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Link | AnywhereTS | Apple Screen Sharing (iChat) | Bomgar | Chicken of the VNC | Citrix XenApp | EchoVNC | Remote Desktop Services/Terminal Services | FreeRDP | FreeNX | iTALC | KRDC | noVNC | rdesktop | TightVNC | TigerVNC | TurboVNC | UltraVNC | Thinfinity Remote Desktop Workstation |
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| Description | iTALC is a tool for teachers, to view and control other computers in your network in several ways. | KRDC is an application that allows you to view and control the desktop session on a remote machine that is running a VNC or RDP server. | noVNC is a browser based VNC client implementation. It uses HTML5 Canvas and WebSockets. A VNC server with WebSockets support (such as libvncserver) is required or use websockify with any VNC server. | TigerVNC is an advanced VNC implementation, which includes features from TightVNC and TurboVNC (accelerated JPEG compression...). | UltraVNC allows you to use your mouse and keyboard to control another PC remotely. It supports File transfer, MS Logon, Text chat, Viewer Auto scaling and Server Side Scaling, Multiple-Monitors-support, Repeater/Proxy-support, Auto reconnection. | Access your Windows desktop from any device, without the need to install plugins, add-ons nor browser extensions. The web remote access client works on Chromebooks, iPads and other devices, as well as Mac, Linux and other Windows computers. Take full control of your PC, share your screen, organize presentations or use the FTP tool to manage documents and files. | ||||||||||||
| Website | anywherets.com | apple.com/... | sourceforge.net/... | citrix.com/... | sourceforge.net/... | freerdp.com | berlios.de | sourceforge.net | kde.org/... | novnc.com | rdesktop.org | tightvnc.com | tigervnc.org | turbovnc.org | uvnc.com | cybelesoft.com/... | ||
| Pricing | Free (moving to Open Source license) | Included with OS X | From $21/month | Included with Windows | Free (Apache license) | Free (GPL) | Free (GPL) | Free |
| Free (GPL) | Free (GPL) | Free (GPL) | Free. Requires registration. | |||||
| Server platforms | ||||||||||||||||||
| Windows | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| macOS | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | ||||||||
| Linux | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||||||||
| Client platforms | ||||||||||||||||||
| Windows as client | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Mac OS as client | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |||||||
| Linux as client | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |||||||
| iOS client | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Android client | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ||||||||||
| Features | ||||||||||||||||||
| File transfer | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Audio support | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Multiple sessions | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Seamless window | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | - Partial | |
| Remote Assistance | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Access Permission Request | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | |||||||||||
| Communication | ||||||||||||||||||
| Built-in Encryption | Yes SSL, TLS | Yes AES-256 | Yes SSL, AES-256 | No | Yes SSL, TLS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes AES | Yes SSH | No | Yes SSL, TLS | Yes | Yes SSH (unix client only) | Yes SSL, TLS | No | - plugin | Yes SSL |
| Client/server/listening | Client Only | Client & Server | Client & Server | Client Only | Client & Server | Client & Server | Client & Server | Client Only | Client & Server | Client & Server | Client Only | Client Only | Client Only | Client & Server | Client & Server | Client & Server | Client & Server | |
| NAT Passthrough | Yes | No | No | Yes using Listening mode | Yes using Listening mode | No | ||||||||||||
| IPv6 support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ||||||||||||
| Maximum simultaneous connections | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | |||||||||
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| Website | anywherets.com | apple.com/... | sourceforge.net/... | citrix.com/... | sourceforge.net/... | freerdp.com | berlios.de | sourceforge.net | kde.org/... | novnc.com | rdesktop.org | tightvnc.com | tigervnc.org | turbovnc.org | uvnc.com | cybelesoft.com/... |
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User reviews and comments
Why is on premise R-HUB remote support servers not mentioned in the above list? It is one of the best remote desktop softwares used globally by businesses for remotely accessing computers.
Why is Bomgar in this free software table. Or is there indeed a free version with all features enabled?