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AnyDesk vs Splashtop

We give AnyDesk a 2.4 GPA and Splashtop a 2.8, out of 4.0. Splashtop grades higher on features and ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and platforms.

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

AnyDesk

Remote desktop app, free for personal use, licensed for business

Free plan
Full detailsanydesk.com

Splashtop

Remote access to your own computers, plus separate IT support plans

Free plan · from $23.99/yr
Full detailssplashtop.com

How we grade them

2.4GPAAnyDeskFair2.8GPASplashtopGood
Value for money
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.
CRemote Support SOS is $22 per concurrent technician a month billed annually: $259 a year with 10 managed computers, or $399 with 300. For the same job that's mid-pack, above Zoho Assist and below TeamViewer's Business. For your own computers, the Anywhere Access Pack is only $23.99 a year.
Free plan and trial
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.
CSplashtop Personal is free, but only on your home network, for up to 2 computers and never for work. Working from home counts as work. Business plans have a free trial with no card, though its length isn't stated.
Features
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.
BUnattended access, support by session code, file transfer, remote print, and a Performance plan with 4:4:4 colour, 240 frames per second, Wacom pens and USB passthrough. Nothing in the listing is missing from the job; single sign-on and the APIs wait for Enterprise.
Ease of use
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.
A4.81 from 4,713 App Store ratings for its Business app, the best on record in this category. Install the Streamer on a computer and reach it from anything.
Platforms and integrations
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.
BWindows, Mac, Linux, Chromebook, iPhone and Android, with Intune, Jira, Freshservice, Jamf, Atera and Datto RMM. There's no web app on record, which keeps it at B, and the APIs are Enterprise only.
Best forremote access on nearly any device you ownremote access from home office to help desk

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: AnyDesk and Splashtop. How we grade

Where they differ

    In commonFree planWindowsmacOSLinuxiOSAndroidSelf-hostablePublic APIRemote desktop

    At a glance

    AnyDeskSplashtop
    PricingFree planFree plan
    Starts atNot published$23.99 per year for personal use; business plans from $6 / month, billed annually
    Free planFree for personal, non-commercial use. Sessions on the free version time out and have to be restarted; a paid licence removes the time limit.Splashtop Personal is free for non-commercial use on your local home network, for up to 2 computers. Reaching them from outside the home network needs the Anywhere Access Pack.
    Free trialNone listedFree trial of business plans, no credit card required; length not stated
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    Made byAnyDesk Software GmbHSplashtop Inc.
    Price read fromNot confirmedsplashtop.com
    CheckedOct 18, 2026Oct 18, 2026

    Who each one suits

    AnyDesk

    • Reaching your own home or work computer at no cost for personal use
    • Self-employed IT specialists who need one user with up to 100 unattended devices
    • IT teams and service providers supporting many people's computers
    • Enterprises that need remote access hosted inside their own network

    Splashtop

    • Reaching a home computer from the couch at no cost, or from anywhere for a small yearly fee
    • People working from home who need their office computer from another device
    • Designers and video editors who need accurate color and a stylus over a remote link
    • IT teams and MSPs supporting staff or customers by concurrent technician

    Worth knowing

    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.

    Splashtop

    • Splashtop Personal is free only on your home network and only for non-commercial use; working from home needs a business plan.
    • Business plan prices are shown only as annual billing on the pricing page.
    • Remote Support SOS is priced per concurrent technician, with the number of managed computers capped by the option you buy (10 or 300 per licence, up to 1,200).
    • Enterprise, with single sign-on, APIs and the on-premises option, has no public price and is quoted by sales.

    Key features

    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.

    Splashtop

    Unattended access to your own computers
    Install the Streamer on a computer and reach it later from a phone, tablet or another computer, with file transfer and remote print.
    On-demand support by session code
    Remote Support SOS lets a technician connect to any computer or mobile device the user opens a session code on, with or without someone present on managed machines.
    High-performance streaming
    The Performance plan adds 4:4:4 color, up to 240 frames per second, high-fidelity audio, Wacom stylus support and USB passthrough for creative work.
    Endpoint management add-on
    Autonomous Endpoint Management adds real-time patching, monitoring and remediation, and is sold on its own or added to SOS and Enterprise.
    Enterprise and on-premises
    Enterprise adds single sign-on, granular and scheduled access, SIEM logging, cloud recording, APIs and unattended Android access, with an on-premises option.
    Help desk and RMM integrations
    Launch sessions from tools such as Freshservice, Jira, Jamf, Atera and Datto RMM, and manage Bitdefender antivirus from the Splashtop console.

    Plans

    AnyDesk

    Pricing could not be confirmed. See anydesk.com.

    Splashtop

    • Personal$0

      Non-commercial use only, on your home Wi-Fi network, for up to 2 Windows or Mac computers. Working from home counts as commercial use.

    • Anywhere Access Pack$23.99

      per year ($5.99 a month billed monthly)

      Add-on to Personal for reaching up to 2 home computers from anywhere over the internet. Personal use only.

    • Solo$6

      per month, billed annually ($72 a year)

      One user with unattended access from any device, file transfer with drag and drop, and remote print.

    • Pro$8.25

      per user / month, billed annually ($99 a year)

      Adds multi-monitor support, user roles and access management, chat, session recording and up to 3 users into one computer.

    • Performance$13

      per user / month, billed annually ($149 a year)

      Adds 4:4:4 color accuracy, up to 240 frames per second, high-fidelity audio, remote stylus with Wacom Bridge and USB passthrough.

    • Remote Support SOS$22

      per concurrent technician / month, billed annually

      $259 a year with 10 managed computers, or $399 a year with 300; on-demand sessions by code to unlimited computers and mobile devices.

    Ways to pay less

    AnyDesk

    No public discounts listed.

    Splashtop

    • Annual discount

      Anywhere Access Pack is cheaper paid yearly

      The pack costs $23.99 a year against $5.99 a month, which is $71.88 over twelve months: about two-thirds less.

    • Other savings

      Volume discounts on Pro and Performance

      The pricing page marks volume discounts on the Pro and Performance plans for teams buying several user licences.

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