# Parsec

> Low-latency remote desktop for games and creative work

Parsec is a remote desktop app from Unity built for low-latency streaming of games and creative work, at up to 4K and up to 240 frames per second over direct peer-to-peer connections. Computers running Windows or macOS can be hosts, and you connect from Windows, macOS, Linux, Android or a Chrome browser. Gaming is free; any work use needs a Teams or Enterprise plan.

- **Category:** Remote Desktop
- **Made by:** Unity Technologies SF
- **Website:** https://parsec.app
- **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026

## Pricing

Parsec has a free plan. Paid plans start at $8.33 per user / month, billed annually ($9.99 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Personal Use is free for non-commercial use: low-latency 60 FPS desktop capture, link sharing, keyboard, mouse and gamepad support and encrypted peer-to-peer connections, on one monitor.
- **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of Teams and Enterprise.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Personal Use | $0 | Free for gaming and other non-commercial use. No multi-monitor streaming, 4:4:4 color, privacy mode or Wacom pressure support. |
| Individuals (Warp) | $8.33 per user / month, billed annually ($9.99 billed monthly) | Personal, non-commercial use with up to 3 monitors, 4:4:4 color, virtual monitors, privacy mode and Wacom pressure and tilt. |
| Teams | $30 per user / month, billed annually ($35 billed monthly) | Licensed for work: admin panel, SAML single sign-on, team-managed computers and groups, 7 days of audit logs and paid guest access. |
| Enterprise | $45 per user / month, billed annually only | Adds the high-performance relay server, Teams API, role-based access, SCIM provisioning, full audit logs and usage analytics. |

Read from https://parsec.app/pricing on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Parsec before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Annual billing saves up to about 17%** (Annual discount): Individuals is $8.33 a month paid annually against $9.99 monthly, about 17% less; Teams is $30 against $35, about 14% less. Source: https://parsec.app/pricing

## Key features

- **Low-latency streaming:** Up to 4K resolution and up to 240 frames per second (60 at 4K), with 4:4:4 color on paid plans, over direct peer-to-peer connections.
- **Controllers and Wacom tablets:** Keyboard, mouse and gamepad input on every plan; paid plans add pressure- and tilt-sensitive Wacom tablet support.
- **Shared sessions:** Share a link so someone can watch or take control of your computer, for co-op games, live reviews or working on something together.
- **Team computers:** Teams can provision computers on demand to a team member or group, and block computers inside the network from hosting connections.
- **Guest access:** Invite outside people into a Teams computer for up to five days, for playtests, events or user research, using separately bought credits.
- **Enterprise relay and API:** Enterprise adds a high-performance relay that sits in your firewall, a Teams API for automating deployment, SCIM and role-based admin roles.

## Good for

- Playing games on a home PC from another computer or an Android device
- Game studios and VFX artists who need accurate color and low lag remotely
- Video editors and designers using a Wacom tablet on a distant workstation
- Studios inviting outside playtesters to a machine for a few days

## Worth knowing

- The free and Individuals plans are for personal, non-commercial use only; any work use needs Teams or Enterprise.
- Only Windows 10+ and macOS 10.15+ computers can be hosts; Linux, Android and the Chrome web client can only connect. There is no iOS app.
- Guest access for external users costs $25 per invitation on top of the Teams plan.
- Parsec does not offer volume discounts, and Enterprise is sold with annual billing only.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. Parsec is built for speed: it streams a gaming PC or a studio workstation at up to 240 frames per second, with controllers and Wacom tablets. Gaming at home is free. The catch is work use, which needs Teams at $30 a user a month, and there's no iPhone app.

- **Value for money: C.** Gaming at home is free, and Warp, the personal plan with extra monitors and 4:4:4 colour, is $8.33 a month billed annually. Any work use needs Teams at $30 a user a month, though, well above what Splashtop's Performance plan and Jump Desktop's Teams Enterprise charge for the same creative job.
- **Free plan and trial: B.** Personal Use is free for gaming and other non-commercial use, with 60 FPS, controllers and link sharing, and one person can live on that. It's one monitor only, no 4:4:4 colour and no work use at all; Teams has a 14-day trial.
- **Features: C.** Low-latency streaming at up to 4K and 240 frames per second, controllers, Wacom pressure, shared sessions and guest access. The gaps it lists itself: only Windows and Mac computers can be hosts, there's no iOS app, and outside guests cost $25 an invitation.
- **Ease of use: B.** No App Store rating on record. Install it on the computer you want to reach and the one you're sitting at, and connect. There's nothing to configure for a game at home.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and a Chrome browser client, with a Teams API on Enterprise. There's no iPhone or iPad app, and Linux, Android and the browser can only connect, not host.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Parsec'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

- Parsec's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 7 of the 15 other remote desktop apps we grade, and level with 2.
- It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 9 of 15) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $8.33 a month for each person, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 4 of the 10 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 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 Parsec 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 costs $99.96 a year.

- You could not: A fast, secure link to another computer through any network.
- You could not: Apps for macOS, Windows, Linux and Android that stay in step with each other.
- You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment.
- You could not: An API that other software can build on.
- You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: SCIM 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.

**Tags:** Remote desktop, Real-time collaboration, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Splashtop](https://toolgpa.com/tools/splashtop): Remote access to your own computers, plus separate IT support plans. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/parsec-vs-splashtop)
- [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-parsec)
- [NoMachine](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nomachine): Self-hosted remote desktop sold as yearly server subscriptions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nomachine-vs-parsec)
- [TeamViewer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/teamviewer): Remote access and IT support, free for personal use only. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/parsec-vs-teamviewer)
- [AnyDesk](https://toolgpa.com/tools/anydesk): Remote desktop app, free for personal use, licensed for business. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anydesk-vs-parsec)

## Sources

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

- https://parsec.app/
- https://parsec.app/pricing
- https://parsec.app/downloads

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/parsec
Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).