We performed a comparison between GoToMyPC 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."I can do anything from a remote desktop as if I were sitting at my own PC."
"The technical support is good."
"The solution is very quick to set up."
"This solution has allowed us to have a highly flexible remote access solution in DR/BC situations."
"The installation is almost instant."
"I like the way it can assess our system."
"The product is stable."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is managing the remote desktop end user or remote server."
"What I found most valuable in Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is accessibility because the solution lets you take control of your computer remotely."
"In terms of the valuable features, I like the profile, the new version is really good."
"The solution works well as a remote desktop."
"We have scaled the solution and find this easy to do."
"Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is stable and reliable."
"The pricing has tripled in a small amount of time and there is not three times better service."
"If the PC is hung then it requires a reboot."
"Integration could be improved. I'd prefer if the solution could integrate with our support and report tools as well as our timesheet reporting."
"The user interface needs improvement."
"There could be some improvement in the integration of the solution."
"There have been some network issues in the solution. So, when we used to connect it, the solution suddenly got disconnected. So the network part needs to be improved."
"The DB card needs improvement. I have a lot of experience with other competitors and Citrix is better than VMware and Microsoft. Citrix has more extensive features."
"Security in the connection between us and our clients' servers is something that can be improved."
"In the next release, I would like to see better performance over slower networks, and integration with Linux, but this is something that we're going to get out of Microsoft in terms of a unified solution."
"Sometimes, the updates break the system."
"The pricing could be better."
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GoToMyPC is ranked 24th in Remote Access while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is ranked 2nd in Remote Access with 76 reviews. GoToMyPC is rated 9.0, while Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of GoToMyPC writes "Accessing multiple PCs from remote locations is easy and reliable with this solution". 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". GoToMyPC is most compared with TeamViewer, GoToAssist, VNC Connect, LogMeIn Pro and LogMeIn Rescue, whereas Microsoft Remote Desktop Services is most compared with TeamViewer, VMware Horizon, Citrix Workspace, VMware Workstation and Parallels Access. See our GoToMyPC vs. Microsoft Remote Desktop Services report.
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