LogMeIn Pro vs Parallels Access comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

LogMeIn Pro
Ranking in Remote Access
14th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
20
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Parallels Access
Ranking in Remote Access
12th
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Remote Access category, the market share of LogMeIn Pro is 1.5% and it increased by 44.5% compared to the previous year. The market share of Parallels Access is 4.3% and it increased by 31.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Remote Access
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Featured Reviews

Kelsey Braun - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 27, 2023
Good remote services feature and easy to setup
I primarily used LogMeIn Pro for remote services. It allowed me to remotely access and troubleshoot computers without having to go on-site The solution has greatly facilitated the ability to repair computers remotely. The remote services feature is definitely the most valuable, along with the…
JP
Apr 10, 2024
Allows users to access and operate their computers remotely
When you want to transfer a file from your iPad or remote device to the computer, the copy-and-paste feature doesn't always work. I'd have to turn on the Bluetooth a lot of times and transfer it that way on both devices, which was troublesome. However, it would sometimes randomly work. I could go on my iPad, find whatever I wanted to do, click copy, then go over to the computer through Parallels Access, click paste, and it would randomly work. I had to call Parallels many times. They would log in and try something, which would temporarily work, but then it wouldn't. When it worked, it made integration between the two things great. That was a very helpful feature that didn't get polished.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"You don't have to remember the password and the login all the time. Once you get it in there, it's in there, and you can go about your business."
"The remote services feature is definitely the most valuable, along with the capability to print remotely."
"Technical support was able to address everything that I asked in a timely, responsible, satisfactory manner."
"​It must have been straightforward. My IT person set it up for me. It is a friendly program."
"Being able to remote access my computer means I can work at night from my house."
"I would tell others who are looking into this solution that I feel that it's a secure solution. I never had any issues with its security element. I think that it's very simple to use. I think it is user-friendly, and you can work between computers pretty well on it."
"This is a very reliable product and I've never had it crash."
"It's even simple to remotely add a computer to our group. We can send a link to that computer and they just follow the prompts on the screen and they are ready to go - we can access it. It's very user-friendly."
"Parallels Access has flexible licensing policies, which is beneficial for customers who have intermittent usage or users who are on and off the system."
"Parallels Access gives me full access and control of the computer, and I can do anything I want remotely."
"We don't have problems with stability. Everything is good."
"It's great that the total deployment can happen completely remotely."
"It's got a very easy-to-use interface."
 

Cons

"Maybe they can come up with a plan if you only use it for login and, occasionally, printing. Maybe you can charge what you used to charge and then if we want to use it for files or things that are more sophisticated, charge a little more."
"The only issue is that they could have a tier between 10 seats and 50."
"With Windows 10 we've had some issues with it crashing, and certain antivirus products cause it to fail. For the most part it's stable, but we do have an occasional crash mainly related to new operating systems. The new Microsoft Server and the new Windows operating systems sometimes have issues with it. But for the most part, in anything under, say, Windows 7, Windows 8, those seem to be pretty stable, and with the Microsoft Server 2012 and below, it's all stable. And I don't necessarily think it's LogMeIn. I think it may be Microsoft, to be honest with you."
"It does go down sometimes. You try to login, it tells you the workdesk computer is not available. It does kick you off a lot."
"I would enhance the product, so if I had two screens in front of me, it could connect to two computers simultaneously with the program. For example, if I had a computer at location A and a computer at location B and I am sitting at location C, it might be nice for me to be able to be connected to all three of those computers and move data between those three during one session. ​"
"It's never cheap enough. If we got it for free, that would be perfect. But I know it's not and won't be free. It's always going to be too expensive for me because we're a small company."
"As far as the usability of it, I'd like to see if printing could be enabled in the basic version or the medium version. Some of the remote printing isn't available unless you go to the premium versions, and that's disappointing."
"​Everything has to be done over the web, via email, or something like that. You can't talk to a human being. That bothers me a lot.​"
"The solution may not scale well for enterprises."
"They could improve the reporting."
"One challenge we do notice is that the application is limited to Windows servers only. If a customer has a Linux server, things get complicated. They should open it up a bit to be more compatible with different types of servers."
"When you want to transfer a file from your iPad or remote device to the computer, the copy-and-paste feature doesn't always work."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing policy. The price point is pretty aggressive."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"I think it's competitively priced. I haven't priced it out since we started with it, but the yearly subscription fee is worth it. It's not outrageous, and I believe that it's worth it for our company to pay the fees for the use of the product."
"I am very happy to say that I have been very satisfied with the LogMeIn product, except for the escalation of the price. ​"
"I have a tiered pricing. If I wanted to subscribe for three years, I will get a discount for that.​"
"To be honest with you, I use it just for login and the prices are getting too high so we're going to look for an alternative solution. It used to be a couple of hundred dollars a year, now it's like $600 a year. We're definitely going to be switching shortly. Every year they have significant increases."
"It is very good."
"It's pretty fair for up to five computers I think (it might be three - it's either three or five). After that, it gets a little expensive, so if they could get a little bit more aggressive on how many computers you can add in, that would be great."
"The price point has gone up significantly. We used to have a lot of other customers. I used to sell it to other customer sites. But they've moved to TeamViewer, SiteSecure, and several others. There are four or five others that they went to because they're being more competitive on their pricing."
"It is expensive, but in the long run we still come out ahead, because it saves us so much labor and downtime driving from one location to the other. In the end it's well worth the expense."
"The licensing costs are about $100 per user."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
13%
Educational Organization
10%
University
9%
Comms Service Provider
9%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about LogMeIn Pro?
The remote services feature is definitely the most valuable, along with the capability to print remotely.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for LogMeIn Pro?
The only issue is that they could have a tier between 10 seats and 50. But for 10 seats, the price is fair.
What needs improvement with LogMeIn Pro?
With LogMeIn Pro, we could connect up to 10 computers, and having an option for something in between would be good. Like, we went from 10 to the next level, which was around 50 or so. If there was ...
What do you like most about Parallels Access?
Parallels Access gives me full access and control of the computer, and I can do anything I want remotely.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Parallels Access?
It's around $125 per user per year. It is a one-time charge for installation and implementation, which is a small cost we charge to our customers. However, it's not from our solution side. Basicall...
What needs improvement with Parallels Access?
When you want to transfer a file from your iPad or remote device to the computer, the copy-and-paste feature doesn't always work. I'd have to turn on the Bluetooth a lot of times and transfer it th...
 

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Sample Customers

The North Face, Slingbox, Lutron, The Weather Company
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