# RustDesk > Open-source remote desktop you can run on your own server RustDesk is an open-source remote desktop app for Windows, macOS, Linux and Android, with a control-only iOS app and a web client. It works out of the box through RustDesk's own relay servers, or you can run the free open-source server yourself; the paid Server Pro adds a web console, user accounts and single sign-on. It is used both for IT support of other people's computers and for reaching your own. - **Category:** Remote Desktop - **Made by:** Purslane Tech Pte. Ltd. - **Website:** https://rustdesk.com - **Runs on:** Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS - **Facts last checked:** Oct 18, 2026 ## Pricing RustDesk has a free plan. Paid plans start at $11.88 per month, billed annually (Individual Server Pro, self-hosted). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** The client and the open-source server are free: use RustDesk's public relay servers or host your own server, with online status and community support. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Open-source client and server that you host yourself, or use with RustDesk's public relay servers. Community support only. | | Individual | $11.88 per month, billed annually | Server Pro you host yourself: 1 login user, 20 managed devices, unlimited concurrent connections, web console, 2FA, address book and audit log. | | Basic | $23.88 per month, billed annually | 10 login users and 100 managed devices, plus OIDC single sign-on, LDAP, cross-group access and the custom client generator. | | Customized | $23.88 per month, billed annually, plus $1.20 per extra user | Basic with more users and devices: each extra user adds $1.20 a month and each extra managed device $0.12. | | Customized V2 | $23.88 per month, billed annually, plus $24 per extra connection | Like Customized, but priced by concurrent connections: $24 a month for each extra one, with devices over the limit kept working. | Read from https://rustdesk.com/pricing/ on Oct 18, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with RustDesk before buying. ## Key features - **Works without setup:** Install the client and connect through RustDesk's public rendezvous and relay servers, with no configuration needed. - **Self-hosted server:** Run the open-source server or Server Pro on your own machine with Docker in a few commands, so connection data stays on your infrastructure. - **Web console and access control:** Server Pro adds an admin website for users, devices, address books, permissions, centralized settings and an audit log, plus distributed relay servers. - **Custom branded client:** From the Basic plan, generate a client with your own name, icon and logo, preset with your server and more than 90 configurable options. - **Single sign-on and LDAP:** Basic and above sign users in through OIDC single sign-on or LDAP, with two-factor authentication on every Pro plan. - **Web client:** Start remote sessions from a browser tab; on Server Pro you host the web client on your own domain, on plans large enough to include it. ## Good for - People who want a free remote desktop app for their own computers - IT teams that must keep remote access data on their own servers - Organizations replacing TeamViewer or AnyDesk with a self-hosted setup - Developers and admins who want open-source code they can inspect ## Worth knowing - Paid plans are licences for a server you run yourself, not a hosted service, and are sold only with annual payment; they do not auto-renew. - The iOS app can only control other devices; an iPhone or iPad cannot be controlled or share its screen. - The web client in Server Pro needs a plan where users x 10 plus devices is at least 400. - There is no nonprofit or education discount, and trial licences are by request to RustDesk. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 3.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 18, 2026. RustDesk is the free, open-source answer to TeamViewer: install it, connect through RustDesk's own servers and pay nothing. The paid side is for running your own server, which suits IT teams who must keep data in-house and is a chore for everyone else. An iPhone can control other devices but can't be reached itself. - **Value for money: A.** $0: the client is free and works through RustDesk's public relay servers, so one technician can support people with nothing to host. Paid Server Pro starts at $11.88 a month billed annually, for a server you run yourself. TeamViewer and AnyDesk, doing the same job, are free for personal use only. - **Free plan and trial: A.** Free outright: the client and the open-source server cost nothing, and the listing shows no cap on devices or sessions. Help is community support only, and the web console and user accounts need Server Pro. - **Features: C.** It connects with no setup, self-hosts in a few Docker commands, and Server Pro adds a web console, audit log, single sign-on, LDAP and a branded client. The gaps it lists itself: an iPhone or iPad can't be controlled or share its screen, and the web client needs a large plan. - **Ease of use: C.** No App Store rating on record. The free client is install and connect, but everything you'd pay for runs on a server you host yourself with Docker, which is a job for someone happy on a command line. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, a web client and an iPhone app that can only control other devices. There's no integration list or API on record, so it stops at B. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from RustDesk'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 - RustDesk's GPA of 3.0 is higher than 12 of the 15 other remote desktop apps we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 14 of 15) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $11.88 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 6 of the 10 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 6 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 RustDesk 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 3.0 is higher than 12 of the 15 other remote desktop apps we grade. It costs $142.56 a year. RustDesk is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - 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: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on, audit logs 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, Open source, Self-hostable ## Alternatives - [AnyDesk](https://toolgpa.com/tools/anydesk): Remote desktop app, free for personal use, licensed for business. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anydesk-vs-rustdesk) - [TeamViewer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/teamviewer): Remote access and IT support, free for personal use only. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rustdesk-vs-teamviewer) - [NoMachine](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nomachine): Self-hosted remote desktop sold as yearly server subscriptions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/nomachine-vs-rustdesk) - [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-rustdesk) - [ScreenConnect](https://toolgpa.com/tools/screenconnect): Remote support for IT teams and MSPs, priced per concurrent technician. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/rustdesk-vs-screenconnect) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 18, 2026: - https://rustdesk.com/ - https://rustdesk.com/pricing/ - https://rustdesk.com/docs/en/client/ - https://github.com/rustdesk/rustdesk - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rustdesk-remote-desktop/id1581225015 Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/rustdesk Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).