LogMeIn Central vs TeamViewer comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

LogMeIn Central
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) (10th)
TeamViewer
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
85
Ranking in other categories
Virtual Meetings (3rd), Remote Access (1st)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) category, the market share of LogMeIn Central is 6.1% and it increased by 69.8% compared to the previous year. The market share of TeamViewer is 2.7% and it decreased by 39.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM)
Unique Categories:
No other categories found
Virtual Meetings
4.4%
Remote Access
21.4%
 

Featured Reviews

DG
Mar 29, 2021
Fast with an easy setup and a good interface
I recall that there was something about the pricing structure that wasn't ideal, but I cannot recall the exact details. I’ve been looking at: ConnectWise, Kaseya, N-Able [ SolarWinds non-hacked tool :-) ], and others. But I think it’s an oversight, on my part, that I didn’t consider LogMeIn as an RMM tool for some current projects. I’m going to give LogMeIn a fair shake going forward. One of the items I’d like to see is a robust API, like ConnectWise has – I assume there is one. All in all, I think anyone looking for an RMM solution, should give LogMeIn a good look, as I was previously very satisfied with the product(s).
Kotayba Bouzian - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 2, 2022
Good performance and great quality with an easy user experience
We are a digital marketing agency. If we need access to something in the Business Manager or in a Google Ad account, we can guide the client to do it, or we can control the screen from where we are to create something on the Business Manager or to edit something We are in Istanbul and Istanbul is…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It is a scalable solution."
"I like the encryption and security of LogMeIn. I think the end-to-end security on it, in and of itself, is really good. I use the two-point login system and it's great."
"Unattended remote assistance."
"The alerts are helpful."
"The ability to remotely access machines with no user intervention required at the remote terminal. Other software we used needed someone to click a link and do a download for me to provide support. Now, with LogMeIn Central, I can get in and fix things while they are away from their desks."
"Unattended Access, allows me to do support on machines that people are having trouble with, during non-working hours."
"The ability to manipulate and do things to the computer and file manager, then boot to safe mode, and see what is going on and track alerts. I use it all."
"I have called for help to their technical support, and they have been extremely helpful."
"The TeamViewer system has some built-in security. The TeamViewer client connects to the TeamViewer host securely. Only a certain number of authorized users on our side have access to the system. Even within that, an individual endpoint can be assigned to a group, where not everybody has access but, rather, just one or two people who are part of a support team might have access to that particular device. So TeamViewer has given us tools to be able to segregate who has access to different things."
"It was worth the investment. You can do file transfers and video calls with it. You can do a lot of copy paste stuff. E.g., if I have a file and want to place it on somebody's machine, I can just copy it off of mine and paste it right on their machine. I don't have to put it in a Dropbox account and have them log into it to pull it off. I can do all that right through TeamViewer. When you're looking at the TeamViewer screen, you think you are working on your own machine."
"The solution is scalable."
"It saves trips to customer sites, which saves time. I am able to get in there remotely and fix things."
"I don't know of any performance problems with TeamViewer - generally, it's a stable product."
"From my perspective, the most important is the login."
"This solution is straightforward to use."
"The most valuable feature of TeamViewer is the remote access connection. Additionally, it is easy to use."
 

