# HopToDesk review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Free open-source remote desktop with a paid device dashboard Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. HopToDesk is a remote desktop app that is free for personal and business use, with end-to-end encrypted sessions and file transfer. A separate web dashboard adds device monitoring, a help desk, session reports and custom-branded clients, and is priced by the number of devices rather than by technician. - **Category:** Remote Desktop - **Made by:** Begonia Holdings LLC - **Website:** https://www.hoptodesk.com - **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you manage more than 3 devices from the free dashboard. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, HopToDesk has a free plan, and paid plans start at $159 per year for up to 120 devices ($15 per month billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** The remote desktop app is free for personal and business use. The free Dashboard covers 3 devices and 2 team members. - **Free trial:** 7-day free trial of Pro and Business, no credit card. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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 & MSP | Custom | Unlimited devices, multi-tenant sub-accounts, SCIM, SIEM streaming, invoicing and priority support. Quoted on request. | Read from https://www.hoptodesk.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with HopToDesk before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Yearly billing saves $21 on Pro** (Annual discount): 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. Source: https://www.hoptodesk.com/pricing ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Individuals and small businesses that want a free remote desktop app - IT teams managing a fleet priced by device, not by technician - Managed service providers that need white-label clients ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. HopToDesk's remote desktop app is free for personal and business use, and the paid plans add device management by device count. The free dashboard stops at 3 devices, single sign-on needs Business, and the AI Assistant is billed per task. - **Value for money: A.** The remote desktop app is free for business too, so it counts as free and substantial. Pro is $159 a year for up to 120 devices, about $13 a month. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The app is free with no cap listed, but the free dashboard covers only 3 devices and 2 team members. Pro and Business also have a 7-day trial with no card. - **Features: B.** End-to-end encrypted sessions, unattended access, monitoring, a help desk, branded clients and browser access are all listed. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Managing devices needs a dashboard account, SSO or rollout tooling for bigger setups. - **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iPhone, with Intune, Jamf, SCCM, Ansible and AWS listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from HopToDesk's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among remote desktop apps - HopToDesk's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 79 of the 85 other remote desktop apps we grade, and level with 6. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 79 of 85) and worst on ease of use (C, above 10). - Its paid plans start at $13.25 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $8.33 for the category: 31 of the 44 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. 2 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/remote-access ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace HopToDesk you would be making a fast, secure link to another computer through any network. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 3.2 is higher than 79 of the 85 other remote desktop apps we grade. It costs $159 a year. HopToDesk is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could make: Help desk: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A fast, secure link to another computer through any network. - You could not: Storing and serving files for other people. - You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Microsoft Intune, Jamf and SCCM among them. - You could not: End-to-end encryption done properly. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Microsoft Intune, Jamf, SCCM, Ansible, AWS **Tags:** Remote desktop, Open source, End-to-end encrypted, Help desk, File sharing ## Alternatives - [AnyDesk](https://toolgpa.com/tools/anydesk): Remote desktop app, free for personal use, licensed for business. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anydesk-vs-hoptodesk) - [RustDesk](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rustdesk): Open-source remote desktop you can run on your own server. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hoptodesk-vs-rustdesk) - [TeamViewer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/teamviewer): Remote access and IT support, free for personal use only. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hoptodesk-vs-teamviewer) - [RemotePC](https://toolgpa.com/tools/remotepc): Low-cost remote access to your own computers, from IDrive. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hoptodesk-vs-remotepc) - [Splashtop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/splashtop): Remote access to your own computers, plus separate IT support plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hoptodesk-vs-splashtop) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.hoptodesk.com/pricing - https://www.hoptodesk.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/hoptodesk Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).