AnyDesk vs HopToDesk (2026): which should you pick?

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

Pick HopToDesk if

• Fits if you need a free remote desktop app for a handful of devices
• Works for IT teams that deploy through Intune, Jamf or Ansible

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you manage more than 3 devices from the free dashboard
• Pricey if you grow, since the device limit sets the price: Pro covers 120 to 350, Business 500 to 2,000
• Watch out: SSO, zero-touch rollout and monitoring runbooks need the Business plan at $529 a year
• Watch out: the AI Assistant is billed per task from a prepaid balance, from about $0.05 a task
• Skip it if you need multi-tenant MSP features, which sit on the quote-only Enterprise & MSP plan

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.

HopToDesk

• The device limit sets the price: Free covers 3 devices, Pro 120 to 350, Business 500 to 2,000.
• SSO, zero-touch rollout and monitoring runbooks need the Business plan.
• The AI Assistant is billed per task from a prepaid balance, from about $0.05 a task, and paid plans start with $5 of credit.
• Multi-tenant MSP features and unlimited devices are on the quote-only Enterprise & MSP plan.

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.

HopToDesk

End-to-end encrypted sessions

The vendor says screen sharing, chat and file transfer are all end-to-end encrypted, and that the source code is public.

Unattended access and monitoring

The Dashboard gives unattended access to enrolled devices, real-time status and offline alerts, with health history and software inventory on Business.

Built-in help desk

Tickets come in by email or a customer portal, with SLA targets and satisfaction surveys. The Free plan allows 50 tickets a month.

Custom-branded clients

Generate a client with your own name, logo and preset settings from the Dashboard, then roll it out with GPO, Intune, SCCM, Jamf or Ansible.

Browser access and private network

A web client connects from any browser, and every plan can point clients at a self-run network using a Docker command or an AWS launch link.

AnyDesk

Pricing could not be confirmed. See anydesk.com.

HopToDesk

• Free$0

  Dashboard for 3 devices and 2 team members, with a help desk limited to 50 tickets a month.

• Pro$159

  per year for up to 120 devices, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)

  Unlimited team members and tickets, white-label branding and commands across devices. Steps up to 150, 250 and 350 devices.

• Business$529

  per year for up to 500 devices, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)

  Adds zero-touch rollout, monitoring and runbooks, SSO and custom roles. Steps up to 750, 1,000, 1,500 and 2,000 devices.

• Enterprise & MSPCustom

  Unlimited devices, multi-tenant sub-accounts, SCIM, SIEM streaming, invoicing and priority support. Quoted on request.

AnyDesk

No public discounts listed.

HopToDesk

• Annual discount

  Yearly billing saves $21 on Pro

  Pro costs $159 a year against $15 a month, and the page states the saving as $21. Business is $529 a year against $49 a month.