Cons

"It needs backwards compatibility for non-Microsoft-supported operating systems, for example, XP and 2003. In situations where I have no options but to run older operating systems, I would like for it to be backwards compatible."
"Compared to other products, I feel that their biggest weakness has been customer service. They are very nice, but things take forever to resolve. It has been a major issue there. Otherwise, we're happy. We haven't moved away from them because we haven't found anybody with comparable pricing for our business model."
"There are some screens that are just ugly and difficult to manipulate."
"The update issues are an absolute pain. It says it is updating things, but the updates do not go through, and you try your hardest to get the updates to go through and they don't. You go to the PC, but there is no update there, then you go back and it says there are updates."
"It's not really a true RMM product but more of just a remote access."
"It is easy to get locked out, which is something that needs to be improved."
"Do not use the technical support."
"The file transfer could be better. They could make it a lot easier to deal with. LogMeIn Central is not that intuitive. It's a lot harder to figure out."
"TeamViewer can improve by making the interface more user-friendly. It looks very basic, they can make it more modern and easy to use."
"I have noticed that when I access another person's computer, sometimes the tab is visible, and sometimes it is not, which can be difficult."
"I didn't like the fact that you had to install a client for remote support. If you didn't install the client, you were very limited in terms of what you could do. For a whole enterprise, it is just not an easy task to install a client on everything. Even if you're using SCCM, it is an undertaking. For transient clients that you don't necessarily support a hundred percent of the time, it would be nice to be able to connect to them and support their issues without having to install something on their machines. In my previous company, we were looking at this solution as being a collaborative tool for the enterprise in terms of video conferencing, calling, and scheduling. They were working on bringing a bunch of products together to make their suite a little more integrated, but it really wasn't at the point where we wanted it to be in terms of integration. We looked at it, reviewed it, and tested it out a bit. We then decided to go with Microsoft Teams. It has the clunkiness of having separate modules that aren't totally integrated. There are different methods for doing different things, which makes it a little bit more complicated. There should be the same way whether you are doing remote support or just calls."
"I don’t see any areas where improvement is needed."
"I'm not sure if they provide good quality audio alongside screensharing."
"You can't configure multiple, unattended control passwords on the Mac. On the Mac, there's only one. On Windows, there are multiple unattended control passwords. I have people in different departments. My infrastructure people need to control a server and my developers may need to go into that same server. But I don't want them to have the same password... on the Mac, it can be done but it's extremely clunky and problematic."
"I would like to see TeamViewer support multiple platforms."
"It becomes complicated to switch from one monitor to another for different windows."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"It sucks that I am paying for LogMeIn Central, LogMeIn Pro, and LogMeIn Rescue, plus LogMeIn Ignition, which is the mobile app​. It costs me a lot of money every month at LogMeIn. ​"
"We went with it for pricing reasons, that it was the biggest bang for our buck, by combining the ability to have a central security console, as well as a central point for user administration."
"The only thing I found is that they've gotten very, very expensive over the years. I started out with about about 100 users on it. Two years ago it was about $600 for 100 users. Now, it's that price for 25 users."
"Coming from where it was free, it's getting to be expensive."
"We are an educational institution, so anything to make it cheaper would be better because we don’t grow money on trees."
"It's probably worth the value, but the price increases over the last five years are getting harder to justify."
"Having to spend so much money on remote access is what I feel to be a necessary evil."
"Pricing is a little high. They require for LogMeIn Central to go into brackets. If you go over a certain amount of PCs or servers to access, going up to the next bracket is a big jump."
"We have a corporate license. The maximum amount number of users changes based on the amount you pay. E.g., with our license, there is a maximum amount of users who can use the solution at the same time (10 users)."
"TeamViewer offers a free version to try. Download and give it a shot. See what it's like and if you like it, then buy the license for it."
"We use the free version of TeamViewer."
"There is no license needed to use TeamViewer."
"We are using the standard free version of TeamViewer."
"It would be nice if it is cheaper."
"...it will cost you $1,500 to $1,600 a year, but when I think of how much work I do through TeamViewer..."
"TeamViewer's price is cheaper than some other similar solutions. We have licenses for our users."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
8%
Construction Company
6%
Computer Software Company
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Retailer
7%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with LogMeIn Central?
They should provide intermediate device limit options. It would be helpful for users who require more remote control capabilities than the lower device limit plans.
Should I choose Teamviewer Tensor over the regular Teamviewer?
The number one advantage of TeamViewer for me is its ease of use, specifically as it relates to the client side. By far, one of its best features is the remote access it provides. I can control som...
What do you like most about TeamViewer?
It is easy to use and has a pretty good UI.
 

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