Parallels Access vs. TeamViewer Comparison

Parallels Access

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Parallels Access

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John DeMillion

Director of IT at Chester County Intermediate Unit

Solid cross-platform remote control, but with kludgy central management and some serious feature issues on macOS

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Pros
"We don't have problems with stability. Everything is good.""It's great that the total deployment can happen completely remotely." More Parallels Access Pros »	"It saves trips to customer sites, which saves time. I am able to get in there remotely and fix things.""The product and platform work well. That is why I have stay with them so long. The stability has typically been good.""TeamViewer allows us to do multiple controllers on a Host, which is great. We have a lot of Macs in our organization, and TeamViewer being cross-platform is a good thing.""TeamViewer has a lot of options for deploying the Hosts, where you can mass deploy them very easily, and you can pre-configure them.""It was worth the investment. You can do file transfers and video calls with it. You can do a lot of copy paste stuff. E.g., if I have a file and want to place it on somebody's machine, I can just copy it off of mine and paste it right on their machine. I don't have to put it in a Dropbox account and have them log into it to pull it off. I can do all that right through TeamViewer. When you're looking at the TeamViewer screen, you think you are working on your own machine.""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.""Ease of use was the number-one thing. It's an industry leader for ease of use, specifically on the client-side, which is the absolutely critical thing. If I want to connect to somebody, how easily can I — without seeing their computer — walk them through the steps to install it to a point where I can key in the code and help them resolve their situation?... TeamViewer is just a dead-solid, easy answer.""It's pretty easy to use. Just key in an ID and password and connect. For meetings, just enter the meeting ID and connect." More TeamViewer Pros »
Cons
"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." More Parallels Access Cons »	"Support for mobile devices from Linux has been missing since the Native client was rolled out. This was a nice option, especially when trying to walk somebody who was struggling to understand something on their phone.""You can't configure multiple, unattended control passwords on the Mac. On the Mac, there's only one. On Windows, there are multiple unattended control passwords. I have people in different departments. My infrastructure people need to control a server and my developers may need to go into that same server. But I don't want them to have the same password... on the Mac, it can be done but it's extremely clunky and problematic.""If they could figure out a little better solution for the iOS stuff other than just a screen share, even though it's an Apple thing, and Apple doesn't like to give up control of their devices. If they ever got to that point, and I could manipulate an iPad or iPhone, that would be awesome. Since we have a bunch of iPad users who are struggling with doing different things, it would be nice to be able to just jump on and actually show them, "Here, do this, this, and this." Similar to what we do with the laptops, e.g. for training.""On occasion, when remote connection process can't connect to a machine, the error messages aren't always helpful to tell you why you can't connect, as the message doesn't help troubleshoot whether it is too slow, too much interference, etc. I usually have to run to another computer and figure out what is going on, then restart it. The diagnostics could be improved.""Every now and then you'll get a silent crash and you relaunch the application. But it happens no more than with anything else in the Windows environment.""If were to I put myself in the seat of a small business owner, I would prefer TeamViewer to be more of a pay-once-and-own-it solution, rather than paying via a subscription model (although I am using the free version). Only annual subscriptions are available. It makes paying for it the first time seem a little daunting.""Sometimes we'll have a device in the field, and I'll click on remote control and it says "Can't authenticate." I'll double click in a different part of the TeamViewer interface and it'll say "Can't authenticate." Then I'll do it a third time and it connects. It's possible that it's just bad luck. It's also very possible that it's some bug within TeamViewer...""It's not the program itself that's an issue, but there is a need for some better documentation on how to use the web portal Management Console. That seems to be a bit lacking in directions, if you aren't paying attention and you don't know what to do. Better documentation would make it a little bit easier to set things up in different groups and share groups between people." More TeamViewer Cons »

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing costs are about $100 per user."

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"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.""The cost of the licenses depends on how you buy them. They just had a buy one get one free deal going, and they do that every once in a while. Where you buy one license, and they will give you the second one free, or you can try to get discounts. Most of our licenses that we have we tried to do something like that just to save some money.""It has probably saved us several thousands of dollars because we have quick access anywhere. We don't have to worry about finding people onsite or arranging conference calls. We also save time and money with it because we don't have to send somebody onsite to troubleshoot.""TeamViewer offers a free version to try. Download and give it a shot. See what it's like and if you like it, then buy the license for it.""...it will cost you $1,500 to $1,600 a year, but when I think of how much work I do through TeamViewer...""It does what I need it to do but I think it's expensive. It wasn't easy for me to get approval from the company to get it... It's costing us about $700 a year, per license.""TeamViewer is $600 or $700 per port per year...""The cost is in the thousands of dollars per year."

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What do you like most about Parallels Access? Top Answer: We don't have problems with stability. Everything is good. What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Parallels Access? Top Answer: There are no additional costs to standard licensing. What needs improvement with Parallels Access? Top Answer: They could improve the reporting.	Ask a question Earn 20 points
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17th out of 32 in Remote Access Views 1,509 Comparisons 1,334 Reviews 1 Average Words per Review 492 Rating 8.0	1st out of 32 in Remote Access Views 23,270 Comparisons 20,419 Reviews 15 Average Words per Review 1,484 Rating 9.4
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Overview
Parallels Access is a fast, simple, and reliable remote access software that allows you to connect to your computer from anywhere. Parallels Access can access all your applications, files, and computers.	TeamViewer lets you connect to any PC or server around the world within a few seconds. Remote control a partners PC as if you were sitting in front of it. Available in over 30 languages, TeamViewer is one of the world's most popular providers of remote control and online meeting software. airbackup, a powerful cloud-based backup solution, and ITbrain, a valuable remote monitoring and IT asset tracking solution, complement TeamViewer's product portfolio.
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Sample Customers
Gilt Groupe K.K.	Porsche Informatik, Philips, DHL, Intel, Motorola, Microsoft, IBM, Siemens, Fujitsu, American Red Cross
Top Industries
VISITORS READING REVIEWS Comms Service Provider34% Computer Software Company22% Government7% Educational Organization5%	REVIEWERS Healthcare Company13% University9% Non Profit9% Energy/Utilities Company9% VISITORS READING REVIEWS Computer Software Company22% Comms Service Provider21% Educational Organization6% Government6%
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No Data Available	REVIEWERS Small Business45% Midsize Enterprise30% Large Enterprise25%

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