# Jump Desktop

> Remote desktop with one-time app licences and a per-user team plan

Jump Desktop is mainly for reaching your own computers, including for video editing, design and gaming, through its Fluid protocol at up to 480 frames per second, and it also speaks RDP and VNC. The Windows, Android and web apps are free, the Mac and iPhone or iPad apps are one-time purchases, and Teams plans add a dashboard, access groups and single sign-on for organizations.

- **Category:** Remote Desktop
- **Made by:** Phase Five Systems
- **Website:** https://jumpdesktop.com
- **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026

## Pricing

Jump Desktop has a free plan. Paid plans start at $14.99 one-time (iPhone and iPad app); Teams from $7.99 per user / month, yearly.

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Free on Windows, Android and the web, with unlimited computers and connections, up to 480 fps, one virtual display, 4:4:4 color, game controllers and privacy mode.
- **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of Teams plans, no credit card required; 14-day trial of the Mac app.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | The Windows, Android and web apps, with no recurring fees and no limit on computers or simultaneous connections. |
| iPhone and iPad app | $14.99 one-time, on the US App Store | A one-time purchase with no subscription. Not included in Teams plans, which cover the Mac app only. |
| Mac app | $34.99 one-time, on the US Mac App Store | A one-time purchase with no subscription, also sold directly with a 14-day trial. Included with Teams plans. |
| Teams Pro | $7.99 per user / month, billed annually ($9.99 billed monthly) | Teams Dashboard, 5 access groups, Mac app licences, REST API, automated custom installers and 5 years of cloud access logs. |
| Teams Enterprise | $15.99 per user / month, billed annually ($19.99 billed monthly) | Unlimited access groups, up to 4 virtual displays, 10-bit color, 60 mbps, USB and stylus pressure, security keys, SSO and SCIM. |

Read from https://jumpdesktop.com/pricing-plans.html on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Jump Desktop before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Yearly billing saves 20% on Teams** (Annual discount): The pricing page says yearly billing saves 20%: Teams Pro is $95.90 a year against $9.99 a month, and Enterprise $191.88 a year against $19.99. Source: https://jumpdesktop.com/pricing-plans.html

## Key features

- **Fluid protocol with RDP and VNC:** Its own Fluid protocol uses the host's GPU for encoding at up to 480 frames per second; the apps also connect to computers over standard RDP and VNC.
- **Virtual displays:** Give the host a display that matches your screen's resolution and refresh rate even with no monitor attached; Teams Enterprise allows up to 4.
- **Creative and gaming input:** Game controllers work on every plan; Enterprise adds USB drawing tablets, Stream Deck, color panels, pen pressure and tilt, and 10-bit color.
- **Ask to share screen:** Ask the person at a computer to share their screen; they choose whether you can view or control, and several people can join one computer.
- **AI agents with Mission Control:** Give AI agents a full desktop on a computer or virtual machine and watch, or step in, while they set up machines, test apps or fix problems.
- **Team management:** Teams get a web dashboard for users, computers and permissions, access groups, a REST API, a command-line tool in beta and session watermarks on Enterprise.

## Good for

- Mac or iPad owners who would rather pay once than subscribe
- Video editors and designers working on a powerful remote workstation
- Gamers streaming PC or Mac games to another device
- Small teams that want managed remote access for a few dollars per user

## Worth knowing

- The Mac and iPhone or iPad apps cost extra as one-time purchases; Teams plans include the Mac app but not the iPhone and iPad app.
- 10-bit color, more than one virtual display, USB redirection and bandwidth above 20 mbps need Teams Enterprise.
- Linux computers can be reached only through Connect for Linux, which is in alpha and meant for testing.
- Single sign-on and SCIM provisioning are Teams Enterprise features.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 3.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. Jump Desktop is the pick for reaching your own computers without a subscription. It's free on Windows, Android and the web, the Mac and iPhone apps are one-off purchases, and its Fluid protocol runs at up to 480 frames per second. Linux hosts are still in alpha, though, so it's really for Windows and Mac machines.

- **Value for money: A.** Free on Windows, Android and the web, with no limit on computers or connections. On Apple devices you pay once: $34.99 for the Mac app and $14.99 for iPhone and iPad. Against Parsec's and Splashtop's paid personal plans for the same job, which renew every year, that's cheap.
- **Free plan and trial: B.** The Windows, Android and web apps are free with unlimited computers, 480 fps, 4:4:4 colour and controllers, a plan one person can live on. The Mac and iPhone apps aren't free, though; the Mac app has a 14-day trial.
- **Features: C.** The Fluid protocol at up to 480 fps, plus RDP and VNC, virtual displays, controllers and Mission Control for AI agents. The gaps it lists itself: Linux hosts are alpha only, and 10-bit colour, extra displays, USB and more than 20 mbps need Teams Enterprise.
- **Ease of use: B.** 4.5 from 1,692 App Store ratings for the iPhone and iPad app. Install Jump Desktop Connect on the computer you want to reach and pick it from the list on the other device.
- **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android, plus Linux in alpha, with a REST API on Teams and single sign-on through Okta and Azure AD. It speaks RDP and VNC too, so it reaches machines without Jump on them.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Jump Desktop's own pages on 18 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among remote desktop apps

- Jump Desktop's GPA of 3.2 is higher than 14 of the 15 other remote desktop apps we grade, and level with 1.
- It stands best on value for money (A, above 13 of 15) and worst on features (C, above 0).

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/remote-access

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Jump Desktop 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 14 of the 15 other remote desktop apps we grade. It costs $14.99, paid once.

- You could not: A fast, secure link to another computer through any network.
- 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, Okta and Azure AD among them, and has an API.
- You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on and roles and permissions.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.5 out of 5 from 1,692 ratings in the United States, read Oct 18, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id364876095

## Works with

Okta, Azure AD

**Tags:** Remote desktop, One-time purchase, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Parsec](https://toolgpa.com/tools/parsec): Low-latency remote desktop for games and creative work. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jump-desktop-vs-parsec)
- [Splashtop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/splashtop): Remote access to your own computers, plus separate IT support plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jump-desktop-vs-splashtop)
- [Chrome Remote Desktop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/chrome-remote-desktop): Google's free remote access to your own computers from a browser. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/chrome-remote-desktop-vs-jump-desktop)
- [RealVNC Connect](https://toolgpa.com/tools/realvnc-connect): Remote access from the makers of VNC, with end-to-end encryption. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jump-desktop-vs-realvnc-connect)
- [NoMachine](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nomachine): Self-hosted remote desktop sold as yearly server subscriptions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/jump-desktop-vs-nomachine)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026:

- https://jumpdesktop.com/
- https://jumpdesktop.com/pricing-plans.html
- https://checkout.paddle.com/api/2.0/prices?product_ids=580397,580396,580399,580398&customer_country=US
- https://jumpdesktop.com/download.html
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jump-desktop-rdp-vnc-fluid/id364876095
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jump-desktop-rdp-vnc-fluid/id524141863?mt=12

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/jump-desktop
Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).