We performed a comparison between LogMeIn Rescue and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Remote Access solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Has an easy way to remote on to a remote computer without having prior access to it."
"The tech support person I spoke to was very knowledgeable about the product, and was straightforward with me about its capabilities. There was no fluff about the product. They basically said this is not available now and we're hoping to have it available in the third or fourth quarter. It was nice to talk to someone who was straightforward and knew about the product."
"I can remote reboot and know I can reconnect automatically without having to have the end user log back in again."
"We are able to quickly and easily get clients connected to our triage techs which allows us to resolve issues much more quickly, and with little stress."
"No issues with scalability. It is a fairly simple model. If I wanted to add five more, I would just buy five more people and licenses, apply the program to their computers, and give them their login."
"I will say 100% in five years, I do not think we have had to use technical support for anything."
"It works with different operating systems, I can connect to a PC or Mac."
"The ability to run it as a console when I log in. It thinks I'm there. It allows me to do file transfers. It allows me to see event logs through the utility, as opposed to having to open them on the client machine, so I can help troubleshoot unobtrusively."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is the ability to remote into a system that is not on-premises."
"Things can be made easier if someone is not with us or at a long distance since we can connect easily with those people. So, it's easy for us to use such features."
"The solution is now stable."
"I've had good experiences with Microsoft customer support."
"It works fine, and it is largely issue-free."
"The most valuable features of the solution are ease of use and the simple environment."
"Installing Microsoft Desktop Services is straightforward."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"I would like a single sign on for all of our (five) accounts so that I can immediately use an available seat. Right now, I have to try to log in with each account separately, in an attempt to find an available license that is not currently in use."
"The app itself requires so many different updates and it requires us to rebuild it every time, and that's been a bit of a problem, over the last five years, in keeping it up to date for our clients."
"The one big problem that I have with LogMeIn Rescue is, I use a Mac. All my technicians use PCs. I use a Mac, and the Mac agent crashes at least once a day. I have to stop it and start it again. To date, I don’t have a problem with people using PC. I think the Mac app that they have needs to be improved."
"Their ability to support mobile has been really problematic. I've seen other products that have done a better job in supporting mobile products. LogMeIn has just never been able to come up to par there, and that would be a detractor. They've been talking about supporting mobile for 10-plus years, and I really haven't seen any improvement on that."
"You should be able to remote on an iPhone like you remote on an Android. It is not the same experience. Unless you are very savvy on iOS, you are pretty much lost."
"The billing team was poor when fixing their billing mistake and customer service was missing in action."
"Support to remotely control more mobile devices' screens is desperately needed. It is sad to see how long this product has been out and how many phones are still not supported for, specifically, remote screen control."
"I wish this product was tied to a Help Desk package so I could manage tickets and have an infrastructure, with this being the primary tool to troubleshoot."
"I want to connect easily from an external network even when I'm not in my enterprise or company. It should be easy to connect or integrate Microsoft Teams, for example, with Microsoft Remote Desktop Services."
"The pricing could be better."
"The performance depends on connectivity."
"The stability could be improved."
"The solution should have better security."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services could improve by having graphical acceleration."
"I would say it's expensive as there similar products available for free."
"The training profiles could be better."
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LogMeIn Rescue is ranked 13th in Remote Access with 20 reviews while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews. LogMeIn Rescue is rated 9.0, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of LogMeIn Rescue writes "Easy setup and effective support ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services writes "Easy to set up and reliable, but needs an additional control panel". LogMeIn Rescue is most compared with GoToAssist, TeamViewer, LogMeIn Central, VNC Connect and LogMeIn Pro, whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access. See our LogMeIn Rescue vs. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services report.
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