AnyDesk vs. Apple Remote Desktop

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
AnyDesk
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
AnyDesk Software in Stuttgart offers their eponymous remote desktop software, designed to provide resilient remote access even with poor network access.
$22.90
per month (billed annually) 1 licensed user with 3 login devices
Apple Remote Desktop
Score 6.4 out of 10
N/A
Apple Remote Desktop (ARD), from Apple, is a remote administration tool for managing Apple computers running OS X across a network.N/A
Pricing
AnyDeskApple Remote Desktop
Editions & Modules
Solo
$22.90
per month (billed annually) 1 licensed user with 3 login devices
Standard
$35.90
per month (billed annually) 20 licensed users in a team
Advanced
$79.90
per month (billed annually) 100 licensed users in a team
Enterprise
Custom
per year billed annually
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AnyDeskApple Remote Desktop
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAnyDesk is free for personal use and offers a limited set of features and support. Professional users need a license. Only the initiator of a session needs a license, participants are free.
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Features
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Remote Administration
Comparison of Remote Administration features of Product A and Product B
AnyDesk
9.0
Ratings
10% above category average
Apple Remote Desktop
8.0
Ratings
1% below category average
Screen sharing9.70 Ratings8.90 Ratings
File transfer8.10 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Instant message8.10 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Secure remote access with Smart Card authentication9.20 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Access to sleeping/powered-off computers9.40 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Over-the-Internet remote session9.70 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Initiate remote control from mobile8.70 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Remote management of servers & workstations10.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Remote Active Directory® management10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Centralized management dashboard7.50 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Session record9.10 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Annotations7.80 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Monitoring and Alerts8.60 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Multi-platform remote control10.00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
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User Ratings
AnyDeskApple Remote Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(0 ratings)
8.4
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AnyDeskApple Remote Desktop
Likelihood to Recommend
It is suited for every business. You can use it whether you are an individual, student, professional, or organization. You can simply download it, ask the user to share their ID, connect to their system, and support them remotely. You don't require any special skill or technical knowledge to use it.
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ARD for me is based on a LAN, but can be used over WAN via VPN, but the latency makes ARD a less ideal tool. There are other cross platform tools that can do what ARD does which to me add value when managing a mixed environment
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Pros
  • Minimises the physical involvement of our trainers for training new technicians joining the company.
  • Building better relationships with our clients by assisting them with bookings and understanding services.
  • Also we use it to manage clients feedbacks and share information with each other.
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  • Automator Actions: This is a very cool feature and cost saving as it reduces human effort by automating the workflow of tasks.
  • Curtain Mode: This lets you block your local user's view of the desktop while performing administrative tasks.
  • Spotlight Search: It can perform lightning fast searches on machines using the spotlight search feature of OS X and thus saves a lot of time.
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Cons
  • Notification or Addition:
  • AnyDesk provides codes to connect room, which is complicated sometimes, if it is manageable same as a call then it can be much user friendly though current system is unique in its way for AnyDesk.
  • Use of AI more:
  • If AnyDesk can provide Summary, previous call data and recording data storage with summarized way that can be useful.
  • Multi user experience:
  • While discussion itself if we want to add another user for help this quick feature is not easy currently.
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  • It's onsite only without setting up a VPN or some other form of remote network access.
  • It can be a little slow sometimes when compared to local access.
  • It seems to be a neglected product by Apple and not continually developed.
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Likelihood to Renew
I don't have any reason to change
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It is a fairly unique tool in the level of integration it has with Apple Desktop products. It definitely needs some engineering attention, and it should be expanded to the iOS arena. It is not perfect, but it is very useful and fills an otherwise fairly empty niche in the support toolkit realm. The built-in screen sharing app in macOS handles the direct screen control or viewing function fairly well, but it does not have all of the other mass control features that Apple Remote Desktop supplies.
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Usability
My personal experience with AnyDesk has been good. I found that it is easy to use for both technical and nontechnical users to get started. It offers fast and Responsive performance, with Low latency even over an average internet connection
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Once it is set up, it is quite straightforward to use. However, currently, it requires both a script to run to set up permissions and controls, AND a command from the MDM to authorize it to be active. The MDM management command is manual. This is not conducive to an automated workflow, and sometimes gets forgotten. Then, the endpoint is not contactable until someone realizes that the MDM command was not sent or was not successful.
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Support Rating
I didn't have any technical problems and I didn't suffer from bugs or errors. Customer service has improved a lot and I no longer need to leave the office to go to the user's computer. With AnyDesk I install and remove programs, printers, scanners, settings in general. Screen sharing is excellent and without delays. Overall, I recommend and approve AnyDesk.
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I've never had to get support for ARD, so I can't give a real opinion.
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Implementation Rating
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None, very easy to setup and install.
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Alternatives Considered
AnyDesk is simpler to use than BeyondTrust. Beyond trust is suitable for a bit, but it's a bit heavy. Major guidance is required to guide the next person. Multiple steps are involved before we get remote access. Sometimes, it gets stuck in between. Beyond trust, data transfer is comparatively slower. It cannot be ready within a few minutes.
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I would feel much more comfortable having one of these alternative solutions as our Remote Desktop management tools. Each has their drawbacks and expenses associated with them, but we simply have too large of a deployment to not be considering alternatives. If it is the only solution you can afford, it is OK to start here. I could see where this would have a return on investment, but it is really only suitable for a very small and localized scale. If employees are at all mobile, the duct taping of products necessary (VPN, distribution points, script repositories) would be very cumbersome.
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Return on Investment
  • The most positive impact is time saving, in all the aspects using any other thing then AnyDesk consumes a lot of productive time and that cost you a lot more than a single subscription. Using this time in productive works pays you well in the the sales or any other process.
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  • Apple Remote Desktop has a positive return on investment because for the expense to the school, the value it brings to teachers is important. The return on improved student performance is very difficult to measure financially, but there is a definite return.
  • The overall objective of education is to increase student learning, ARD does that phenomenally. Parents see the tool used and are impressed at what the capabilities of the tool can do and how it impacts how active their students are as well as how well they can learn.
  • One negative impact is that teachers rely too much on this tool rather than on actually teaching sometimes.
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