# NoMachine

> Self-hosted remote desktop sold as yearly server subscriptions

NoMachine is remote desktop software built on its own NX protocol, mainly for reaching your own computers and servers, with Enterprise editions for businesses and Linux terminal servers. You install a paid server edition, from Personal Edition upward, on each Windows, Mac, Linux or Raspberry Pi machine and connect with the free NoMachine Player, which also runs on iOS and Android. Connections go by IP address or, with a separate subscription, through NoMachine Network.

- **Category:** Remote Desktop
- **Made by:** NoMachine S.à r.l.
- **Website:** https://www.nomachine.com
- **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026

## Pricing

NoMachine is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $24.50 per year (Personal Edition, one computer).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** Free trial of each server edition; NoMachine Network has a 7-day trial.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Personal Edition | $24.50 per year per computer | For individuals and businesses: 1 desktop connection and up to 4 terminal connections from the same client. Also sold in packs of 5 to 100. |
| Enterprise Desktop | $44.50 per year per computer | Unlimited connections, access from any browser, a built-in VPN and single sign-on. Also sold in packs of 10 to 100; the support table lists a pack at $244.50. |
| Network Personal | $84.50 per year ($8.50 billed monthly) | Optional: 1 connection at a time over NoMachine Network by Machine Id, for computers behind a firewall. Plans for 4 to 32 connections cost more. |
| Workstation | $124.50 per year per server | Runs up to 4 virtual Linux desktops and apps on one server, with unlimited connections and browser access. |
| Small Business Terminal Server | $744.50 per year per server | Runs up to 10 virtual Linux desktops and apps on one server, for departments and small businesses. |

Read from https://www.nomachine.com/everybody/personal-edition on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with NoMachine before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Network subscriptions cheaper paid yearly** (Annual discount): Network Personal is $84.50 a year against $8.50 a month, which is $102 over twelve months: about 17% less. Source: https://www.nomachine.com/network/what-network-subscription

## Key features

- **NX protocol:** Hardware-accelerated H.264 encoding and decoding, audio and video streaming, and multi-monitor support, for work, media and games.
- **Free Player on every platform:** NoMachine Player is free for commercial and non-commercial use on Windows, Mac, Linux, ARM, Raspberry Pi, iOS and Android, with no limit on machines.
- **Terminal access:** Open remote command-line sessions to Windows, macOS or Linux NoMachine systems without a full desktop and without SSH on the server.
- **Devices and files:** File transfer with drag and drop, disk and printer sharing in both directions, USB device forwarding, port forwarding and Wake-on-LAN.
- **Recording and guest sharing:** Record your session on the fly, and let guests join your desktop to collaborate or help troubleshoot.
- **Enterprise sign-in and browser access:** Enterprise editions add access from any browser, a built-in VPN, and sign-in with Okta, Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, Keycloak, LDAP or Active Directory.

## Good for

- Reaching your own home or office computer over your own network
- Linux users who need fast remote desktops, including Raspberry Pi
- Businesses running several virtual Linux desktops on one server
- People who want remote access without a vendor cloud in the middle

## Worth knowing

- Personal Edition is now an annual subscription; only the Player client is free, and it needs a NoMachine server edition to connect to.
- Reaching a computer behind a firewall by Machine Id needs a separate NoMachine Network subscription on top of the server edition.
- Personal Edition allows one desktop connection at a time; browser access, VPN and single sign-on are Enterprise only.
- Terminal Server and Workstation editions host virtual desktops on Linux only.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. NoMachine is fast, especially on Linux and Raspberry Pi, and it keeps a vendor cloud out of the middle: you install a server edition on each machine and connect straight to it. But it's no longer free. Personal Edition is $24.50 a year per computer, and reaching one behind a firewall by ID costs extra.

- **Value for money: C.** Personal Edition is $24.50 a year per computer, so two computers come to $49, and getting past a firewall by Machine Id adds Network Personal at $84.50, or $133.50 a year in all. RustDesk, Parsec and Jump Desktop reach your own computers for nothing, so for the same job it's on the dear side.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** No free plan: only the Player is free, and it needs a paid server edition to connect to. Each server edition has a free trial, and NoMachine Network has a 7-day one; the listing doesn't mention a card.
- **Features: C.** The NX protocol with hardware H.264, multi-monitor, terminal sessions, file, disk, printer and USB sharing, Wake-on-LAN and recording. The gaps it lists itself: Personal Edition allows one desktop connection at a time, and browser access, VPN and single sign-on are Enterprise only.
- **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record. You connect by IP address on your own network, and reaching a machine behind a firewall by ID needs a separate Network subscription. That's a learning curve.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Windows, Mac, Linux and Raspberry Pi, with a free Player for iPhone and Android and browser access on Enterprise. Sign-in works with Okta, Entra ID and Active Directory, but there's no API on record.

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

## Where it stands among remote desktop apps

- NoMachine's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 0 of the 15 other remote desktop apps we grade, and level with 3.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 0 of 15) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $2.04 a month when paid by the year, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 2 of the 10 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 3 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 NoMachine 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. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 12 of the 15 other remote desktop apps grade higher. It costs $24.50 a year.

- 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, Microsoft Entra ID and Google Cloud Identity among them.
- You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations.

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

## Works with

Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Cloud Identity, Keycloak, Active Directory

**Tags:** Remote desktop, Self-hostable

## Alternatives

- [RustDesk](https://toolgpa.com/tools/rustdesk): Open-source remote desktop you can run on your own server. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nomachine-vs-rustdesk)
- [Parsec](https://toolgpa.com/tools/parsec): Low-latency remote desktop for games and creative work. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nomachine-vs-parsec)
- [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/nomachine-vs-realvnc-connect)
- [TeamViewer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/teamviewer): Remote access and IT support, free for personal use only. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nomachine-vs-teamviewer)
- [Jump Desktop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/jump-desktop): Remote desktop with one-time app licences and a per-user team plan. [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://www.nomachine.com/
- https://www.nomachine.com/everybody
- https://www.nomachine.com/everybody/personal-edition
- https://www.nomachine.com/everybody/nomachine-player
- https://www.nomachine.com/everybody/nomachine-for-mobile
- https://www.nomachine.com/enterprise/enterprise-desktop-products/enterprise-desktop
- https://www.nomachine.com/enterprise/terminal-server-products/workstation
- https://www.nomachine.com/enterprise/terminal-server-products/small-business-terminal-server
- https://www.nomachine.com/network/what-network-subscription

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