AnyDesk vs TeamViewer
We give AnyDesk a 2.4 GPA and TeamViewer a 2.6, out of 4.0. AnyDesk grades higher on value for money. TeamViewer grades higher on the free plan and platforms. 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.
AnyDesk
Remote desktop app, free for personal use, licensed for business
Free plan
TeamViewer
Remote access and IT support, free for personal use only
Free plan · from $619.99/yr
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAAnyDeskFair | 2.6GPATeamViewerGood | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | D$619.99 a year for Business, one licensed user and up to 200 managed devices, is the only dollar price on record: it's the in-app purchase on the US App Store. For one technician doing the same job, Zoho Assist, Splashtop and LogMeIn Resolve's Starter all cost less. Its other plans couldn't be read in dollars. |
| 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. | BFree for personal use, with no cap on record for helping friends and family or reaching your own computers, phones and tablets. That's a plan one person can live on. Any work use needs a licence, which you can trial for 14 days. |
| 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. | CAttended and unattended access, file transfer, remote printing, Wake-on-LAN, black screen, session recording and AI summaries. The gaps it lists itself: phones and tablets need a paid add-on, iPhones and iPads only share their screen, and Business allows one connection at a time. |
| 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. | B4.67 from 44,790 App Store ratings, just short of our A line. The person at the other end accepts and you're in, so there's not much to learn. |
| 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. | AWeb, Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Android, with an API and connections to Intune, ServiceNow, Jira, Salesforce, Zendesk, Microsoft Teams and Google Meet. That's everything we look for. |
| Best for | remote access on nearly any device you own | helping family for free, or paid IT support |
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 TeamViewer. How we grade
Where they differ
- Only TeamViewer lists a web app.
- AnyDesk is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- TeamViewer is end-to-end encrypted, according to its own site.
In commonFree planWindowsmacOSLinuxiOSAndroidPublic APIRemote desktop
At a glance
| AnyDesk | TeamViewer | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | Not published | $619.99 per year (Business, as an in-app purchase on the US App Store) |
| Free plan | 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 for personal use only: helping friends and family and reaching your own devices. Commercial use needs a paid licence. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day trial of a commercial plan |
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| Made by | AnyDesk Software GmbH | TeamViewer Germany GmbH |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | apps.apple.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Oct 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
TeamViewer
- Helping friends and family with computer problems at no cost
- IT staff and help desks supporting employees' or customers' computers
- Small businesses that need unattended access to up to 200 devices
- Organizations that connect remote support to ServiceNow, Jira or Intune
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.
TeamViewer
- TeamViewer's website shows prices by visitor location and could not be read in US dollars; Remote Access, Premium and Corporate prices are missing here.
- The free version is for personal use only; any business or work use needs a paid licence, which TeamViewer offers to trial for 14 days.
- Licences are billed yearly and cap the number of managed devices and simultaneous connections, e.g. one connection at a time on Business.
- Supporting phones and tablets is a paid add-on; for iPhones and iPads it is screen sharing rather than control.
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.
TeamViewer
- Attended and unattended access
- Connect to any number of devices when someone at the other end accepts, or to a set number of managed devices without anyone present, depending on the licence.
- File transfer and remote printing
- Send and queue files between devices and print documents from the remote computer to your local printer.
- Wake-on-LAN and black screen
- Power on a remote computer, block local keyboard and mouse input, and black out its screen while you work on it.
- Session recording and switch sides
- Record and replay sessions, and swap who controls whom during a session. Custom branding of support sessions comes with paid licences.
- TeamViewer AI
- Business includes 25 AI credits a month, one per support session, for AI-guided troubleshooting and written session summaries.
- Mobile device support add-on
- An add-on to reach and support Android devices and share the screen of iPhones and iPads, alongside desktop-to-desktop connections.
Plans
AnyDesk
Pricing could not be confirmed. See anydesk.com.
TeamViewer
Free (personal use)$0
For non-commercial use only: remote help for friends and family and access to your own computers, phones and tablets.
Business$619.99
per year, as an in-app purchase in the iOS app
One licensed user, one connection at a time and up to 200 managed devices, with 25 AI credits a month. Price read on the US App Store.
Ways to pay less
AnyDesk
No public discounts listed.
TeamViewer
- Nonprofit
30% off for nonprofits and education
Registered nonprofit and educational organizations that apply through TeamViewer's form get a 30% discount.
