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TeamViewer vs Zoom comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

TeamViewer
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
Remote Access (4th)
Zoom
Ranking in Virtual Meetings
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.4
Number of Reviews
209
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Virtual Meetings category, the mindshare of TeamViewer is 6.8%, down from 8.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoom is 11.0%, down from 14.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Virtual Meetings
 

Featured Reviews

Sanjay Patankar - PeerSpot reviewer
Easy to install and has lots of resources but need to improve performance
It's a remote access solution. We use it for conferences, meetings, and communication.  It works just like other communications tools. It also integrates well with Office 365 and Outlook, et cetera. The performance is good.  It's got a lot of resources for users.  The product is easy to install.…
Kallol Chaudhuri - PeerSpot reviewer
Helped us tremendously in collaborating with each other and getting our work done and offers the breakout rooms feature.
We are a team located across various locations. Not in the same geographic location. We are distributed. And it's not possible to physically travel and meet people. Sometimes it's simply not possible. But Zoom has helped us tremendously in collaborating with each other and getting our work done. Without Zoom, it would have been very, very difficult. The breakout rooms feature is also helpful. For example, I have a meeting attended by hundreds of people and want to create subgroups. I typically use it for different role-play scenarios during training if we are trying to conduct some training on presentation skills. So there's a large group, which is initially trained by an instructor. Then you get instructions that the room will be split into smaller breakout rooms. I'll give you a topic, and you'll practice in these smaller groups. That's one way I use it. So it's like a simulation of a real brainstorming session I'd have in a physical space.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"There have been a couple of times with the handy remote access feature, where I have been asked for something at eight o'clock on a Thursday evening and it is on my desk machine, but I am driving back to my office. With TeamViewer, I can just stay at my home machine, connect to my work machine, and get the data needed without having to drive back across town."
"The most valuable feature of TeamViewer is the ability to remote into another device."
"We also use it a lot for remote site assistance. We've set up our internal authentication for unattended access to our remote sites. That makes it very easy and convenient to remotely connect with our users and our client machines whenever we need to. It's set as a direct, secure connection. As long as the station has internet access, we can see it and it makes remote support very simple."
"It's very beneficial and time effective on how we are able to provide quick support. We've quadrupled our effectiveness as an IT support because we have cut down all that unnecessary travel time, even between floors."
"This solution is straightforward to use."
"The product allows easy access to any system in case of any issues."
"TeamViewer has been one of the easiest, right off the bat products, that we have employed at the college. We have had no issues. It's been one of the easiest solutions to pick up."
"I have found the solution to be user-friendly even for beginners. It is not that sophisticated. There are different types of security features available, such as encryption and random machine ID."
"Zoom is stable and easy to use."
"The solution provides good video quality."
"The most valuable features of Zoom are the screen blur and the background transition, which is great because we are working from home. Without this feature we would not have private meetings, they do not need to see what is happening in our background. The background transition is good with Zoom."
"I'm using it only for meetings, and it is good for me. It provides options for remote control and screen sharing."
"Easy to use whenever and wherever necessary."
"Zoom is interoperable and user-friendly."
"I find it very easy to use for multiple persons."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to connect to and conduct meetings."
 

Cons

"The support could improve their speed."
"Some of the additional features, like the meeting stuff, is making it too cluttered."
"I'm not sure if they provide good quality audio alongside screensharing."
"There is a paid version of this solution with more features available. However, they should provide more free features to the user, such as factor authentication."
"They could give more information about using certain kinds of applications for secure transactions, such as secure file transfers."
"TeamViewer can improve connectivity. I had some problems connecting to my clients and now I use AnyDesk."
"The solution could have better scalability."
"I am not sure about all the features of TeamViewer, but if they have no voice communication or file transfer features they should add them."
"They should consider increasing the time limits for free users."
"In the next release, I would like to see an easily accessible bandwidth feature so that you can see how much data you've used on a particular call."
"The pricing model for Zoom was not very friendly."
"It takes time to acclimate end users to the product."
"The only thing that I can't get to work well is putting one of those little fancy wallpaper picture screens behind me during meetings so that I don't show my house or the room I'm attending from. Everyone is basically working remotely at this point. It would help to just have a neutral professional background for meetings that's easy to add."
"We use screen sharing, but sometimes it can be awkward because you might accidentally share the wrong screen, including personal ones. ......Similar to the integration between Google Calendar and Google Meet, having everything in one environment would be much more convenient for scheduling meetings."
"Variable sound quality."
"Lacks an indicator on chat to show that a message has been read."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The price of the license could be less expensive."
"We are using the standard free version of TeamViewer."
"The version of the solution we are using is free."
"We use the free version of TeamViewer."
"I used the free version of TeamViewer."
"We're using the free version. We do not pay any licensing fees."
"TeamViewer pricing is reasonable... The simultaneous controller licensing model of TeamViewer - compared to LogMeIn’s controlled Host licensing model - seems to benefit us so far. We’re currently saving about 30 percent on licensing cost... The savings from licensing have been eaten up by the soft costs involved in dealing with and working around TeamViewer’s deficiencies in allowing granular control by multiple controllers, and the issues with the various settings that are missing on the macOS Host."
"It would be nice if it is cheaper."
"It is reasonable. It has a monthly license."
"In addition to any licensing fees, we hired Zoom to provide training to us in small groups."
"There is a yearly license for this solution. I would like it if they offered better prices."
"I am using the free version."
"The version I am using of Zoom is free."
"The licensing fees are quite expensive."
"We are on an annual license for the solution. The price of the solution could be less expensive."
"Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Educational Organization
92%
University
1%
Financial Services Firm
1%
Computer Software Company
1%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for TeamViewer?
The tool's price is a problem because TeamViewer wants users to sign up, and I feel most of the products want their users to do the same. TeamViewer is very pricey. You have to sign up for a yearly...
LucidChart vs LucidSpark for brainstorming sessions over Zoom
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zoom?
There is a concern about the free version's forty-five-minute limit. For education use, having more affordable access through institutions would be beneficial.
 

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