printing, Wake-on-LAN, screen privacy, a management portal and an on-premises server with a REST API. The gaps it lists itself: Standard allows one outgoing connection at a time, and self-hosting is Ultimate only, quoted by sales. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record. It is a small portable program, so you run it and connect with nothing to set up. | B4.49 from 28,268 App Store ratings, which is a B on a crowd that size. The person at the other end accepts your request and you're connected. |
| Platforms and integrations | DThe buy page lists Windows only. No web, phone or other desktop versions and no integrations are listed. | BWindows, Mac, Linux and Raspberry Pi, ChromeOS, iPhone, iPad, Android and Apple TV. That's a lot of devices, but there's no web app or integration list, and the REST API comes only with the on-premises server. |
| Best for | a small portable remote desktop tool for Windows | remote access on nearly any device you own |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Ammyy Admin and AnyDesk. How we grade
Where they differ
- AnyDesk is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Ammyy Admin also covers file sharing.
In commonFree planWindowsRemote desktop
At a glance
| Ammyy Admin | AnyDesk | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $33.90 per computer, for a 2-year license | Not published |
| Free plan | Free license for non-commercial use, with possible limits on connections by ID beyond 15 to 30 hours a month. | Free for personal, non-commercial use. Sessions on the free version time out and have to be restarted; a paid licence removes the time limit. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Ammyy | AnyDesk Software GmbH |
| Price read from | ammyy.com | Not confirmed |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Ammyy Admin
- The newest build on the downloads page is version 3.8 from January 2019, and the news list ends in 2019.
- The buy page lists only Windows, and its feature page names Windows versions up to 8.
- The vendor's license pages state different monthly limits for ID connections (15 hours on one, 30 on another), so check before relying on a free or Starter license.
- Paid licenses last 2 years, and each computer in a commercial session needs one.
AnyDesk
- AnyDesk's website answered automated readers with a bot check, so no prices could be read; its help center sends buyers to the pricing page or the my.anydesk portal for figures.
- The free version is for personal use only; any outgoing connection for commercial use needs a paid licence.
- Standard includes 20 users but only one simultaneous outgoing connection; more are add-ons.
- On-premises hosting is only on the Ultimate licence, which is quoted by sales.
Key features
Ammyy Admin
- No installation
- A small executable that runs without installation or administrator rights; the user starts it and reads out an ID.
- Works behind NAT
- Connects through the vendor's routers to computers behind NAT or firewalls without port mapping.
- Unattended access
- A service mode lets an administrator reach a computer with nobody present, and restart it or switch users.
- File manager
- Copies files and folders between the local and remote computers and can resume interrupted transfers.
- Voice chat
- A built-in voice channel for talking with the person at the remote computer during a session.
- Encrypted sessions
- The vendor says traffic is encrypted with AES and RSA, using different keys for each session.
AnyDesk
- Interactive and unattended access
- Connect to any number of devices when the person there accepts the request, or to managed devices without anyone present using a password: up to 100 on Solo and 1,000 on Advanced.
- Wide platform coverage
- Clients for Windows and Windows Server, macOS, Linux and Raspberry Pi, Android and ChromeOS, and iOS, iPadOS and tvOS.
- Remote print and Wake-on-LAN
- Print a document from a remote Windows computer on your local printer, and wake a sleeping Windows, Intel Mac or Linux device when another AnyDesk device on its network is online.
- Screen privacy
- Black out the remote screen so people near the device cannot see what you are doing during a session.
- my.anydesk portal
- A management portal to see licence and invoice details, manage linked clients and address books, review sessions and build custom clients.
- On-premises server
- The Ultimate licence can run on your own appliance server, so only your custom clients can connect, even without internet access, with a REST API for integration.
Plans
Ammyy Admin
Free$0
Non-commercial use only. Two outgoing and one incoming session; ID connections may be limited past monthly hours.
Starter$33.90
per computer, 2-year license
Commercial use. Unlimited direct IP or host name sessions; ID connections keep the monthly hours limit.
Premium$66.90
per computer, 2-year license
Commercial use with unlimited ID connections; 2 concurrent sessions for sharing and 4 for controlling.
Corporate$99.90
per computer, 2-year license
No limits on connection time or number of concurrent sessions.
AnyDesk
Pricing could not be confirmed. See anydesk.com.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Ammyy Admin or AnyDesk?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Ammyy Admin starts at $33.90 per computer, for a 2-year license, and AnyDesk has no price we could confirm.
Which has a free plan, Ammyy Admin or AnyDesk?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Ammyy Admin and AnyDesk have a free plan.
Which platforms do Ammyy Admin and AnyDesk run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only AnyDesk lists macOS, Linux, iOS and Android apps. Both list a Windows app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.